I saw Rigoberta Menchu, the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize Winner, speak at Mondavi, on "Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples." What an amazing woman! Full of spirit and dignity and a conscience of humanity.

She was so amazing that I actually got a piece of paper and a pen and took notes. hah!

Apparently, there were massacres in Guatemala; her parents and brother were tortured, burned, and thrown into mass graves. She worked and continues to work on exhuming these graves so that the dead can be properly laid to rest and the living can, for the lack of a better word, relax. She said (paraphrased) that people would ask her, "Why don't you forget what happened and move on?" and she would answer, "It's not a matter of my happiness. It's a matter of whether my brother is important to me or not. Because he is so important to me, I need to give him a dignified burial. I hope that we never forget what happened, and that we'll elect a president who will remember what happened."

She admitted that her work is "doloroso," painful. But she uses this pain to do good for others. She ended saying (in Spanish) "The problems are so enormous. And the data and statistics keep building up. But the challenge is to find solutions. That is why we all need to have a social mission."

Indeed. Like Ghandi said, we need to be the change that we wish to see in the world. How can you change?

It's Finals week--don't you love it? I love the challenge of testing my intellect. Riiiiight. Oh Heavens...I dread Econ!

Hey, next Tuesday is the DHS Lunar New Year Celebration on the Quad at lunchtime. Come watch the hip hop dancing and the fashion show with dresses from 5 to 6 diff. cultures!

Gotta roll  Be cool with one another, everybody!

Come watch me perform a Korean fan dance at the DHS Drama production "Songs of Ourselves"

A multicultural celebration

Saturday, Nov 12 and Sunday, Nov 13 at 2:00 PM both days

Davis High Performing Arts Theatre on 315 W 14th St

Tickets are $10 General, $6 Seniors/students, $5 DHS students AT THE DOOR

A wonderful cause: all proceeds go to Hurricane Katrina relief efforts

When will I stand on the opposite side of Baek Du San? When will we reunify?

In Memory of Rosa Parks, who died this evening at age 92.

Quote: Speaking in 1992, Mrs. Parks said history too often maintains "that my feet were hurting and I didn't know why I refused to stand up when they told me. But the real reason of my not standing up was I felt that I had a right to be treated as any other passenger. We had endured that kind of treatment for too long."

Climate Committee Meeting with Guests Davis Police Officer Briesenick, member of the Yolo County Gang Task Force.

Officer Briesenick will detail the list of gang criteria and explain the history of police taking pictures of students on campus and off campus (the Gang Task Force took pictures of DHS students on campus earlier this year).

Latinos Unidos will share their activities and concerns as Club of the Month. Of course, all clubs are welcome to share their activities and concerns. CotM helps us make sure at least one club will.

Oct. 19th, Wednesday, at 2:45 to about 4:30 pm, in P-14. Snacks are served.

Climate Committee is a branch of the City of Davis to build bridges between groups on campus. Also, your input is relayed to the DHS Administration--so make a positive difference at the meeting!