Fifteen Years Later

Fifteen years ago:

• I was a freshman in high school.
• Kurt Cobain had just committed suicide.
• Gas cost well under $1/gallon.
• I couldn't believe that my sister was about to graduate, I thought that she was so grown up.
• And, unbeknowst to me at the time, the massacre of one million people began in Rwanda.

Walt Mueller has a poignant post about why we should care about Rwanda. And why we should care that nobody in the world community did care 15 years ago. Please give it a read, then watch the movie Hotel Rwanda and then pick up "Left to Tell" that he references. It is a remarkable story and is one of the books that enlivened my heart for Africa when I read it a few years ago. I challenge you to refuse to be ignorant of what is happening in this world. We must know to care and we must care to act.

First Friday Five at Knoxify

Knoxify.com is a local Web site that wants to spread the word about what makes Knoxville great. I am excited to be a contributor to the site and even more excited to announce our new project First Friday Five. The first installment is April 3!