January 2012
8 posts
“Progress is achieved through women.”
– French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner, who founded Doctors Without Borders.
“If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes.”
– St. Clement of Alexandra
October 2011
5 posts
“A single conversation across the table with a wise person is worth a month’s study of books.” - Chinese… http://t.co/XhntCVQ5
“A single conversation across the table with a wise person is worth a...”
– Chinese Proverb
Video: Actor Thandie Newton tells the story of finding her “otherness” — first, as a child growing up in two… http://t.co/XIziZdJJ
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Actor Thandie Newton tells the story of finding her “otherness” — first, as a child growing up in two distinct cultures, and then as an actor playing with many different selves. A warm, wise talk, fresh from stage at TEDGlobal 2011.
September 2011
2 posts
Oprah on Facebook Live http://t.co/5qkpfAp
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“Investing in a girl is the best investment you can make.” - Oprah Winfrey
August 2011
1 post
July 2011
1 post
Then right thyself
By James Allen
If thou would’st right the world,
And banish all its evils and its woes,
Make its wild places bloom,
And its drear deserts blossom as the rose,-
Then right thyself.
If thou would’st turn the world
From its long, lone captivity in sin,
Restore all broken hearts,
Slay grief, and let sweet consolation in,-
Turn thou thyself.
If thou would’st cure the...
June 2011
8 posts
“The world is wide, and I will not waste my time in friction when it can be used...”
– Frances Willard
Michelle Obama meets Nelson Mandela in South...
First lady Michelle Obama and her family paid their respects Tuesday to Nelson Mandela during a private visit at the home of the former South African president and revered statesman.
It was the first meeting, and likely a moving one, between America’s first black first lady and the political prisoner who later became his country’s first elected black president.
Mrs. Obama,...
“If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each...”
– Mother Teresa
May 2011
10 posts
“You are worthy because you are born. You are here. You alone are enough.”
– Oprah Winfrey
She did it her way
“There are no words to match this moment.” So began the final episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show. After 25 years and 4,561 episodes, Winfrey bid farewell to her daytime talk show this afternoon. While there may not have been words to “match this moment,” the hour was filled with other words: funny ones, sad ones, inspiring ones, and poignant ones. The final episode was a...
“A world where men ran half our homes and women ran half our institutions would...”
– Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg
This is what courage looks like
These mugshots were taken of the Freedom Riders arrested by the local police in Jackson, Mississippi, in the summer of 1961. The men and women pictured had boarded buses in Washington and were heading through the deep South to challenge states who were upholding Jim Crow laws and flaunting the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision prohibiting segregation on public transport. They were met by violence at...
“I hadn’t set out to change the world in any way. Whatever I am, it is a...”
– Marian Anderson
April 2011
9 posts
WatchActivist Caroline Casey tells the story of her extraordinary life, starting with a revelation (no spoilers). In a talk that challenges perceptions, Casey asks us all to move beyond the limits we may think we have.
“Each time anyone comes into contact with us,
they must become different and...”
– Mother Teresa
I am
I am
I am an example of love transcending race.
I am the perfect blend of my mother and father.
I am the epiphany the experts call peace.
I am a shining light in a world filled with darkness and hate.
I am an equal in an unequal society.
I am the joy in my mother’s heart.
I am the pride in my father’s eye.
I am the friend you will never let you down.
I am the mentor who will...
“Listen to the mustn’ts, child/ listen to the don’ts/ listen to the...”
– Shel Silverstein
March 2011
30 posts
An Important Film, 'Waste Land' Is Equal Parts Art...
“I never imagined I’d become a work of art – I don’t see myself as trash anymore!”
An uplifting feature documentary highlighting the transformative power of art and the beauty of the human spirit. Top-selling contemporary Brazillian artist Vik Muniz takes us on an emotional journey from Jardim Gramacho, the world’s largest landfill on the outskirts of Rio de...
Watch Black Woman Sets Example for Young Winemakers in South Africa Ntsiki is a rising star in South African wine, winning Woman Winemaker of Year in 2009. Her presence as a successful black woman is a new horizon in the traditionally white, male winemaking industry.
“Every day holds the possibility of a miracle.”
– Elizabeth David
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“If I should have a daughter, instead of Mom, she’s gonna call me Point B … ” began spoken word poet Sarah Kay, in a talk that inspired two standing ovations at TED2011. She tells the story of her metamorphosis — from a wide-eyed teenager soaking in verse at New York’s Bowery Poetry Club to a teacher connecting kids with the power of self-expression through...
