Our local news did a nice story to help raise awareness!

CNN did a great piece on the work for girls of Rwanda that Jessica Markowitz and other 9th graders in Seattle are doing. Teresa and I hade the priviledge of meeting with Jessica and her friends who in the 6th grade started "Richards Rwanda – IMPUHWE"  http://www.richardsrwanda.org/ .  Jessicas parents have graciously hosted Teresa and I in thier home several times and we are very excited about this organization.  It is a model that can be duplicated in other schools around the country.   Please take a moment to watch this clip!  Thanks Carl

Click here for CNN Clip

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/living/2010/02/10/am.cho.teen.charity.cnn?iref=24hours

(don’t be confused by the date of the video above, it is just for those who can’t resist pushing a "play" arrow)

NOV 30 We are on our way to the Pacific Ocean in about 5 hours. Just drove up from SF and arrived in Eugene a couple of minutes ago and true to my new resolution I’m posting more! Looking forward to a great ride out to the coast, about 58 miles.  We hope to leave at 7am and there are just a couple sizable hills on our route, something like a coastal range.

Check out this map  will send pics along the way hopefully, Carl

In the comment section please post links to your pics and or comments on the pledge 2 protect weekend.  Thanks Carl

Genocide Intervention Network has asked us to spread the word about the up-coming Nov 1 deadline for applications to the Carl Wilkens Fellowship Program. 

If you know someone who might be interested in this, details are listed below.

Thanks for helping us build the anti-genocide constituency!

Teresa

The Carl Wilkens Fellowship is a selective, year-long program that provides a diverse set of emerging citizen leaders with the tools and training to build sustained political will to end genocide. Seeking to bridge the gap between thought and action in the anti-genocide movement, the goal of the Carl Wilkens Fellowship is to develop effective leaders in communities across the United States who have acquired the skills and fostered the relationships necessary to influence and shape US policies on genocide.
 
In its inaugural year, the Carl Wilkens Fellowship program has worked with twenty (20) individuals from communities across the country and from a diversity of backgrounds – from retired corporate lawyers to filmmakers to computer programmers to communications specialists. Each one of them has been impacted by what is going on in Darfur, in Burma, and in other areas of the world. Through the Fellowship program, each one of these individuals has taken it upon themselves to acquire the tools and resources to build sustained political will within their communities for the prevention and cessation of genocide.
 
The Carl Wilkens Fellowship 2010 application is due by November 1 and is available at:

www.genocideintervention.net/advocate/wilkens/apply
 

Just stumbled on this.  GreatDocu on Iran.  Rick Steve does great stuff.

Got to watchit on Hulu.com and please write some comments.

(By the way we had a wonderful first day of our tour at Freeman High and Middle schools. Will make video blog on our first day tomorrow:)   The Inlander here in Spokane came out with a nice article on Pedaling2Peace. )

Courage, Carl

Have you heard about Pedaling2Peace?

or should it be called "midlife crisis:)"

Teresa and I are taking off across the USA and stopping at schools along the way to share about Rwanda and people who stand up against genocide and racisim, and intolerance! click on pedaling2peace and download the brochure to learn more. (just click on brochure! I can’t believe i figured this out!)

(Video blog tomorrow after our first school. You don’t want to see my blood shot eyes right now:)

Pedaling2Peace.org