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Archive for September 14th, 2005
Off to DC
Wednesday, September 14th, 2005… for the Acton Institute. Rudy and I arrive at Reagan International Airport 10 minutes apart tomorrow morning, and both are flying American. This was unplanned. Bodes well for a great couple of days. Rudy’s got the low-down on others who will be there. Add Tony Sheng and Matt Stevens to the mix (hopefully) and [...]
Katrina Relief Links
Wednesday, September 14th, 2005Volunteer with the relief effort October 6-10. President Bush visits SCA staging area in Gulfport. Send a care package with 18-wheels.
Determination Education
Wednesday, September 14th, 2005“The 85-year-old Kimani, perhaps the world’s oldest elementary-school pupil, toured New York Tuesday to promote a global campaign urging assistance for an estimated 100 million children denied an education because of poverty.” Link.
Today in Uganda
Wednesday, September 14th, 2005“For more than 19 years, the rebel group ‘the Lord’s Resistance Army’ (LRA) has been battling the Government of Uganda (GOU) for political power…. [The LRA] creates [its] army primarily through the violent abduction and forced enlistment of children. Children are used as soldiers, laborers and, in the case of girls, sexual slaves. More than [...]
Innocent Voices – Coming October 14th to select cities nationwide
Wednesday, September 14th, 2005Today, over 300,000 children fought as armed soldiers in forty countries, a global epidemic that shames all of us. Innocent Voices, directed by Luis Mandoki, tells their story through the eyes of Chava, a 12 year old boy compelled into military duty during El Salvador’s protracted civil war in the 1980s. I had the privilege [...]
Reminds me of Lily of the Valley orphanage
Wednesday, September 14th, 2005The movie last night reminded me of my brother Jonathan’s trips to volunteer at Lilly of the Valley orphanage in Tijuana, Mexico. Up to 100 kids live in the orphanage at any one time. They were not child soldiers, but many of their stories are equally gut wrenching and unjust. “The scars on the minds. [...]