It means to fight for a just society of dignity and solidarity created by our own people, respecting internal democracy . . . . Maria Elena led a peace march in defiance of the strike that day. The next day she was gunned down by a masked woman, a member of the Shining Path, while attending a fiesta. At a service of communion in a small mining town 500 kilometers south of Lima, two women brought forward a large poster bearing Maria Elena's picture. She lives in us and we shall continue her work.
Volunteers take coffee and sandwiches around to various places where homeless people sleep at night.
Karen tells the story of her first shift, traveling with George, one of the key figures in the Out of the Cold program. They had stopped near two figures huddled under blankets on a heating grate. George bent down to touch the shoulder of one of them, and Eddie came up swinging. He stopped in shock as he saw that it was George and immediately apologized. I have to take care of Ernie.