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Where does it hurt?, #401
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Please note that this letter is in-process; the following are my notes

Dear Sophie,
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As Sy's story from the Kenyan poet: pointing to a map: it hurts here and here.

12/05/15: SG opened his GA 2015 oral report with this quote:
“later that night
i held an atlas in my lap
ran my fingers across the whole world
and whispered
where does it hurt?
it answered
everywhere
everywhere
everywhere.”
― Warsan Shire
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/812310-later-that-night-i-held-an-atlas-in-my-lap
Warsan Shire is a 24 year old Kenyan-born Somali poet, writer and educator based in London. Born in 1988, Warsan has read her work extensively all over Britain and internationally
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Sincerely yours,
Ed
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http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/812310-later-that-night-i-held-an-atlas-in-my-lap

Takeaways:

A powerful image can communicate the enormity of the problem

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