{"id":5378,"date":"2024-11-26T20:44:25","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T20:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abara2.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=5378"},"modified":"2025-05-12T22:48:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T22:48:25","slug":"a-letter-from-sami-dipasquale-executive-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abara.org\/es\/a-letter-from-sami-dipasquale-executive-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Carta de Sami DiPasquale, Director Ejecutivo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Querido amigo,<\/p>\n<p>Me llamo Sami DiPasquale y soy la Directora Ejecutiva de Abara. Estoy agradecida de compartir que nuestra organizaci\u00f3n cumpli\u00f3 5 a\u00f1os este oto\u00f1o. \ud83c\udf82 Si desea dar en honor de los 5 a\u00f1os de Abara, puede hacerlo\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.abara1.wpenginepowered.comdonate\">aqu\u00ed.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color:#ffde59;\">Ha sido un a\u00f1o duro.<\/span>\u00a0En muchos sentidos ha sido un a\u00f1o insoportablemente pesado: en el mundo, en Oriente Medio, donde crec\u00ed, y en la frontera entre Estados Unidos y M\u00e9xico, donde he vivido los \u00faltimos 20 a\u00f1os.<\/p>\n<p>Hay muchas preguntas e inc\u00f3gnitas en nuestro trabajo en Abara, pero\u00a0<span style=\"background-color:#ffde59;\">tambi\u00e9n hay algunas cosas que podemos creer y decir con certeza:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nos inspira la profundidad de la fe de tantas personas con las que nos encontramos.<\/li>\n<li>Estamos encantados con el testimonio prof\u00e9tico de los creativos que imaginan un camino diferente.<\/li>\n<li>Condenamos la violencia y los castigos colectivos.<\/li>\n<li>Afirmamos la dignidad de todo ser humano.<\/li>\n<li>Luchamos por un mundo en el que nuestros vecinos puedan prosperar.<\/li>\n<li>Buscamos a los h\u00e9roes que hacen lo que pueden para interrumpir los ciclos de violencia y trauma.<\/li>\n<li>Celebramos a quienes aprovechan sus privilegios y su acceso para defender a los vulnerables en lugar de limitarse a protegerse a s\u00ed mismos y garantizar su comodidad personal.<\/li>\n<li>Admiramos a quienes deciden solidarizarse con quienes sufren.<\/li>\n<li>Nos inspiran quienes traspasan los l\u00edmites de su empat\u00eda para comprender la historia y adentrarse en el dolor de quienes una vez no vieron.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Y queremos ser esas mismas personas.<\/p>\n<p>Queremos ser un pueblo de paz, un pueblo de amor, un pueblo de fe, un pueblo de justicia. Queremos crear espacios de sanaci\u00f3n y transformaci\u00f3n comunitaria. Queremos dar testimonio del sufrimiento en el mundo, no dar falso testimonio. En medio de la violencia, el dolor y la desesperaci\u00f3n, queremos plantar girasoles para celebrar los innumerables actos de bondad, amor y sacrificio. En un mundo que a menudo parece oscuro, queremos buscar las rendijas de luz, hasta que hayamos encontrado tantos puntos brillantes que el mundo ya no parezca tan oscuro y abunde la esperanza.<\/p>\n<p>Queremos ser el cambio que esperamos ver en el mundo. Y queremos dejar espacio para que otros hagan lo mismo, en la frontera y m\u00e1s all\u00e1.<\/p>\n<p>Y estas certezas nos proporcionan un lugar s\u00f3lido en el que apoyarnos, en el que encontrar nuestro equilibrio, en el que tener los pies en la tierra.  En un mundo caracterizado a menudo por la polarizaci\u00f3n y el vitriolo, aspiramos a encarnar un mensaje sagrado, de amor y de comunidad amada. El trabajo contin\u00faa.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Atentamente,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Sami DiPasquale<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\" style=\"text-align: right;\">Director Ejecutivo, Abara<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Querido amigo: Me llamo Sami DiPasquale y soy la Directora Ejecutiva de Abara. Estoy agradecida de compartir que nuestra organizaci\u00f3n cumpli\u00f3 5 a\u00f1os este oto\u00f1o. \ud83c\udf82 Si desea dar en honor de los 5 a\u00f1os de Abara, puede hacerlo aqu\u00ed. Ha sido un a\u00f1o pesado. 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