This photo is actually from two years ago, but it represents my day today. It was the first day of the conference on world affairs in Boulder, on CU campus. This is one of my favorite events in Boulder. It's kind of like the TED talks but a little different. People from around the world are invited to be on a panel at one or more "conferences" and there are panels about everything you can imagine from "life outside facebook" to "human trafficking and modern day slavery". The conference lasts all week, and there are constantly different panels going on so there's always something to go to if you have the time. This year I have found myself unemployed during the week of the CWA so I've been lucky enough to plan out my week's schedule based on panels that sound interesting. I always learn a lot when I go to the CWA and I love hearing about all these "world affairs".
Usually, for the CWA there are world flags places along the walkway in the Norlin Quad at CU but today I went to the conference with my camera ready to photograph the flags just for this blog post and the flags were nowhere to be found. Sad day! Maybe they are somewhere else on campus? Or maybe they hadn't gotten to putting them up yet? Anyways, I am using a photo I took in 2009 of the CWA flags.
If any of you are in the Boulder area I highly recommend going to the conference. We all need to hear what's going on in the world, learn something new, and have our thoughts and ideas challenged or reinforced.
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