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Story Archives of 'human rights'
Speaking Truth To Power
By Virginia Prescott on Thursday, October 15, 2009.
Dianna Ortiz, an American nun, went to Guatemala in the 1980s to educate children. There she was abducted, raped and tortured. Ortiz is one of dozens of people profiled by Kerry Kennedy in the book Speak Truth to Power. The book, with photographs by Eddie Adams, is based on interviews with people who've devoted their lives to free expression, women's rights, the rule of law, environmental defense, and eradicating slavery.
On Saturday, Speak Truth to Power: Voices From Beyond the Dark, playwright Ariel Dorfman’s adaptation of the book, makes its New Hampshire premiere. The staged reading includes poet Maxine Kumin, novelist Andre Dubus III, the actors Gloria Rubin and Richard Backus and many more -- including me. I’ve become so engrossed and shocked by Kennedy’s profiles that we invited her on for more. We welcome Kerry Kennedy, who, in addition to working in several countries, established the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Human Rights in her father’s honor. We’re also joined by Dana Biscotti Myskowski, producer and director of the New Hampshire production of Speak Truth To Power.
Holiday Music with Carol Noonan / Oscar DeSoto Visits NH
By Shay Zeller on Tuesday, December 13, 2005.Singer/Songwriter Carol Noonan has been sharing her Christmas songs at the Little White Church in Eaton for years. Now the musician from Brownfield, Maine brings her guitar to our studio to share them with you. We'll talk with Carol about her music and about her latest, biggest project: She and her husband are turning their barn into a performing arts center right in their back yard.
Later in the show we'll hear an exerpt from a speech by Oscar DeSoto. He's the Director of the Office for Promotion of Human Rights and Democracy within the State Department. He visited Manchester last week to give a speech for the World Affairs Council of New Hampshire. Desoto used his visit to talk about the government's successes and challenges in the realm of human rights and democracy.
