An exemplary story of solidarity in action, Cultivating a Revolutionary Spirit conveys the exhilarating experience of being part of paradigm-changing revolutions. Bill Lankford visited Nicaragua in 1984 to see the Sandinista revolution for himself. What he found led this physics professor to volunteer his skills teaching at the Central American University in Managua. There, he and his students developed a solar cooking project which took on a life of its own, spreading throughout the five countries of Central America. In Cultivating a Revolutionary Spirit, Bill describes how local women used…mehr
An exemplary story of solidarity in action, Cultivating a Revolutionary Spirit conveys the exhilarating experience of being part of paradigm-changing revolutions. Bill Lankford visited Nicaragua in 1984 to see the Sandinista revolution for himself. What he found led this physics professor to volunteer his skills teaching at the Central American University in Managua. There, he and his students developed a solar cooking project which took on a life of its own, spreading throughout the five countries of Central America. In Cultivating a Revolutionary Spirit, Bill describes how local women used the tools of carpentry to build solar ovens and how they used the tools of feminism to take more control over their own lives and their communities. Bill leveraged his personal resources as a white North American man—professionally educated, fluent in English, with access to money and connections—to facilitate the work of Central American women who started by building ovens and went on to create an array of projects to meet basic needs, improve health, and increase access to educational and leadership opportunities for women.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Laura Snyder Brown has worked with community-based organizations for nearly three decades, supporting women and women-led justice efforts in the US, and in Central and South America. She holds a master’s degree in social work, is a graduate of the Living School at the Center for Action and Contemplation, and served with Maryknoll Lay Missioners (Chile, 2005). Laura is the co-founder of Casa Alma, a Catholic Worker community in Charlottesville, VA; there, she and her husband have raised three children while cultivating an urban homestead and providing hospitality for low-income families.
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Introduction Chapter 1: Joining the Nicaraguan Revolution Comparative Study Tour Images of the Revolution An Invitation to Liberation Women and Indigenous Revolutionaries Called to Action Chapter 2: Discovering Solar Ovens Cooking with the Sun Solar Ovens at the University Collaborations with Students Mayans Improve the Solar Oven Steps toward Expansion Chapter 3: Learning from and with Women Solar Cooking Demonstrations Women’s Workshops Connection and Mutual Support Men React to the Workshops New Opportunities for Leadership Chapter 4: Establishing Program Centers Solar Cooking and Community Making Connections The Founding of PROCESO Local Associations Emerge Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras Trajectories of Growth Guatemala, Honduras Chapter 5: Growing Associations Volunteers in Solidarity Sharing Wealth Solar Ovens and Quality of Life Programs Machismo Culture Women Build Power Occasions for Growth Chapter 6: Transforming Suffering into Strength Developing Leaders from Within Siemprevivas Curriculum Women Awakened Elvia, a Strong Role Model Poverty and Migration Chapter 7: Women and Associations Struggle toward Autonomy Juice Production Threats to Sustainability Male Dominance and Harassment Contradictions of My Influence Chapter 8: Associations Diminish, Resilience Continues Expanded Leadership Training Program Closures AMDV Expands Human Rights in Honduras Continuing Onward A Note from Laura Snyder Brown Acknowledgements Bibliography
Introduction Chapter 1: Joining the Nicaraguan Revolution Comparative Study Tour Images of the Revolution An Invitation to Liberation Women and Indigenous Revolutionaries Called to Action Chapter 2: Discovering Solar Ovens Cooking with the Sun Solar Ovens at the University Collaborations with Students Mayans Improve the Solar Oven Steps toward Expansion Chapter 3: Learning from and with Women Solar Cooking Demonstrations Women’s Workshops Connection and Mutual Support Men React to the Workshops New Opportunities for Leadership Chapter 4: Establishing Program Centers Solar Cooking and Community Making Connections The Founding of PROCESO Local Associations Emerge Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras Trajectories of Growth Guatemala, Honduras Chapter 5: Growing Associations Volunteers in Solidarity Sharing Wealth Solar Ovens and Quality of Life Programs Machismo Culture Women Build Power Occasions for Growth Chapter 6: Transforming Suffering into Strength Developing Leaders from Within Siemprevivas Curriculum Women Awakened Elvia, a Strong Role Model Poverty and Migration Chapter 7: Women and Associations Struggle toward Autonomy Juice Production Threats to Sustainability Male Dominance and Harassment Contradictions of My Influence Chapter 8: Associations Diminish, Resilience Continues Expanded Leadership Training Program Closures AMDV Expands Human Rights in Honduras Continuing Onward A Note from Laura Snyder Brown Acknowledgements Bibliography
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