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[mamculuna]

Maybe we all sometimes think LJ is its own world, unrelated to real life (and maybe that's a good thing) but here's a case where LJ made something happen. A couple of years ago someone from my flist (maybe anom? (maybe arethusa2? ) suggested a way to reach high school students and help them think about peace. And here it's actually happening. I passed on the suggestion and others made it happen. Thanks, LJ (or more specifically, whichever of you great folks thought of this).

ETA: The thanks go to arethusa2!

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[midnightsjane.livejournal.com]

That is so cool.
It really does show the power of a community, and to me LJ is that, and more.
from a little acorn, an oak tree.

[mamculuna.livejournal.com]

And even better, maybe some kid will decide not to go off and get killed, and will join the Peace Corps instead.

[arethusa2.livejournal.com]

That is so wonderful, especially if it gets kids to think of adding meaning to their lives through fighting for peace instead of war.


(Yes, it was me.)

[mamculuna.livejournal.com]

It was such a great idea--really glad you thought of it. I hope this will make a difference in someone's life.

[arethusa2.livejournal.com]

Thanks, me too. :)

[anomster.livejournal.com]

Posting this here because Jane's icon is just perfect for the topic!

It couldn't have been me, because I wasn't on anyone's friendslist a couple of years ago! But I'm sending my thanks to Arethusa & Mamcu for their parts in making this happen--it's great, & I'm glad to know about it. Any details from either of you--maybe a link to the original post, or even the story behind the part each of you played?

[mamculuna.livejournal.com]

You can read about it in my old post (it's entertaining but also just a bit troublesome):

http://mamculuna.livejournal.com/2005/02/15/

I think Arethusa's suggestion is in the comments. All I really did was take her suggestion to the group that I was working with that day and that is now sponsoring the scholarship.

[mamculuna.livejournal.com]

Actually Arethusa's comments were on the next day's post:

http://mamculuna.livejournal.com/52387.html?nc=6

[anomster.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the links! This is really great, I'm glad to know it's going on.

The story behind it is interesting too. Was this incident before or after the time a man was thrown out of a mall for the T-shirt he was wearing? I can't remember what it said now, but at least a mall is private property--isn't the military supposed to be protecting our rights, like, oh, say, free speech? Sheesh. Then just a couple of months ago there was the guy who wasn't allowed to board a (commercial) plane wearing a T-shirt that said "We will not be silent" in Arabic & English.

BTW, I just read a story in Grist magazine about another kind of encouragement for young activists (http://www.grist.org/news/maindish/2006/10/27/youth_awards/), this one in the environmental arena. Since this is the place for green thoughts, I figure it fits!

[mamculuna.livejournal.com]

That is a completely cool icon, and esp. for this post. **Sob** Wash!!

I didn't see it before b/c I was replying through email.

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