David LaMotte Visits O'Neal

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The Pilot, Southern Pines, NC

David LaMotte, folk artist and humanitarian, visited O’Neal on Thursday, Dec. 2.

He spoke to the Upper School students in the afternoon about his life experience from being a professional folk singer to founding a nonprofit in Guatemala and furthering his humanitarian efforts as a recipient of the Rotary . . . → Read More: David LaMotte Visits O’Neal

New Rotary Peace Fellowship video

Rotary International recently released a new video about the Rotary World Peace Fellowship, of which I am a recipient. I got to see the video in Birmingham, England a couple of weeks ago, and I’m happy to be able to share it with you now. If you’d like to know more about what I’m . . . → Read More: New Rotary Peace Fellowship video

The Real World

the Dubai airport, complete with indoor palm trees

It’s five in the afternoon in Brisbane, and about 10 AM here on this airplane. According to the flight information on the little screen embedded in the seat in front of me, I’m flying over Damascus right now, on my way to England. I spent . . . → Read More: The Real World

New Faces of Peace at UQ

by Naomi Smith

For some, the word peace conjures up images of hippies and free love. Not so for the new 2009 cohort of UQ Rotary World Peace Fellows.

For the nine new scholars housed at UQ’s Rotary Centre for International Studies in peace and conflict resolution in the School of Political Science . . . → Read More: New Faces of Peace at UQ

First week of classes

From random blog photos

It’s Saturday morning here in Fig Tree Pocket, our little corner of Brisbane. Deanna was up with a restless Mason through much of the night, so she’s getting some sleep while he is, and I’m watching the morning in a quiet house. I’ve finished my first week of classes . . . → Read More: First week of classes

One Last Article

This nice article came out a this weekend in Blue Ridge Now. That may be my last press for a while. I guess I’m officially retired now.

About the Fellowship

No, not the Fellowship of the Rings, though I was offered a spot as an extra in the movies while I was in New Zealand, back when they were shooting them… Anyway, that’s another story, but ask me some time!

Lots of people have been asking about the Rotary World Peace Fellowship that’s . . . → Read More: About the Fellowship