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My Trip to Books For Africa

Posted by admin on 10.26.2009 at 11:32 am

by Paul “Paco” Miller

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On October 2nd and 3rd I had the opportunity to represent Better World Books (BWB) in Minneapolis/St. Paul at several events put on by our partner Books For Africa (BFA). Those two days were jammed packed with events that made me find my way around the twin cities, but were well worth the trip. My biggest take away is that BFA is a great partner for BWB. Everything about the trip reaffirmed how reputable an organization it is and made abundantly clear the important role it plays in the great task of confronting the obstacles to literacy and education in Africa.
Michael Henley (BFA Board President), Dr. Augustine P. Mahiga, Tom Warthe (BFA Founder), myself, President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed of Somalia, Congressman Keith Ellison, Pat Plonski
The events ranged from breakfast with Dr. Augustine P. Mahiga, the Tanzanian Permanent Representative to the United Nations; lunch with Johnnie Carson, the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs; a conference on Literacy and Education in 21st Century Africa co-hosted by the University of Read more…

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