{"id":454,"date":"2017-03-03T00:35:29","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T00:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/?p=454"},"modified":"2017-03-03T00:35:29","modified_gmt":"2017-03-03T00:35:29","slug":"we-are-also-impatient-optimists-for-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/2017\/03\/03\/we-are-also-impatient-optimists-for-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"We Are (also) Impatient Optimists (for peace)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The au pairs gathered at the Gates Foundation this month to bear witness to all the good works being done around the world and learn about US American philanthropy.\u00a0 The Gates Foundation made our international community feel right at home amongst those who cherish the idea of helping and understanding one another better on this planet we all share.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2017\/03\/GetFileAttachment.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-457\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2017\/03\/GetFileAttachment-300x255.jpg\" alt=\"GetFileAttachment\" width=\"300\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2017\/03\/GetFileAttachment-300x255.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2017\/03\/GetFileAttachment-624x530.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2017\/03\/GetFileAttachment.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2017\/03\/GetFileAttachment-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-456\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2017\/03\/GetFileAttachment-2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"GetFileAttachment-2\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2017\/03\/GetFileAttachment-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2017\/03\/GetFileAttachment-2.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2017\/03\/GetFileAttachment-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-455\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2017\/03\/GetFileAttachment-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"GetFileAttachment-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2017\/03\/GetFileAttachment-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2017\/03\/GetFileAttachment-1-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2017\/03\/GetFileAttachment-1.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The au pairs gathered at the Gates Foundation this month to bear witness to all the good works being done around the world and learn about US American philanthropy.\u00a0 The Gates Foundation made our international community feel right at home amongst those who cherish the idea of helping and understanding one another better on this  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/2017\/03\/03\/we-are-also-impatient-optimists-for-peace\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[8,9,10,76,16,17,21,25,78,29,31,35,40,43,52,55,59,62],"class_list":["post-454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fun-things-we-do","tag-au-pair","tag-au-pair-in-america","tag-baby","tag-child-care","tag-childcare","tag-children","tag-cross-cultural","tag-family-activities","tag-gates-foundation","tag-host-family","tag-kids","tag-live-in-childcare","tag-nanny","tag-peace","tag-seattle","tag-toddler","tag-volunteering","tag-washington"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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