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    indifference and its toll on people. Indifference meaning soulless living is an accurate definition to fit the work and acts of Hitler‚ the biggest nightmare during 1940’s.Many opposites are not nearly as different as they first appear. For example‚ as Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel observed‚ the opposite of love is not hate‚ but indifference; for at a minimum‚ to love or hate someone is to have intense emotions toward them. We see how the similarities between love and hate often outweigh the differences

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    Greenbelt Movement

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    Maathai is best known for her efforts to develop the Green Belt Movement‚ a grassroots organization that focuses on planting trees to replenish the environment and improve the quality of life. Because of her efforts‚ Maathai was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004. Wangari Maathai has become very important to the people of Kenya‚ Africa and the international community. Maathai feels very strongly about several issues that affect others’ lives on a daily basis. One of the issues that she is most

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    Mother Teresa

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    and devote her life to the poor. During her lifetime‚ she had many achievements; here are just some of the awards which she won: In 1976 she won the Pacem in Terris Peace and Freedom Award‚ In 1979 she was the Nobel Peace Prize Winner‚ In 1985 she won the Presidential Medal of Freedom‚ In 1992 she won the UNESCO Prize for Peace Education and In 1997 she won the Congressional Gold Medal. Mother Teresa devoted her life to helping the poor in Calcutta in India. She was the type of person that

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    introduce Elie Wiesel‚ also know to the world as A-7713. He is a noted speaker and lecture‚ his many accomplishments include; author of more than 40 books‚ recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom‚ the Congressional Gold Medal‚ and the Nobel Peace Prize. Mr. Elie Wiesel’s efforts and impressions in Humanity are such a success‚ that in 1978‚ President Jimmy Carter appointed Elie Wiesel as Chairman of the President’s Commission on the Holocaust. In 1980‚ he became the Founding Chairman of the

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    environmental chronology

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    Protocol came into force on February 16 following ratification by Russia on November 18‚ 2004. 2006 — Former U.S. vice president Al Gore releases An Inconvenient Truth‚ a documentary that describes global warming. The next year‚ Gore is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (jointly with the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change) for this and related efforts. — The BBC’s "Climate Chaos" season includes Are We Changing Planet Earth?‚ a two-part investigation into global warming by David Attenborough. — The Stern

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    understanding that his uncle’s family was caught by surprise‚ and that their lives changed without moment. Furthermore in his Noble Peace Prize Acceptance speech Elie Wiesel talked about how dramatically his lifer changed. “It all happened so fast. The ghetto. The deportation. The sealed cattle car”. (page 118) Years after his liberation in his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize Wiesel states that he now knows that life is too fragile and fleeting to miss use. He talks about how important it is to take

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    Daoud Hari

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    do this at all‚ but because of him doing something to change the world for a better place Samuels 2 he did. He earned the term hero because despite the tough times he endured throughout his life he kept on going and he eventually won the Nobel Peace Prize. Daoud Hari and Martin Luther King both earned their titles as heroes because they took action and did not worry about risking their own lives. After Daoud saw what people were going through and children being murdered in the street he took

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    buy someone a pair of gloves just because we drove by them on the street. I admired her love for people and her selflessness she wore proudly as the smile on her face. I always wanted to grow up with that light everlasting feeling of humbleness and peace my family showed they had. So as I progressively got older‚ I stayed “true to myself” as my mother always repeated and never purposely hurt anyone or anything. We were driving down a main road in Bangor‚ Maine one day when we passed a sign asking

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    The World Before Her is Written and directed by Nisha Pahuja. The film says it is the first to shoot the training at a Durga Vahini camp and for that alone it is a valuable resource to see first hand how young girls are being brain washed into hating Muslims and thinking that wielding a few sticks and learning some artful body moves will give them an identity and make them defend themselves and their country. That was the real value for the film for me was to see young women from rural areas look

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    Agent of Change I believe that Doctors without Borders should win the first annual Agent of change award because their goal was to provide emergency medical aid‚ no matter where it is needed or who needs it. In 1971‚ a small group of doctors in Paris formed this organization. This was the beginning of Medecins Sans Frontieres‚ (MSF) or‚ in English‚ Doctors Without Borders. The idea that MSF had is that all people have the right to medical care‚ regardless of race‚ religion‚ or nationality while

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