Thursday, January 11, 2007

"YOU COULD START BY CONVINCING A FRIEND"


"YOU COULD START BY CONVINCING A FRIEND"
Aung San Suu Kyi talks to the young people of the world about peace, alienation, and realizing their own power. Aung San Suu Kyi is one of the world's leading campaigners for democracy and a Nobel Peace Prize winner of great heroism. In person, we found her delicate and charming, and her wit and intelligence shone throughout our interview. We traveled to Burma to interview Aung San Suu Kyi for Peacejam, a five - year educational program to reach out to young people worldwide with am Aung San Suu Kyi talks to the young people of the world about peace, alienation, and realizing their own power. Aung San Suu Kyi is one of the world's leading campaigners for democracy and a Nobel Peace Prize winner of great heroism. In person, we found her delicate and charming, and her wit and intelligence shone throughout our interview. We traveled to Burma to interview Aung San Suu Kyi for Peacejam, a five - year educational program to reach out to young people worldwide with a message of hope. Peacejam celebrates the lives of Nobel Peace Laureates, including Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, Rigoberta Menchu, the Dalai Lama, Oscar Aris Sanchez and Betty Williams. Aung San Suu Kyi's deep Buddhist training is the basis of her life, her work, and her exemplary response to the difficulties of her current situation. So as you read this interview, look beneath the words of her answers to hear the subtlety of the message she has for every one of us. Listen also to the message she is sending to her jailers, to her people and to the world, about the tragedy of Burma. -- Ivan Suvanieff essage of hope. Peacejam celebrates the lives of Nobel Peace Laureates, including Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, Rigoberta Menchu, the Dalai Lama, Oscar Aris Sanchez and Betty Williams. Aung San Suu Kyi's deep Buddhist training is the basis of her life, her work, and her exemplary response to the difficulties of her current situation. So as you read this interview, look beneath the words of her answers to hear the subtlety of the message she has for every one of us. Listen also to the message she is sending to her jailers, to her people and to the world, about the tragedy of Burma. -- Ivan Suvanieff Aung San Suu Kyi talks to the young people of the world about peace, alienation, and realizing their own power. Aung San Suu Kyi is one of the world's leading campaigners for democracy and a Nobel Peace Prize winner of great heroism. In person, we found her delicate and charming, and her wit and intelligence shone throughout our interview. We traveled to Burma to interview Aung San Suu Kyi for Peacejam, a five - year educational program to reach out to young people worldwide with a message of hope. Peacejam celebrates the lives of Nobel Peace Laureates, including Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, Rigoberta Menchu, the Dalai Lama, Oscar Aris Sanchez and Betty Williams. Aung San Suu Kyi's deep Buddhist training is the basis of her life, her work, and her exemplary response to the difficulties of her current situation. So as you read this interview, look beneath the words of her answers to hear the subtlety of the message she has for every one of us. Listen also to the message she is sending to her jailers, to her people and to the world, about the tragedy of Burma. -- Ivan Suvanieff

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