Upcoming Djibouti + Sad Note

If you've not seen the 90 minute version of Djibouti or Bust, two more shows are on the calendar for November 14th and November 21st. The first one will be hosted by Kay Cheatham in Piedmont, and the second by Laura Goetz in Potrero Hill in San Francisco. Please let me know if you're interested in attending and I can get you some more information. There's sure to be some space in the second show, and maybe even at the first one. Or please consider hosting your own!

I received some sad news this week, indirectly tied to my trip to East Africa. Along the way, I was taking lots of water pictures for a group called the Clearwater Initiative. This organization was founded and run by a gentleman named Ben Sklaver who had learned about the conflict in Northern Uganda and its impact on clean water while serving in the US military in the Horn of Africa. This week, I followed up with him about the photos only to learn that he had been killed in early October while serving in Afghanistan. I'm including a Time story about him, as well as another interesting piece about Jews in (or not in) the military:

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1930683,00.html

http://www.forward.com/articles/116674/