- Wendell Berry
"Our system is one of detachment: to keep silenced people from asking questions, to keep the judged from judging, to keep solitary people from joining together, and the soul from putting together its pieces."
- Eduardo Galeano, "Divorces"
Just got a new book.
By Paul Farmer
"Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, And The New War On The Poor"
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I first heard of this guy after perusing the Union Theological Seminary website and then was recommended to read this book. He says that he discovered Liberation Theology not through Latin America, but by working with and learning from the poor of Haiti.
Here is snippet from the award he just received at Union (New York City).
OPHELIA DAHL AND PAUL FARMER, M.D.
AWARDED UNION MEDAL
Wednesday, December 6, 2006
On Wednesday, December 6, 2006, Union Theological Seminary awarded its highest honor, the Union Medal, to Ophelia Dahl and Paul Farmer, M.D., co-founders of Partners In Health, a pioneering and innovative world health organization that has made significant public health advances in some of the most impoverished areas of the world.
(the rest of the article is at this link)
http://www.utsnyc.edu/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?&pid=263&srcid=256
You can also hear him speak at Union's fancy podcast feature...do a little perusing of the Union site and you'll find 'er.
2 comments:
I haven't read it, but I've heard that Farmer's "Mountains Beyond Mountains" is really excellent - tells the story of his time in Haiti...
For what it's worth...
Hey Casey,
I got your message. I thought your blog could use some more spice in the form of a poem you might enjoy:
THE EARTH IS A SATELLITE OF THE MOON
Apolo 2 cost more than Apolo 1
Apolo 1 cost plenty.
Apolo 3 cost more than Apolo 2
Apolo 2 cost more than Apolo 1
Apolo 1 cost plenty.
Apolo 4 cost more than Apolo 3
Apolo 3 cost more than Apolo 2
Apolo 2 cost more than Apolo 1
Apolo 1 cost plenty.
Apolo 8 cost a fortune, but no one minded
because the astronauts were protestant
and they read the Bible from the moon,
astounding and delighting every Christian
and on their return Pope Paul VI gave them his blessing.
Apolo 9 cost more than all these put together
including Apolo 1 which cost plenty.
The great-grandparents of the people of Acahualinca were less
hungry than their grandparents.
The great-grandparents died of hunger.
The grandparents of the people of Acahualinca were less
hungry than their parents.
The grandparents died of hunger.
The parents of the people of Acahualinca were less
hungry than the children of the people there.
The parents died of hunger.
The people of Acahualinca are less hungry than
the children of the people there.
The children of the people of Acahualinca, because of hunger,
are not born,
they hunger to be born, only to die of hunger.
Blessed are the poor for they shall inherit the moon.
-Leonel Rugama, Sandinista and Poet, 1949-1970
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