My friends are awesome

Two of my most favoritest ladies and globe trotters have recently shared their experiences with all of us:

First, my friend Maggie is a journalist and activist out of Philadelphia and has been traveling for the last few months.  She recently posted this article, with links to audio recordings, about the Social Forum of the Americas. Check it out! (FYI, all the audio recordings are in Spanish).  For those of you unfamiliar with the Forum, "according to forum organizers, the goal of the 3rd ASF was to 'embrace the range of struggles, proposals, and experiences that have been strengthened, renewed or emerging over this rich period of common searching that has been taking place across the continent. It will stimulate stronger interconnections and aim to create more effective spaces for self-guided construction of shared platforms for emancipation… Overcoming geopolitical divides, peoples of the continent are moving toward an ever more shared identity between South and North, and between the different regions of the Americas. The struggles are growing closer and stronger in solidarity, as peoples who are confronting capitalism, imperialism and patriarchy.'"

Our close friend Mneesha has had a number of publications in the last few years that reflect the varied experiences she's had while studying international conflict resolution in places as far-flung as Argentina, Cambodia, and Australia.  This piece, in Asian Perspective, is on the tension between justice and peacebuilding in Cambodia.  I'm so proud to have these brilliant women as friends!