Tomorrow, September 10, is the “White Band Day” to combat poverty, sponsored by the Global Call to Action against Poverty. Groups from around the world are organizing demonstrations to urge governments to do more to end poverty. In New York there’s going to be a large “White Band” contingent at the annual Labor Day parade…
Month: September 2005
The Return of the Yehoodi Talk Show
My pal Manu and I, after a two year hiatus, have resuscitated the “Yehoodi Talk Show,” an internet talk radio program on all things new and fun the world of swing and lindy hop dancing. Since I moved to Switzerland and he moved to San Francisco, doing the show together seemed impossible. But then came…
NGOs Mobilize while the Governments Panic
I’m helping out at the annual NGO conference organized by the UN’s Department of Public Information every September at UN headquarters. This year is particularly important as its the five year review of the Millennium Summit and the Millennium Development Goals agreed to by governments in 2000. Right now I’m squatting in the lobby between…
Cuba – Not for the Timid or the Teetotaler
It's around midnight somewhere in Havana. There's a pop! sound and our peso taxi lurches to a halt on the side of the freeway, listing from a rear flat tire. As the driver struggles to fix it, Cindy and two Cuban strangers riding with us start to dance in the dark to the salsa music…