The Pioneer Voices

THE MERIDIAN AFRICA

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  • THE VISIONARIES
  • THE DECLARATION
  • THE FIRST THOUSAND
  • TAKE YOUR PLACE
  • THE MERIDIAN CONVERSATION
  • BEFORE WE MEET
  • THE HANDSHAKE
  • THE REGISTRY
  • FIELD NOTES
  • NEXT VOICES
  • CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION
  • THE CHAPTERS
  • LIVING ARCHIVE
  • THE DISPATCHES
  • SETTING YOUR PLACE
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      <div class="item"><span class="n">2</span><span class="t">It <b>books your Meridian Conversation.</b> The relaxed, unhurried sitting where your story is received with care. We send the link the moment you confirm.</span></div>
      <div class="item"><span class="n">3</span><span class="t">It <b>opens your welcome, and a gift.</b> The full guide we made for you, yours to keep, delivered the instant your place is sealed.</span></div>
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Setting Your Place | Meridian Pioneer Voices
M
Meridian Pioneer Voices

You said yes.

Now a place is being set for you.

Something quiet and permanent has just begun. Before we meet, take this in: history has opened a place, and it is holding it for you alone.

The place being held
Reserved in your name
No. 0000
among The First Thousand
Held, not yet sealed
Your place is held for
72
Hours
00
Minutes
00
Seconds

This number is yours to claim, and no one else's to take, for the next three days.

The window has closed for now, and that is alright. Reach us below and we will set your place again.

What claiming your place does.

1It seals your number in the record, forever. The moment you confirm, this number stops being held and becomes permanently, unchangeably yours.
2It books your Meridian Conversation. The relaxed, unhurried sitting where your story is received with care. We send the link the moment you confirm.
3It opens your welcome, and a gift. The full guide we made for you, yours to keep, delivered the instant your place is sealed.

Your story is not being collected. It is being entrusted to history.

When you are ready, claim your place.

Confirm and claim my place

In Uganda, WhatsApp +256 776 000 384

There is nothing to buy, and nothing to prove. This is an honor being kept for you. All that remains is your yes, made final.

The Meridian Africa

Questions? hello@handshake.africa · WhatsApp +1 650 980 9020

In Uganda, WhatsApp +256 776 000 384

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