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FYI- I want to do something for Ayisha. That's Ahmed's sister. She's 17. Confident. Saavy. Handling calls and emails. Wow. Floored me. Remarkable young woman!!!!


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From: Blanca Mancilla <blancalmancilla at gmail.com<mailto:blancalmancilla at gmail.com>>
Date: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at 2:53 PM
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Subject: Re: [Women-of-openstack] #IStandWithAhmed

What an extraordinary initiative!

Spreading the word now!
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On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 3:45 PM, Niki Acosta (nikacost) <nikacost at cisco.com<mailto:nikacost at cisco.com>> wrote:
Women of OpenStack:

You probably heard about Ahmed Mohamed, the Texas 9th grader and robotics enthusiast who brought a homemade clock to school hoping to impress teachers. Instead, he was arrested for a bomb hoax and interrogated without his parents.

I was compelled to help him, and got some encouragement from a few folks on Twitter to put together a scholarship fund campaign on GoFundMe. I just spoke with Ahmed's sister. She's young, along with being gracious and incredibly confident. Smart girl! We're now set up so donations go straight to them.

If you were moved by this story as I was, please consider donating and sharing this link with your social networks.

#IStandWithAhmed

For links to full story and/or to make a donation, please visit this link:

http://www.gofundme.com/istandwithahmed
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