People are people - Depeche Mode

People are people so why should it be
You and I should get along so awfully

So we're different colours
And we're different creeds
And different people have different needs
It's obvious you hate me
Though I've done nothing wrong
I never even met you
So what could I have done
I can't understand
What makes a man
Hate another man
Help me understand

People are people so why should it be
You and I should get along so awfully

Help me understand
Now you're punching and you're kicking
And you're shouting at me
I'm relying on your common decency
So far it hasn't surfaced
But I'm sure it exists
It just takes a while to travel
From your head to your fist
I can't understand
What makes a man
Hate another man
Help me understand

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Created by Seth Brau

Produced by Amy Poncher

Music by Rumspringa courtesy Cantora Records

The story of Human Rights

A striking short film defining one of the world's most misunderstood subjects: human rights.

Find out more at: http://www.humanrights.com/

We Are All Born Free & Equal

Unity through diversity

Diversity is not JUST about different languages and the variation of races. It is about accepting these differences and embracing it. Giving respect to the people around us and love one another.

This video shows series of people with different backgrounds telling what diversity meant to them.

It has been a pleasure working with each and one of them.Embrace diversity. It is indeed beautiful.

Enjoy.

DOSOMETHING.ORG

Your religion, race, height, nationality, and even your gender are factors that most people make quick judgments about. Unfortunately, many of these judgments are based on biases and assumptions.

Some facts about discrimination:

* About 600 million people in the world experience disabilities of various types and degrees.

* African Americans are 79% more likely to live where industrial pollution causes numerous health hazards.

* Only 24 states and D.C. include sexual orientation in their hate crime legislation.

* Immigrants are an essential element in keeping the American economy strong.

* The large majority of racially motivated hate crimes are against African Americans.

* The overwhelming majority of religiously motivated hate crimes are directed against Jews.

* 1/3 of American women and 1/4 of women worldwide will experience domestic/dating violence in their lifetime.

* Two-thirds of the world’s children who receive less than four years of education are girls.

Find some more information about this topic here:

For a better world

"At this place, at this moment of time, all mankind is us, whether we like it or not."
Samuel Beckett
The magnititude of the world can be overwhelming. How massive is the number of impoverished people? What percentage of the overall population lives in urban areas? How vast is the threat of AIDS? It's hard to put things in perspective when the numbers are so large. The Miniature Earth gives a clear vista by reducing the global population to only 100, while keeping statistics the same. The effect enables us to see the differences on our planet more clearly, and perhaps consider how our actions can impact humanity. Where do you live in the smaller community? In the project's final words: "Appreciate what you have. And do your best for a better world."

No man is an island

"All mankind is of one author, and is one volume; when one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language; and every chapter must be so translated...As therefore the bell that rings to a sermon, calls not upon the preacher only, but upon the congregation to come: so this bell calls us all: but how much more me, who am brought so near the door by this sickness....No man is an island, entire of itself...any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."

John Donne (1572-1631)

Health effects of pollution