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Pavón, the qualifying region’s top scorer, served as a fulcrum for the nation’s renewed sense of unity. Pavón is of Garifuna descent, an ethnic mix of Carib, Arawak, and West African peoples that has been marginalized and discriminated against in Honduran society...

Author: By Mauricio A. Cruz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Visiting Professor Sees Homeland Through Soccer’s Lens | 11/3/2009 | See Source »

...Pavón] lead the team to victory and [for the country] to identify him as Honduran has served the positive function of getting the rest of Honduras to recognize the valuable aspect that is our Garifuna community,” Pastor says...

Author: By Mauricio A. Cruz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Visiting Professor Sees Homeland Through Soccer’s Lens | 11/3/2009 | See Source »

...says. "Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston" is the first large-scale project in which survivors have taken the lead in documenting their lives before, during and after a major disaster. So far, more than 30 survivors have collected over 250 stories in English, Spanish, Vietnamese and even Garifuna, a Creole language. "My mission is to put the tools in their hands," Lindahl says, "so they can get their stories--on their own terms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Next Chapter | 9/26/2008 | See Source »

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