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The people that Jane Goodall once inspired speak on how they came to work for her. As Goodall’s program, Roots and Shoots, spreads into China, her message of conservation and peace spreads and the number of her followers increases. Tori Zwisler, chair of the board of the Shanghai Roots and Shoots program, explains how meeting Goodall changed her path in life. Roots and Shoots staff member Greg Maclsaac explains how he promised Goodall would visit all the schools that began the Roots and Shoots programs and Goodall decided to honor that promise. Goodall speaks throughout the video about her program as well.

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‘I Changed the Direction of My Life When I Met Her’ appeared first on Witnify.

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“They thought that the bullet would silence us, but they failed”. At age 11, Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani student, became an outspoken proponent of education for girls. Her advocacy made her a threat to the Taliban, who tried to assassinate her on October 9, 2012, while she was riding a school bus. Recalling the day she was shot, Yousafzai says: “I didn’t see those men. I just could see there is no one. There used to be a huge crowd on that road, and on that day there was no one”.

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Malala Yousafzai Recalls Being Shot By The Taliban appeared first on Witnify.

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Colleagues such as Mary Burton of Archbishop Desmond Tutu discuss how he got involved with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) assembled in South Africa after the end of apartheid. The TRC reviewed thousands of statements from witnesses and victims of human rights violations during the apartheid as a method of catharsis. TRC commissioners describe Tutu’s mission to hear the “stories of the little people,” whose sufferings had been previously ignored and how within the second day, he broke down from all the deeply heartbreaking stories he heard. But a colleague says that Tutu recovered and said, “‘This shouldn’t be about me. This should be about the victims…I can learn to control my emotions.’ There after, you would see him biting his hand when he was getting emotional to ensure the focus remained on the victims.” The TRC was set up in 1995 and the hearings began in 1996.

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Desmond Tutu’s Key Role in the Truth & Reconciliation Commission appeared first on Witnify.

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“I bask in the majesty of the cosmos”. Neil deGrasse Tyson, world-renowned astrophysicist, discusses what led him to his career. He remembers: “I didn’t accidentally land at the Bronx High School of Science. I wanted to become an astrophysicist, not because i chose it. In a way, the universe chose me”. DeGrasse Tyson knew that he wanted to become an astrophysicist after his first visit to the Hayden Planetarium – which he now directs – at age 9. In discussing why he loves his field, deGrasse Tyson says: “It is quite literally true that we are stardust. In the highest exalted way one can use that phrase”.

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Neil deGrasse Tyson On Becoming An Astrophysicist appeared first on Witnify.

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Neil deGrasse Tyson, world-renowned astrophysicist, author and director of the Hayden Planetarium, talks about meeting Carl Sagan for the first time when he was just 17 years old. Sagan, a professor at Cornell University, personally wrote to deGrasse Tyson upon seeing his application to the university, inviting him to visit the campus. During his visit, Sagan gave him a personal tour of the lab, offered him a signed copy of one of his books and drove him to the bus station for his trip home. Of the impact this had on him, deGrasse Tyson notes: “To this day, I have this duty to respond to students who are inquiring about the universe as a career path. To respond to them, in the way that Carl Sagan had responded to me.”

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Neil deGrasse Tyson on the Influence of Carl Sagan appeared first on Witnify.

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Former mayor of Boston, Kevin White, talks about almost losing in the 1967 general election to Louise Day Hicks, a Boston School Committee member who was anti-desegregation and “anti-black.” The 1965 Racial Imbalance Act, which desegregated the public schools in Boston via court-ordered busing of children into different neighborhood schools, had made race a key issue during the election. It led to the Boston busing crisis involving widespread and violent public protests throughout the city. White won by 12,000 votes and served as mayor of Boston from 1968 to 1984.

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Kevin White on Almost Losing to Anti-Busing Candidate appeared first on Witnify.

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Young people of Northern Ireland talk on what it is like for them to grow up in their post-conflict communities after the Good Friday Agreement was enforced on December 2, 1999. The agreement established Northern Ireland’s current devolved government within the United Kingdom (UK) following the ethno-nationalist conflict in the region between loyalists and Irish nationalists–loyalists wanting to have Northern Ireland be part of the UK and nationalists wanted to created a united Ireland and leave the UK. The group discusses how the Good Friday Agreement has not improved conditions in many Northern Ireland communities because the conflict has left behind persisting problems such as unemployment and a lack of good political leaders: “We have a thing called ‘recreational rioting,’ which is rioting for fun. We have nothing else to do…”

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What Post-Conflict Ireland is Like for Young People appeared first on Witnify.

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Lee Strasberg, former director of the prestigious acting school, the Actors Studio, discusses how Marilyn Monroe came to be one of his students: “She was one of the two or three most sensitive, most talented people that I’ve ever seen in my life. One of the others is Marlon Brando.” Strasberg explains how Monroe’s “luminous” presence was not limited to the screen but on stage as well. He comments on how as Monroe’s fame grew, she wanted to keep improving as an actress but was never satisfied with herself.

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Acting Coach Lee Strasberg on Marilyn Monroe appeared first on Witnify.

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Stephanie Quirk began “Iyengar Yoga,” a style of yoga popularized by the legendary yoga teacher B. K. S. Iyengar, in 1987 after accidents that left her physically disabled. She left Australia and went to Pune, India to learn from Iyengar–valuing his approach to yoga as an art and a life philosophy. She says of yoga’s impact on her life: “Before I came to yoga, the unimportant things were too important in my life.” Iyengar is well-known for bringing yoga from India to the West, and around the world. He passed away on August 20, 2014 at the age of 95.

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Iyengar Yoga as a Form of Healing & Art appeared first on Witnify.

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In this audio interview with yogacharya Patricia Walden, who learned from B. K. S. Iyengar himself, she recalls being unsure about a yoga position he was teaching when Iyengar told her: “You have to go beyond the limitations of your mind.” She let go of her fears and was able to successfully do the position. Walden attributes Iyengar for teaching her the importance of the mind’s role in the practice of yoga. B. K. S. Iyengar, the founder of “Iyengar Yoga,” was a famous yoga teacher who helped bring yoga from India to the West–and around the world. He passed away on August 20, 2014 at the age of 95.

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Yogacharya on B. K. S. Iyengar’s Inspiring Teachings appeared first on Witnify.