Revolutionary Thoughts

Dialogue further requires an intense faith in humankind, faith in their power to make and remake, to create and re-create, faith in their vocation to be more fully human (which is not the privilege of an elite, but the birhtright of all). Faith in people is an a priori requirement for dialogue; the "dialogical man" believes in others even before he meets them face to face. His faith, however, is not naive. The "dialogical man" is critical and knows that although it is within the power of humans to create and transform, in a concrete situation of alienation individuals may be impaired in the use of that power. Far from destroying his faith in the people, however, this possibility strikes him as a challenge to which he must respond. He is convinced that the power to create and transform, even when thwarted in concrete situations, tends to be reborn. And that rebirth can occur - not gratuitously, but in and through the struggle for liberation - in the supersedence of slave labor by emancipated labor which gives zest to life. Without this faith in people, dialogue is a farce which inevitably degenerates into paternlistic manipulation.

Paulo Freire in Pedagogy of the Oppressed

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http://www.invisiblechildren.com/april2009/index.html

Pokes

One of the steps to being ready for a trip abroad is getting the recommended vaccines. Not exactly on my wish list of things to do, but going to Uganda is. So, I'll do whatever it takes. My morning activity today during Clover's two hour delay (due to potential black ice left over from yesterday's "snow storm") was a trip to the York County Health Department. Five pokes and two sore arms = one step closer to Uganda.

For those of you who know of my fascination with documenting my life: I do have pictures. However, I decided to spare the public from images of pokes and dirty banaids.