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Let the Games Begin!

A week ago we left our beautiful, new world of theater and community activism in Xela, Guatemala, also known as the Second Latin American Reunion of the Theatre of the Oppressed. But the fun is just beginning! Check out Days #2-3–Raquel and I had the unforgettable experience of leading an introductory T.O. workshop with a youth association [...]

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We’re Going Boal-istic!

We made it! I am writing from Café R.E.D., a fair trade coffee shop and food solidarity network here in Xela, Guatemala, where 500 artists from all over the world have come together for the 2nd Latin American Reunion of the Theatre of the Oppressed. Over the course of 10 days, my compañera Raquel and I will be taking courses in participatory theater techniques [...]

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Away We Go (For 10 Days of TO)!

Tomorrow at this time, my tocalla Raquel and I will be surrounded by 500 other artists and activists in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala at the opening of the 2nd Latin American Reunion of the Theatre of the Oppressed. The Theatre of the Oppressed (TO) was pioneered by Brazilian artist Augusto Boal as a means of [...]

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Poetry Tuesday! Goes to Guatemala

Chapina women at a San Pedro market in el Lago de Atitlán in Guatemala

My girlfriends and I spent the weekend in Guatemala on the shores of el Lago de Atitlán, the “most beautiful lake in the world” and one of my very favorites, second only to the nostalgic waters of Paducah, Kentucky. (There’s no place like home.) I was thrilled to be our tour guide–it was my fifth [...]

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From Chiapaneca to Chapina: New Beginnings in Old Guatemala

RKA in Guatemala

After nearly a year and a half in Chiapas, Mexico, I’m a Guatemalan girl now. Today I begin my training as a social justice artist with ArtCorps, an organization dedicated [...]

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