I am sitting here in the Lima Airport, flight delayed, contemplating on the past three days.  I must say that I am truly lucky to have been in the presence of so many amazing people.  I don’t have time now to sit here and fill you in on how each of these individuals is changing the world (and believe me, they are), but I promise you that at some point in the next few days I will get on here and tell you a story about a man named Oscar, who forever changed Columbia with his No More FARC Marches, or Austin, who has written software that will allow Iranians to publish content over the internet, bypassing government censorship, or Brian, who is responsible for removing gang violence in inner-city Los Angeles, or Stephanie, who organizes us all.  It will take me a long time to tell you these stories, but, I owe it to them, and I owe it to you.  You can expect them soon.

My presentation went well.  You can be absolutely certain that Team Rubicon now has a VERY strong presence in Peru.  Should the world’s next large disaster strike anywhere near this incredible country, TR will be poised to immediately come down and save lives.  Because that’s what we do; save lives.

In closing, I guess I’m just humbled and in awe  by the passion that I saw this weekend.  Tell me that my generation is apathetic, tell me my world is crumbling, and I will tell you to look at Rodrigo Diamante, at Chris Youngblood, or at Susan Gordon.  Tell me that for-profit corporations are evil and I will tell you to check the websites of SocialVibe and MeetUp, and then I will tell you to take the efforts of your criticisms and focus it on doing something yourself.

(Not that anyone in the TR Nation says these things!!!)

Continue to follow Team Rubicon and every other organization out there dedicated to changing the status quo, Thank You.

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