Archive for March, 2008
Honors for the Yar’s Campaign team
This cause is getting support and attention as several of its leading organizers are being honored with awards.
Dr. Barbara A. Frey, who singlehandedly enabled the campaign to thrive by adopting it into the Human Rights Program which she directs for the University of Minnesota, has been selected to the University’s highly prestigious Outstanding Community [...]
Robyn and Kait are back — a new era
Gabriel Solomon continues to meet with important officials in Juba this week. Robyn Skrebes and Kait Dougherty are back in Minneapolis educating the rest of us on the wealth of information they acquired over Spring Break.
Already we can tell that their accomplishments in Juba will raise this campaign to a new level of effectiveness.
Most immediately, [...]
Kou, Robyn and Kait have arrived in Juba!
They made it!
Dr. Barb Frey got a call from Kou, Kait and Robyn arrived in Juba, South Sudan, in the evening Sunday (Juba time; in the morning Central U.S. time). “They arrived, they’re safe … they sounded good and upbeat,” Barb said. Now they’re working on activating their local cell phones (which Barb procured with [...]
Team Yar is on South Sudan’s doorstep!
The trio is in Uganda and preparing to fly to Juba. Kou arrived late Tuesday, and he met Kait and Robyn at the airport when they arrived Thursday. Kou’s friends from University of Wisconsin-Madison, John and Caroline, are helping them out. When they get their money and paperwork sorted out, they’ll fly to Juba on [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Kou has arrived in Uganda
Kou just called me and asked me to tell everybody that he arrived safely in Uganda. He sounds in great spirits although he complained that it’s hot there, poor guy.
After his long flight from Minneapolis via Amsterdam to Entebbe, he crashed at the Holiday Inn and slept till noon local time. He is in the [...]
Kou is on his way to Africa
At this hour, Kou is probably in Amsterdam awaiting his flight to Uganda, where he’ll apply for documents to enter South Sudan. Amanda Lyons, John Colombo and I brought him to the airport in Minneapolis this morning for an emotional but upbeat send-off.
I parked at the curb. Before he entered the terminal, we took a [...]
A salute from the Sullivan Ballou Fund
As Kou prepares to fly to Africa on Monday, he is sped on his way by the spiritually uplifting praise he received from the Sullivan Ballou Fund on Friday. The Fund, founded by Elissa Peterson and Hennepin County District Court Judge Bruce Peterson, gave its Sullivan Ballou Award to Kou and $2,000 to support [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Getting ready to blast off
Ever since the University of Minnesota granted permission for our trio of students to travel to Juba, the preparations have been flying. On Friday, Kou will receive the Sullivan Ballou Award in a ceremony that is also our send-off for him, Robyn, and Kait.
The Ballou Award includes a grant that greatly helps us cover current [...]
