What an incredible experience! Yesterday, I got to walk 2 miles with the daughter of Desmond Tutu (the Archbishop of South Africa and Nobel Peace Prize winner), Arun Gandhi (the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi) and 1,000 other people from a wide range of faiths. We walked in the 9/11 Unity Walk in Washington DC.
We started at a beautiful Jewish synagogue, walked to an equally beautiful Muslim center, and ended at Gandhi Memorial. It was an amazing experience of appreciating our differences for the unique gifts we 
bring, and realizing our similarities. It was a time of joining together in the smoldering heat, with amazing speakers and all-around inspiration. Tomorrow I will post a video that has clips from the best parts of the day. Until then, enjoy a couple pictures of me, Angie, and Karyn's husband Jeff walking in the crowd sporting our Outreach International shirts, and Arun Gandhi speaking in the shadow of the statue of his grandfather. (PS. I even had a great conversation with one of the other walkers about Outreach International and the difference that we make in communities. As an economics person, he was skeptical about how we planned to really make a large difference, but through some deep conversation seemed to come around...We will see if he replies to this post. :) )
