“With an agenda dominated by global security and U.N. reform, it appears that the decisions needed to lift millions of people from abject poverty are not being given the prominence they deserve.” PeopleGivenDecisionPovertyMillionsSecurityNeededDeserveReformLiftsAgendasProminence Author:Kumi Naidoo
“If not one more cent in new aid money flowed [to Africa], we could with more urgency and efficiency and creativity be doing much more to take more people out of poverty.” PeopleIfsPovertyCreativityAidsCentsEfficiencyUrgency Author:Kumi Naidoo
“Nelson Mandela was just a human being, a person like other people, and everyone relaxed. Within a minute, that sort of thing about the leader and the lead, the gap was closed, and that's a rare thing.” PeopleHumansPersonsHuman BeingsLeaderMinutesGapsRelaxedNelsonRare Things Author:Kumi Naidoo
“One of the things that I noticed with my own eyes was Nelson Mandela ability to engage with kings and queens and heads of state on the one hand, and his ability to engage with ordinary people, equally comfortably.” PeopleStatesHandsEyeMy OwnAbilityKingsOrdinaryQueensOrdinary PeopleNelsonHead Of StateKings And Queens Author:Kumi Naidoo
“I've come across a lot of people in my life who talk about poverty and talk about the poor, but you rarely have a sense that it matters to them to the point at which they will be willing to sacrifice something.” PeopleMatterPoorPovertySacrificeWilling Author:Kumi Naidoo
“Many people theorize poverty, but so many elements of poverty, individually, for most people who theorize about poverty would be really difficult to even comprehend the individual things. Just take homelessness. If you are homeless, what does it mean not to have a post box where people can contact you; what does it mean not knowing where you're going to sleep at the end of the day; what does it mean not having a place where you can store what little you might possess. So dealing with homelessness in itself is a huge thing for most people who are commentators [on] or benefactors to poverty.” PeopleIfsMeanLittlesDoeEndsMightWould BeIndividualDifficultSleepPovertyKnowingHugeElementsBoxesStoresContactPostsThe End Of The DayNot KnowingHomelessHomelessnessGoing To SleepCommentatorsBenefactors Author:Kumi Naidoo
“My final advice for young people is to not wait for leadership from adult politicians. Step forward today, because our current leaders are denying the dire reality we are facing. Leadership can come form anywhere.” PeopleRealityTodayFormYoungWaitingLeaderStepsAdvicePoliticianAdultsFinalsCurrentsSteps Forward Author:Kumi Naidoo
“Currently, we allow our political and business leaders to get away with murder. Now is the time to change that. We need direct liability for those who are destroying our future and this planet. We need fast, profound and systemic change. History only moves forward when courageous people get up and act. That's why I support this citizens' initiative to recognise ecocide as the crime it is.” PeopleNeedsMovingPoliticalLeaderSupportCrimePlanetsCitizensDirectMurderProfoundMoving ForwardGet UpGet AwayCourageousOur FutureDestroyingInitiativeRecogniseBusiness LeadersLiabilitySystemic Change Author:Kumi Naidoo
“The Social License is fundamentally about accountability to people and not just powerful interests. John Morrison’s book reminds all organizations – governments, business and civil society – to focus on the legitimacy of their own actions.” PeopleBookGovernmentActionSocialInterestPowerfulFocusOrganizationAccountabilityLicenseCivil SocietyLegitimacy Author:Kumi Naidoo
