Wow. What an amazing experience we've just had. Michelle and I have given talks to two separate high schools in the last few days. We've managed to educate and advocate for our cause, women's education in Afghanistan, to some of today's youth. We talked with the generally university-bound "Leadership Class" at Belmont Senior Secondary, and we talked with some less-structured students at Pacific Secondary alternative school. I think that both classes took away a strong message of the need for continued efforts in ameliorating the human rights situation for women in that country, as well as the all-too-real need for continued security efforts to enable diplomacy and development a place to grow. The alternative class takes the cake for interaction, though!
Mr. Dave Betts, Principal of Pacific Secondary, called our presentation "very positive." I think if we managed to get just a few people informed and interactive, we did a good job. Especially for our first structured public event. What a great feeling to start making a real change at the grassroots level.
But now we're continuing to polish the presentation, and recreate it in different tones for different audiences. Due to the attention by one of these events, we've accepted a request to speak at a charity banquet hosted by Belmont High School on behalf of Amnesty International. By relating our experiences with and passion for Afghanistan we'll be helping to raise awareness of the many injustices against human rights for women that still exist today.
Mitch
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