Soapbox

Today was family planning day at the DTM course. Two speakers spent the morning making the case for the need for family planning in the developing world. No argument really. Yes, there is a need. One of the difficulties in speaking about the needs in poverty stricken areas of the world is not so much making the case that the need exists but how you go about making the case. Because the intent should extend beyond educating people to inspiring them to act on the presented need. Our speakers today failed. I have shared the success' of other speakers.
There is a role that individuals play in the creation of the current world situation. It is an art to communicate this role with the appropriate degree of discomfort and personal ownership absent strident blame-mongering. There needs to be some discomfort mixed with inspiration to alter behavior and encourage positive action. Once the data of inequality is presented is the truth of inequity understood? What do we do once we are convinced of the inequity? Hopefully we find little disagreement that we should strive for equity in the world.