Part I of the Weekend: World Day of Social Justice

This weekend was crazy fun! So much so, that I will be posting in several parts just so you can get the magnitude of it's awesomeness. This weekend kicked off with our celebration of World Day of Social Justice. A group that I am part of at school, GlobeMed celebrated by raising awareness of social justice issues and our common humanity through these super cool, bright yellow bumper stickers that each had an educational fact or proverb. We were sticking them on people, walls, doors, notebooks, water bottles.... everything and anything so that people would hear us out. I was asked several times throughout the day about their significance, allowing me time to talk about social justice issues that mean a lot to me. Mine read:

"Ubuntu: 'I am because you are.'"
It's a South African proverb.

Haiti's GDP: $11.5 billion
Goldman Sacks bonus pool: $20 billion

"The only real nation is humanity." -Paul Farmer

This Past Weekend

So I'm a little late on my Valentine's Day weekend post because this week has been no less than CRAZY but here goes :)

Andrew and I met up in Nashville after a long three weeks of being far away. It was fabulous. Mostly our weekend revolved around food and fellowship (but that might be how it always is in the South?). Friday night we met up with my mom and ate at Bosco's. SO TASTY! Above are pictures from my phone (sorry for the poor quality). These are the appetizers. Left is Andrew's artichoke with tastiness (some kind of gunk wonderful) baked inside and on the right- me and my mom got tasty oysters. The night was spent catching up and laughing and watching the opening ceremonies to the Olympics (sweet!).

Saturday, I worked a lot on a photography project, which I was critiqued on this week and I think went pretty well (at least half of it did)... I will need to post pictures soon. Saturday night Andrew brought me a beautiful bouquet of wild flowers and took me on a wonderfully romantic date to an Italian eatery in Nashville, Maggiano's. Once again, SO TASTY! We spent the night chatting and laughing and loving.

Sunday, we went to our second class of premarital counseling, which is always insightful (maybe I will have to post what I learn some time) and sadly parted ways after exchanging Valentine's Day gifts. Andrew made me this super cute collage with a really sweet message on the back.


Now I'm back to Memphis. Fast forward through a week of craziness here in Memphis, with lots of meetings and you meet me here on a beautiful sunny Friday which I have spent reading a great book on the couch with the windows wide open. Tomorrow I will be "mentoring" at a conference called Peace Jam and celebrating World Day of Social Justice. Hope you have a great weekend!!

Hats off to Sunchips!

Starting Earth Day, Sun Chips will be packaged in plant-based, biodegradable bags. Nice!! I'm all about hugging trees in as many ways as you can :)

New Blog

Wanted everyone to know about a new blog I am writing for/facilitating. http://rhodesadvocatesforchange.blogspot.com/
It is a blog that seeks to educate people on issues concerning social justice and create productive dialogue around these issues so I think you should head over there and check it out!

Winter Olympics 2010

Anybody else obsessed with the Olympics? It's the perfect thing to watch while doing homework. I really love how it brings all people of the world together if only for a sport despite what is going on in the world at the moment. It shows that we have the potential to get along. The biathalon is INSANE! Those men and women are beasts!!

Love.

Happy Valentine's Day Loves!!
Hang out with someone you love this week and make sure they know you love them :)

NISSAN LEAF

Cool commercial introducing the first mass-produced electric car- the Nissan Leaf. This car has the potential to change the world. Not only will it be great for the environment, the US will no longer need to rely on foreign oil as much as it does now. Equals big economic change? I think so. Anyways, check out the commercial and click here to get more info from the Nissan website.