Return of John's Spirit to Peru

Next week (14-17 Oct), the Seventh Global Assembly of the World Movement for Democracy will be held in Lima, Peru. As described in this post, John's Memorial Fund will be supporting this important gathering.  Due to the kindness of family members such as John's Aunt Ticia and Uncle Ken and Aunt Susie and Uncle John as well as his brother Mike, and a host of other individuals, almost $25,000 has been donated in John's memory to this important gathering of over 500 democracy activists from all around the world.  To get an idea as to the good this fund will be achieving next week, click on the below picture.

 



The objective of John's fund has always been two-fold: to support youth and technology.  As can be seen from the above flyer, this is exactly the use to which John's fund is being placed.  The generous gifts are paying for a number of democracy assistance activists from around the world to come to Lima and share their special expertise in the use of technology to support the spread of the universal human value of self-determination.  It is also going to support the furnishing of these training sessions with the appropriate technological devices.

In addition to the support of youth and technology, the use of this fund is especially poignant in view of the fact that one of JW's life altering experiences was to visit Peru less than a year before he died as described in this post.  JW's spirit will be alive and well next week in so many ways that are so very appropriate to the manner in which he lived his life.

I leave for Lima today in order, in part, to see firsthand the impact that JW's memorial fund has on this important gathering.  Check back in a little over a week in order to read all about it.