A petition campaign for Buddhist solidarity with the monks and nuns of Burma

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Friday October 05, 2007 · 9:12 AM PDT

2007/10/05 · 09:12

"Love and kindness must win over everything"

We, the Buddhists of the world and those of us who deeply admire the peaceful tenants that make up the Buddhist way of life, implore the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC, the official name of the military regime of Burma (Myanmar)) to refrain from taking any actions that:

1. Physically harm the Buddhist monks and nuns participating in the protest marches currently taking place in major cities and towns in Burma .

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Saturday September 15, 2007 · 12:20 PM PDT

2007/09/15 · 12:20

Dr. Gary Richards

Superintendent of Schools
Wilton Public Schools
395 Danbury Road
Wilton, CT 06897

Re: Bonnie Dickinson

Dear Dr. Richards:

As you know, Bonnie Dickinson has been a teacher in Wilton Schools since 1993. She has, as you do, copies of all of her evaluations and staff appraisals dating back to 1997. Each evaluation by the high school administrative staff concludes with Ms. Dickinson being referred to as an excellent, organized and supportive teacher.

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Sunday September 02, 2007 · 10:25 AM PDT

2007/09/02 · 10:25

As the dog days of summer wane, high school students shop for clothes and supplies, bus drivers plan their routes, teachers prepare lesson plans ...
... and in Wilton, Connecticut, the superintendent of schools and his flunkies get into character by lying like a GOP senator caught in an airport bathroom.

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Wednesday June 13, 2007 · 1:22 PM PDT

2007/06/13 · 13:22

The Wilton High School students involved in the play, "Voices in Conflict," will return to the stage at the Fairfield Theatre Company for an encore performance on Friday, June 22. The play begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $12, or $7 for members of the theater.

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Sunday June 10, 2007 · 11:22 AM PDT

2007/06/10 · 11:22

A journey that started three months ago with a New York Times article about the town I grew up in, has taken me back to the scene of my childhood for a once-in-a-lifetime evening, the most moving and revelatory theatrical experience I have had in years.

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Wednesday June 06, 2007 · 7:57 AM PDT

2007/06/06 · 07:57

Tonight, Voices In Conflict makes its public debut at the Fairfield Theater Company in Fairfield, CT.

My blog features a radio piece by Eric Campano of radio station WSTC on the production. If this doesn't make you want to go see it, I don’t know what will.

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Thursday May 24, 2007 · 9:33 AM PDT

2007/05/24 · 09:33

Last night, the cast of Voices In Conflict, the play about the Iraq war by Wilton High School students, was honored with Music Theater International's Courage In Theater Award.

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Monday May 14, 2007 · 4:07 PM PDT

2007/05/14 · 16:07

Here's the latest news about "Voices In Conflict," the Wilton (CT) High School student theater piece about the Iraq War that was censored by the WHS authorities in March.

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Thursday April 19, 2007 · 1:56 PM PDT

2007/04/19 · 13:56

In an op-ed piece in the April 5 issue of the Wilton Bulletin, Barbara Alessi, whose objections led to the cancellation of Voices In Conflict, attacked Theater Arts teacher Bonnie Dickinson on the grounds that, among other things, Dickinson lied to the New York Times about her daughter's involvement in the matter. In yesterday's edition, the Times indirectly responded to Alessi's charges about the accuracy of Alison's Leigh Cowan's original article.

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Friday April 13, 2007 · 4:08 PM PDT

2007/04/13 · 16:08

Now that it's official that a version of Voices In Conflict compiled and performed by the students of the Wilton High School Theater Arts II class will be performed in June in New York City and probably in Connecticut, the Wilton Board Of Education has announced the upcoming production of their version.

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Thursday April 12, 2007 · 11:21 AM PDT

2007/04/12 · 11:21

Today's New York Times features the happy/sad news that the students of Bonnie Dickinson's Theater Arts II class at Wilton High School will be performing Voices In Conflict in June, at the New York Public Theater, the Culture Project, and probably in at least one Connecticut venue.

The article by Alison Leigh Cowan, who wrote the article that brought the VIC controversy to international attention, is here.

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Will you go to NYC to see "Voices In Conflict"?

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Will you go to NYC to see "Voices In Conflict"?

I'd crawl over broken glass to get there

2 votes

Probably

0 votes

Maybe

1 vote

I'd rather see it in Connecticut

2 votes

I'll wait for the DVD

1 vote

No, I don't want to hurt Barbara Alessi's feelings

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"Voices In Conflict": defending censorship in Wilton

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Friday April 06, 2007 · 2:08 PM PDT

2007/04/06 · 14:08

While the Wilton school administration dithers and foot-drags their final decision about whether to permit an on-campus staging of the Theater Arts II class project "Voices In Conflict," the family that single-handedly provoked the censorship is fighting back in print and online.

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