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October 1, 2018

Be Cool to the Pizza Dude

We know them. We depend on them. We call them out on cold, rainy nights. Now, college professor Sarah Adams tells us why her life philosophy is built around being cool to the pizza delivery dude.
February 19, 2016

Care and Compassion Can Change Attitudes and Behaviors

I believe if I care and if I am compassionate with elderly people, I can change their attitudes and make their lives a lot easier in the nursing home. Some older people that live in a nursing home have changes...
December 14, 2015

There Is Value in Every Person

When James T. Harris was a young man, he had a summer job as a janitor, cleaning restrooms in local factories. Harris was surprised—and even angry—when people ignored him and made him feel "invisible" because of his uniform and his position. Now, as a university president, he believes all young people should get out of their comfort zones and see the world from other people's perspectives.
October 27, 2015

Respect

As a young boy, I experienced my parents arguing with one another. In fact, I even experienced the view of my father being kicked out of his own home by my mother, yet my father seemed to have no problem...
October 14, 2015

Respect

As a young boy, I experienced my parents arguing with one another. In fact, I even experienced the view of my father being kicked out of his own home by my mother, yet my father seemed to have no problem...
September 8, 2015

We’re All Different in Our Own Ways

By all outward appearances, Joshua Yuchasz is a regular teenager. But his classmates still tease him about the thing that makes him different. Yuchasz believes it’s our differences that deserve respect.
July 2, 2015

There’s Immense Power in Being Me

I don’t know how much power there is in me. I suppose it depends on what kind of power. But I believe there is incredible power in being myself. My childhood was a wreck. I hardly ever went to school...
July 1, 2015

The Power of Human Touch

I believe in the power of the human touch - its power to bridge gaps between people due to language, culture, race, ethnicity or education, and its power to heal. One morning, I was arriving to my clinic in a...
June 22, 2015

Greetings

When Sefa Mawuli was a young girl, she regularly accompanied her grandmother to help put in a day's work at a yam farm in rural Ghana. During their walks through the village on their way to the farm, Ms. Mawuli learned a lifelong lesson about greeting those you meet along your path.