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Images and Voices of Hope in
Ecuador - May 17, 2008
On May 17th, the
Launch of Images and Voices of Hope in Ecuador took place in the beautiful
and historic main auditorium of the City Council of Guayaquil. The group of
60 participants was made up of media professionals, academics and those from
the fields of business and government. The event was jointly sponsored by
the Brahma Kumaris local chapter, the Municipality of Guayaquil and
Consultores Asociados Rosalinda Villalba.
On behalf of Mr. Jaime Nebot, Mayor of Guayaquil, guests were warmly
welcomed by the Administrative Secretary of the City Council, Mari Gloria
Cornejo who expressed her support for Images and Voices, considering it to
be an important initiative for Ecuador.
Javier Gomez set the context for the evening and introduced the IV
representative, Veronica McHugh, who had come from Miami to share the
project's history and purpose and to introduce the gathering to the
conversation. This was facilitated by Moira Lowe who had come especially
from Argentina to assist in the launch. She encouraged feedback in
particular from the journalists present.
Many commented on their appreciation of having had the chance to meet other
media people with the same ideals. Journalist Maximo Garcia from Gamavision
expressed his desire to create a newspaper on values. Journalist Ana Maria
Alvarado expressed interest in reaching more journalists and Marica
Gilbert, Rector of Casa Grande University offered to host the next
conversation and encourage more media voices to participate. Closing
remarks were made by Mrs. Rosalinda Villalba and Liliana Vasquez.
Meetings among journalists who had attended have already started to prepare
for the next conversation. They are keen to share their stories on how they
can make a difference in spite of the restrictions and opposition they could
face from within the media companies.
ECUAVISA, the main TV station of Ecuador covered the event and interviewed
the organizers on the benefits of these conversations for the media and its
audience.
Javier Gomez
T 593-4-238 2851
M 593-0999 13097
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guayaquil@ec.bkwsu.org
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