Speak truth to Power: Voices from beyond the dark. A New Hampshire Premiere stage reading of the play by Ariel Dorfman
I was asked to participate in a reading of the theatrical presentation of "Speak truth to power": Voices from Beyond the Dark. I was not aware of the book or the play, but after reading a few chapters I was 120% on board. I want to not only support the cause but also celebrate the people in the book. They are true heros and celebrities.
The book tells the true life experiences of real heros from around the world who stand up and speak out for human rights. These people have done so during times of social unrest and under extreme resistance and pressure from their governments. Through death threats and even physical torture they continued the fight for justice.
One chapter by Maria Teresa Tula from El Salvador hit home. Not only because of my Salvadorian heritage, but because her experiences brought back many dark and uneasy memories of the struggles my family in El Salvador went through during the civil war in the 80's.
I still remember the daily phone calls my parents would receive from my grandmother, my aunts, uncles, and cousins to fill us in on the current "situation" over there. The terror they were living through bled into my family living here in our safe haven in the U.S. After all, they were our relatives, our blood family, they were the people my parents left behind to come to find a better life here in America. We were feeling what they were feeling, our spirits were connected.
A phone call came one late night when they found my cousins body on the side of the road, assassinated. She was only 16 years old, and a beautiful flower in our family. Our family was crushed. We still speak about her with the same sorrow in our eyes after all these years.
Yesterday, I learned a friend of ours is going back to Panama because her brother was assassinated and she needs to be with her family. This news brought tears to my eyes. It baffles me that we as a race of people have not yet implemented the simple notion of respect and love towards one another.
The great masters all say "we are one" "we all come from the same seed" "what hurts one will hurt all". So easy to forget sometimes, I suppose.
I am blessed to be living in this country, playing music with my brothers in deSoL! The band not only believes in higher self principles of spirit but also act upon it as well. So yes we will support this cause and add our spirit and spice to the evening!
Please come support an amazing cause on Oct 17th in Derry N.H.
for more info: http://www.jaymesfund.org