[Xmca-l] Re: Donate to Prolepsis to feed Greek children

[mike cole]

our children are our future, Annalisa. Ask anyone **. So an organization
called prolepsis that is involved in preventative medicine and acting as if
a feeding someone now as a representation of the future seems entirely
fitting.
mike

** Sadly, by the same token, killing their children has a proleptic affect
as well. And worse.



On Sat, Jul 11, 2015 at 6:50 PM, Cathrene Connery <cconnery@ithaca.edu>
wrote:

>
>
> Dr. Cathrene Connery
> Associate Professor of Education
> Ithaca College
> Department of Education
> 194B Phillips Hall Annex
> 953 Danby Road
> Ithaca, New York 14850
> Cconnery@ithaca.edu
>
> On Jul 11, 2015, at 2:12 PM, "Annalisa Aguilar" <annalisa@unm.edu> wrote:
>
> > Hello esteemed xmcars,
> >
> >
> > I thought I'd let you all know about Prolepsis, a non-gov public agency
> in Greece that helps feed Greek school children. I learned about it from
> this NYTimes article:
> >
> >
> http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/18/world/europe/more-children-in-greece-start-to-go-hungry.html
> >
> >
> > Apparently schoolchildren in Greece typically do not have lunch programs
> and many with the recent turn of events are going to school hungry.
> >
> >
> > So here's the link to Prolepsis:
> >
> > http://www.prolepsis.gr/new/en/
> >
> >
> > <http://www.prolepsis.gr/new/en/>If you click the "I would like to help
> children in Greece" you can donate through Paypal (in Euros).
> >
> >
> > This is one way we can show that our concern and empathy during this
> time of uncertainty. It's not much to do from so far away, but then again,
> every little bit helps, like $5 or $10?
> >
> >
> > I find the name "prolepsis" – "the representation of something in the
> future as if it already existed or had occurred" to be relevant to us...
> and Greece! [😊]
> >
> >
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> >
> > Annalisa
> >
>
>


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