Born in 1949, Christopher Eric Hitchens was a British-American author, debater, and journalist. Hitchens contributed articles & commentaries to a number of esteemed publications, including New Statesman, The Nation, The Atlantic, The London Review of Books, The Times Literary Supplement and Vanity Fair. He was also the author, co-author, editor and co-editor of over thirty […]
Barry Horne was an English animal rights activist who literally gave his life for the cause in 2001 … Horne first came to public attention in 1988, when he tried to rescue Rocky, a bottlenose dolphin who had been kept in a small concrete pool for almost 20 years at Marineland in Lancashire. Horne and […]
A notable philosopher, dancer, performing artist, and internationally acclaimed Taiji master & educator, Chungliang has received a number of impressive accolades (including the Gold Medal Award, China’s most prestigious award in the field of education) and collaborated with more than a few of the most highly regarded scholars of modern times — among them Alan […]
Founded in 2003, Jabbwockeez is a multi-member, hip-hop dance group renowned for being the winners of the inaugural season of America’s Best Dance Crew. Their style showcases each dancer’s remarkable ability to dance together as one unit, often synchronizing their movements to the specific words and rhythms of the music being played. In keeping with […]
Born in all probability sometime in or around 5 B.C., Jesus of Nazareth (originally “Yeshua” in Aramaic — commonly known these days as “Jesus Christ”), is regarded by the Christian church and its adherents as the only Son of God. Of course, while anyone with even an ounce of real humility must admit that this […]
Born in 1964, Phipps became a British animal rights activist at the early age of 11, when she joined her mother’s active campaigning against the fur trade. After herself adopting a plant-based diet, Phipps persuaded the rest of her family to join her. By her late teens she had joined the Eastern Animal Liberation League, […]
Born in 1875, Jung became a Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist who founded analytical psychology. Jung proposed and developed some of the best known & most profound concepts — including extraversion & introversion, the complex, synchronicity, innate archetypal understanding, and the collective unconscious. His work has proven to be quite influential in the fields of psychiatry, […]
Colin Kaepernick began his professional football career as a backup quarterback to Alex Smith, and became the San Francisco 49ers’ starter in the middle of the 2012 season after Smith suffered a concussion. Kaepernick then remained the team’s starting quarterback for the rest of that season, leading the team all the way to their first […]
Born in 1923, Keating is a Trappist monk known as one of primary architects of the Centering Prayer, a contemporary method of melding the mind with the Divine. His interest in contemplative prayer began during his freshman year at Yale University, when he became aware of the writings of early Christian mystics. Prompted by these […]
Helen Adams Keller was an American author, political activist, and lecturer. She was the first deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. Keller proved to the world that deaf people could all learn to communicate and that they could thrive in the hearing world. She also taught that deaf people are capable of […]
Bāchā Khān (born Khān Abdul Ghaffār Khān) was a political leader, a spiritual leader, and an independence activist against British colonial rule over India. He was known as a lifelong pacifist, a secular Muslim who staunchly opposed any and all religious divisions, and a devout advocate of nonviolent opposition to social injustice. While he […]
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