AOF is honored to present our November speaker: Carole Harper, founder of El Porvenir. For 20 years this organization that has made a true difference for remote, impoverished Nicaraguan villages, supporting community-initiated water, sanitation and reforestation projects. Carole recently returned to the United States after a years-long residency in Nicaragua; she now lives in Davis. Her talk will focus at the long-term positive and negative consequences of the 1979 Nicaraguan revolution within the context of Crane Brinton's "Anatomy of Revolution." Brinton's book models revolutions on social cycles where a post-revolutionary nation moves away from the Old Order to the installation of a moderate regime, then to a radical one. In this context, Carole will profile four revolutions, including the French and American. From her involvement in Nicaragua over the years, she will offer perspectives and political insights into the continuing influences from the 1979 revolution.
In Spanish, “El Porvenir” means “the future.” This is the second time that AOF has hosted a speaker from this visionary organization (the first was almost ten years ago). Come to our November meeting to hear the exciting story of what has unfolded in that decade. Then visit the El Porvenir website, http://www.elporvenir.org.
