Jan 20 2008
Keynote Was a Great Success
Sunday’s keynote was very successful. Both Claire and Bisrat gave presentations. Claire gave a presentation on her life and her work in Ethiopia, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Uganda and many more places. First, she told a bit about her life and dyslexia. From there she jumped to her joining the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). She explained her work in the feeding center in Ethiopia and the hard choices she was forced to make, the choices that haunted her for about 20 years later. She told small events that happened in different war zones. She said “War is not the answer“. One of the points she emphasized on was that no matter where you go, no matter who the people are their all humans, and at the end of the day all that matters is “Humanity“.
After Claire’s amazing presentation, Bisrat told a bit about A-Cet and how A-Cet helps kids in Ethiopia. He also showed a ten minute video on A-Cet which also showed the man who started A-Cet, David Stables.Bisrat’s main point was “A little goes a long way”, the more we do the better.
During the Keynote Middle, High and Elementary kids were doing fund raising. The Middle and High school were selling the A-Cet wristbands and Claire’s book “Moving Mountains”. The Elementary had a bake sale. After Claire and Bisrat had presented Mr. Johnston gave Claire and Bisrat each and ASD T-Shirt and in addition gave Bisrat 10 T-Shirt for him to take bake to Ethiopia for the kids in A-Cet. But the biggest news was that the whole school in the past months, through small fund raisers, had raised $5,000. That’s a real good start. All ASD needs is support from everybody out there. Sunday’s Keynote was a great success.
Leila
Tell us what you think if you attended this amazing event. Leave us a comment. Join the conversation!
It was exciting to see the support from so many different parts of the community. There were students of all ages, parents, teachers, business leaders, and many other people interested in making a difference. I hope each person realizes that he/she can make a difference in this world, regardless of age or position in life. I’m excited to see the direction ASD heads in response to this powerful visit.
I think the keynote was a huge success. There was a full house and the speeches were great. I really think we made a lot of money selling the wristbands and books and at the bakesale. Another great thing is that now so many more people are aware of everything we are doing and about what’s going on.
I agree with Leila and Ms. D., it was a GREAT event and attracted a lot of new people to the situation. I was positively surprised at the $5,000 that we raised. I think this is a super start. I think Claire and Bisrat are amazing people, and I was overjoyed to meet them. It was a great experience.
Yes, I think that the key note was a success as well. Not only was listening to Claire and Bisrat speak really interesting, but it was also fun and I think that everyone who came learned something new. I am also surprised that we earned quite so much money (LOL =P) but hey, that’s a good thing, eh?
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