Delegación de la Universidad de Long Beach, California, Enero 2007:
Long Beach University Delegation, January 2007


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El Profesor Víctor Rodríguez de la Universidad de Long Beach, California organizó un viaje educacional con estudiantes de esa universidad a Puerto Rico y República Dominicana.  / Professor Víctor Rodríguez from the University of Long Beach, California organized an educational trip with students from that university to Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.

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En la República Dominicana Melassa les organizó cuatro días de visitas comunitarias, visitas a museos y una charla con la Presidenta de la Fundación, Karin Weyland.  Además visitaron la Escuela de Mata de Los Indios donde Marilyn Brazoban y Rosa Martínez, la nueva directora de Melassa, les hablaron de nuestros proyectos colaborativos académicos-comunitarios. / In the Dominican Republica Melassa organized four days of community visits, museum visits and a talk with the President of Melassa, Karin Weyland.  They also visited the School of Mata de Los Indios and met with Marilyn Brazoban and Rosa Martinez, the new director of Melassa, who spoke to them about our academic-community collaboration projects.



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Marilyn Brazoban y Rosa Martinez hablan de los proyectos de Melassa en el laboratorio de computadora donado por la Secretaria de Estado de Educación a través de la gestión de Melassa y el Comité de Padres y Amigos de la Escuela / Marilyn Brazoban and Rosa Martinez talk about Melassa´s projects at the computer lab donated by the Secretary State of Education with the help of Melassa and the School´s Parents and Friends Committee.

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Karin Weyland, Rosa Martinez y maestra Andrea Ivelisse / Karin Weyland, Rosa Martinez and teacher Andrea Ivelisse

También fuimos a visitar la Cofradía de los Congos de Villa Mella donde los/as estudiantes aprendieron a bailar la música Congo y Sixto Minier, el Capitán de la Cofradía les habló de la tradición del Espíritu Santo y los rituales afro-descendientes. / We also visited the Brotherhood of the Congos of Villa Mella where students learned how to dance Congo music, and Sixto Minier, the Brotherhood´s Captain talked about the tradition of the Holy Spirit and afro-descendant rituals.  


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Los instrumentos del Congo: Conguito, Congo Mayor y Maracas / Congo musical instrumentos: Small Congo, Congo Drummer and Rattles

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Visita al Batey de Palavé, una comunidad domínico-haitiana donde las condiciones de vida de los/as migrantes domínico-haitianos/as son muy escasas, enfrentando problemas de agua, luz, falta de empleos, entre otros.   Los/as estudiantes visitaron el Comedor Infantil de ADASEC donde 50 niños/as comen allí diariamente.  Los-as niños-as compatieron con los/as estudiantes algunas dinámicas de dibujos sobre el escudo de la Universidad de Long Beach y cantos. /  Visit to the Palavé Batey, a dominican-haitian community where living conditions for migrants of this community is scarce, facing problems with regards to electrical and water supply, lack of employment , among others.  Students visited the ADASEC Children´s Food Kitchen where fifty kids eat on a day-to-day basis, and the students shared with the kids some drawings about the Long Beach University symbol, and singing.

 
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Visita a la Zona Colonial y el Museo del Hombre /  Visit to the Colonial City and the Museum of Dominican Man


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