Denver, CO

“Holding an intention to be in service shapes our overall attitude towards life in many ways. For example, it brings a greater sensitivity and awareness of others, a commitment to harmlessness, a willingness to put others’ needs before our own, and a desire to be in harmony with all.” -Jacob Needleman

My choosing to post this quote today was inspired by an About-Denver reader, Laura, comment on my blog post ‘Modern Heroes.’ I feel this quote is also an appropriate precursor to the following reception that Denver is lucky enough to host on August 8th. I will be at the reception to cover the event much as a journalist would, so look for the story to drop on www.about-denverco.com on August 9th.

“A delegation of 25 Iraqi high school students is visiting Colorado for 2 weeks through the Baghdad-Denver Region Partnership, a program of Sister Cities International sponsored locally by the Denver Regional Council of Governments. The Baghdad-Denver Region Partnership is an educational, cultural, and professional exchange program of Sister Cities International. The purpose of the partnership is to foster relations between people and groups in the Denver Region and people and groups in the Province of Baghdad. Everyone who shares the partnership’s goals of respectfully furthering cultural and professional exchange is invited to participate. The Partnership is not political; and participants hold widely varying views on the war and the situation in Iraq. What we have in common is the desire for intercultural exchange and understanding.”