Kankakee Public Library Podcasts

Alex Frye (Bishop McNamara '07, Swarthmore College '11) spoke on his experience working with fellow Swarthmore College undergraduates and with students from La Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá, Colombia, to form Taller de Paz (TdP) to work with children of internally displaced families ages 10 - 14 living in Suba, a neighborhood on the outskirts of the city. The children served are among the steady flow of people fleeing the brutal civil war that has ravaged Colombian society for years. The program encourages peaceful resolutions to conflict and self-expression through photography, art, and digital storytelling, and uses these mediums as empowerment tools for the students to explore their environments, as well as their own meanings of peace. Please come to learn more about the conflict, the project, and how to get involved.