Moyers video here
January 30, 2009
Of course, this isn't a real video player, (pic above) you'll have to get this video by clicking on my link, but you may want to watch or hear this interview on the subject of the cost of war.
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I'd like to recommend reading Greg Mortenson's book
“Image courtesy Central Asia Institute.”
This is a touching book, wait, it isn't just touching, it raises the vibrational level of your own body, it reminds you of what we're all capable of being brave enough to do. (What our hearts most want from us).
This is what Greg Mortenson has done.
"On July 24th, 1992, Mortenson’s younger sister, Christa, died from a massive seizure after a lifelong struggle with epilepsy on the eve of a trip to visit Dysersville, Iowa, where the baseball movie, ‘Field of Dreams’, was filmed in a cornfield.
In 1993, to honor his sister’s memory, Mortenson climbed Pakistan’s K2, the world’s second highest mountain in the Karakoram range.
After K2, while recovering in a local village called Korphe, Mortenson met a group of children sitting in the dirt writing with sticks in the sand, and made a promise to help them build a school."
The Central Asia Institute is Mortensons organization, to be found at Ikat.org
Videos to watch here
Pennies For Peace
NBC newscaster, Tom Brokaw, calls Mortenson, “one ordinary person, with the right combination of character and determination, who is really changing the world”.
Mortenson advocates girls’ education as the top priority to promote economic development, peace and prosperity, and says, “you can drop bombs, hand out condoms, build roads, or put in electricity, but until the girls are educated a society won’t change”.
On August 14th, 2008, Pakistan’s government announced on its Independence Day, that Greg Mortenson will receive Pakistan’ highest civil award, Sitara-e-Pakistan (“Star of Pakistan”) for his courage and humanitarian effort to promote education, and literacy in rural areas for the last fifteen years. Pakistan’s President will confer the award on March 23rd, 2009, in an official ceremony in Islamabad.
Greg is scheduled to be in Portland Oct 1st this year, I suppose there is still time to get him to speak in this area (WA) if anyone would be interested in scheduling this. I would be happy to help out!!!
“Images courtesy Central Asia Institute.”
Recommend you enlarge this to see these precious faces..
Recommend you enlarge this to see these precious faces..