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March 16, 2006

Global Firms

A cool part of working for a massive global firm is how different everyone is. At times it is as if "It's a small world after all" meets Pink Floyd's "Money". You have IT people from India, Israelis writing reports, the British in sales, and French administrators. Yesterday I helped a guy in Japan with a problem. The response "Thank you, OneEyedMan-san for your help as always. Nozaki" I thought that was cool. That's the first time I've had a foreign honorific added to my name.

On the subject of foreigners in need of help, I wanted to give a shout out to my sister's project at the JCC of Manhattan. I'll be helping and we'd love for you to join us.

...a particular dark part of Jewish history involves once every couple of decades, being hated by all your neighbors and having to run, hide, starve or move. It's a reality and it's forced us to become really resilient. But resilience doesn't always go hand in hand with empathy or justice. We're not the only people who have struggled against genocide, and we’re never done enough to protect others whose bad luck is taking them where we've been so many times.

Right now, every day, since 2003 a horrific genocide is taking place in Darfur, Sudan. And I’m prepared to do what I can to help stop it.
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On Sunday April 30th there's a rally in Washington DC to protest the genocide in Darfur. The JCC has decided, with me leading the charge, to make a goal of bringing 5000 people to the rally. I rented 100 buses and we're all going to go en masse. Nothing would mean more to me than to have you on the bus with me. I know it means giving up a Sunday, but it’s for an AMAZING cause. The rally will be tremendous, and so will the outpouring of love for these incredibly vulnerable people.

I'm going to make it really easy on you. I'm taking the JCC bus, though I set up buses for lots of other groups. I’d love it if you were on my bus. The whole deal- roundtrip cost per person and the rally and the whole thing is $30. All you have to doround tri is show up at 7:30 am on April 30th, get on the bus, argue over who can sit with me, and we can go. To register for the buses on line you can go directly to the bus registration CLICK FOR BUS REGISTRATION...or call the JCC box office at 646-505-5708. If you are not interested in going with me, you can sponsor a seat for someone who can’t afford one (like a college student.) You can do that on the web or on the phone too, just tell them “I’d like to sponsor a seat” rather than “I’d like to take the JCC bus.”

I know it seems far away. I know it feels like there's nothing we can do. I know we all feel like we don’t know enough about the situation. Doesn't matter. Take the bus. Take the bus because we should all know better.

Posted by OneEyedMan at March 16, 2006 8:34 AM

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