Singing with the choir

Thursday, I was invited by the Centro de Amigos para la Paz [http://www.amigosparalapaz.org/] to give two presentations about my experience with EAPPI. It has been wonderful to meet the people of CAP here in San Jose. They are all dedicated to social justice, lobbying local politicians, and contributing to numerous humanitarian projects. Needless to say that my presentations at the CAP were not about educating an audience, but rather about sharing information and giving some first-hand tools to help the advocay efforts made in San Jose. By Thursday, a petition had already been sent to the Costa Rican government to ask for sanctions against Israel after its raid on the international flotilla.

After my second presentation, the group decided to create a committee to work on raising awareness regarding the economic boycott against Israel; apparently, many Costa Rican businesses have strong ties with Israel and (in)directly support its politics. The expression goes: "Preaching to the choir;" however, on Thursday, I didn't feel I was preaching, but rather joining in and echoing words and actions already underway! It's good to hear the choir sing!