“The television reports gave me my first inkling of a world beyond my own, a world that wasn't fair or equal, a world of poverty, war, disease and famine. But I also realized that this state of affairs wasn't necessarily a given, and that we have it in our power to make a difference, to make the world a better place for all. We have that choice. One thing's for sure, though - if we do nothing, it will be a given.” IfsWorldFirstsWarStatesMotivationalChoicesGivenDifferencesMy OwnPovertyOne ThingTelevisionEqualDiseaseFairsAffairMaking A DifferenceReportsBetter PlaceFamine Author:Chrissie Wellington
“You mix the affluence of the white and the poverty of the black and you do not get a civilized society. Integration on an equal level is one thing. Mixing on an unequal level is another.” BlackWhiteLevelsPovertyOne ThingEqualRacismEqualityCivilizedIntegrationMixingAffluenceCivilized Society Author:Marya Mannes
“One of the unspoken themes that I'm grappling with in Day of Honey is the relationship between violence and cosmopolitanism. It's one thing to comprehend violence as an outgrowth of ignorance, poverty, and backwardness. It's another matter entirely to confront incredible atrocities in a country with a rich civic and intellectual life.” CountryMatterPovertyRichViolenceOne ThingIgnoranceIntellectualIncrediblesThemeHoneyCivicsAtrocitiesUnspokenGrapplingIntellectual LifeCosmopolitanism Author:Annia Ciezadlo