The myheroproject's Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Rosa Parks is an extraordinary person because she stood up against racism and stood up for herself. It was even harder for her because she was a woman, and in those days, things were much harder for women.
Please enjoy this reading of our MY HERO story Rosa Parks by Francisca Stewart.
Read by Susan Gabriel Bunn
It has been 50 years since Frances Moore Lappé warned us to take care of our Small Planet.
Michael leads a discussion about true sustainability.
His holistic, system-based approach to sustainability delivers real life results.
A discussion, led by Eva Haller, on the realities of being a woman in Afghanistan under the Taliban.
Rosa Parks is known as a national hero and as a shy girl who stood up against racism and fought for freedom.
"Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul alike."
"It's not that I am brave, or that I do not see the consequences, but by not projecting it, I do not embrace the fear that so often stops us from pursuing our goals."
Life does not give us all the same opportunities, so when underdogs find a way to succeed anyway they create hope for others.
"People find motivation and confidence in themselves from different things. I found mine in Balto."
"He is a hero and an inspiration primarily because of how he flourished in life despite the harsh circumstances of his birth and early years."
We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours. - Dag Hammarskjold
"I often tell people, you know, I think in one’s lifetime if you have just touched someone, one person, and made a difference, then I think you are already very, very, successful."
My father is my hero and the hero of the invisible, the oppressed, depressed, lost, shattered, despised, abused, faceless and nameless all over the world.
"This respected poet is to the Somalis what Shakespeare was to the English...his poems and literary works reflect on all aspects of life such as social ills, politics, love, peace and the agony of the Somali people." - Ahmed Hussein Kahin
"Orbiting Earth in the spaceship, I saw how beautiful our planet is. People, let us preserve and increase this beauty, not destroy it!"
Nelson Mandela is one of the world's true freedom fighters, and his life and personal triumphs will be remembered long after the world has forgotten the evils of Apartheid.
"Any time that something is difficult for me, I think about how Duke Ellington continued productivity under all kinds of relentless pressure"
"The most urgent social issue affecting poor people and people of color is economic access. In today's world, economic access and full citizenship depend crucially on math and science literacy. "
Sacajawea is my hero because she showed that girls can do anything, and she proved herself very tough by co-leading a 6-1/2 month, 4,000 mile journey and carrying her infant child along the way.