Positive Turn - Drake Elementary School

so the Positive TUrn GO overBoard book tour was recently held in Chicago where Justina and I cruized around to a bunch of down town schools, libraries, and then some schools outside of the city... and we challenged the kids to be Positive Change makers in this world that needs it. OUr speeches were directly influenced on being motivational and inspiring for these listening young adults. who seemed to be really into it. It was cool for me to share things with them that i thought would be up-lifting for their spirits and up- grading for their minds... to achieve this, i talked about all sorts of things.. from just plain believing in yourself, to being surrounded by positive role models, having good books to read, meditating, showing compassion, loving all people, reaching out to broken places, figuring out small actions that make a huge difference, and much more! Afterwards they seemed really amped up, and re-charged in a sort of way where their eyes glistened with a new approach to life, or at least, new ways to look at it. SO Chicago
was amazingly awesome, and full of many incredible experiences!
Justina and I will be doing Denver next, right after x-games and my 21st birthday ! yippeeee!

Connecticut Dream for Darfur Olympic Torch movement event .

Connecticut Dream for Darfur Olympic Torch movement event .

My life has been eternally changed after attending an event that is dedicated towards promoting peace for Darfur, who has been going through an INSANE genocide during the last 4 years! At the event, there were survivors from previous holocausts and the Armenian , Cambodian, Bosnian, and Rwandan, genocides. They all told an incredibly intense stories of how they survived and their families didn't . I learned about Gabriel, who fled Sudan as a child at 10 years of age when his village was attacked by North Sudan Arab militiamen. He fled knowing only that his parents were lost in the attack - not knowing if they were alive. With other children whose villages had also been attacked, he walked for months, crossing the Nile and untold miles of desert. They finally reached Ethiopia, where they were safe, until political upheaval there meant that Gabriel and the others he had traveled with had to flee again. They made their way to Kenya and a refugee camp there. This primitive education provided in the Kenyan camp gave Gabriel hope for his future.

I was there to give a speech about how important it is to be aware of the things going on around the world today, and if at all possible, to reach out in hopes to change it. The slogan for this event was Bring the Olympic Dream to Darfur because next years Olympics is being hosted by China, and the slogan for the 2008 Summer Olympics is "One World, One Dream ". Right now China is selling weapons to Sudan, W h ich are in turn being used to kill and fuel the murderous genocide of innocent farming communities in Darfur. It's pretty sick to think about, but this kind of crap is going on all over the globe, so i grasp onto it and try and do my part to help and reach out.

links to learn more.

http://david-morse.com/hopeforariang/primaryschool/

http://tomdispatch.com/post/174848/david_morse_energy_wars_and_lost_boys_in_sudan

www.dreamfordarfur.org

2007 World Tour Stops

This YEARS 2007 World Tour Stops in the U.S. were amazingly awesome!
TO say the least... I jumped on for the East Coast stops in Burlington, New York, and Chicago, ending it all in Irvine ! It was so much fun to be on the road with KElly C. and Natasza Z.! They are shred-stars but also great friends! Cruising around with the dudes, (Danny D, Romain, Nicolas, Kevin, and SHaun! we all were rallying to different shops, stops, early risings after late nights at movie premiers! It is a one of a kind thing to hang out with all sorts of kids from all over the place! Signing posters while graffiti artists sprayed the walls outside of the Long Island Shop stop, shooting photos in Down town New York with Kelly and Natasza, watching Nat take a nap before the signing, having a little doggy but up on the table to "hang with the pros." in Chicago, carrying glitter in my pocket to tag under the influence peeps, except Kelly who let me paint/draw on her face some tear drops after not having a sip of alcohol, .... GOOD TIMES! Nothing but good times with the Burton GloBal Team :-)

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VERMONT/MEXICO/SAN DIEGO/COSTA RICA t-o-u-R My month and a half travel-tour to Vermont, Mexico, San Diego, and Costa Rica was a linked adventure of amazing times. Starting the adventure in Vermont for a Round Table with the b-u-r-t-O-n shred-star girls was the kick-off point. There we talked about all the product in the line, and how to make it yet again, the most epic. After the meetings at Jakes sweet house and barn, I headed to hang at my parents house in Green mountain paradise. WHile there i trained with Bill Knowles, the kick-butt , push it all you've got guru. I put on my buff-ness suit and improved my mental power after training for three weeks and attending the weston priory, listening to the inspiring monks. My family is amazing to chill with...

From Vermont i then headed to Mexico for a creative marketing round-table with the chikas and burton crew... what a better place to get creative???

The first day and first excercise was playing a hang-man which welcomed Elena to the Global team. SHe was stoked, as was everybody else. There was a lot of surfing, a Friday night fiesta, mexican foofy drinks, , and hot steamy sun. I even got to see and experience a mexican tradition where they will put a poncho on you, and shake your head and raddle at the same time, right after you've pounded some of their grenedine mixed drink. what a splunder!

From Mecxico, i headed to San Diego to spend the 4th of July with my stud and watch him and his band lay down some tracks in a super cool studio .

It was fun to see the tedious process of producing and recording a song.

There are so many steps from start to finish. THey were on point and i was stoked to rock out all day!

From San Diego I star trecked to Costa Rica to hang with my family, surf the tropical waters, bronze the ultimate bronze, and work on our land,

which is exceptionally beautiful to say the least. ALl jungly, luscious,

and tropically gorgeous. Fresh fish, and yoga makes me feel like a million bucks ! I couldnt be any of a luckier girl, every day feels like a up-lifting dream.

Oh yeah, somebody sent me a picture that they drew for a class project, a "portrait of a famous person" she said was their assignment. that made me blush . I also created my own art piece while in Vermont for a darkSide art show where they would sell it and give me 75% towards my charity and then the rest towards a charity they were funding. Pretty cool, eh?

Life is rollin', in a positively gracious style.