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Great press for PeaceJam's ,"2012 Revealed with Rigoberta Menchú Tum" keeps flooding in. Today the event was featured on the front page of both Boulder Weekly and Westword's websites.
Boulder weekly interviewed Rigoberta and posted it front and center:
Ana Arias, Boulder Weekly wrote:
Boulder Weekly: In the 2008 book PeaceJam: A Billion Acts of Simple Actions, you write that inequality has generated racism, which you call the “sickness of discrimination.” Racism is such a prevailing illness in our culture. From your experience, what leads the human soul to take the crooked path of racism? And how is it still affecting us today?
Rigoberta Menchú Tum: I have seen many dead people. I have seen many poor people, and I have seen many people who cry and cry and cry trying to find happiness. I have seen a lot of suffering, many people who are destitute and hungry, many people with cancer and other diseases, and they have all been excluded and marginalized. People are marginalized when they are not able to enter into certain social categories. The struggle against marginalization, exclusion and racism is not a temporary struggle, but rather a life-long one. |
Click ON THE WINGS OF CHANGE to read the full story.
Westword gave PeaceJam an above the page break article:
Erin Bilir, Westword wrote:
[Kate] Power and her PeaceJam colleagues are hoping that the organization's next event, coming up on July 8, will be educational for an even wider audience. "2012 Revealed" should be a unique opportunity to learn about the truths and myths behind the Mayan prediction surrounding that date, and offer ideas on how to be a decisive leader during times of uncertainty -- particularly since Rigoberta Menchu Tum, winner of the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize, and Mayan spiritual teachers will lead the discussion. |
Click "PeaceJam Looks Ahead to 2012" to read the article in full. |
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