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Ripples in the Water

Ripples in the Water. People Who’ve Made A Difference in the World While Following Their Dreams. Bono (Paul Hewson). 1960 – Member of rock group U2 Uses his celebrity to bring awareness and aid to the Aids epidemic in Africa. Jacques Cousteau. 1910 – 1997

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Ripples in the Water

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  1. Ripples in the Water People Who’ve Made A Difference in the World While Following Their Dreams

  2. Bono (Paul Hewson) • 1960 – • Member of rock group U2 • Uses his celebrity to bring awareness and aid to the Aids epidemic in Africa.

  3. Jacques Cousteau • 1910 – 1997 • Invented SCUBA and was a tireless ocean environmentalist. • Much of our understanding of the ocean is the result of Cousteau’s life work.

  4. Walt Disney • 1901 - 1966 • Created the magic that is Disney.

  5. Henry Ford • 1863 – 1947 • Created an affordable automobile by inventing the assembly line.

  6. Michael J. Fox • 1961 - • Actor and warrior in the fight against Parkinson’s Disease.

  7. Benjamin Franklin • 1706 – 1790 • Inventor and statesman. Instrumental in the establishment of a new nation (The USA)

  8. Mahatma Gandhi • 1869 – 1948 • A major political and spiritual leader of the Indian Independence Movement who pioneered the use of mass civil disobedience to bring about positive change.

  9. Bill Gates • 1955 – • Founded Microsoft • Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

  10. Steve Irwin • 1962 – 2006 • The “croc hunter” who was a big voice for animal conservation.

  11. John F. Kennedy • 1917 - 1963 • 35th President of the United States • Founded the Peace Corps

  12. Martin Luther King, Jr. • 1929 – 1968 • He led a mass struggle for racial equality that doomed segregation and changed America forever.

  13. Chico Mendes • 1944 - 1988 • A labor and environmental activist killed trying to save the Brazilian rainforest.

  14. Alfred Nobel • 1833 – 1896 • Invented dynamite • Endowed the Nobel Prize

  15. John Otto • 1870 – 1952 • Responsible for getting the canyons south of Fruita declared a National Monument. • He married in the Monument

  16. Chief Ouray • 1833 – 1880 • Leader of Southern Ute Indians who spent his life negotiating with government officials trying to assure a peaceful existence for his people.

  17. Rosa Parks • 1913 - 2005 • Stood up for the rights of all humans to be treated fairly and with dignity. • Her simple act of protest galvanized America’s Civil Rights Movement.

  18. Christopher Reeve • 1952 – 2004 • Actor famous for playing Superman and working to find a cure for paralysis.

  19. Jackie Robinson • 1919 - 1972 • Shattered the color barrier in sports and changed the face of sports for succeeding generations.

  20. Corrie ten Boom • 1892 – 1983 • Helped saved hundreds of Jews in Holland from Nazi concentration camps.

  21. Mother Theresa • 1910 - 1997 • She fought for the dignity of the destitute and cared for the poorest of the poor.

  22. Harriet Tubman • 1820 - 1913 • Black slave who risked her freedom and her life to run an “underground railroad” to free other slaves.

  23. George Washington • 1732 - 1799 • Commander of Continental Army and first President of the United States.

  24. Oprah Winfrey • 1954 – • Bio from her website • Academy of Achievement • Leadership Academy for Girls

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