Be the Change
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Collaborative social media account for undergraduate honors course titled Be the Change.
Trying to change the world doesn’t have to be limited to adults. Even children are fighting to make the world a better place day by day. From leading book drives and food drives to fighting for civil rights, these stories are prime examples of how, at any age, you can make an impact in the world!
Young People Changing the World! 18 Kids Who Made a Difference
Kids may feel that they’re too young to make a difference, but these inspiring stories of kids and teens prove otherwise! Each young person on this list …
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May 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Trying to change the world doesn’t have to be limited to adults. Even children are fighting to make the world a better place day by day. From leading book drives and food drives to fighting for civil rights, these stories are prime examples of how, at any age, you can make an impact in the world!
Being the change can take many forms, from supporting an individual in your workplace to creating a healthy workplace atmosphere to connecting as a whole organization. But overall, working toward change is most important, no matter how big or small. In the long run, it all makes a difference!
Be the change - small acts, big impact
How your individual efforts can begin to create a culture of wellbeing.I talk a lot about wellbeing in the workplace, often people at all levels of an organisation feel powerless to make a difference....
www.waytowellbeing.co.uk
May 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Being the change can take many forms, from supporting an individual in your workplace to creating a healthy workplace atmosphere to connecting as a whole organization. But overall, working toward change is most important, no matter how big or small. In the long run, it all makes a difference!
Change can take many forms, and this May, during National Mental Health Awareness Month, prioritizing your mental well-being is key to maintaining long-lasting change in yourself and the world around you! MHA provides excellent resources for anyone looking to make long-lasting change in their lives!
Mental Health Month Action Guide | Mental Health America
mhanational.org
May 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Change can take many forms, and this May, during National Mental Health Awareness Month, prioritizing your mental well-being is key to maintaining long-lasting change in yourself and the world around you! MHA provides excellent resources for anyone looking to make long-lasting change in their lives!
Be the change in others' lives by promoting mental wellness, reducing stigma, and encouraging help-seeking behavior. This can be as simple as offering a listening ear, following up, or offering resources you know. Support policies and initiatives promoting mental health services and advocate today!
Mental Health Awareness Month 2025
We are proud to recognize Mental Health Awareness Month this May, bringing attention to mental health issues and helping reduce stigma.
www.thenationalcouncil.org
May 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Be the change in others' lives by promoting mental wellness, reducing stigma, and encouraging help-seeking behavior. This can be as simple as offering a listening ear, following up, or offering resources you know. Support policies and initiatives promoting mental health services and advocate today!
Be the change that inspires a better tomorrow
May 8, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Be the change that inspires a better tomorrow
May is National Mental Health Awareness Month. Trump’s administration plans to cut $1 billion in grants that fund key mental health services nationwide in school districts. Now is the time to advocate for solutions that ensure every student has access to the support they need to have a healthy life!
Education Department stops $1 billion in funding for school mental health
Congress created the grants in the aftermath of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. The goal was to help schools hire mental health professionals, including counselors and social workers.
www.npr.org
May 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM
May is National Mental Health Awareness Month. Trump’s administration plans to cut $1 billion in grants that fund key mental health services nationwide in school districts. Now is the time to advocate for solutions that ensure every student has access to the support they need to have a healthy life!
In Maria Ressa’s Nobel Peace Prize interview, her wise response to how she keeps hope is:
“Whatever you are most afraid of, you have to imagine it in your head. You have to hold, touch it, embrace it. Think of what you’d do if that happened and then plan it.”
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...
“Whatever you are most afraid of, you have to imagine it in your head. You have to hold, touch it, embrace it. Think of what you’d do if that happened and then plan it.”
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...
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www.nobelprize.org
May 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
In Maria Ressa’s Nobel Peace Prize interview, her wise response to how she keeps hope is:
“Whatever you are most afraid of, you have to imagine it in your head. You have to hold, touch it, embrace it. Think of what you’d do if that happened and then plan it.”
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...
“Whatever you are most afraid of, you have to imagine it in your head. You have to hold, touch it, embrace it. Think of what you’d do if that happened and then plan it.”
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...
Let’s celebrate the new change approaching in our lives. Whether something has ended or is coming to end, or it’s the start of something new, let’s be excited for all the possibilities ahead of us.
(Photo is by Effie Lynn Photography)
(Photo is by Effie Lynn Photography)
May 3, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Let’s celebrate the new change approaching in our lives. Whether something has ended or is coming to end, or it’s the start of something new, let’s be excited for all the possibilities ahead of us.
(Photo is by Effie Lynn Photography)
(Photo is by Effie Lynn Photography)
Motivation for today
Continue walking forward, no matter how small the steps because with every step, you are that much closer to the finish line. Don’t give up.
~ Effie F.
Continue walking forward, no matter how small the steps because with every step, you are that much closer to the finish line. Don’t give up.
~ Effie F.
May 3, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Motivation for today
Continue walking forward, no matter how small the steps because with every step, you are that much closer to the finish line. Don’t give up.
~ Effie F.
Continue walking forward, no matter how small the steps because with every step, you are that much closer to the finish line. Don’t give up.
~ Effie F.
A few Honorable Harvest guidelines from the book Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer (p. 183):
“Give thanks for what you have been given.
Give a gift, in reciprocity for what you have taken.
Sustain the ones who sustain you and the earth will last forever.”
“Give thanks for what you have been given.
Give a gift, in reciprocity for what you have taken.
Sustain the ones who sustain you and the earth will last forever.”
May 3, 2025 at 12:38 AM
A few Honorable Harvest guidelines from the book Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer (p. 183):
“Give thanks for what you have been given.
Give a gift, in reciprocity for what you have taken.
Sustain the ones who sustain you and the earth will last forever.”
“Give thanks for what you have been given.
Give a gift, in reciprocity for what you have taken.
Sustain the ones who sustain you and the earth will last forever.”
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...
Maria Ressa said “person to person defense of our democracy” Let’s start working together to create a world where we want to live.
Maria Ressa said “person to person defense of our democracy” Let’s start working together to create a world where we want to live.
Maria Ressa – Interview - NobelPrize.orgOpen the search menuClose the search menuOpen the search menuClose the search menuSubmit a search termBack To Top
www.nobelprize.org
April 29, 2025 at 9:31 PM
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...
Maria Ressa said “person to person defense of our democracy” Let’s start working together to create a world where we want to live.
Maria Ressa said “person to person defense of our democracy” Let’s start working together to create a world where we want to live.
Arne Naess is a Norwegian philosopher + environmental activist who climbed mountains and took isolated time to think + write. He and other great thinkers I mentioned this week leave us with a question: What kind of legacy do we want to leave behind—and what are we willing to do to make it livable?
April 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Arne Naess is a Norwegian philosopher + environmental activist who climbed mountains and took isolated time to think + write. He and other great thinkers I mentioned this week leave us with a question: What kind of legacy do we want to leave behind—and what are we willing to do to make it livable?
Winona LaDuke (Ojibwe) is an environmental activist and economist who advocates for the return of Indigenous stewardship of their reservations and preservation of their cultural identity and sustainable practices
Learn more about her land recovery organization: www.womenshistory.org/education-re...
Learn more about her land recovery organization: www.womenshistory.org/education-re...
April 26, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Winona LaDuke (Ojibwe) is an environmental activist and economist who advocates for the return of Indigenous stewardship of their reservations and preservation of their cultural identity and sustainable practices
Learn more about her land recovery organization: www.womenshistory.org/education-re...
Learn more about her land recovery organization: www.womenshistory.org/education-re...
Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson is a marine biologist, writer, and policy expert. She co-founded Urban Ocean Lab, a non-profit think tank that envisions policy solutions in action against environmental injustice in coastal communities.
Learn more:
- urbanoceanlab.org
- time.com/6283728/be-t...
Learn more:
- urbanoceanlab.org
- time.com/6283728/be-t...
April 24, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson is a marine biologist, writer, and policy expert. She co-founded Urban Ocean Lab, a non-profit think tank that envisions policy solutions in action against environmental injustice in coastal communities.
Learn more:
- urbanoceanlab.org
- time.com/6283728/be-t...
Learn more:
- urbanoceanlab.org
- time.com/6283728/be-t...
Dorothy Louise Slaughter was a United States representative who minored in microbiology and majored in public health. She advocated for public and women's health, genetic rights, and medical research--and sponsored policies and acts in their name.
Learn More: massivesci.com/articles/lou...
Learn More: massivesci.com/articles/lou...
April 24, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Dorothy Louise Slaughter was a United States representative who minored in microbiology and majored in public health. She advocated for public and women's health, genetic rights, and medical research--and sponsored policies and acts in their name.
Learn More: massivesci.com/articles/lou...
Learn More: massivesci.com/articles/lou...
Boyan Slat is a Dutch inventor who dropped out of Aerospace Engineering and founded a nonprofit organization called The Ocean Cleanup, which develops and utilizes technology to accomplish his dream: removing 90% of the plastic in the ocean by 2040.
Learn more: theoceancleanup.com/boyan-slat/
Learn more: theoceancleanup.com/boyan-slat/
April 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Boyan Slat is a Dutch inventor who dropped out of Aerospace Engineering and founded a nonprofit organization called The Ocean Cleanup, which develops and utilizes technology to accomplish his dream: removing 90% of the plastic in the ocean by 2040.
Learn more: theoceancleanup.com/boyan-slat/
Learn more: theoceancleanup.com/boyan-slat/
The change starts with us! Start with something small. The important is to start! Together we can change the world.
April 20, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The change starts with us! Start with something small. The important is to start! Together we can change the world.
After reading Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals by Alexis Pauline Gumbs and learning many new facts one quote planted seeds in me. Gumbs said "Unlearned to learn". These words hold the power to change in a society that has been thought to think, talk, and act like capitalists.
April 20, 2025 at 1:43 AM
After reading Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals by Alexis Pauline Gumbs and learning many new facts one quote planted seeds in me. Gumbs said "Unlearned to learn". These words hold the power to change in a society that has been thought to think, talk, and act like capitalists.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/u....
Harvard said “No” to Trump's administration as concerns about the federal funds being cut keep rising.Harvard surprised many people when the news came out, however it was the act of hope we needed.
Harvard said “No” to Trump's administration as concerns about the federal funds being cut keep rising.Harvard surprised many people when the news came out, however it was the act of hope we needed.
Why Harvard Decided to Fight Trump
The Trump administration will freeze over $2 billion in federal funds because Harvard refused to comply with a list of demands. Harvard leaders believed saying no was worth the risk.
www.nytimes.com
April 17, 2025 at 3:39 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/u....
Harvard said “No” to Trump's administration as concerns about the federal funds being cut keep rising.Harvard surprised many people when the news came out, however it was the act of hope we needed.
Harvard said “No” to Trump's administration as concerns about the federal funds being cut keep rising.Harvard surprised many people when the news came out, however it was the act of hope we needed.
Audre Lorde said “When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard nor welcomed, but when we are silent we are still afraid, so it is better to speak.”
Let's raise our voices. No movement has ever been too small or too big. We have to fight for what we believe is right.
Let's raise our voices. No movement has ever been too small or too big. We have to fight for what we believe is right.
April 16, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Audre Lorde said “When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard nor welcomed, but when we are silent we are still afraid, so it is better to speak.”
Let's raise our voices. No movement has ever been too small or too big. We have to fight for what we believe is right.
Let's raise our voices. No movement has ever been too small or too big. We have to fight for what we believe is right.
www.forbes.com/sites/conorm...
With the current political state surrounding DEI, many major companies are responding by removing their diversity programs. Over the last few months, major U.S. companies and organizations such as MLB, Warner Bros. Discovery, Pepsi, and more have bent in compliance.
With the current political state surrounding DEI, many major companies are responding by removing their diversity programs. Over the last few months, major U.S. companies and organizations such as MLB, Warner Bros. Discovery, Pepsi, and more have bent in compliance.
IBM Reportedly Walks Back Diversity Policies, Citing ‘Inherent Tensions’: Here Are All The Companies Rolling Back DEI Programs
Following Trump's lead, organizations including Walmart, Lowe’s and Meta have announced they would scale back their commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
www.forbes.com
April 14, 2025 at 3:12 AM
www.forbes.com/sites/conorm...
With the current political state surrounding DEI, many major companies are responding by removing their diversity programs. Over the last few months, major U.S. companies and organizations such as MLB, Warner Bros. Discovery, Pepsi, and more have bent in compliance.
With the current political state surrounding DEI, many major companies are responding by removing their diversity programs. Over the last few months, major U.S. companies and organizations such as MLB, Warner Bros. Discovery, Pepsi, and more have bent in compliance.