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IDEC2012
Puerto Rico
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International Democratic Education ConferenceCaguas, Puerto Rico
 
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Friends:We can nally welcome you to our place in the world: the enchanted islands o the archipelago o Puerto Rico. We celebrate the 20th International Democratic Education Conerence (20 IDEC 2012)in the magical, autonomous city o Caguas. Your presence here excites us and, especially, lls uswith hope. Puerto Rico has much to oer to 20 IDEC 2012. But we know you also have much tooer us in what we hope is the eve o a major transormation as a country and you are part o thatprocess.IDEC 2012 is not only an international conerence. It is a starting point, a space where large andsmall projects are born that change the lives o people around the world. This is why our inspira-tion and theme o recent months has been that the most important day o 20 IDEC 2012 has to beApril 1st. We say this because what makes IDEC truly relevant all year long is the work that we areable to pursue since the day we say arewell to the conerence. That is the moment when our work begins rom what has been cultivated during our time together.In order to guarantee proound ootsteps, and responding to the Puerto Rican situation, this yearwe will have a room named Proyecto País (the Country Project). This will be permanently opento welcome the discussion o all the people and organizations that have ideas about Puerto Ricoand, in many cases, have already begun to implement them. We want to provoke a sustained dia-logue beyond March and, as a result o Proyecto País, arrange a concrete, inspiring statement thatleads to the agreement o all these eorts or a common purpose: to build the country we need,want and can.Another important part o this IDEC will be the First Regional Gathering o the Americas and theCaribbean. On March 29th, we will meet to shape this project, through which we aim to constitutea collaborative region o North, Central and South America and the Caribbean or an alternativeand democratic education that deends the human rights o children and youth. We want to createmore opportunities or exchange, dialogue and dissemination on the social and cultural diversityo our hemisphere. For our youth, educators, scholars and community leaders to deepen on theeducational experiences o their countries and participate critically in their potential or change.We will work vigorously along this exciting journey. Our desire is or you to take along everythingyou have come looking or in this gathering. And we hope that, in the process, you all get to knowour country, our reality, and eel welcome rom the very depths o our culture. To each and everyone who has supported to make this dream a beautiul reality, thank you. Withall our heart, thank you or the solidarity you have already shown by getting here. May you enjoythe conerence since the very moment you arrive and until its last second.Welcome to Puerto Rico!Justo Méndez Arámburu Ana Yris Guzmán Torres
 
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Centro Bellas Artes
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Pitirre
Youth Forum/Open Space
Caguax
Media and Films
Coquí 
Art and Movement
 Tanamá
Children Space
Others
891011
Moriviví 
Democratic Practices
Roble
Workshops
Amapola
Open Space
Flamboyán
Open Space
Yagrumo
Open Space
Ceiba
Open Space
City Hall
1213
Jardín Botánico y Cultural
ABCD
Barracón
Featured Speaker
Centro de Visitantes
Human Rights and Academia
Plaza Artesanal
Featured Speaker
Patio de la Fuente
Art and Movement
Conference
Democratic Practices
Jardín Acuático
Workshops
EF
Borikén
Proyecto País
Mar Caribe
Puerto Rico/Featured Speakers
 Taíno
Human Rights and Academia
Yunque
Featured Speakers
Colors
So you can quickly locate the many activities, we identi-ed the areas and rooms by color. You can check thedaily programs on pages 7 through 15 and use themap on pages 22 and 23 to quickly locate the buildingand the room that you are looking or.
Names
Each room also has a name that reers to various as-pects o Puerto Rican culture. You can see the list o rooms by color and name in the table on the let. The ollowing list has some expressions we use to de-scribe these names:1.
Borikén
-The Taíno’s name or this island.2.
Mar Caribe
- Our Southern ocean.3.
Taíno
- Indigeneous peoples rom Borikén.4.
Yunque
- Our Rainorest. Legend says that the goodspirit o the god Yuquiyú reigned rom this powerulmountain range.5.
Pitirre
- An autoctonous bird known or its bravecharacter.6.
Caguax
- Name o the Taíno indigenous chie o theregion o Caguas.7.
Coquí 
- The puertorricans are like the coquí, we canonly live in our islands. At night you will enjoy thesinging o this small rog.8.
Moriviví 
- A little sensitive plant that closes whentouched, then opens back again.9.
Roble
- A beautiul big tree with pink or yellow littlefowers. It is a symbol o Caguas.10.
Amapola
- It is not the national fower. But manypeople think it is or it’s beauty and presence in ourculture.11.
Flamboyán
- Puerto Rico’s emblematic tree has littleorange fowers that blossom in the summer.12.
Yagrumo
- A gigantic Caribbean lea that is brown inone side and white in the other.13.
Ceiba
- A majestic tree, considered sacred by manycultures, including our Taíno and Yoruba ancestors.14.
Tanamá
- A river in the North o the Island. The wordmeans butterfy in the language o the Taíno.
 Youth Leadership
20 IDEC 2012 has been designed so that youth areully integrated into the conerence through theYouth Forum. The youth rom dierent countrieswill not only be providing support organizing andmoderating activities, they will propose and do! Theyhave undertaken the responsibility or opening theplenary sessions, acilitating the workshops and theIDEC Dialogues, and will actively participate by tak-ing positions and generating proposals throughoutthe conerence. I you have not yet joined this collec-tive, you can still do so during the Conerence.It’s your Conerence!
Languages
At IDEC conerences, it is common or dierentcultures and languages to live together, understandeach other, and create new riendships and col-laborations. English is the language most commonlyspoken across countries attending IDEC. So, althoughthe IDEC 2012 is being held in Puerto Rico, a span-ish speaking country, we have taken both languagesinto consideration. Throughout the program thereare many alternatives in either language and all ple-nary activities will have simultaneous translation. Allplenaries, IDEC Dialogues and Room 4 Yunque whichwill host Featured Speakers will have simultaneoustranslation rom spanish to english and vice versa.We will also have simultaneous translation in ger-man and korean language. Throughout the programall activities that have simultaneous translation willbe identied with this symbol, .In the daily program tables, the activities that are inenglish appear with english titles and the activitiesthat are in spanish appear in spanish. It’s your Con-erence!
Workshop Design
One o the most un and challenging aspects o organizing the 20 IDEC 2012 has been experiment-ing with new ways o carrying out workshops,conerences and dialogues. We wanted to dedicateconsistent space to ve thematic conversations. Wewill be discussing: Puerto Rico, Human Rights andAcademia, Democratic Practices, Art and Movement,and Film and Media. You could dedicate your time toone theme and attend all your sessions in one spacewhere the conversations will fow rom one to the
The Calendar of IDEC 2012 at a Glance
March 24 - 28
Main activities o the International Democratic Education Conerence2012
March 29
First Gathering o the Americas and the Caribbean
March 29-30
 Tourist Options Free o Charge or our International Visitors, as an gestureo boricua hospitality*
March 29 - 31
 Tourism Packages Options*
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