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TOLERANCE
The truth is, maybe you and I don’t know all about it. And the next time we think we do, let’s take a good, hard look instead.
MEDIA & ETHICS
My first personal experience with dishonest media came when I was moving from one apartment to a new residence in the late 1960s, in my early days as a Scientologist.
RELIGIOUS LITERACY
Beliefs are not simply reserved for times it’s convenient or easy.
RELIGIOUS LITERACY
I put these religious labels on Boon, Kofi, and Avi now, but back then, the subject never came up. They were just my friends.
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
“It is reassuring to have a tireless warrior against the world’s oldest hatred assume this essential role.”
INCLUSION & RESPECT
She made the same declaration the following day to her violin teacher, who promptly shot it down: “Girls can’t do that.”
EQUALITY & HUMAN RIGHTS
“If you hear the dogs, keep going. If you see the torches in the woods, keep going. If there’s shouting after you, keep going. Don’t ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.”
EQUALITY & HUMAN RIGHTS
Thirty years is too long, far too long, for the light of truth to shine on gross violations of human rights.
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
At that point, no matter how distant in time, there will be no more need for a special day to remember the long-dead sin of discrimination.
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
Having left my teenage years behind (something Anne never got to do), The Diary of Anne Frank is on my bookshelf for my children to read.
