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Colby Pacheco (Czech Republic)

Colby Pacheco

Colby Pacheco (Dženo Association): Colby completed his Bachelor of Science degree in business at the University of Rhode Island. After graduation, Colby volunteered in the AmeriCorps*VISTA program for one year at the Volunteer Center of San Diego County. While acting as the Disaster Response Coordinator at the Volunteer Center, Colby helped shape the disaster response volunteer program, recruited community volunteers to act as leaders and conducted outreach and emergency preparedness trainings in low-income communities in San Diego. At the time of his fellowship, he was studying for a Master's degree at the School of International Relations & Pacific Studies (IR/PS) at the University of California, San Diego.

05 Sep

Final Thoughts

Time passes quickly. It seems like 11 weeks blew by in the blink of an

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Posted Sep 05, 2008

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04 Sep

On The March

The Prague Post has picked up my revised and updated piece on Neo-Facsist sects in

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Posted Sep 04, 2008

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28 Aug

Finland implements anti-roma law in the guise of saving children

An article I recently came across in the International Herald Tribune outlines the current situation

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Posted Aug 28, 2008

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28 Aug

The Emergence of the Far-Right in Hungary

I’ve been delving into the topic of neo-fascism quite often in this blog. The reason

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Posted Aug 28, 2008

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22 Aug

Dženo Chairman Discusses direction of Roma Movement

Meet Dzeno Chairman, Ivan Vesely: Ivan (center) in action leading a demonstration against Italy’s Roma

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Posted Aug 22, 2008

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18 Aug

The Resurgence of Fascism

I recently wrote an article examining the current upsurge in neo-fascist activities targeting Roma. You

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Posted Aug 18, 2008

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05 Aug

“Sign this or you will Die”, Coercive Sterilization of Roma Women

Coercive sterilization is a process in which doctors render women unable to have children with

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Posted Aug 05, 2008

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31 Jul

Czech Nationalists Conjure Hitler with a ‘Final Solution’ to the “Gypsy Problem”

Extremism is something that I have had little exposure to, but this morning I was

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Posted Jul 31, 2008

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28 Jul

Continued Organized Discrimination in Italy

I had mentioned in my first entry that the right-wing lead government in Italy has

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Posted Jul 28, 2008

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28 Jul

A Reminder from Budapest

Two weeks ago I traveled to Budapest to see the sights, walk around a bit

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Posted Jul 28, 2008

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21 Jul

European Court of Human Rights green-lights Croatia’s Roma segregation policy

A shocking ruling was passed down by the European Court of Human Rights last week

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Posted Jul 21, 2008

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14 Jul

Gaining Momentum One Small Step at a Time

This past week, my boss and Dženo Association Chairman Ivan Veselý, traveled to Vienna, Austria

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Posted Jul 14, 2008

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07 Jul

First Encounter with Roma

Ok, so it wasn’t exactly an encounter, more of a witnessed interaction between typical citizens

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Posted Jul 07, 2008

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24 Jun

The Challenge of Entrenched Discrimination

I’m finally here. Prague seems amazing upon first glimpse and I’m sure that I will

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Posted Jun 24, 2008

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