Hero

It is not light that we need, but fire. It is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, the earthquake.

—Frederick Douglass

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The time is always right
to do what is right.

—Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.

Ida B. Wells

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Nobody’s free
until everybody’s free.

Fannie Lou Hamer

Ida B. Wells

Fannie Lou Hamer

Alison Des Forges

Mbaye Diagne

David Kato

Fred Hampton

Rachel Carson

Raphael Lemkin

Roméo Dallaire

Bandy X. Lee

Mary Oliver

Georgia O’Keeffe

James Baldwin

Thich Nhat Hanh

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Who are your heroes?
What qualities and values do they embody?
How do you embody those same qualities and values?
How might you like to embody those qualities and values even more?