Posted in Blogging, Change, Culture, Crosscultural, Intercultural & Multicultural, Doing What I Can to Help, Global Issues, United States, Work, Writing, tagged Beyonce Knowles, Department of Defense, drought, Ethiopia, famine, global issues, human trafficking, humanitarian assistance, humanitarian organizations, I Was Here, Iraq, peacekeeping, refugees, Sergio Vieira De Mello, Susan Rice, terrorism, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, UN Mission to the UN, United Nations, United States, violence, war, World Humanitarian Day 2012 on August 18, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Okay, today’s post is both global and deeply personal in nature. August 19th is officially designated World Humanitarian Day 2012, marking the 9th anniversary of the bombing in Baghdad that took the life of Sergio Vieira De Mello, then serving as both the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the UN Secretary General’s Special […]
Posted in Adventures Big & Small, Light Bulb Moments, Work, Writing, tagged peacekeeping, UN on March 30, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Over the past couple days I’ve been a little out of sorts. Not irritable or cranky, just distracted. I’d been plugging along on prep workd for what I’ll call Project A, trying to get a fair amount done before a crucial meeting (and before the first wave of house guests arrives). I’m really excited about Project […]
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