Heȟáka Sápa (Black Elk) was a famous Oglala Lakota medicine man and heyoka who lived in the present-day United States, primarily on land currently known as South Dakota … While many historians and anthropologists remain intrigued by Black Elk’s profound visions &/or his portrayal of the Sioux way of life, it was his tendency towards […]
Born in 1957, Breathed is an American cartoonist, children’s book author & illustrator, screenwriter and animal rights supporter. He is best known for his truly brilliant comic strip “Bloom County”, which ran from 1980 to 1989, and often both cleverly & poignantly exposed or illuminated controversial sociopolitical issues as understood (or not so well understood) […]
Joel was a French political/anti-political activist who worked for and with We Are Change Paris. More important than his dedicated protest work, however,was the simple yet profound way he gave to others. His humble yet courageous way of Kind Being is a model for us all. “I like to eat organic, and I do love […]
Gautama Buddha, also known as Siddhārtha Gautama (or simply the Buddha) was a sage on whose teachings the religion of Buddhism was founded. Born in the Shakya republic in the Himalayan foothills, he is believed to have lived and taught mostly in eastern India sometime between the sixth and fourth centuries BCE. The word Buddha […]
Born April 1st in 1975 (no joke), Butler is an Australian American award-winning singer, multi-instrumentalist musician, songwriter and producer. He is the front man for the John Butler Trio, a roots and jam band, and is an open advocate for peace, environmental protection, and global harmony; actively supporting The Wilderness Society, the Save Ningaloo Reef […]
As a six-year-old, Ruby Bridges famously became the first African American child to desegregate an all-white elementary school in the South. When the 1st grader walked to William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans on November 14, 1960 — surrounded by a team of U.S. Marshals, she was met by a vicious mob shouting and […]
For 21 years, Georges Bwelle watched his ill father slip in and out of consciousness, traveling to hospitals that weren’t equipped to help him. There were no neurosurgeons in his native land of Cameroon, so Georges spent years escorting his father to overcrowded clinics and hospitals, getting whatever treatment they could get. The situation hasn’t […]
Calvin & Hobbes is a daily comic strip (syndicated from 1985 to 1995) by American cartoonist Bill Watterson. It follows the humorous – and often brilliantly insightful — antics of Calvin, a precocious six-year-old boy, and Hobbes, his stuffed-yet-sardonic tiger. The pair is named after John Calvin, a 16th-century French reformist theologian, and Thomas Hobbes, […]
James Earl “Jimmy” Carter Jr. served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981. Carter has remained active in public life during his post-presidency, and in 2002 he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, among other things for his work in co-founding the Carter Center … While many to this day […]
Edith Louisa Cavell was a British nurse who is celebrated for saving the lives of soldiers in WWI (from both sides, without discrimination, saying “I can’t stop while there are lives to be saved”) and for helping some 200 Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium. For the latter act of bravery, she was arrested, accused […]
In the Bible (Matthew 18:3), Jesus supposedly makes the bold (and at first ponder, slightly bizarre) claim that, “Unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven.” (Matthew 18:3) I mention this verse here because the word commonly translated as “children” herein is actually the Greek word “paidia” (Gk […]
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