I Dream of Justice, I Dream of Change

I DREAM OF JUSTICE,

I DREAM OF CHANGE

The Rose That Grew From the Concrete

Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete?

Proving nature's law is wrong it learned to

walk with out having feet.

Funny it seems, but by keeping it's dreams, it

learned to breathe fresh air. Long live the

rose that grew from concrete when no one

else ever cared.

By Tupac Shakur

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” -- Martin Luther King Jr

"If you judge people you have no time to love them.”-- Mother Teresa

“Well, I don't know what will happen now. We've got some difficult days ahead. But it doesn't matter with me now. Because I've been to the mountaintop. And I don't mind. Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I'm not concerned about that now. I just want to do God's will. And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over. And I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people will get to the promised land.”

- Martin Luther King Jr.

RACIAL TOLERANCE

“Let us all hope that the dark clouds of racial prejudice will soon pass away, and that in some not too distant tomorrow the radiant stars of love and brotherhood will shine over our great nation with all theirscintillating beauty.” - unknown

The Hate U Give Little Infants Fucks Everyone

T.H.U.G. L.I.F.E."I am societies child, this is how they made me, and now im sayin what's on my mind and they dont want that. This is what you made me America."

GAY RIGHTS

“I'm a supporter of gay rights. And not a closet supporter either. From the time I was a kid, I have never been able to understand attacks upon the gay community. There are so many qualities that make up a human being... by the time I get through with all the things that I really admire about people, what they do with their private parts is probably so low on the list that it is irrelevant.” ~Paul Newman

TRANSGENDER VICTIMS OF INTOLERENCE

Keittirat LongnawaLocation: Rassada, Thailand Cause of Death: Beaten by 9 Youths who then slit her throat Date of Death: January 31, 2007

Ruby RodriguezLocation: San Francisco, California Cause of Death: She had been strangled and was found naked in the street.Date of Death: March 16, 2007

Erica KeelLocation: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Cause of Death: A car repeatedly struck her Date of Death: March 23, 2007

Simmie Williams Jr.Location: Fort Lauderdale, FloridaCause of Death: Shot to death, Simmie was found wearing women’s clothing. (Simmie was 17 years old)Date of Death: February 22, 2008

Lawrence KingLocation: Oxnard, CaliforniaCause of Death: Shot to death by a classmate because he liked to wear women’s clothes. (Lawrence King was 15 years old).Date of Death: February 12, 2008

Angie ZapataLocation: Greeley, ColoradoCause of Death: She was found in her home with two severe fractures in her skull.Angie was murdered by 31 year old, Alan Ray Andrade. Angie was 18 years old.Date of Death: July 17, 2008

“No loss by flood and lightening, no destruction of cities and temples by

the hostile forces of nature, has deprived man of so many noble lives

and impulses as those which his intolerance has destroyed.”

Helen Keller

CHILD LABOR, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, and SWEATSHOP

WORKERS

POVERTY

You can spend the money on new housing for poor people and the homeless, or you can spend it on a football stadium or a golf course. -- Jello Biafra

IMMIGRATION

WOMEN’S RIGHTS

“When women thrive, all of society benefits, and succeeding generations are given a better start in life.” -- Kofi Annan

Crosses for our troops that we’ve lost

A 12 year old rape victim in Darfur

CAN WE CHANGE IT?

Rosa sat, so Martin could walk.

Martin walkedso Barack could run,

Barack ran, so our children can fly

Not by the color of our skin

I have a dream…Not black enough

Hope

Assassination

Possibility Never in my lifetime…

CHANGE

“To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.”

Bono

CHANGE

“We have failed to take HIV/AIDS seriously, ... That failure is a betrayal of our struggle for social justice and hope for our society.”

Nelson Mandela

CHANGE

Leonard Peltier

“Until the law is harnessed to protect the victims of state violence and racism, it will serve as an instrument of repression, just as the slave codes functioned to sustain and legitimise an inhuman institution...”

CHANGE

Huey Newton

“Black Power is giving power to people who have not had power to determine their destiny.”

CHANGE

John F Kennedy

“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.”

CHANGE

Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara

“Better to die standing, than to live on your knees.”

CHANGE

Alice Walker

“I think we have to own the fears that we have of each other, and then, in some practical way, some daily way, figure out how to see people differently than the way we were brought up to.”

ByCole BordissoDavid Colby

Katharine EllisJessie Ewing

Aimee Otterson

MusicI Have a Dream – Will.I.Am and Common

Song for Viola - Peter Bradley Adams

From the Valley to the Stars- El Perro del Mar

Images and Video ClipsPictures, artwork, and animations – Google images

Martin Luther King Jr. Clip- Yahoo video

Barack Obama Acceptance Speech Clip- The Official Barack Obama

Video Podcast