Edwidge Danticat
Grassroots | A big day for Haiti, a big day for little Haitians (w/ multimedia)
Miami | Haiti past, present and future came together early in May on an urban oasis in Little Haiti. After 10 years of negotiation and bureaucratic delay, an all too rare inner-city, publicly funded, full-size soccer pitch opened on one-time industrial ground north of downtown. With multimedia and podcast.
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Writes Eduardo Galeano of the new collection from 
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Soccer creates space, and reconciliation involves a willingness to pass backward, to be patient and to develop new relationships with other players in order to move toward the goal. (L. Gregory Jones, "Spiritual Soccer," Christian Century, 29 Jan 08)
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