Noted Journalist to Speak About Bin Laden's Legacy at University Sim

Steve Coll, a Pulitzer-winning journalist, is President of the New America Foundation, and a staff writer at The New Yorker magazine. Previously, he spent 20 years as a foreign correspondent and senior editor at The Washington Post. Coll is the Author of six books, including two about Bin Laden. This talk is part of the Global Agenda 2010 Speaker Series, and is hosted by Ralph Begleiter, Rosenberg Professor of Communication and Distinguished Journalist in Residence at the University of Delaware.

The discussion is at 4:30PM SL time, and is in the University of Delaware sim at (56/152/26): Click here for the SURL.

Source: New World Notes

Holocaust Survivor Speaking Out in Second Life Makes Real-Life News

About a year ago, Second Life Newspaper did a report on Fanny Starr ( Link ). She would speak at lectures through her daughter’s avatar, Explorer Dastardly (Helen Starr in real life). She would talk about her experiences and answer any questions from the audience.

Not only is Fanny Starr still giving her talks, such as in this video by Pooky Amsterdam, a glance at New World Notes showed she had made the attention of real-life news. A local TV station, KUSA-TV, did a story on her, and her lectures in Second Life.

Fanny Starr explained that live talks were necessary to explain her story, “You cannot ask a book a question. You cannot feel the pain of a survivors voice by reading her words.”

She hopes to educate people so the tragedy does not happen again, to Jewish people or anyone else, such as in recent tragedies in Africa.

Bixyl Shuftan

Weekend Events: RFL Concert in Luskwood and Holocaust Lecture in Lighthouse Learning Island

The following was on a notecard from Luskwood for an event tomorrow, Saturday April 25:

“Join us for a Relay for Life benefit concert featuring the soulful tunes of Jaycatt Nico and Frogg Marlowe! Enjoy their music, dance, just plain have fun, and most of all, give give give!

Saturday, April 25th, 1 PM PDT (SL Time), in Luskwood. Be there!”

Luskwood, Lusk (215, 170, 61)

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For Sunday, those who missed Fanny Star speaking earlier this year about the Holocaust will get another chance to listen to her:

“Please join Fanny Star and her daughter Helen aka Explorer Dastardly for a Holocaust Lecture

Host: Lighthouse Learning Island, Virtual Pioneers, and WNYRIC

When: Sunday April 26, 2009

Time: 5:00 PM SLT

Where: Lighthouse Learning Island (216, 115, 23)

Moderator: Orchid Jameson

Fanny will lecture and share her answers to questions of what it was like in a concentration camp for six years ... before it is too late. Emphasis on the worldwide rise in Anti-Semitic attitudes. ... Fanny’s strength, profound love for life, and her enduring faith in human kindness will inspire you.”

Bixyl Shuftan