All Entries in the "World" Category
PeaceJam - Brett Engle
This year on September 11-13th, we’re doing another PeaceJam International Youth Conference, this time in Los Angeles with 7 Nobel Peace Laureates. 3,000 Jammers from around the world are flying, driving, and busing in to take on The Global Call to Action, a plan to address the 10 core issues which the Nobel’s feel threaten the world over this next decade, by implementing 1 BILLION service projects.
Changing the world one pillow at a time — Danielle Sobol
While working at a pediatric cardiology clinic in Israel last year with Zanzibari children, grad student Danielle Sobol became fascinated with their culture. She went to Zanzibar and met a group of truly amazing women and discovered that while her basic computer skills were very helpful to them, they were making a difference themselves with their not-so-basic skills making pillows.
Rocky Mountain Why? — Susan Kaiser and Seth Greenland
10:39amSusan
Hey Seth, did you see McCain is going to visit the Dalai Lama in Aspen today? Do you think he’s a seeker?
10:40amSeth
I think he wants to discuss the four noble truths, and how he can use them to beat Obama.
A good week for grassroots activits - Susan Kaiser Greenland
It is a good week for grassroots activists the world over. For the first time leading up to the Beijing Olympics, Jacques Rogge came out of his coma and reversed his policy of silent diplomacy . . .
Message from the Dalai Lama to Friends of Tibet
“I want to urge my fellow Tibetans who live in freedom outside Tibet to be extra vigilant as they voice their feelings on the developments in Tibet. . .”
When I First Knew Benazir - Amy Spies
Benazir was dealing with the same issues that many of her women friends from Harvard were dealing with…except on a way larger scale balancing on a high-wire without much of a net:
Memo to China: The Customer is Always Right - Susan Kaiser Greenland
Because of the Olympics, hearing from millions of customers that we are not happy could in fact have an impact on Chinese government policy - probably not this week, but eventually.
The Middle Way of Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama - Susan Kaiser Greenland
Faced with complex issues, factionalized supporters, and a high-stakes game both Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama chose to play to the highest common denominator.
American and Chinese Co-Dependence: A Bad Relationship - - Susan Kaiser Greenland
Why then was China conspicuous by its absence from the State Department’s annual list of the world’s most egregious human rights violators?