Last week I was in Geneva Switzerland with the UN Human Rights people from all over the world. Most impressive people doing impossible work. My host was Anders Kompass who is head of field operations. Anders came to a training program 10 years ago and has been opening space around the world in some of the most restrictive spaces known â like between the government of Columbia and the FARQ. Not much room there, and what space there is, is hotly contested to say the least. When you get in the middle it can become very nervous making. As you might guess I have enormous respect for Anders and his colleagues, and when I was asked to be with them I felt truly honored and privileged.
There were about 150 people sitting in that circle for two days and everything happened just like usual. But the issues that people had passion for were not quite ordinary. Such as: What about torture? Sex Slaves? Child soldiers? Every day business issues for their world. Our world. And thank God they do that business. I felt humbled. Harrison Harrison Owen 7808 River Falls Dr. Potomac, MD 20854 USA Phone 301-365-2093 * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
