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Trading Places: Unexpected Perspectives on Refugees’ Experiences

Tuesday, December 19th, 2006

I got really excited about getting lots of psuedo-travel writing in one place, so here is an article I wrote for the VT Refugee Resettlement Program’s newsletter cause I doubt I’ll actually be going to Somalia any time soon, so spending time wtih Somali refugees is as close as I’ll come:

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Genocide in Sri Lanka

Sunday, December 10th, 2006

Sure this is a travel blog, not Nilima’s personal forum to advocate about distressing humanitarian issues, but that’s what i need to do now. Please visit

http://www.michaelyon-online.com/wp/humanitarian-catastrophe-in-sri-lanka.htm

 to read an article by Ellyn Shander on the slaughter of Tamils in Sri Lanka. This is especially crucial now because both the Red Cross, Clinton Foundation and UN have millions of dollars earmarked for tsunami relief. [read on]

Daddy, am I white?

Sunday, December 3rd, 2006
So last night I went to a reggae concert in Winooski, with two friends, both of whom love to travel, are very smart and conscious and are studying international development, conflict resolution and environmental studies. One is of Indian descent, ... [Continue reading this entry]