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Blog: An aid worker's poetic journey

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Posted June 8th, 2011 by HowMatters

It’s going to be a surreal moment. From what I understand, there’s a composer, a bridge, 600 singing schoolchildren, a Nobel Laureate, and one righteous celebration. The new Peace Bridge in Derry~Londonderry, Northern Ireland will be dedicated on June 25th.  And amazing to me still, I will be there.  Irish composer Ian Wilson contacted me via email in April. Could he use one of my poems in a new work he had been commissioned to compose for the bridge's opening ceremony?

notebook: The Power of Place: How historic sites can engage citizens in human rights issues

In this notebook we learn about how museums are innovating ways to keep history alive so that the public can remember and talk about what happened in the past.  The International Coalition of Historic Site Museums transforms places of passive learning into places of active citizenship and engagement.