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Truth #1: Much of the world lives in a constant state of emergency. Truth #2: The majority of people in the United States are in a position to help. Question: What is Our Response?
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Our Response A local awakening of global compassion

English - Poverty, Africa, Rwanda
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Our Response · 2Y ago

Ignorance is Bliss

I wanted to re-share some of my thoughts from June 2009 when my passion for justice (the state of things being how they should be) really started stirring.  The following blog was from June 20, 2009 — this was written about 5 months before I was on the ground in Rwanda and broadening my awareness, a
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Our Response · 2Y ago

Statistics

There are so many statistics that try to quantify global poverty, disease & suffering… but sometimes too many quotes clutter the message as we seem to strive for the stat that is worse than all the others.  So through all the data, we at Our Response have reduced all this data into the following sta
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Our Response · 2Y ago

Spring meetings (5 cities in 6 days!)

<updated 4/1/10> On Saturday, April 24th we will be having our Spring Update & Info Session for Our Response from 9-11 am at Cambridge Intermediate School.  This will be a time to hear about the Our Response movement and hang out with others who are passionate about responding to global poverty, dis
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Our Response · 2Y ago

Update on the movement

This is an email update that was sent out on March 17th (and mailed to those without email). If you want to be on the email list, please send me an email at stevefredlund@gmail.com.  Thanks so much for your engagement.  *******  Greetings Our Response folks… there has been a whirlwind of activity wi
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Our Response · 2Y ago

“I always thought I should do something”

These are words that I have heard echoed over and over again in the years before my involvement in Rwanda and ever since this journey began.  I hold a strong conviction and most people in our rich western world want to help those with less financial resource.  I believe that at our core, we are [...
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Our Response · 2Y ago

Update and Saturday Invite

The following is an email/letter I sent to the Our Response distribution lists; if you would like to be on these lists, please let me know… ********************************* Greetings to those connected or interested in the efforts of Our Response to bring transformation to both Kivuruga, Rwanda and
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Our Response · 2Y ago

2010 – A year of impact in Rwanda!

Greetings to those involved with Our Response!  For the last half of 2009, many of us were incredibly busy spreading the word about Our Response, travelling to Rwanda, or hosting our community-wide kick-off event.  Therefore, the past few weeks have been an opportunity for us to enjoy the holidays a
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Our Response · 2Y ago

Whirlwind…

Greetings blog followers… what a crazy & transformational month of November culminating in a sweet event on Thursday night (12/3).  The month started on November 1st (coincidentally) by heading to the airport to leave for Africa, was followed by a 13-day dynamic trip to Kenya & Rwanda, and then a co
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Our Response · 2Y ago

Back in the Saddle Again

I have heard from several of you that I need to put a new blog entry out here, so here it is!  We successfully returned on Friday afternoon and have been busy trying to catch up on sleep, tell our stories, return emails, check voicemails, and re-acquaint ourselves with our families.  The trip was be
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Our Response · 2Y ago

Post for Tuesday

Tuesday  11/10 @ 11:00pm at the Masaai Mara in Kenya (2:00pm CST) Jamba (hello in Swahili)! It is Tuesday night and we don’t have internet at the moment here on the Masaai Mara in Southwest Kenya (we are supposed to by tomorrow night…. I certainly hope so).  Today was the day we left Rwanda and [...
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