Comments for Barbara Dziedzic http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/bdziedzic Undugu Society of Kenya Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:21:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on Pamoja FM – Youth Radio and Civic Engagement by PETER http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/bdziedzic/blog/2009/07/08/pamoja-fm-youth-radio-by-default/#comment-66 PETER Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:21:28 +0000 http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/bdziedzic/?p=25#comment-66 Hi Pamoja FM, Thanks for the good work you are doing to build and make peace. Iam a Kenyan student pursuing my PHD at the university of Manitoba in Canada. I want to know more about your work especially in peace making and peace building. 1. What activities, messages, programmes are you involved in. You can email me: peter.karari@yahoo.com 2. What is your contact details i.e post box, telephone, email address? Hope to hear from you soon. Hi Pamoja FM,

Thanks for the good work you are doing to build and make peace. Iam a Kenyan student pursuing my PHD at the university of Manitoba in Canada. I want to know more about your work especially in peace making and peace building.
1. What activities, messages, programmes are you involved in. You can email me: peter.karari@yahoo.com

2. What is your contact details i.e post box, telephone, email address?

Hope to hear from you soon.

]]> Comment on “Be on Kibera”- Youth Frustration and Activism in a Nairobi Slum by Digital Storytelling visits Smart Club | Alixa Sharkey http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/bdziedzic/blog/2009/06/29/be-on-kibera-youth-frustration-and-activism-in-a-nairobi-slum/#comment-65 Digital Storytelling visits Smart Club | Alixa Sharkey Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:57:55 +0000 http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/bdziedzic/?p=18#comment-65 [...] instead of holding a training session, Digital Storytelling visited Smart Club to learn more about Leadership, Democracy, and Governance in Kenya. Here is a short video with the [...] [...] instead of holding a training session, Digital Storytelling visited Smart Club to learn more about Leadership, Democracy, and Governance in Kenya. Here is a short video with the [...]

]]> Comment on The Undugu Society of Kenya – a unique model for youth self-advocacy by Kangethe: The Profile of a Youth Facilitator | Barbara Dziedzic http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/bdziedzic/blog/2009/07/22/the-undugu-society-of-kenya-a-unique-model-for-youth-self-advocacy/#comment-60 Kangethe: The Profile of a Youth Facilitator | Barbara Dziedzic Sat, 08 Aug 2009 12:48:36 +0000 http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/bdziedzic/?p=54#comment-60 [...] Facilitator” for Undugu, he served as our guide and translator. As we visited various Street Associations, he helped explain to the youth what Digital Storytelling was and what self-advocacy work such as [...] [...] Facilitator” for Undugu, he served as our guide and translator. As we visited various Street Associations, he helped explain to the youth what Digital Storytelling was and what self-advocacy work such as [...]

]]> Comment on Why are you so angry? by Blake Wilburn http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/bdziedzic/blog/2009/08/06/why-are-you-so-angry/#comment-58 Blake Wilburn Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:53:14 +0000 http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/bdziedzic/?p=108#comment-58 very thoughtfull writing, barbara. i know anger is one of the hardest emotions to deal with. anger can lead to emotional and physical destruction, but yet, it is a real feeling that has to be acknowledged. i guess i always feel like it is "ok" to be mad. some people have very legit reasons to be mad at the world, especially young innocent children like johnston. but i remember what i learned from the bible. anger is a real human feeling and is ok, but not a reason to sin. i know sometimes i get so mad, and sometimes i get mad for others getting so mad, but how i react is important to humanity and ourselves. thank you for all of your writings. be safe. blake very thoughtfull writing, barbara. i know anger is one of the hardest emotions to deal with. anger can lead to emotional and physical destruction, but yet, it is a real feeling that has to be acknowledged. i guess i always feel like it is “ok” to be mad. some people have very legit reasons to be mad at the world, especially young innocent children like johnston. but i remember what i learned from the bible. anger is a real human feeling and is ok, but not a reason to sin.

i know sometimes i get so mad, and sometimes i get mad for others getting so mad, but how i react is important to humanity and ourselves.

thank you for all of your writings. be safe. blake

]]> Comment on Making and Breaking Eye Contact – Aid in Africa by AP Fellow’s Frustration: Living a modern life in the rural remote | Luna Liu http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/bdziedzic/blog/2009/07/29/making-and-breaking-eye-contact-aid-in-africa/#comment-56 AP Fellow’s Frustration: Living a modern life in the rural remote | Luna Liu Tue, 04 Aug 2009 06:31:20 +0000 http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/bdziedzic/?p=51#comment-56 [...] Fellows’ frustration of working as an Muzongu in Kenyan “metropolitan”, see Barbara’s blog: Making and breaking eye contect Share and [...] [...] Fellows’ frustration of working as an Muzongu in Kenyan “metropolitan”, see Barbara’s blog: Making and breaking eye contect Share and [...]

]]> Comment on The Voice of Youth – Echoes outside of the box by Chasity McGhee http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/bdziedzic/blog/2009/05/27/the-voice-of-youth-echoes-outside-of-the-box/#comment-53 Chasity McGhee Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:53:22 +0000 http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/bdziedzic/?p=3#comment-53 I LOVE IT!!! Keep up the good work. You are terrific!!!!!!! I LOVE IT!!! Keep up the good work. You are terrific!!!!!!!

]]> Comment on The Voice of Youth – Echoes outside of the box by Barbara Dziedzic http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/bdziedzic/blog/2009/05/27/the-voice-of-youth-echoes-outside-of-the-box/#comment-52 Barbara Dziedzic Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:56:52 +0000 http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/bdziedzic/?p=3#comment-52 Thanks for the note, Alice. The good news is, whenever I have gotten lost, some utterly decent Nairobi resident has helped me out. Miss Mahaffey's. Be back in late august. Thanks for the note, Alice. The good news is, whenever I have gotten lost, some utterly decent Nairobi resident has helped me out. Miss Mahaffey’s. Be back in late august.

]]> Comment on The Voice of Youth – Echoes outside of the box by Alice http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/bdziedzic/blog/2009/05/27/the-voice-of-youth-echoes-outside-of-the-box/#comment-45 Alice Sun, 26 Jul 2009 04:31:33 +0000 http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/bdziedzic/?p=3#comment-45 Hey Barb! Just wanted to say Hi from Mahaffeys! Your boyfriend gave me your info, so just wanted to say hello! He told me how you got lost when you first got there, I cant even imagine that! It does sound amazing what you are doing! Have fun, be safe, and I will see you when you get home!! Alice Visilia Hey Barb! Just wanted to say Hi from Mahaffeys! Your boyfriend gave me your info, so just wanted to say hello! He told me how you got lost when you first got there, I cant even imagine that! It does sound amazing what you are doing! Have fun, be safe, and I will see you when you get home!!

Alice Visilia

]]> Comment on Pamoja FM – Youth Radio and Civic Engagement by Andrea http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/bdziedzic/blog/2009/07/08/pamoja-fm-youth-radio-by-default/#comment-42 Andrea Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:51:05 +0000 http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/bdziedzic/?p=25#comment-42 Hey, I ran into this essay contest and it might be interesting to have some of the kids you work with send something. The World Youth Movement for Democracy (www.wymd.org), a youth network of the World Movement for Democracy (www.wmd.org), is pleased to announce the launch of its Global Essay Contest. Fifteen winners (3 in each region: Asia, Central/Eastern Europe & Eurasia, Middle East & North Africa, Latin America & Caribbean, and Sub-Saharan Africa) will be invited to participate in the upcoming 6th Assembly of the World Movement for Democracy in Jakarta, Indonesia, in April 2010. Questions 1. What democratic spaces exist for young people in your society? What do you see as democratic values in your society? How do you engage with them? 2. How can democracy help address your personal and social concerns (poverty, access to education, pandemics, inequality etc.)? How do you and others in your community address these concerns? 3. Describe and explain how a specific event or instance changed your perception of democracy. Submissions Please submit your essay by 15 September 2009 via email attachment as a Word document or a PDF. Please make sure to clearly designate, in the body of your email, your full name, age, gender, physical address, and phone number, to the relevant regional email address listed below. Essays can be submitted in Arabic, English, French, Portuguese, Russian, or Spanish, and the essay must be no more than 2,000 words. Authors must be between 18 and 30 years old.* Hey,

I ran into this essay contest and it might be interesting to have some of the kids you work with send something.

The World Youth Movement for Democracy (www.wymd.org), a youth network of the World Movement for Democracy (www.wmd.org), is pleased to announce the launch of its Global Essay Contest. Fifteen winners (3 in each region: Asia, Central/Eastern Europe & Eurasia, Middle East & North Africa, Latin America & Caribbean, and Sub-Saharan Africa) will be invited to participate in the upcoming 6th Assembly of the World Movement for Democracy in Jakarta, Indonesia, in April 2010.
Questions
1. What democratic spaces exist for young people in your society? What do you see as democratic values in your society? How do you engage with them?
2. How can democracy help address your personal and social concerns (poverty, access to education, pandemics, inequality etc.)? How do you and others in your community address these concerns?
3. Describe and explain how a specific event or instance changed your perception of democracy.

Submissions

Please submit your essay by 15 September 2009 via email attachment as a Word document or a PDF. Please make sure to clearly designate, in the body of your email, your full name, age, gender, physical address, and phone number, to the relevant regional email address listed below. Essays can be submitted in Arabic, English, French, Portuguese, Russian, or Spanish, and the essay must be no more than 2,000 words. Authors must be between 18 and 30 years old.*

]]> Comment on Not Far – Odd Pairings and Meetings in a Globalized World by laura http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/bdziedzic/blog/2009/07/23/not-far-odd-pairings-and-meetings-in-a-globalized-world/#comment-41 laura Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:39:28 +0000 http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/bdziedzic/?p=62#comment-41 How incredible that you ran into Luna and Kate! Thanks for the fun read. How incredible that you ran into Luna and Kate! Thanks for the fun read.

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