DAJEEL TAAN + #George Price100
18 September 2019
In the context of this first session of the dajeel taan, I must introduce its origins and central characteristic. Four Years ago, pressured by the students, Mr. Musa, Mr. Carlos Quiroz and Mr. Tzib embarked in creating the history club. It rapidly became a series of high powered and high energy student driven conversations in which invited guests presented life experiences, concepts, and themes; and the students questioned. The press-conference type events quickly gained traction both within our school, inciting students to learn and talk freely, and in the community encouraging community members to want to visit our club’s functions, as a guests or presenters. After four years of engaging learning sessions, guided by the students, we decided to create dajeel taan. Dajeel is a wolof (African) word for encounter and taan is a Yucatec Maya word for talking. Therefore, dajeel Taan literally translates to talking encounters. It is our meeting in a redefined way that incorporates the live recording of our get-togethers, and guest presentations in a tv-series-like manner. Dajeel Taan will maintain a youtube channel to continue engaging both our school community and the wider Belizean community. This new step aims to promote learning, questioning, and share information on various topics on Belize.
The second reason why we are here is, the apostle of our independence, George Price. This year 2019, George Price would have been 100 years. The charismatic leader, politician, activist, and most importantly SJC alumni, took the Jesuit words of “go set the world on fire,” to enhance a transformation in our country. We are not here to remember him; we are here to declare that George Price lives on because he lives in each of us. Today we will unveil an SJC-student-driven-and-student-made mural dedicated to our hero. These expressions are not in remembrance but in expressions that Price is alive. Price lives in all of us, his ideas live in all of us and we should continue practicing his ideas of social justice, equity, and service to our country. He is a spirit among us, I am George Price, join me in shouting, I am George Price!
In the context of this first session of the dajeel taan, I must introduce its origins and central characteristic. Four Years ago, pressured by the students, Mr. Musa, Mr. Carlos Quiroz and Mr. Tzib embarked in creating the history club. It rapidly became a series of high powered and high energy student driven conversations in which invited guests presented life experiences, concepts, and themes; and the students questioned. The press-conference type events quickly gained traction both within our school, inciting students to learn and talk freely, and in the community encouraging community members to want to visit our club’s functions, as a guests or presenters. After four years of engaging learning sessions, guided by the students, we decided to create dajeel taan. Dajeel is a wolof (African) word for encounter and taan is a Yucatec Maya word for talking. Therefore, dajeel Taan literally translates to talking encounters. It is our meeting in a redefined way that incorporates the live recording of our get-togethers, and guest presentations in a tv-series-like manner. Dajeel Taan will maintain a youtube channel to continue engaging both our school community and the wider Belizean community. This new step aims to promote learning, questioning, and share information on various topics on Belize.
The second reason why we are here is, the apostle of our independence, George Price. This year 2019, George Price would have been 100 years. The charismatic leader, politician, activist, and most importantly SJC alumni, took the Jesuit words of “go set the world on fire,” to enhance a transformation in our country. We are not here to remember him; we are here to declare that George Price lives on because he lives in each of us. Today we will unveil an SJC-student-driven-and-student-made mural dedicated to our hero. These expressions are not in remembrance but in expressions that Price is alive. Price lives in all of us, his ideas live in all of us and we should continue practicing his ideas of social justice, equity, and service to our country. He is a spirit among us, I am George Price, join me in shouting, I am George Price!
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