"One day our descendants will think it incredible that we paid so much attention to things like the amount of melanin in our skin or the shape of our eyes or...
"If everyone is thinking alike, then someone isn't thinking." … attributed to George Patton Herb and Ann This information is provided by the Alliance for...
"If we accept and acquiesce in the face of discrimination, we accept the responsibility ourselves. We should, therefore, protest openly everything ... that...
"We must use our lives to make the world a better place to live, not just to acquire things. That is what we are put on the earth for."… Dolores Huerta,...
"We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race." … Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary...
"Entre los individuos, como entre las naciones, el respeto al derecho ajeno es la paz", meaning "Among individuals, as among nations, respect for the rights of...
"We have one world to live in, one world to share, one world to care for, and our one world is here." … Maria, a Pakistani girl attending a Seeds of Peace...
CORRECTION: Tues, Oct 14, 7 pm: The 2nd Congressional District debate between Pete Hoekstra and Fred Johnson will be held at the Hope College DeWitt Theatre,...
"A lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi to come back -- but they are gone. We are it. It is up to us. It is up to you". …...
"When evil men plot, good men must plan. When evil men burn and bomb, good men must build and bind. When evil men shout ugly words of hatred, good men must...
"Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All...
Where Does It Stop? Community Forum on Hate and Hate Crimes is tonight (Thursday) at 7 p.m. at Crossroad Church, Lincoln Ave at 12th St, Holland. Speakers from...
"A different world cannot be built by indifferent people." … Horace Mann, American education reformer who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and...
"I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks." …Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird Herb and Ann This information is provided by the Alliance for...
It's time for greatness -- not for greed. It's a time for idealism -- not ideology. It is a time not just for compassionate words, but compassionate action."...
"At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted...
Good morning! We've attached an invitation to the Friday, December 5, Holiday Potluck of the Alliance for Cultural and Ethnic Harmony. We hope you'll...
"No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to...
"This call for a worldwide fellowship that lifts neighborly concern beyond one's tribe, race, class, and nation is in reality a call for an all-embracing and...
"I want us to push our own human boundaries to reach beyond the divides of race and region, gender and religion that keep us from seeing the best in each...
"You just need to be a flea against injustice. Enough committed fleas biting strategically can make even the biggest dog uncomfortable and transform even the...
"To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color is like living in Alaska and being against snow." … author William...
"The task of the excellent teacher is to stimulate "apparently ordinary" people to unusual effort. The tough problem is not in identifying winners: it is in...
"This is a world of compensations; and he who would be no slave, must consent to have no slave. Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for...
"Cowardice asks the question: Is it safe? Expediency asks the question: Is it politic? Vanity asks the question: Is it popular? But conscience asks the...
"Cowardice asks the question: Is it safe? Expediency asks the question: Is it politic? Vanity asks the question: Is it popular? But conscience asks the...
"How lovely to think that no one need wait a moment—we can start now, start slowly changing the world!" … Anne Frank, from "Anne Frank's Tales From the...
"I have learned that, even though our cultures are different, we are all the same. We all need love, and we all need to belong." … Dr. Bernadette Atanga of...