· October, 2014

Posts about First Post from October, 2014

2014 and GV

October 27, 2014

I am a simple human being living in the Yucatan Peninsula, specifically in a popular area of ​​Merida. Global Voices I met in 2014 through a community activist living in Yucatan. It was they who shared my page, the call and who led us to postulate a proposal. What has...

A Year at Global Voices: A Hyperlinked Thank You

  October 26, 2014

In lieu of a “first post” reminiscence, I've decided to republish an October 2006 post from my now-defunct blog, Caribbean Free Radio, marking my first year at GV. It mentions several people who are no longer active members of the community, and reading it will probably give you a sense of how...

An opportunity for others and myself

October 26, 2014

I wanted to write and express myself through others. I found GV searching in google. I knew I lacked journalism knowledge and I need it and still need a lot to learn. So I decided to contact Global Voices and see If I had any chance. I was surprise when...

Telling stories, humanizing people

  October 25, 2014

My story with Global Voices started with Lingua, translating posts from English to Spanish with the help of Juan, the editor in charge for translations in Spanish. I remember choosing posts from countries I’d always had an attraction to, and then reading and visiting blogs from all over, clicking and...

Becoming integrated into the global society

October 25, 2014

In 2004, Taiwan suffered from its most distressed election since we started to elect our president directly in 1996. At that time, I studied in Boston. Struck by the information on Internet, I asked my friend how I can help. My friend told me to contact Portnoy, and he may...

From Local to Global

October 25, 2014

In April 2008 I was very surprised to receive an email from a stranger asking me to contribute to Voices Without Votes, a Global Voices project for the U.S. presidential that year. I still don’t know how Amira Al Hussaini found me but six years later her resourcefulness and tenacity...

Share the Magic

October 25, 2014

The generosity of a feminist blogger – and a fortunate stroke of serendipity – got me into Global Voices in the Autumn of 2008. I had just settled back home in Porto, living alone for the first time after half a year teaching in Timor-Leste. The experience in the antipodes...

Elections and Culture

October 25, 2014

My first post for Global Voices was technically not my first post. I had written on my blog, medeamaterial, a post about a music festival in downtown San Jose, Costa Rica, and David Sasaki, who was then the Latin America Editor, contacted me about reposting my article. I was interested...