“I started hearing concerns like, ‘I lost my husband, they disappeared him, how do I manage this pain and sadness?’ I learned that there were other approaches that weren’t therapy but psychosocial processes that respected people’s cultures, like when you work on resilience and you construct a common ...read more
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“We live almost on the sea, right on the beach. It’s a blessing but recently it’s also become a curse, because of course all those with power want to have a place on the beach. The displacement of communities and the loss of cultures that come with the development of tourism is growing… but the ...read more
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“My educational background is something completely different from the work and activism I am doing now. My first degree is in applied and industrial science, my Masters degree is in human resource development. Changing my career path from my first degree to where I am now, getting more involved in ...read more
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“I was not allowed to hold my son Ali and my daughter Kiana when they were born because of my poor health. I was only able to see them through the door of the hospital room. It seems as if their fate was to be apart from me from birth. When I held them for the first time, all the scars from the ...read more
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“In August 2013 my husband and I lived in the street for 17 days outside the government offices in Mexico City to demand justice for my brother. We endured the cold, the open air, hunger, rain – all of it – to demand justice for my brother. I was almost five months pregnant. When we returned to ...read more
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“My grandmother always sent us outside to play. We didn’t sit in front of the TV – we swam, climbed over hills and went looking for snakes. We felt connected to Mother Earth. A lot of people are disconnected. They put themselves above the ecosystem instead of seeing themselves as part of it, and ...read more
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“After the British Parliament voted to bomb Syria, I thought to myself: “Yeah, we drank from a bitter cup yesterday, but we won’t allow bitterness to take over, we won’t despair. We will continue with determined tenacity and courageous patience—and a smattering of blind faith—because an injustice ...read more
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“I’ve been an activist for over 30 years and Gun Free Kitchen Tables is the first project that has achieved such an amazing scope of results—because it is a joint collaborative effort. I couldn’t do it on my own, I just couldn’t. My partners are crucial to the work. Peacemaking work, social change ...read more
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