<div dir="ltr"><div><div>What an extraordinary initiative!<br><br></div>Spreading the word now!<br></div>bm<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 3:45 PM, Niki Acosta (nikacost) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nikacost@cisco.com" target="_blank">nikacost@cisco.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">



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<div>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.</div>
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<div>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. </div>
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<div>If you were moved by this story as I was, please consider donating and sharing this link with your social networks. </div>
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<div>#IStandWithAhmed </div>
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<div>For links to full story and/or to make a donation, please visit this link: </div>
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<div><a href="http://www.gofundme.com/istandwithahmed" target="_blank">http://www.gofundme.com/istandwithahmed</a></div>
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<strong>Niki Acosta</strong><br>
Cloud Evangelist<br>
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Phone: <strong><a href="tel:%2B1%20512-912-6716" value="+15129126716" target="_blank">+1 512-912-6716</a></strong></p>
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