Three cups of Tea, Greg Mortenson in Lake Tahoe

When it is dark, you can see the stars...Ralph Waldo Emerson

I had a very exciting day today, meeting Greg Mortenson, Mountain Climber, Author, Educator, Director of Central Asia Institute! I got my book signed, which I read back in August 2007 when I serendipitously chose it in the book store. It was meant to be and very inspirational.

This program was brought to us today by the Squaw Valley Institute whose vision is to enhance the quality of life within the unique mountain environment of Squaw Valley, North Lake Tahoe, Truckee and surrounding communities.

http://squawvalleyinstitute.org/about/index.html

Greg Mortenson has pursued his life's work by this principle..."If you educate a boy, you educate an individual. But, if you educate a girl, you educate a community."

Of the estimated 750 million illiterate adults in the world more than 60% are women, according to international literacy experts. The Global Campaign for Education calls that statistic "shocking," since women's literacy in particular is so directly "linked to the achievement of other development gains."

You will have to read his National Best Seller, Three Cups of Tea, One Man's mission to Promote Peace One School at a Time, to follow the passionate and successful life's journey of an outstanding humanitarian, successfully empowering communities in the Taliban's backyard!

http://www.threecupsoftea.com/2009/03/27/abc-mar-27-09