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Does It Take a Disaster for Us to Care?

The images coming out of Haiti are unimaginably grim, and as the clock continues to tick while rescue efforts become mired in bureaucracy, the death toll is sure to rise. Still, as is often the case in times of epic tragedy, Americans express their grief and demonstrate their largesse in

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Tag(s): humanitarianism; Haiti; compassion; disasters
Added by Randall Amster on 2010-02-04 16:43:07   View Replies (0)            Post Reply



Emergency Nonviolence

Just to add a few complementary ideas to your thoughtful analysis Randall ...

http://wagingnonviolence.org/2010/01/emergency-nonviolence/

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Tag(s): Haiti; nonviolence
Added by Dustin Howes on 2010-02-04 16:43:07   View Replies (0)            Post Reply



Solidarity, Not Charity: Helping Haitians Help Themselves

In the wake of a disaster such as Haiti is experiencing right now, there's a strong impetus to help coming from people across a wide range of persuasions and perspectives. This is a good thing, of course, and yet even empathetic intentions can go awry when they foster conditions that

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Tag(s): Haiti; disasters; ecology; grassroots; solidarity
Added by ramster@precott.edu on 2010-02-04 16:43:07   View Replies (0)            Post Reply



Haitian Nonviolence

Building on the thesis from Dustin's last post on "Emergency Nonviolence," in this essay (posted by our friends at Waging Nonviolence -- please check them out) I explore nonviolence in Haiti's past, present, and (hopefully) future. Here's the gist:

"If Haitians are to surmount this time of profound crisis and

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Tag(s): Haiti; grassroots; humanitarianism; nonviolence; disasters
Added by Randall Amster on 2010-02-04 16:43:07   View Replies (1)            Post Reply



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