THREE CUPS OF TEA WITH GREG MORTENSON IN HOUSTON
Award Winning Author and Nobel Peace Prize Nominee Speaks to Houstonians

WHO:  Greg Mortenson -  co-founder of Central Asia Institute; founder of Pennies for Peace; Nobel Peace Prize Nominee; author of New York Times best sellers Three Cups of Tea and Stones into Schools

 Event Chairmen - Susan Boggio, Sultana Mangalji and Ping Sun

WHAT:  Three Cups of Tea with Greg Mortenson is a Houston luncheon formed to raise awareness and funds for Central Asia Institute. This organization, founded by Greg Mortenson, is dedicated to building schools in remote, northern Afghanistan and Pakistan - countries where poverty is fertile soil for terrorist roots to take hold.  In his book Three Cups of Tea, Greg challenges the way readers think about improving the world and encourages peace through education. The award winning author and Nobel Peace Prize nominee will share his story and mission. Ambassador Ryan Crocker also will introduce and engage in a short dialogue session with Mortenson.

TICKET INFO: Single tickets start at $100.
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WHEN:    February 8, 2010
     11:30am

WHERE:   Hotel Intercontinental
      2222 West Loop South
                  Houston, Texas 77027

WHAT
ELSE: Greg Mortenson’s amazing story began after an unsuccessful attempt to climb K2. During the climb, Greg was injured and then aided by poor local villagers in a village he'd entered accidentally. He learned that none of the children who helped him had ever been to school due to many factors including poverty, ethnic conflicts and certain fundamentalist edicts. Mortenson has since dedicated his life to promoting education, especially for girls, in remote regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Greg is also the author of Stones into Schools. He has founded Central Asia Institute to build schools for children in these countries.