[I am often asked for career advice by students and friends searching for what to do with their careers, so I will start sharing thoughts as the below for those interested - you may find the advice is worth as much as you paid for it] The obvious advantage of choosing as your job something [...]
Today we filmed our first scenes of the “We Are Standing Up” viral video we are planning to release as a teaser for the October 18th OneVoice Summit: One Million Voices To End the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. It was great seeing the energy of all involved, the real commitment, and the real awakening that happens in [...]
12 surfing boards were delivered by Doc and David through Mowaffaq’s facilitation, amidst enormous media attention. Here are a couple, amidst hundreds of stories that were picked up on TV and Newsprint: New York Times Story – Prescribing Surfboards for Peace The Guardian Story – Reuters – Surfer Promotes Israeli-Palestinian Peace And a couple pics, [...]
Watching the interaction between Shlomo Artzi and his audience, now I understand why he is seen as THE foremost icon of the Israeli people. He is as big a star as they come in Israel – without any doubt the #1 choice of the Israeli people – and yet he has this warmth & approachabiliry [...]
Check this invitation out: http://blog.onevoicemovement.org/one_voice/2007/08/save-the-date-o.html We have been working on this for close to a year! We have been dying to share this with the world for so long, but waited and waited till we could be strong enough to guarantee that we will pull this historic event off! Now is YOUR time to join [...]
The Boards Made it through to their intended recipients! Now Americans David and Dorian are heading tomorrow morning with Ayelet Daniel from OneVoice Israel to deliver a lot more boards for the Palestinian surfers to be able to teach others to surf, with coordination from Mowaffaq Alami, from OneVoice Palestine in Gaza. They are [...]
So, not only did we locate the Gaza surfers and their federation, but through the amazing work of Adi Balderman of OneVoice-Israel, we were able to secure permits for one of their representatives to come meet with David, Doc, and Arthur, who is Doc’s loyal apprentice and also a very good surfer, who also runs [...]
Every time I visit the OneVoice office in Ramallah, I am happy to meet my colleagues who are so talented, hard-working, courageous, and committed to our shared mission – really an exceptional bunch. Every time I visit the office after an absence of a week or more, I am greeted by kisses by the men, [...]
Sometimes I stop to reflect on how far we’ve gone to implement one powerful but seemingly implausible idea (building a grassroots movement of moderates determined to push to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict), and yet how far we have yet to go to achieve our mission, and I wonder if I really have what it takes. OneVoice has grown [...]
OneVoice Gaza’s Executive Director Mowaffaq Alami moved fast and has reached the Gaza Surfers. It turns out there is even a fledgling Surfing Federation in Gaza. We are endeavoring to connect them to “Doc” and David this coming week…