Contemporary writers and poets read excerpts from Walt Whitman’s signature work, Leaves of Grass. Link to this post!

At TEDxChange event, organized by TEDxSantaMonica, our speaker, Zebiba Shekhia talked about her own experience in a refugee camp and how she used the experience to later build the first-ever high school for girls in a Sudanese refugee camp. Most of the audience had tear in their eyes while Ms. Shekhia fought hard to prevent [...]

Nobel Peace laureate Jody Williams brings tough love to the dream of world peace, with her razor-sharp take on what “peace” really means, and a set of profound stories that zero in on the creative struggle — and sacrifice — of those who work for it. Link to this post!

This story shows both the joyful nature of the Irish, and the end results of laziness. None of us want to be called lazy but may actually be. There is nothing in the world like bettering your nature. Please enjoy Melina’s telling of this curious tale. Link to this post!

Van Jones lays out a case against plastic pollution from the perspective of social justice. Because plastic trash, he shows us, hits poor people and poor countries “first and worst,” with consequences we all share no matter where we live and what we earn. At TEDxGPGP, he offers a few powerful ideas to help us [...]

The funniest of street performers Link to this post!

It was early dawn as I lazily walked towards my school. The street was as usual lonely. Even as I waded through the water under my feet, something seized my sight in a distance not very far from me. It was an old lady who prowled around the trash, which stunk terribly because of the [...]

Why picking up a call is so tough, why everything looks so rough, Why can’t I understand you, why weirdly nothing seems true, Although, it has already happened so enough, then why don’t I just give up? Everything happened so quickly and I couldn’t hold you perfectly, I never knew, it could have happened, I [...]

Rock Solid Leadership Link to this post!

(PART 1) ***the title has been changed from ‘THE CHRIST OF OBUDIÉM’ TO ‘THE SON OF OBUDIÉM’ After the haramattan the child will be born. He will come with trouble in one hand and peace in the other. Many will try to kill him but their efforts will only serve to manifest prophecy. Where will [...]