When people ask me what I’ve been doing I tend to not be able to answer. So much happens here in so little time!
Every Monday, our group of Humanity in Aciton Congressional Fellows have lectures with veeery interesting persons. I’ve mentioned some of them before on this site; US Institute for Peace, Lawyers defending Immigrants, AEI, etc. Last Monday we met with two legislative experts for them to give us insights to the legislative system, lobbying, etc. (even) More interestingly, though, we met with Qubad Talabani- the son of Iraq’s President. He spoke to us about the current situation in Iraq, the perspective of the Kurds, international recognition of nations and much more. We are truly being presented to some extraordinary characters!
Another set of extraordinary people was on the schedule thursday: A group of young guys my own age, surfers, showed a movie called ‘the Invisible Children’ in the Congress with help from Congressional Human Rights Caucus. These guys bought a video camera on e-Bay, went to Uganda, and made a film about child soldiers. They’ve come back and are now touring US with this amazing piece of work. Furthermore, they have raised money for more than 200 kids in Uganada to go to school. It’s simply impressive and admirable! I urge you to go to their website and contribute in one way or another: invisiblechildren.com
Also, I was at a dinner at the residence of the Morrocan Ambassador. It was rather surreal for the ten of us to sit with the ambassador, his closest staff, Mrs. Lantos and eachother. One of his staffers worked with the UN for some time and promised to tell me some tricks about how to get in
I have decided to come home in start of June, where I have been offered a job at Amnesty International. Looking forward!
Bueno, before I go in info-overload-mode, I will get up and go out in the niiiice sunshine! Soccer at the mall is scheduled to 12:30 (everybody’s welcome to join in!) Tonight will most likely be filled with drinking and partying as Senior Fellow, Karl, is leaving town to go to Germany.
I hope everyone’s in a state of joy now that spring is soon arriving! I will post some pictues before long- keep an eye out!
Thank you very much for stopping by and please feel free to leave a comment,
Jakob