I Am Because We Are 12/08/2009
The above video is the trailer for a new documentary. Madonna and her "Raising Malawi" charity are behind it. The focus appears to be on the damage HIV/AIDS is doing in Africa in general, and Malawi in particular. It's hard, heartbreaking stuff. "Ubuntu" is a term that comes up in the video, and is part of the phrase translated as "I Am Because We Are." Normally when I use this word, I'm talking about the GNU/Linux operating system of the same name (click here for that). If you think about it, there's a truth to this statement. I would not be who I am, were it not for other people. In a deeper sense, there is a connectedness about the human family. Indeed, I am to be my brother and sister's keeper. Many people and organizations representing diverse ideologies and motivations are working to end poverty, alleviate suffering and bring hope to millions around the world. If you haven't already, why don't you join one of them now in whatever way you can? CommentsLeave a Reply |  "Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance." - Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Section 18.
"When our days become dreary with low hovering clouds of despair, and when our nights become darker than a thousand midnights, let us remember that there is a creative force in this universe, working to pull down the gigantic mountains of evil, a power that is able to make a way out of no way and transform dark yesterdays into bright tomorrows. Let us realize the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice." - Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. For [Christ] must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
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