30 Days and Counting

  • by: Max Connor

30 days and counting until we depart from the San Francisco airport, embarking on a journey that will never be forgotten. What awaits us is a beautiful country that is home to magnificent creatures and people, and of course one of the world’s greatest civil rights leaders of our time, Archbishop Desmond Tutu. We have been blessed with the opportunity to understand a culture of pride, free spirit, kindness and love, or what Africa calls ubuntu. Our ability to go to Africa and experience ubuntu is made possible by the supporting community that surrounds us; we all know and understand that this journey of epic proportion would not be fathomable without those that believe in our cause. For those reasons we embark on a right of passage with the highest intentions, our goal is to bring our best qualities to South Africa, and come back with an understanding of South Africa and what it means to preach, act and believe in peace.

It is our belief that when returning from a right of passage, it is important for those around you to realize that you have made a transformation. Although not everyone experiences a great transformation, it is crucial that we manifest the knowledge attained on our journey. We like to document our activities; blog, record videos and photograph with the hope that we can inspire or motivate someone else. Isn’t that the purpose of our trip, to learn and experience? What is the purpose of our knowledge if it is not shared?

Very few are ever presented with an opportunity comparable to ours, so it is our hope that we will exceed the expectations and return home with a hope, idea, belief, realization, or an overall greater understanding of the world we live in.

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Angeles Arrien is a cultural anthropologist, award-winning author, educator, and consultant to many organizations and businesses. Angeles Arrien

Angeles Arrien is a cultural anthropologist, award-winning author, educator, and consultant to many organizations and businesses.

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Peter Block is a ground-breaking consultant to business, community and humanity. He reminds us of our need to remember what truly matters and to have the courage to act on it.

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Fritjof Capra is a scientist and author. He helps us understand how the world is inter-connected and what our consequent responsibilities must be.

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Sobonfu Some is an indigenous wisdom carrier from West Africa whose mere presence reminds us of what it means to be human.

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Margaret Wheatley helps us see how living systems work and is passionate about redeeming the promise of our species,

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Bill Moyers has elevated the art of the question and deep listening to new heights. His career as a journalist has made an enormous impact on the way the world thinks. His World of Ideas series is the basis for the Values in World Thought program.

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