Well not exactly… But our plane had to abort take off since the wheel broke on the runway.  Now they made us switch planes…  And airports.  But I hear we’re getting free stuff…  Hooray.

Becky says: It’s Sunday already. I wish I could say time flew, but it kinda creeped along, real southern style. The festival comes to an end this evening with Widespread Panic closing out the weekend. It’s been a great learning experience for us, and we’re still digesting all the pros of being here.  Regina Specktor […]

Becky says: It’s Friday night and I finally found a little spot on the grass where our wireless works. It’s dark and I just came from Many Chao’s performance. It was hands down, my Bonnaroo highlight so far. Even better, I got to discuss WITNESS with Manu and the wonderful people working and traveling with […]

Becky here: Hi Folks! Wireless is spotty at best, but we’ll do our best to stay in touch. Yesterday was really inspiring. We had HUNDREDS of people visit our tent to get materials, sign up for our free online newsletter and  hear more about what we’re doing. Our volunteers are fantastic and it’s refreshing to […]

We’ve been trying to live blog but the wireless connection has been down since last night. Hopefully it’ll be up later. Yesterday was a lot better than expected, we got a ton of sign ups and the kids seem genuinely excited about the hub. Beck worked her magic and got some meetings set up. it […]

Becky here: The people are arriving. YAY. And our tent looks pretty beautiful (if we say so ourselves). Our team has been up and ready to roll since 7 AM. We’re camping with a bunch of other folks working at the festival and have about a 20 minute walk from our campsite to our WITNESS […]

Becky, Noelle and me are setting up the WITNESS tent. We are located right in the center of the entire festival. We’re going to be able to hear The Police from our tented area. Good thing we arrived a day before the concertgoers. There’s a lot to get done. We seem to be the only […]

We made it to Noelle’s place (see pic). Noelle is a former WITNESS intern and total rockstar who is dedicating 5 days of her time helping WITNESS get the word out about video advocacy — or in other words — using video for to defend human rights. She also gathered 5 friends who are excited […]

Landed in Nashville.  Apparently there are some other people attending Bonnaroo on our flight. It sounds like it’s going to be HUGE with lots of interesting org’s and companies present. We can’t wait to get there and look around.

So me and Beck made it on the plane after a total fiasco of a check in process that is American Airlines.   Note to self:  buy coffee AFTER the security check point. Nashville here we come!

This is a blog to document the travels of people from WITNESS. To kick things off, Becky and I will be camping out with 90,000 people outside of Nashville, Tennessee for the Bonnaroo Music  Festival. Bonnaroo is highlighting WITNESS this year, helping us raise awareness about the work we do around the world. In case […]

Hi Everyone – Sorry to be so long in posting. I have been busy with a lot of other stuff but moving the Sierra Leone project along with Gavin’s capable assistance in the meantime. This letter from Angie was delivered to the President yesterday in Sierra Leone, along with a message that we would like […]

So in a surprise turn of events, following commitments from the Chairperson of the TRC who went to Ghana with Gavin to get the printers rolling that the TRC report would be in his hands in July, the government issued a document they are calling a White Paper.  The response from the TRC working group […]

Hey everyone Angie and I met recently when she was in New York and I updated her on the TRC project. She is still willing and interested to return in Sierra Leone with us in late July or early August to help herald the published White Paper from the President!  She is checking to see […]

Hey there Today was a big day…. Our colleague Gavin Simpson is in Ghana with the printers now and I expect a report momentarily as to when he will be returning with the report in hand to deliver to the President, at which point the two week countdown to delivery of the White Paper begins! […]