Diary
Day one. „We don’t want to wear you out !”
Few days before going to USA, at the Professional Fellows programe of the US State Department,through the Great Lakes Consortium for International Training and Development.
As it is an informal storytelling process, patterns of describing my experience encountering American culture willbe slightly different. and very complex patterns, as I’ll have the opportunity to find some quite interesting American people. And quite a lot. 🙂 And NEOGAP is responsible for this. 🙂 Thank you !
In a more concrete way part of the experience in Cleveland area will include :
-Short speaking engagement at the West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church in Rocky River, Ohio.
at the „Morning Forum” – informal remarks about the Romanian context in regard to fracking.This will include : parts of legislation (law 544/2001, HG 2004 – governamental deciision that give licence to Private Companies to start processes of exploration and exploatation of shale gas, about local authorities and the encountered problems.The informing campaign that Vira Ngo started was with lot of learnings) – October 14.
My disertation paper coordinator would laugh reading this. in his belief fracking is a very complex process, thus the process of getting the information and digesting it should be carefully managed. and his question, how can you translate this complex process to ordinary people that never heard of fracking? and now I’m asking myself a similar question : how can I address the encountered process of learning in frackingto people living in the rural area of Vaslui county? community organizing might be an answer. but how does it work community orgazing in a village, with mostly old population living in poverty? Based on national data, Vaslui county is the poorest in the country(population density 86/km2).most of the people in the rural area work agriculture (subsistance). Almost 400 villages take their water supplies from ground water supplies through their 21000 wells, through traditional wells. must I mention that this year was a drought season?
– Gwen, is planning something in Portage County – on 18th of October, mentioning that „this is a time when Ohiois in the midst of the shale gas boom”. I am wondering how it is to be in the Ravenna City Park of Dreams.
– On the schedule there will be some spending time with Broadview Heights group, Madison, who have started a ban on fracking. Don’t ask for more details. More surprises and knowledge to come soon.:)
– Door to door informing campaign.Talking with people about fracking.
-Township Trustee meeting- Monday October 15 at 7:00. soon i’ll have some minutes from a prior meeting.I remember of Bucharest township meetings, with Oprescu mayor, an independent candidate, that keeps citizens in a separate room, connected with plasma and cameras at what is happening at the meeting. Call this democracy and participation? And this is happening in Bucharest, european capital.
– Saturday , October 13, might go see „Koch Brothers Exposed ” film.
But first I have to experience all this and tell you more. Keep you updated!
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