Look Who Stopped By (3)

No, I'm not in the picture, and this doesn't truly qualify as a "Look who stopped by" because Don Cheadle and Jame Goodall didn't come to our office, but they did speak at a briefing on the Global Conservation Act of 2010. It was fun to see Don Cheadle and to hear him apeak on the need for the US to have a global conservation strategy with meaningful benchmarks to measure its success. But to hear and then meet Jane Goodall was inspirational. When she was introduced we were told that it was 50 years ago that she first went to the Gombi in Tansania to study chimpanzees, so young that the British Government wouldn't permit her to travel there alone, insisting that her mother go with her. I remember vividly those National Geographic stories with the pictures of that slight young woman living with those apes, our closest relatives. (I confess that I didn't learn as much as I might have, because unlike Playboy, which I read only for the articles, I looked at National Geographic for the pictures).
Dr Goodall has gone on to do amazing things, not only for conservation of animal habitat, but much more which you can read about at www.janegoodall.org.
After she spoke, we talked about one of her programs and what could be done to expand its presence in Israel and Palestine. More on that if and as it develops. Amazing woman, such a privilege to have heard her and met her.