Seeing Without Sight
Often, there is the misconception that to be disabled means one must be in a wheelchair. This may be attributed due to the universal symbol of accessibility that we so often see today, is of a man in a wheelchair, hence, the assumption. But what does it really mean to be disabled?
The Power of Fairy Tales
I love stories. I like to read them and write stories of my own. Growing up, I have always enjoyed listening to fairy tales. What is the essence of a fairy tale? Goodness always defeats evil, the end is beautiful, and the author uses characters to try to convey a moral lesson to young listeners. […]
Unaccompanied Refugee Minors in the European Migrant Crisis
Unaccompanied Refugee Minors in the European Migrant Crisis have been the principal victims not only of abuse back in their countries and during their dangerous displacements but also, and sadly, of neglect and violence in Europe by our bureaucratic systems and law enforcers, as well as common citizens. WYA Europe interns had the opportunity to […]
Chapter 1: My WYA Story
Four days could really make a difference. I proved that statement when my friends and I joined the first ever Chapter Leadership Training or CLT here in the city of Iloilo in the Philippines.
On the Experiential Demands of Human Dignity
This weekend, my colleague Julia and I—along with our summer batch of interns, our president, and one of his headquarters interns—welcome to New Hampshire twenty students from around the world for our International Summer Camp (ISC). Sure, ISC is an academic and formative experience, but beyond it, it is an experience of solidarity, which authentically […]
Lessons from the 2017 European Arts Forum
What is beauty? This is the question that the European Arts Forum (EAF) attempts to answer. Beauty is seeing clearly into each other with a complete respect for each other’s dignity and I can truly relate to this belief that EAF holds. After working on EAF for two and a half months, I was exhausted […]
Consequences of Living in a Post-Truth Society
The recent political and news landscape is cause for serious concern, not necessarily because of the policy decisions of the new administration but more of the way they conduct themselves in press interactions and on the internet. Our new president has been caught repeatedly blatantly lying, and it’s reached a point of public desensitization. In […]
Human Dignity and End of Life – Part 3: The End of Life and the Law
Ljudsko dostojanstvo i kraj života – 3. dio: Kraj života i pravo This is a third in the series of three articles titled “Human Dignity and the End of Life”. [tabs] [tab title=”English”] The legal debate concerning the end of life is also characterized by contemporary medical interventions in the lives of the sick […]
Human Dignity and End of Life – Part 2: The End of Life and Medical Science
Ljudsko dostojanstvo i kraj života – 2. dio: Kraj života i medicina This is a second in the series of three articles titled “Human Dignity and the End of Life”. [tabs] [tab title=”English”] If the role of the society is making the world a warmer, more humane and secure place, then the medical profession has an […]
Human Dignity and the End of Life – Part 1: Introductory Notes
Ljudsko dostojanstvo i kraj života – 1. dio: Uvodne napomene This is a first in the series of three articles titled “Human Dignity and the End of Life”. [tabs] [tab title=”English”] One thinker said the following about the end of life: Just as we were helped to be born, so we have to be supported […]