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So my first project.

 

Well, though this one is less about outreach to others and more an outreach to my fellow OFLers, one of the things necessary after the program is continued contact with the ALUMNI, and this form of contact includes the cultural understanding we're working so hard towards.

 

One day while on the bus in California with all my friends, the OFL Alumni, everyone passed around different candy we had bought at the UCSB Bookstore. I was just sitting…

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I'll count this as my first post, though I know it's not.  I just wanted the explanation of the blog to always be at the top, not the bottom at the bottom of the list.

So, Ocean for Life. This'll be an explanation.…

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http://iws.punahou.edu/punablogs/news/archives/2009/12/underwater_lear.html

Part of this article is being quoted in a book by Cathy Berger Kaye called Going Blue: A Kids Guide to Saving Our Oceans and Waterways. It is being coauthored by Philippe Cousteau.

As most of you know, this is the poem I read for our photo presentation. The girl is Nora.



A strange face beside me

Not like me at all

She wears a veil, looks ahead,

and I am so interested

That I stare.

I wonder how she lives, what her country is like,

What does that veil mean to her?

She turns,

and I look away,

embarrassed.



I look out the window

Into the blinding light

And squint at San Fransisco.



The bus’… Continue

Two weeks ago

We dropped our lives,

Packed our things,

And came here to this place,

Not knowing what to expect.



But we found ourselves

Quickly crumbly

And melding into the Earth,

Embraced by water,

But rubbed raw by the salty sea.



Our pieces lay scattered

Creating a beautiful pattern

Of texture and light

Each piece different,

All rocks.



Out patterns bled

And we stained each… Continue

"Look at me, the only black student on this trip. Imagine the weight of the negative stereotypes I am carrying on my shoulders in an attempt to shatter them all. There is much more than is portrayed at the surface when looking at me. I come from a community where most everyone cannot swim, but I love the ocean.



The serenity and stillness of ocean habitats amazes me. Awesome.



Interconnectedness revealing itself through all of the different cultures represented here simply… Continue

Just added some new photos from OFL-DC.

Goto OFL Projects --> Member Photos

Just added some new photos from OFL-CA.

Goto OFL Projects --> Member Photos

Article about Ocean for Life, Florida, in the Florida Keys Keynoter:

http://www.keysnet.com/198/story/123410.html

Please feel free to view the following websites I have made:

My University of Alaska student profile

My photos of king crab research in Alaska

Blog on my adventures in Washington DC as a Sea Grant marine policy fellow

In case you guys haven't noticed, I have a
habit of changing my quote selections that
head my profile. However, these two quotes in
particular really stick out to me and so they
are to remain on the page. =]

I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back. - Maya Angelou

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace. - Jimi Hendrix

I’d like a frank love as the smile of a child

A love which would know how to dress of time’s coloros

To be brook and torrent

River and ocean



I’d like a quiet and soft love

Always surprising, but without too many turmoils

As snowflakes

Whose clouds relieve



I wanna everything to be confused

Friend, love, lover, accomplice

So that we can be our delight

Not our torture



I’d want as long

That evrything is… Continue

The happiness is a totally heterogeneou­s concept. Which is often confused with the well-being, the success or the social ascent. This word designates the events of entirely different nature. Everyone has his own conception of happiness.



Here is mine:



To be well, It is learned!

Certain persons believe that the happiness depends on their situations of life, the outside world to himself. However, their level of happiness depends mainly on their situations of life!… Continue

What an amazing day to go out and about

Especially when the sky appears after the rain clears out

There's a majestic sunny break that steals like a crook

The hearts of the people who get the chance to overlook



And then there are these people who are really cool see

Like my man Connor S. residing in Burnaby

British Columbia I mean and he's a cool dude

Loflers forever man and that is the truth



I can also speak of Samaah, a true cool… Continue

We look at each other hard

Our eyes speaking fire

Listening with ears barred

Pushing each other down to climb higher



Pain and suffering screaming in teary-eyes

Just asking for relief, looking for a friend

But we don't recognize the cries

And a helping hand we don't lend



But when will we learn to love

We are all fighting the same war

But instead of raising white flags and releasing a dove

We continue to beg to fight some… Continue

Just wanted to drop a link for the Sanctuaries YouTube page - there's some great video there of underwater kelp forests, several octopus species, a loggerhead turtle, German U-boats and other shipwrecks, and disentanglement of a humpback whale. Just thought you guys might like a look at these: http://www.youtube.com/sanctuaries