Posts Tagged ‘youth leadership’
Sustaining #neveragain: A Chorus of Harmony
Once in a generation a true and momentous revolution, in the full sense of the word, can take place in America… when people with bravery and hope, who truly believe in their message, stand up in protest of injustice and inequality. In the 1910’s, it was about women’s suffrage. In the 1950’s and 1960’s, it was about civil rights and equality for all. Now, in 2018, it’s about eradicating gun violence in communities across the nation.
Read MoreMessage from Legacy Founder and President: Martin Luther King Jr. Day
This year Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day has special significance. The message and the example of this man who lived, worked and died leading the struggle for freedom, justice and equality for all Americans, indeed for all people, needs to be heard, embraced and repeated again and again in light of growing racism and Read More »
Read MoreCombating Hate, Creating Dialogue, Building Cohesive Societies
“We need to build bridges, not walls.” Former U.S.Ambassador to the UK, Matthew Barzun’s face illuminates a screen as he says these words.
Read MoreCultural Exchange Can Happen Anywhere
The spontaneity of youth is contagious. Each year Legacy staff are reminded as we work with our many youth and young adult programs what it is like to have youth on our side again for a few weeks.
Read MoreWorld Refugee Day
“Our responses to refugees must be grounded in our shared values of responsibility sharing, non-discrimination, and human rights.” – UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon
Read MoreYou’re Not Too Young
There are many things that young people are used to being told they are too young to do.
Read MoreSupport Legacy Leaders: Navruzbek
“There is no bad nationality, there are only people with negative character traits.”
Read MoreSupport Legacy Leaders: Lina
“I have just proved to me that dreams are no longer imaginary thoughts or desires, they are GOALS!”
Read MoreSupport Legacy Leaders: Jessel
“I think that I am in this world with one more opportunity, and this opportunity life gave me I use to rescue the kids here … so that they don’t live the difficulty I lived.”
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