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LEARNING brings CHANGE

CHANGE brings HOPE

NOLA Fundraiser! Save the date!

There is going to be a fundraiser for the New Orleans trips!! It will be Saturday, November 3rd, from 6:00-9:00 pm. Save the date! It will be located at the Mix Marketplace, 200 W Michigan Avenue.  Tickets will be $25 for a night of beverages and hors d'oeuvres, silent auction and photographic slideshows and live entertainment produced by youth!All of the proceeds from this fundraiser will go to the New Orleans trips in winter and spring. I went on the New Orleans trip this past spring because I heard of it from a friend who also went on this trip, and it was one of the omost life changing experiences I've ever had. I not only bonded with the people on the trip with me and got a taste of the flavor, the culture and the history and the overall feeling of New Orleans, I was also able to help a community trying to recover from one of the greatest natural disastors of our life time. I fully intend to go back, because the city still needs help, and once you've been to New Orleans...the city owns a part of you. It's that unforgettable. The people are kind and tough, the food is amazing, the architecture is this crazy mash of modern and old cultures clashing in colorful exuberance. Please make it possible for me, and others like me, to go back. If you aren't able to make it to this fundraiser, you can visit dedicatedtomakeachange.com to donate, or a website called Indigogo which will soon be up and running and I will post more about that later. The crescent city thanks you! :)

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Cleo sharing kindness and wisdom after the grass roots planning discussion.

Read from Grace Lee Boggs blog about the Reimagine 2011, working together joyfully.  

http://conversationsthatyouwillneverfinish.wordpress.com/2012/08/03/re-imagining-work-at-detroit-2012-by-grace-lee-boggs/