A year ago, I lived in a mansion. It was beautiful. I spent my days attending and complaining about classes, studying networking and power games. I challenged the ideals of western philosophy just because I could. I learned how to dress for success and which fork to use for which course in order to impress
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Here’s some photos from my vacation in January, of beautiful beaches, great friends, and amazing food. It was good to have that time, because I’ve just had a really hard week and a half. Work has been very slow- the community is so busy attending thousands of meetings about reparations and upcoming changes that there
It’s been awhile…. I had a wonderful vacation for a week of this month on the beach, which was much needed. I’ll post photos soon and update y’all on a little more of daily life, but for now, here’s an article I’m writing for the Seed website about a recent event in Mampujan… The journey
This has probably been the strangest and most un-December like December of my life. Combined with the heat and the fact that Mampuján doesn’t really celebrate the 25th, it feels like Christmas never really happened, yet I know from facebook status, phone calls, calendars and attempts to dance salsa in the streets that there really
1. Cause A clear and precise cause is needed. In the case of Mampuján, there are no problems defining the need for government completion for promised reparations. Here’s a brief overview of the situation: Located in the Montes de Maria region of Colombia’s Bolivar department on the Caribbean coast, Mampuján has experienced the full force
(post to come: non-violent direction action and Mampujan. Or, why we are marching 100 km to Cartagena on Dec 12)
It has been a crazy couple of weeks. Activities have ranged from planning meetings, pretending to know what I’m talking about regarding small business creation, killing 400 chickens, embarking on an ambitious plan of non-violent direct action for the community (more to come soon) and leaving for Bogota for almost two weeks of workshops, meetings,
Yesterday, Colombians celebrated the Day of the Child, and I wanted to do something special to commemorate the children here in Mampuján as there is not often official community recognition of their benefit to the community. I also managed to get a snow cone maker that I was excited to try out! So, we decided
I’ve been back in Mampujan for over a week now and am slowly adjusting to life in my new community. There is always something unexpected happening, so life is not defiantly not boring! My house is also a regular old zoo, with the kids from all over the community coming over every day to hang
After only living in Mampujan for four days, I’m not even going to pretend that I have the community figured out and understand what my role will be as a community member. However, what I have observed and experienced has been fascinating and has also provided a few clues as to what the next two
Anna L. Vogt 