Eligieron para la ocasión una fecha muy significativa, el 14 de enero, en saludo al cumpleaños 81 del pastor negro estadounidense, que naciera el 15 de enero de 1929 y que proclamó una doctrina de amor y paz para la humanidad.
Asistió un heterogéneo público, donde se encontraban directivos de importantes instituciones culturales, intelectuales, profesores e investigadores de la Universidad de Oriente, la delegación del Ministerio de Ciencia Tecnología y Medio Ambiente (CITMA), representantes de iglesias, el gobierno local y los medios de difusión (Radio Siboney y Teleturquino), así como educadoras y educadores populares del territorio.
En un primer momento se proyectó el video conmemorativo por el aniversario XX del Centro Memorial, un audiovisual realizado por su productora Caminos. Luego, como antecedente a la presentación de la edición 2010 de la Agenda, se mostró el video clip Earth Song de Michael Jackson, a lo que siguieron los comentarios sobre el contenido y utilidad de la Agenda y su Cartilla Popular, en un ambiente de compromiso con la preservación del planeta.
Los participantes, en sus intervenciones, se comprometieron a divulgar el contenido pedagógico de esta Agenda Latinoamericana, en cada espacio social donde se desenvuelven y agradecieron al CMMLK y a las educadoras y educadores populares de Santiago de Cuba, por la posibilidad de acceder y participar en esta experiencia.
Letra de la canción Earth Song, de Michael Jackson
What about sunrise
What about rain
What about all the things
That you said we were to gain…
What about killing fields
Is there a time
What about all the things
That you said were yours and mine
Did you ever stop to notice
All the blood we’ve shed before
Did you ever stop to notice
This crying Earth, these weeping shores?
Chorus:
Aaaaaaaaaah Oooooooooh
Aaaaaaaaaah Oooooooooh
What have we done to the world
Look what we’ve done
What about about all the peace
That you pledge your only son…
What about flowering fields
Is there a time
What about all the dreams
That you said was yours and mine
Did you ever stop to notice
All the children dead from war
Did you ever stop to notice
This crying earth, these weeping shores?
Chorus
I used to dream
I used to glance beyond the stars
Now I don’t know where we are
Although I know we’ve drifted far
Chorus
Hey, what about yesterday
(What about us)
What about the seas
(What about us)
The heavens are falling down
(What about us)
I can’t even breathe
(What about us)
What about the bleeding Earth
(What about us)
Can’t we feel it’s wounds
(What about us)
What about nature’s worth
(Oooh, oooh)
It’s our planet’s womb
(What about us)
What about animals
(What about it)
We’ve turned kingdoms to dust
(What about us)
What about elephants
(What about us)
Have we lost thier trust
(What about us)
What about crying whales
(What about us)
We’re ravaging the seas
(What about us)
What about forest trails
(Oooh, oooh)
Burnt despite our pleas
(What about us)
What about the holy land
(What about it)
Torn apart by creed
(What about us)
What about the common man
(What about us)
Can’t we set him free
(What about us)
What about children dying
(What about us)
Can’t you hear them cry
(What about us)
Where did we go wrong
(Oooh, oooh)
Someone tell me why
(What about us)
What about babies
(What about it)
What about the days
(What about us)
What about all their joy
(What about us)
What about the man
(What about us)
What about the crying man
(What about us)
What about Abraham
(What about us)
What about death again
(Oooh, oooh)
Do we give a damn
Enviado a la Red de educadores populares
