After having the opportunity to visit Latvia and its wonderful teachers through the Teaching Excellence and Achievement grant in April, 2011, I am returning to Riga and more of Latvia's charms! Check out Teachers for Global Classrooms (TGC) Program For more info go to: http://www.irex.org/project/teachers-global-classrooms-program-tgc What a spectacular experience!
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Vaira Vira recalls her participation in THE BALTIC WAY Chain across the Baltics
I am privileged to know Latvians who participated in THE BALTIC WAY human chain across the Baltics on 23 August 1989.
Individuals in the three Peoples Fronts in Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania joined hands to protest for independence and freedom.
Vaira shares her memory of being there (copy and paste the url, blogger did not want to upload the clip...): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNi9oBAo5HA
Vaira remembers one more thing:
For more information on THE BALTIC WAY, see http://www.ce-review.org/99/9/amber9.html
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