does one person really matter ?…. can one person change the world?
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Does one person really matter ?…. Can one person change the world? . We asked hundreds of people … “Why don’t you step up to try to make things better … in your community…, in your work place …, in the world?”. People said, - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Does one person really matter?….
Can one person change the world?
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We asked hundreds of people…
“Why don’t you step up to try to make things better…
in your community…,
in your work place…,
in the world?”
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People said,
...because…it won’t matter if I step up, I am only one person.
But what if… one person DOES matter?
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What if ….instead of saying “Why me?”
…We asked “Why not me?”
History is filled with people whostepped up….
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A young woman with few credentials,
….and no money,
….asked for permission tostart an order,
…to help the sick and dying…
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She won the Nobel Prize.
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Travis & David were two normal high school students.
One day, a kid was bullied for wearing a pink shirt.
When they heard about it…
they asked their fellow students to wear pink the next day.
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Almost every student did.
….today there are pink shirt days in 20countries.
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Three women met a poor woman in Uganda…
working for a dollar a day in a rock quarry.
She sold them some jewelry that she made with recycled paper….
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They came home and started holding bead parties…. Now thousands of women have started businesses in Africa. Because three women… with no business experience said…
“Why not us?”
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Whales were being hunted to extinction….
then a group of journalists and activists
confronted the whaling fleet….
in the middle of the ocean….
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In rubber zodiacs…pretty naïve right?...they took pictures that were seen around the world. ...it led to a worldwide ban on whaling.
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Stepping Up….does not have to be something big.
It can be picking up a piece of garbage.
…taking time to talk to a lonely person,
…riding your bike instead of your car,
….holding a bake sale for a cause
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Because….Every time someone steps up…
And decides to have their voice heard…
And chooses to believe…
that things can be better.
They create a ripple…
And the ripple can become…
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…A tidal wave.
Why not you?….
Until you try…
you won’t ever know…
how powerful…
You really are.
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Hear the stories of ordinary people…
Just like you…
Who are changing the world… Right now.
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Tell us how you or someone else… has stepped up…. www.steppingupforchange