Hey Guys.
Hello from New York City – Times Square to be exact. Byron and i just took a walk and checked out the enormous famous Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center, which was lit earlier tonight, smells great and simply rules. New York is hard to beat, especially this time of year. You gotta see it.
We are in town for the first-ever Alliance of Youth Movements Summit:
“From December 3 to 5, leaders of pioneering youth movements will launch a global network that seeks to empower young people to mobilize against violence and oppression. Brought together by Howcast, Facebook, Google, YouTube, MTV, the U.S. Department of State, Columbia Law School and Access 360 Media, leaders of the organizations will travel to New York City with the mission of crafting a field manual on how to effect social change using online tools.”
Needless to say, we’re beyond honored to be here. It’s a pretty amazing group of people from all over the world, brought together by a pretty incredible group of brands. Everyone here is fighting for change in some way, working creatively to fight injustice and make life better for people. One interesting thing about this group is that all of us are using the internet and new media to do it.
TWLOHA will be featured (speaking) on two different panels:
Thursday, 12/4 – 1:45 to 2:45pm EST
Panel: “Addressing Violence at Home”
Hosted by Whoopi Goldberg!!
Friday, 12/5 – 8:50am to 9:40am EST
Panel: “How to Begin – Taking it to the Streets”
Hosted by Larry Diamond
For tons more info (including schedule and press release) and to watch the whole thing live online tomorrow and Friday, check out:
http://info.howcast.com/youthmovements/
This is a pretty big moment for us and i just want to take a second and say that we are here because of you. i mean that in a couple different ways. i mean we’re here because you got us here, because of your response and because of your incredible support. But i also mean that we’re here on your behalf. Earlier tonight we were at Google and tomorrow we’re being interviewed by Whoopi Goldberg and tomorrow night we’ll be at MTV in Times Square, and all of that is pretty exciting… but the heart of the matter is that we’re here on behalf of people who are hurting. We’re here on behalf of people who feel alone and people who live in silence. We’re here because we believe in hope and help, and because we believe that people need other people. It’s a privilege that we get to say those things and it’s a privilege to represent you guys.
i have to be awake in five hours so i should probably get some sleep : )
Peace to you.
jamie