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Let’s Get to the Root of Racial Injustice - Megan Ming Francis - TEDxRainier

2016

In this inspiring and powerful talk, Megan Francis traces the root causes of our current racial climate to their core causes, debunking common misconceptions and calling out “fix-all” cures to a complex social problem.

19:38 min

Mary Pryor Is Fighting for Inclusivity in the Cannabis Space

In an open letter published on Cannaclusive’s website, Mary Pryor addresses the weaknesses in diversity initiatives and hiring practices across the cannabis industry, making it clear that there is a lot of work to be done.

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Diana-Ashley Krach
2020
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Nelson Mandela – Nobel Lecture

We speak here of the challenge of the dichotomies of war and peace, violence and non-violence, racism and human dignity, oppression and repression and liberty and human rights, poverty and freedom from want.

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Nelson Mandela
1993
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The Voice of Nelson Mandela

Major speeches and letters from the life and career of South Africa’s first black president, organized by date, topic and readers’ favorites.

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Nelson Mandela
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Read the Most Important Speech Nelson Mandela Ever Gave

What began as a statement by an accused prisonor became, over the 29 minutes it took Mandela to deliver it, his best known and most important speech. It was a recounting of his story up to that point, an expression of his views and a morally forceful argument on behalf of his cause.

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Max Fisher
2013
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Nelson Mandela's Five Most Memorable Speeches

Excerpts from 'An ideal I am prepared to die for' and other memorable speeches by Mandela.

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Nelson Mandela, FirstPost
2013
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“Let Freedom Ring Wherever the People’s Rights Are Trampled Upon”: What We Can Learn from Nelson Mandela Today

Nelson Mandela was by nature an optimist, but he was as hard-headed as they come. He did not embrace the consoling view of history that, as Martin Luther King said (in a line often quoted by Barack Obama), “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.

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Richard Stengel
2020
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Misty Copeland Says Ballet Industry Is ‘Extremely Behind’ on Racial Equality, Justice

Misty Copeland is speaking out about racial injustice and inequality in ballet.

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Claudia Harmata
2020
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Power and Heart: Black and Buddhist in America

At the first-ever gathering of Buddhist teachers of black African descent, held at New York’s Union Theological Seminary, two panels of leading Buddhist teachers took questions about what it means to be a black Buddhist in America today.

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Ruth King, Gina Sharpe, Myokei Caine-Barrett, angel Kyodo Williams, Kamilah Majied, Pamela Ayo Yetunde, Konda Mason, Gretchen Rohr, Venerable Pannavati, Lama Rod Owens, Ralph Steele, Jozen Tamori Gibson, Chimyo Atkinson
2019
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Shadow Generation

The murder of a family friend changed the course of my life. His name was Balbir Singh Sodhi. Four days after 9/11, he was shot in the back in front of his gas station by a man who yelled when arrested, “I’m a patriot! Arrest me and let those terrorists run wild.”

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Valarie Kaur
2010
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Love and Rage: The Path of Liberation Through Anger

White supremacy in the United States has long necessitated that Black rage be suppressed, repressed, or denied, often as a means of survival, a literal matter of life and death.

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Lama Rod Owens
2020
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