I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.
-Jimmy Dean
At Wheelock College's Global Challenges and Opportunities conference, they played a video, "I Am a Tool for Change" by a young participant in Boxgirls of Kenya. This is a community-building organization in Kenya created "to empower young girls and women through boxing initiatives to promote leadership, awareness, and social change."
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Displaying 1 CommentShishu Vikash Kendra
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
A human being was born in society , brought up in the society , activate in society
So a human being should have relation with society .
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