9/11: The World Speaks

Hi all,
Many good things have happened this year, and I want to share with you one that I am most proud of being a small part. At the Tribute Center we published a book, 9/11: The World Speaks. It provides a very hopeful look at the state of the world 10 years after September 11, 2001. The book is hopeful because it contains heartfelt messages from people in countries large and small of a desire to teach young people about the essential value of mutual respect among cultures and religions. Ordinary people, expressing their thoughts and feelings in words, drawings and verse, challenge us to find successful ways to live together on this small planet.

The book 9/11: The World Speaks came about from our collection of visitor cards left at the Tribute WTC Visitor Center by visitors from around the world over the past 5 year. Before visitors leave our galleries, they are offered the opportunity to share their stories and reflections. We have been surprised by the honesty and sentiment in the more than 200,000 cards collected to date and wanted to share some of them with the public. I was motivated by a teacher this week who told me that she has shared the book with her students as a way to undersand other cultures and perspectives of 9/11. Here is a review of the book that was recently posted on Amazon’s website. Please share your thoughts with us also.

Be well,
Lee

"9-11: The World Speaks" brings together global voices and perspectives on the tragedy of September 11, 2001 and helps us understand the events of that day, and its complex aftermath, on a human scale. It is more than a thoughtful collection of reactions to tragedy, however. Instead, "The World Speaks" is a collective meditation on our shared humanity, a tribute to the power of hope, and a call to find the good in each other and ourselves.
-- Mike Dillon, Ph.D., Duquesne University