Harvard Professor Donates Engagement
Let me briefly introduce you to Dr. Josephine Kim, a professor at Harvard University who teaches at the Graduate School of Education. I first met Josephine this past summer at a leadership conference we both spoke at. While we never had the opportunity to have anything more than a short conversation, I personally learned a great deal from her lectures.
However, I did get to briefly share about One Day's Wages. The truth is I share about the vision of ODW with as many people as possible and most really like or even LOVE the idea but that's often the extent of it.
This is why I was so stunned to receive a note from Josephine that she and her fiance, Solomon, have asked their friends and guests to donate to One Day's Wages in lieu of any gifts to them at their engagement party.
Here's Josephine's note:
...I felt a strong conviction to promote ODW somehow, and I had this idea of asking people to donate to ODW instead of purchasing gifts for us. The coolest thing was that right when I was about to call Solomon to discuss this idea, he called me at that very moment, and he made this very same suggestion to me first...I don't think I've been this excited about an organized effort in a long time...We are definitely showing ODW's video at the wedding shower in place of a silly slide show. We're so excited about this decision. We're going to preface the video by stating how we wanted to use the attention we have to shed light on a larger issue we both care about and how we also want to make a public commitment - to live in a way that will always have us looking out to others rather than in, only to ourselves.
- $20 can provide clean water for one person for 20 years.
- $10 can purchase a bed net to help prevent malaria.
- $45 can pay annual school tuition for one child.
- $100 can provide a woman with a sewing machine and job training.
Comments
Love it. So cool to think about the impact and good we can do with so little on our part.
AWESOME! Congratulations to everyone involved as it will be a moment of celebration for the power of love for all things -- in every sense of the word!
what a beautiful way to celebrate their love. awesome!
I am personally inspired by such accomplished individuals with such huge hearts! Major props to Dr. Kim and her fiance, as well as Eugene! Y'all r great examples for the rest of us!
It would probably benefit folks to understand the context. Someone emailed me to ask, "What's the big deal and who gives gifts during engagement parties?"
Because Solomon and Josephine are getting married in Korea, this "engagement party" is basically their informal wedding party for their friends here in the States. Pretty cool and inspiring.
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