Monthly Archives: August 2008
Dance Fever…Mexican Style
English version; Please scroll down for Spanish version and video. by Francisco Collazo; Translated by Julie Schwietert Collazo Walking in Mexico City, we come upon a group of dancers in a park near Circular de Morelia Street. The group, we learn, is named Binniruyaa, and is comprised of a group of students from different disciplines: … Continue reading
A Little Vanity Googling Never Hurt Anyone…Except Me
Every so often–usually when I get stymied on a writing or editing project–I take a break and do a little vanity Googling. With a name like mine, you’ve gotta be concerned about identity management. I plug “Julie Schwietert” into Google and wait to see what churns up. There’s that presentation I did at a women’s … Continue reading
Take One: “Don’t You Know the Whole World Will See This?!”
The video below, “Tu no sabes que este va pa’ todo el mundo?” or “Don’t you know the whole world will see this?”, was the kids’ first experience conducting on-camera interviews. In “Tu no sabes…” Miguel Davila, author of “Bienvenido a Mompox/Welcome to Mompox,” interviews Julio Zambrana and Hernando Sanchez Villalba, author of “El Otro … Continue reading
8 Easy Things You Can Do to Help Mompox
After a month in Mompox, we became aware of at least 100 different kinds of needs. Some days, we felt overwhelmed and just wanted to shut the door and take a big, deep breath. We did something better, though: we invited people to sit down and tell us their stories. Based on what we learned … Continue reading
Voces de Mompox: An Update & The Dollar Challenge
The Update Everything seemed to come together at the last minute. We found a house for rent that would serve as the ideal space for Voces de Mompox to continue as an after school program. With a large living room (that’s PART of the living room, in the photo above–to be repurposed as a computer/multi-media … Continue reading