Comments on: Bloggers are in Good Company http://youngadultcatholics-blog.com/2008/06/22/bloggers-are-in-good-company/ YoungAdultCatholics - a blog of NextGen at Call To Action Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:31:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Becky Schwantes http://youngadultcatholics-blog.com/2008/06/22/bloggers-are-in-good-company/#comment-393 Becky Schwantes Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:44:16 +0000 http://youngadultcatholics.wordpress.com/?p=111#comment-393 Thanks for the information on the bloggers in Burma! I didn't realize that they were being jailed or worse, but unfortunately given the history of suppression and oppression imposed by the Myanmar government, it doesn't surprise me. I got really interested in learning more about the Myanmar government, Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese history, culture, and the protests last fall when I became the refugee relocation case manager for three Karen (ethnic minorities in Burma) families last fall. I'm sorry to admit it, but I really had no idea what was going on there until their files landed on my desk, and I started doing background research for history and cultural competency. Most people in the U.S. didn't start taking note of the grave human rights violations and this tyrannical government's practices until the typhoon (and even that media coverage was sparse!) but again, it has fallen out of the papers and off the American radar. Your comments on the mission of CTA, and this blog in particular, are a great reminder of how much work we have to do, and that blogging on this site is just a little way of getting respectful, yet transforming, conversations going. Thanks for the information on the bloggers in Burma! I didn’t realize that they were being jailed or worse, but unfortunately given the history of suppression and oppression imposed by the Myanmar government, it doesn’t surprise me. I got really interested in learning more about the Myanmar government, Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese history, culture, and the protests last fall when I became the refugee relocation case manager for three Karen (ethnic minorities in Burma) families last fall. I’m sorry to admit it, but I really had no idea what was going on there until their files landed on my desk, and I started doing background research for history and cultural competency. Most people in the U.S. didn’t start taking note of the grave human rights violations and this tyrannical government’s practices until the typhoon (and even that media coverage was sparse!) but again, it has fallen out of the papers and off the American radar.

Your comments on the mission of CTA, and this blog in particular, are a great reminder of how much work we have to do, and that blogging on this site is just a little way of getting respectful, yet transforming, conversations going.

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