An Allowance of Dream - August 21 to October 1

From the first installment of "An Allowance of Dream."

Artist Joseph Quinnell from UWSP and other local students, including one from Waupaca, travelled to Thailand last winter to the Development and Education Program for Daughters and Community School (DEPDC). The school, which is located in Mae Sai, on the northern border with Myanmar, was founded by two-time Nobel Prize nominee Sompop Jantraka, whose focus is giving children, rescued from prostitution, an education and new lease on life. Perhaps you've heard about the program on Jean Ferraca's radio show on WPR, "Here on Earth." or on the PBS television documentary "The New Heroes." Quinnell has since set in place a program to sponsor several of the older students for an education at UWSP. All profits from sales in the show will go toward that end. There'll also be an opening for the show that will feature a Thai dinner and slideshow presentation from Quinnell, and a special showing of the work that our Waupaca student, Anne Wojtalewicz, did there. (See photo below.)