Full Program, Presentations and Remarks
Event Title
Remarks by Federico Muchnik about the life and work of his mother, Rita Arditti
Location
Special Collections Research Room, Joseph P. Healey Library, UMass Boston
Start Date
22-4-2013 5:05 PM
End Date
22-4-2013 5:10 PM
Description
Federico Muchnik, Rita Arditti's son, speaks about the life, work, and accomplishments of his mother.
About Rita Arditti: "My mother was my conscience, she was my moral compass, she's the one who inadvertantly gave me whatever sense of right and wrong that I have sometimes ignored ... But I always come back to her values, and they do guide me, and I have a wonderful life as a result of all this."
About the Archives, this event, and Rita's work with the Abuelas: "If you walk away with something today, and if in the days ahead somebody walks away with something ... and they go into the world and they act or think about some of the values that Rita brings to us through these works, then this is a success. We've done it. [...] We've been able to continue expressing her values through her causes. Not just for the Abuelas, but for all the many other causes that she fought for..."
Remarks by Federico Muchnik about the life and work of his mother, Rita Arditti
Special Collections Research Room, Joseph P. Healey Library, UMass Boston
Federico Muchnik, Rita Arditti's son, speaks about the life, work, and accomplishments of his mother.
About Rita Arditti: "My mother was my conscience, she was my moral compass, she's the one who inadvertantly gave me whatever sense of right and wrong that I have sometimes ignored ... But I always come back to her values, and they do guide me, and I have a wonderful life as a result of all this."
About the Archives, this event, and Rita's work with the Abuelas: "If you walk away with something today, and if in the days ahead somebody walks away with something ... and they go into the world and they act or think about some of the values that Rita brings to us through these works, then this is a success. We've done it. [...] We've been able to continue expressing her values through her causes. Not just for the Abuelas, but for all the many other causes that she fought for..."