Marla Ludwig, founder of Bright Star Vision, discusses updates on the kindergarten construction and other projects in Ghana, West Africa.  We also speak to John Himadgi Glidden of Youth Creating Change via phone from Ghana.

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Seeing the movie Che at Real Art Ways recently brought back to my attention the issue of world statistics.  While that doesn’t sound particularly exciting, the state of Cuba at the time laid the groundwork for what became a popular uprising against the US-backed Batista regime.  Che, played by Benecio Del Toro, talks about the conditions which helped make the Cuban revolution possible in 1959 – among them were infant mortality and literacy rates.  When I was in college, I remember being shocked when I read the State of the World Atlas – a visual, statistical guide to these types of data across the globe.   The United States is far from the best in many of these categories.  This is something the powers that be ought to come to terms with, especially as they play Robin Hood in reverse.  Read the full story

This week, an interview with Marla Ludwig, founder of Bright Star Vision – a secular grassroots organization based in West Hartford.  BSV is currently building a school in Dalive, Ghana.  Be sure to attend the fundraiser on February 7, 6-10pm at Artspace in Hartford.

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