oh well hi there my name is eleanor seattle professional as well as a volunteer for ethiopia reads i'm delighted to talk to you today about the beauty and connections that come through media and through collaboration through different organizations that may have different goals and different vehicles but work together to accomplish common goal one of those is the multimedia resource and technology and training institute that we have here in which allows ethiopian youth to connect through media both from seattle to back in ethiopia one of the things that allowed us to be hugely successful at our first ever fundraiser for ethiopia reads was the support of this training institute to both capture the vent as it unfolded to allow volunteers that couldn't attend or supporters who couldn't attend what the event was all about the beauty of media is it allows people who may not be able to travel or may not have a view into the world that accessible to them from where they are to see and to learn and to connect to individuals that may live across the globe that may have a completely different experience than they have i am the mother of a little girl who was born in ethiopia one of the things i wanted to give her was a connection to her home country and a connection to her culture part of the reason i started volunteering for is i had read about their organization and i had understood what they were trying to do which was allow children in her home country to have the same access to education and books and dreams that they could have that she would have here in the u s and as i worked with this organization part of the power of media allowed me to meet artists and writers and to learn about the ethiopian youth media here in seattle and what they were doing and the power of all the different forms of media that connect us and that allow us to become truly global community is astounding and it's available to all that this is an area where people come and can share their message and their message because of the beauty of you tube and the internet can be available you know here in seattle in washington d c you know in europe where my my parents family and my husband family is from and other parts of africa where my daughter calls her birthplace the beauty of media is that it connects us all and allows us to deliver a message and learn from all of us so it's certainly part of my learning process has been using the connections i found supporting them collaborating and there's a wonderful synergy and everyone working together so it encouraged you to think about the media that you can be a part of think about whether or not this is an organization ethiopia youth media that you can support or that you have a message that you want to get out through their vehicle and their medium that they provide free of charge and available to you and i want to thank the founder i bernie for all his wonderful support because this is part of why we were able to do what we were able to do in seattle and i think it's through this continued collaboration between many organizations and many individuals that we will find many of the to solutions for today's problems and the opportunities that we're looking for for the youth of tomorrow thank you very much said  but it's been it's us i don't and this and then i