Must Read: Interview with recently released Burmese comedian Zarganar - "Since this morning, I lost belief" bit.ly/q0byN0 #Burma

Founder of #Cuba's Ladies in White dies bit.ly/r9Sdfd CNN The Associated Press BBC News (UK)

"The storyteller makes no choice, soon you will not hear his voice, his job is to shed light, and not to master." -Robert Hunter

my recent post on storytelling/burma: http://www.copyblogger.com/stories-change-the-world/

mesmerized by chiang mai's bright & billowing clouds....

savoring moments of rhythmic rain & jon brion's eternal sunshine while working on budget #s for upcoming interview locations chiara romoli borders

heading to Thai Pae Gate in CM with friends/students from Burma to celebrate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's 64th Birthday with music/skits/ceremony

back home from alexia's women's circle addressing "fear" -- what a beautiful group of women & what soul searching, revealing conversing.

debating ways to teach about the Rohinga/promote peace building for ethnic students from Burma w/deep-seated hostilities & needing alt. info

Concern that Bangladesh will forcibly repatriate Rohinga refugees back to Burma: http://bit.ly/10oG8W

in KL, Malaysia eating delicious middle eastern/indian/malay food, taking in the sights meeting folks from Burma to interview for the book

back in Chiang Mai: teaching about nonviolent social change by studying various social movements & their strategies (India/US/Serbia/SA)

"When you have a just cause, people pop up from everywhere to help you." -Gandhi