Comments for Jessica Tirado http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/jtirado Jagaran Media Center in Nepal Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:30:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Profile: Denesh Harijan, Radio Jagaran by Olga Piece http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/jtirado/blog/2009/08/26/profile-denesh-harijan-radio-jagaran/#comment-68 Olga Piece Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:30:17 +0000 http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/jtirado/?p=205#comment-68 What a facinating blog. I've bookmarked it and added your feed to my RSS Reader What a facinating blog. I’ve bookmarked it and added your feed to my RSS Reader

]]> Comment on Reaching Out to At-Risk Youth by Andrea http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/jtirado/blog/2009/08/13/reaching-out-to-at-risk-youth/#comment-60 Andrea Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:20:35 +0000 http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/jtirado/?p=171#comment-60 Wow, this is really great!! If you need some more material for future classes, check out http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/humanrights/index.asp One question though, is there a specific reason why I only see boys on the picture? Wow, this is really great!! If you need some more material for future classes, check out http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/humanrights/index.asp
One question though, is there a specific reason why I only see boys on the picture?

]]> Comment on Reaching Out to At-Risk Youth by Erin http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/jtirado/blog/2009/08/13/reaching-out-to-at-risk-youth/#comment-59 Erin Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:42:10 +0000 http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/jtirado/?p=171#comment-59 Amazing job Jess! Given the success of your workshop does JMC have an plans to continue with children's education? Amazing job Jess! Given the success of your workshop does JMC have an plans to continue with children’s education?

]]> Comment on Reaching Out to At-Risk Youth by John K http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/jtirado/blog/2009/08/13/reaching-out-to-at-risk-youth/#comment-58 John K Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:26:46 +0000 http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/jtirado/?p=171#comment-58 Superb work Jessica. You are a role model to many. Kids at a young age are very impressionable and what they learn about an important issue will stay with them forever. This is the way to change the next generation - education and awareness of youth. Truly amazing achievement. Well done. Superb work Jessica. You are a role model to many. Kids at a young age are very impressionable and what they learn about an important issue will stay with them forever. This is the way to change the next generation – education and awareness of youth. Truly amazing achievement. Well done.

]]> Comment on But What About the Youth? [Part 2] by Jessica Tirado http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/jtirado/blog/2009/07/28/but-what-about-the-youth-part-2/#comment-57 Jessica Tirado Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:33:27 +0000 http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/jtirado/?p=135#comment-57 Thanks, Mallen! It’s amazing how everything has fallen into place here. I’m so grateful to have met these kids. Thanks, Mallen! It’s amazing how everything has fallen into place here. I’m so grateful to have met these kids.

]]> Comment on A Mosaic of Stimuli by Jessica Tirado http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/jtirado/blog/2009/07/16/a-mosaic-of-stimuli/#comment-56 Jessica Tirado Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:29:11 +0000 http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/jtirado/?p=105#comment-56 Christine, Rob, and Maelina: Thank you so much for your words! I really appreciate the encouragement, as I’m still such a novice at video editing. Joe: Thank you for your words as well, and I’m really glad that you asked this question on here. It was one of the first things I wondered about once I got to Nepal. Basically, it's not a matter of ethnicity, tribe, personal features that can be observed in someone's appearance, etc. There are essentially three ways to identify what caste someone was born into: 1) looking at their national ID card, which has the designation on it, 2) the person's last name (in Nepal, it is customary to give both one's first AND last name during introductions, so caste identification can be done immediately), or 3) observing what they are doing. Regarding the last criterion, if you see anyone on the street sweeping up garbage, removing dead animals from the road, cleaning toilets -- i.e., all of the "dirty" jobs -- the person is almost certainly a Dalit. Dalits are generally only allowed to perform the most disgusting jobs that already have a "polluting" effect on the workers, which contributes to the cycle of untouchability. Pretty extreme, right? Christine, Rob, and Maelina: Thank you so much for your words! I really appreciate the encouragement, as I’m still such a novice at video editing.
Joe: Thank you for your words as well, and I’m really glad that you asked this question on here. It was one of the first things I wondered about once I got to Nepal. Basically, it’s not a matter of ethnicity, tribe, personal features that can be observed in someone’s appearance, etc. There are essentially three ways to identify what caste someone was born into: 1) looking at their national ID card, which has the designation on it, 2) the person’s last name (in Nepal, it is customary to give both one’s first AND last name during introductions, so caste identification can be done immediately), or 3) observing what they are doing. Regarding the last criterion, if you see anyone on the street sweeping up garbage, removing dead animals from the road, cleaning toilets — i.e., all of the “dirty” jobs — the person is almost certainly a Dalit. Dalits are generally only allowed to perform the most disgusting jobs that already have a “polluting” effect on the workers, which contributes to the cycle of untouchability. Pretty extreme, right?

]]> Comment on When Insult and Injury are Intertwined by Jessica Tirado http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/jtirado/blog/2009/07/07/when-insult-and-injury-are-intertwined/#comment-55 Jessica Tirado Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:27:46 +0000 http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/jtirado/?p=90#comment-55 Thanks so much for your words, Ted! I appreciate the insight you’ve provided in your fellowship blogs as well. I’m still having trouble fully digesting the Dalit schoolboy case… Andrea, thanks for the update on government Dalit policies. I appreciate it! Thanks so much for your words, Ted! I appreciate the insight you’ve provided in your fellowship blogs as well. I’m still having trouble fully digesting the Dalit schoolboy case…

Andrea, thanks for the update on government Dalit policies. I appreciate it!

]]> Comment on But What About the Youth? [Part 2] by Madeline http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/jtirado/blog/2009/07/28/but-what-about-the-youth-part-2/#comment-44 Madeline Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:07:23 +0000 http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/jtirado/?p=135#comment-44 How wonderfully fortunate for all of you to have found each other. No, not fortunate, glorious!!! Lots of LOVE. Mallen How wonderfully fortunate for all of you to have found each other. No, not fortunate, glorious!!! Lots of LOVE. Mallen

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