SILENCE FOR DARFUR
I just sent Mr. Daoud Hari, author of "The Translator" an email about some very encouraging news.
Recently, the school my mom teaches at has been learning about genocide in history class. My mom gave the history teacher, Mr. H, my video project on genocide I made two months ago. He showed it to all his classes, and it apparently affected them so much that a few students have created their own power point presentations, and tomorrow...
The school is having a SILENCE FOR DARFUR!
The press will be there to document it. I'll be going, of course, because Mr. H wants me to talk about the most recent news in Sudan, help inspire students... and possibly be interviewed by the media for starting the school movement.
GULP.
Yeah. Kinda nervous in that respect, but... it's for the people of Sudan. I will do my best for them!
...even though I was stuttering just today presenting my biography on Queen Victoria to my English class.
Yikes. I'm nervous. But I'm so happy the school is making an effort to stop genocide. I'm so glad to be a part of something that could possibly help a lot of people.
I want the people of Sudan to live freely without the fear of being repressed or killed. I want Mr. Hari to be able to go back home again with the people he cares about in Sudan so he can live the life he wants-- and for the refugees in Chad to also be able to go home. Most importantly, I want genocide to stop entirely. I don't want to live in a world where killing people is acceptable, and murderers get positions in parliament. I want to live in a world that I can be proud of, where people refuse to stand and watch while others get hurt.
We're getting there. We'll get there, and it starts like this. One person spreading the word to another, then to another, then another, until we can finally create a movement, one grain at a time.
Recently, the school my mom teaches at has been learning about genocide in history class. My mom gave the history teacher, Mr. H, my video project on genocide I made two months ago. He showed it to all his classes, and it apparently affected them so much that a few students have created their own power point presentations, and tomorrow...
The school is having a SILENCE FOR DARFUR!
The press will be there to document it. I'll be going, of course, because Mr. H wants me to talk about the most recent news in Sudan, help inspire students... and possibly be interviewed by the media for starting the school movement.
GULP.
Yeah. Kinda nervous in that respect, but... it's for the people of Sudan. I will do my best for them!
...even though I was stuttering just today presenting my biography on Queen Victoria to my English class.
Yikes. I'm nervous. But I'm so happy the school is making an effort to stop genocide. I'm so glad to be a part of something that could possibly help a lot of people.
I want the people of Sudan to live freely without the fear of being repressed or killed. I want Mr. Hari to be able to go back home again with the people he cares about in Sudan so he can live the life he wants-- and for the refugees in Chad to also be able to go home. Most importantly, I want genocide to stop entirely. I don't want to live in a world where killing people is acceptable, and murderers get positions in parliament. I want to live in a world that I can be proud of, where people refuse to stand and watch while others get hurt.
We're getting there. We'll get there, and it starts like this. One person spreading the word to another, then to another, then another, until we can finally create a movement, one grain at a time.