"While no one liberates himself by his own efforts alone, neither is he liberated by others. The correct method lies in dialogue." ~Freire

I loved this quote from "Pedagogy of the Oppressed", one of the books we were asked to read for the Teachers Exchange. It speaks about the necessity of obtaining freedom as a joint effort.

As much as we, as Americans, just want everyone to experience the First Amendment freedoms like we do, we can't do it for them. People have to have ownership in their freedom and it must come from the people who aren't free.

As free people we still have a role though. We can support them and partner with them, but ultimately we can't do it for them. The link, as Paulo Freire mentions, is in the dialogue; opening up and having honest conversations.