January 4, 2024
¿Qué nos mueve?
Nos mueve la niñez, la adolescencia, la juventud, los maestros, las artistas, los libros, la educación, las maestras, las historias, las escuelas. Nos mueve crear…
February 2, 2016
HACÉ POLÍTICA
La estructura política es como un machete, lo usa el campesino para cultivar y dar de comer al país, o lo usa el criminal para…
January 20, 2016
CONTEXTOS COMES HOME.
For the past six years, I’ve always felt torn. I had work that I loved with an incredible team in El Salvador. But my family…
January 19, 2016
OLOR A MARCADOR
¿Qué me van a enseñar ustedes? Fue la pregunta que marcó ese día y muchos días siguientes. El tono de la frase era retador. Solamente un…
January 11, 2016
AQUÍ Y ALLÁ
En medio de Bachata Rosa y mojitos, Sabina y Presidente, brisa marina y saxofón, tráfico y El Malecón, Enriquillo y la Reina Isabel, imperio y…
November 5, 2015
SEÁMOS PREGUNTONES
«…yo querría rogarle como mejor sepa hacerlo, que tenga paciencia frente a todo cuanto en su corazón todavía no esté resuelto. Y procure encariñarse con…
October 21, 2015
RISING PROFESSIONAL STAR
On Saturday morning, I was presented the Rising Star Professional Achievement Award by the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools Alumni Committee. Last year’s winner won an Oscar…
September 18, 2015
A WRITING CHALLENGE:
Can I write a cohesive blog entry that links two announcements, gratitude and respect for an organization and idea, and timely link to the holidays?…
September 7, 2015
THE WORLD IS SMALL ENOUGH NOW…
you have to understand,that no one puts their children in a boatunless the water is safer than the land Read the entire poem here. The lines…
September 3, 2015
STILL GRATEFUL… NOW ON THE FLIGHT TO EL SALVADOR.
I made a last minute change of plans and decided to travel direct from Tel Aviv to El Salvador (via New York and Atlanta). I…
September 1, 2015
GRATITUDE FROM TEL AVIV
I couldn’t have imagined this week would be as powerful as it has been. Thanks to the Schusterman Foundation’s Reality Global program, I’m just finishing a weeklong…
August 18, 2015
ISN’T IT IRONIC…
From what I remember, so far this year, ConTextos’ staff has completed the following travel (myself excluded… it’s easier to count when I stand still…):…
August 13, 2015
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MA DUKES
Happy birthday, Ma Dukes aka Carol Gittler aka my mom! (Seen with my dad, below.) When I started the first version of a blog in…
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