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January 27, 2012

Teleprompters, Translation and a Tie

…I couldn’t help but be aware of how much my life has changed in the last few years. Last week I flew to San Diego to speak at a Rotary International Assembly. It was a bit heady for me. Not only my first time with a teleprompter and six-language simultaneous translation, but I was an […]

Filed Under: General Update, In the News, Peace Work, Slideshow Tagged With: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, International Assembly, Polio Plus, Rotary, Rotary Foundation, Rotary Peace Fellow, Rotary World Peace Fellow, San Diego

December 21, 2010

UQ graduate helps nominate Nobel Peace Prize candidates

This from the University of Queensland News: Recent UQ graduate and former Rotary World Peace Fellow David LaMotte has been appointed to a prestigious committee that selects Nobel Peace Prize nominees. Mr LaMotte graduated from UQ in June 2010 with a Master of International Studies (Peace and Conflict Resolution) and returned to the United States […]

Filed Under: In the News Tagged With: AFSC, American Friends Service Committee, David LaMotte, Friends, Nobel Peace Prize Nomination, Quaker, Rotary World Peace Fellow, University of Queensland

February 4, 2010

In the Margins

Lately For the past six weeks I have been living in eastern Andhra Pradesh, India, dividing my time between the city of Vijayawada and a small village an hour and a half away, Srikakulam. I’m working with a grass-roots non-profit agency called Arthik Samata Mandal (ASM), which began as a disaster relief organization, and now […]

Filed Under: India, Observations, Peace Work Tagged With: Gandhi, India, poverty, Rotary World Peace Fellow, wealth

January 5, 2010

In the Margins

Lately For the past six weeks I have been living in eastern Andhra Pradesh, India, dividing my time between the city of Vijayawada and a small village an hour and a half away, Srikakulam. I’m working with a grass-roots non-profit agency called Arthik Samata Mandal (ASM), which began as a disaster relief organization, and now […]

Filed Under: India, Observations, Peace Work Tagged With: Gandhi, India, poverty, Rotary World Peace Fellow, wealth

February 19, 2009

Class VII Fellows

I’m going to meet up with a few of the Fellows with whom I’ll be studying at the University of Queensland. Some have yet to arrive and some are here and looking for places to live (we’re lucky to have figured that out already). It’s a fascinating looking group of people. Rotary has posted our […]

Filed Under: Australia, Peace Work Tagged With: Class VII Fellows, Rotary World Peace Fellow, University of Queensland

March 15, 2008

Brisbane wrap up

  The last day in Brisbane was as good as the first two, taken up mostly by a tour of the city and environs with Judy Magub, who works with the Peace Fellows from the Rotary side, and an evening party where some of the class five Fellows were welcoming the new class six Fellows […]

Filed Under: Australia Tagged With: Brisbane, Rotary, Rotary World Peace Fellow

March 13, 2008

First Day in Brisbane

I suppose this counts as “hitting the ground running.”    After arriving at 7AM, making my way to the hotel and getting settled in, I checked email and found an invitation from Judy Magub, who is the Rotary liaison for Peace Fellows at U.Q. She said there was a Rotary meeting Wednesday night where three […]

Filed Under: Australia Tagged With: Brisbane, Rotary, Rotary World Peace Fellow

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Come to Ireland with me

March 20, 2023

Hey friends, I'm taking an amazing trip with good friends this summer.  You're invited. My dear friends Gareth Higgins and Brian Ammons lead retreats in Gareth's native Northern Ireland, and … Read More

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