A Global Call to Service and 'Journey of Hope' Benefit Concert Featuring Greg Mortenson, Best Selling Three Cups of Tea Author and Pennies for Peace Founder

A Global Call to Service and 'Journey of Hope' Benefit Concert Featuring Greg Mortenson, Best Selling Three Cups of Tea Author and Pennies for Peace Founder

Red Rocks Amphitheater, Sept. 20, 2009

MORRISON, Colo., Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEDIA

Reporters must send all interview and media-credential requests through Diane Amdur or Kirsten Ritter.

-- Sept. 1 through Sept. 17 - Phone interview with Greg Mortenson
-- Scheduled upon request during his two weeks of travel
-- Friday, Sept. 18, 10-Noon - Media Briefing at Oxford Hotel, Denver
-- Intimate, lively conversation and tea with Greg Mortenson and teen
activists
-- Sunday, Sept. 20, 5-10 p.m. - "Journey of Hope" Event at Red Rocks
Amphitheatre
-- Shadow Greg and presenters at the Exhibit, Concert and Speaking
Event
-- Monday, Sept. 21, International Peace Day - School Tours with Greg
Mortenson
-- 9 a.m. - Denver School of International Studies
-- 1 p.m. - Merrill Middle School in Denver

-- 4:30 p.m. - Korbel School of International Studies, University of
Denver

EVENT DETAILS

What: An interactive youth concert, featuring live music and international speakers to announce a

"global call to service" to youth from around the world. Presented by Pennies for Peace and HomeVibe, the event will benefit Pennies for Peace, a program of Central Asia Institute, which promotes and supports community-based education on a global scale, one penny at a time. It will also benefit the speakers' and exhibitors' nonprofit groups, as well.

Who: Internationally-Recognized Speakers:
-- Greg Mortenson, Nobel Peace Prize nominee, founder of Pennies for
Peace and best-selling
-- author of Three Cups of Tea
-- Videotaped presentation by Nick Kristof, New York Times columnist

-- Videotaped presentation by Tom Brokaw, NBC-TV journalist and author

Concert Band "with a Purpose":

-- Braddigan, an indie rock luminary, human rights activist and founder
of Love, Light & Melody (who also sold out Madison Square Garden with
former band, Dispatch, to benefit Zimbabwe)

Youth Activists and Leaders:
-- Amira Mortenson, 13, Bozeman, Mont., Pennies for Peace ambassador
-- Ana Dodson, 17, Evergreen, Colo., founder of Peruvian Hearts
-- Ashley Shuyler, 24, Genesee, Colo., founder of AfricAid
-- Zach Bonner, 12, Tampa, Fla., founder of Little Red Wagon Foundation
-- Garret Weiss, 18, and Kyle Weiss, 17, Danville, Calif., founders of
FUNDaFIELD

-- Other youth activists, including some from Pakistan

When: Sunday, Sept. 20, 5-10 p.m.
5 -7 p.m. - Exhibit Fair
7-10 p.m. - Concert, Speakers and Event

Where: Red Rocks Amphitheatre
18300 W. Alameda Parkway, in Morrison, Colo.

Why: To launch a call-to-service to our youth; to inspire them; to emphasize the value of youth in creating the future; to showcase the importance of creating change with individual talents; to share the importance of having "three cups of tea with elders"; and to help make their voices heard in this era of hope and change in our country. "We want everyone - from teens to adults - to walk away from this concert and speaking event, knowing they can make a stand in their own communities for causes that inspire them - from human issues to social causes and environmental issues," said Greg Mortenson, Nobel Peace Prize nominee, founder of award winning international youth program Pennies for Peace, and best-selling author of Three Cups of Tea.

Tickets: Tickets can be ordered through www.JourneyOfHopeConcert.org and by calling Tickets West at 800/325-SEAT. For questions, e-mail joh@horizonsmanagement.com.

Prices are $20 for general admission, $35 for reserved seating and $50 for gold circle.

This event is sponsored by REI, Allegro Coffee and ReadyTalk.

Source: Pennies for Peace

CONTACT: Diane Amdur, +1-303-521-3305, damdur@johnstonwells.com, or
Kirsten Ritter, +1-760-500-3177, ritter@johnstonwells.com, or JohnstonWells
Public Relations, office, +1-303-623-3366, all of JohnstonWells Public
Relations, for Pennies for Peace

Web Site: http://www.penniesforpeace.org/

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