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Act1 DONE!
Wow, I resisted this one part of the mission. Couldn't figure out what I wanted to get out of it. Then I was too scared to actually contact the person. But it's done.
I chose Robin Smalley of mothers2mothers.
To be honest, while the mission of mothers2mothers is great: to prevent the transmission of AIDS from mother to child in Africa, that was not what drew me to Smalley.
I read a profile of her in More magazine speaking of how -- in the midst of her full career as journalist in Hollywood -- she picked up and moved her family [including teen daughters] to Africa to help found mothers2mothers.
That courage to reinvent herself after the age of 40 -- and to pick up and move "where the action is" -- well THAT is why I am choosing her as my hero.
And this is what I wrote her:
Dear Ms. Smalley,
I am a 42 year old mother of 4 who has been reading about you and your work in More Magazine and on the m2m website. I am writing you --even though I am nervous to do so-- because I am participating in an innovative "game" launched by the World Bank Institute [www.urgentevoke.com] that seeks to spawn innovate solutions to global problems and launch the next generation of social entrepreneurs. One of the challenges in EVOKE is to find and contact a hero. And after a good deal of introspection, I have chosen you.
To be honest, I am not sure where this overture should or could lead. I do know that I want to make a difference and that I was once afraid that I was rapidly becoming too "old" to do so. The courage you showed by reinventing your life is a model I aspire to.
I intend to learn more about m2m, of course. But what I most want to know is the story I know I have no right to. The story of how you made the decision to uproot your family's life -- the life of your teen girls -- and take on the new challenge thousands of miles from home. If you ever find yourself willing to share that story -- I know it might inspire and give courage to many other people, like myself, who want to know that it is possible.
Sincerely and with great respect,
Ayala Sherbow
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Comment by Mita Williams on March 10, 2010 at 2:11am
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I think you made a great choice. I'm so hoping she responds!
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Comment by Ayala Sherbow on March 10, 2010 at 2:31am
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She did! very graciously. and offered to share more of the personal side of her decision to uproot her family. I will follow up with more in a later post. :)
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Comment by Fleep Tuque on March 10, 2010 at 7:10pm
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Wow, that's a great letter and I wish I could award more than 1 courage point! Great to hear she wrote you back!
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Comment by Murray Britton on March 11, 2010 at 1:02pm
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Wonderful format, i want to ask your permission to take some key phrases out of this for my letter to my hero. I'm not very eloquent and reading what you wrote, i was thinking, "thats exactly what i want to say." =)
Also i would love to read her response and hear her story, get her permission and post it if you can! Great stuff
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Comment by Hayden Darrell Linder on March 19, 2010 at 1:02pm
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This sounds promising but I didn't give you a +1 courage for sending this letter. You're not that old, and sending this letter wasn't that scary.
I gave you a +1 courage for what you're going to do.
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Comment by Chris Lancaster on April 5, 2010 at 7:34pm
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Great work! I love the letter. You've taken the first step, now build on it!
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