hooray
wellllll
on Saturday night around 8:00 I got on a bus headed for Washington, D.C. for the rally to stop the genocide in Darfur. I was sitting across the aisle from one of the many refugees from Darfur who are currently living in Portland. I can't even pronounce his name, but he had lived through so much. I heard him talking about his experiences, and I was amazed. Hearing this really stamped and sealed my reason for going on this trip. It's weird, you can hear about these kinds of things and think "wow, that's horrible" or "I can't believe this is happening," but there is always a distance between you and the subject. To hear a personal story firsthand is unbelievable and really puts a lot of things into perspective for me.
anyway, here are the pictures i got. not too many but that's okay..
people from our group when we first arrived
escalators in metro
so much cooler than the ny subway
capitol
capitol building/beth penrose
ducklings in reflecting pool
on the national mall
washington monument
Elie Weisel! on the big teletron thing
kind of dark but you can see him on the podium
holocaust survivor Nesse Godin
Dick Gregory/emcee Joe Madison
Paul Rusesabagina with the emcee
Paul
at the podium
Russell Simmons
Big & Rich performed?
AL
again
Barack Obama
he is super cool
so overall it was a lot of fun! and spending 22 hours on a bus was totally worth it.
leave a comment if you feeel
on Saturday night around 8:00 I got on a bus headed for Washington, D.C. for the rally to stop the genocide in Darfur. I was sitting across the aisle from one of the many refugees from Darfur who are currently living in Portland. I can't even pronounce his name, but he had lived through so much. I heard him talking about his experiences, and I was amazed. Hearing this really stamped and sealed my reason for going on this trip. It's weird, you can hear about these kinds of things and think "wow, that's horrible" or "I can't believe this is happening," but there is always a distance between you and the subject. To hear a personal story firsthand is unbelievable and really puts a lot of things into perspective for me.
anyway, here are the pictures i got. not too many but that's okay..
people from our group when we first arrived
escalators in metro
so much cooler than the ny subway
capitol
capitol building/beth penrose
ducklings in reflecting pool
on the national mall
washington monument
Elie Weisel! on the big teletron thing
kind of dark but you can see him on the podium
holocaust survivor Nesse Godin
Dick Gregory/emcee Joe Madison
Paul Rusesabagina with the emcee
Paul
at the podium
Russell Simmons
Big & Rich performed?
AL
again
Barack Obama
he is super cool
so overall it was a lot of fun! and spending 22 hours on a bus was totally worth it.
leave a comment if you feeel