More Than People Behind a Wall
- skrawic
- Oct 24, 2017
- 2 min read
For the past five years, I have had the luck of being able to work on some events in Mexico.
October 25th, 2017
My dear client who insists that I call her “Mi Hermana” has
shown me many sides of Mexico. The hardworking people. The Underprivileged.
The technology community. The history, and the future. All incredibly
interesting and not so unlike the many other nations I have been to in terms of
the fact that there are good things, and things in progress, just like other
countries and just like the United States.
I was a teenager in the mid 80’s when the big earthquakes came and changed the
landscape of Mexico City forever. I still remember the news clips showing the
devastation and wondering how they could ever recover. A couple of years ago I
was downtown in Mexico City and saw how some of the historical buildings are
slowly sinking, and some are not so level due to its history of being built on
an ancient lake bed. Mexico City’s comeback has been great since the 80’s. The
hotels, businesses, restaurants, and vista are all a wonderful blend of historic
and contemporary. It’s cool to walk in, and even fly over.
Recently of course, Mother Nature reminded Mexico who was really in charge.
First, earthquakes in the South, then the big one in Mexico City. The stories
on TV of the volunteers digging our survivors was amazing. Mi Hermana got
involved, bringing food to the volunteers and I am sure countless other things
that will span into the future knowing her. 7.1 Earthquakes are hard for any
city to combat and comeback from. FIRST had an event cancel because of the
shift in campuses from the Technical University that hosts them had both death
and injury on a devastated campus.
As Mexico and Mexico City once again rebuilds, I urge you to see these great
people as amazing hard working and kind people who are more than a culture
behind a proposed wall. Their dreams are our dreams. Good jobs, government and
housing. Opportunities for opportunity. Education for elevation. I have chosen
to donate through UNICEF (The United Nations Children’s Relief Fund). Call me
nostalgic. I was one of those kids who dressed up in my Halloween costume for
years in elementary school with the gold colored box and knocked door to door
before it got dark to “Trick or Treat for UNICEF” not really knowing what UNICEF
was about, but knowing that it was for a good cause to help kids around the
world. UNICEF boasts that it looks out for kids, and makes sure that they get
clothing, housing, and food in times of crisis and is working hard in Mexico
City right now. You can too by clicking here:
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In addition to this, the Mexican Red Cross seems like another great place to
donate to, by clicking here:
Let’s not forget our friends to the South as the news cycle has advanced to many
other stories in the past weeks!
SK
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