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DIVERSITY AND THE COMMONWEALTH | PAGE 1 OF 10

DIVERSITY AND THE COMMONWEALTH | PAGE 1 OF 10 . Kamalesh Sharma, Commonwealth Secretary-General. DIVERSITY AND THE COMMONWEALTH | PAGE 2 OF 10 . “. ”. Extract from a letter to delegates of the RCS Youth Leadership Programme 2008.

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DIVERSITY AND THE COMMONWEALTH | PAGE 1 OF 10

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  1. DIVERSITY AND THE COMMONWEALTH | PAGE 1 OF 10

  2. Kamalesh Sharma,Commonwealth Secretary-General DIVERSITY AND THE COMMONWEALTH | PAGE 2 OF 10 “ ” Extract from a letter to delegates of the RCS Youth Leadership Programme 2008 I am very pleased that it is you – the young people of the Commonwealth – who are around the table and talking today. It is you who will inherit this century: the world in all its wonder; and indeed the world in all its mess, created by the people of my generation and before. Our hopes rest on your shoulders: see that as a challenge and an inspiration, not as a burden.

  3. DIVERSITY AND THE COMMONWEALTH | PAGE 3 OF 10 Is the world more full of ‘wonder’; or more full of ‘mess’? Why does Kamalesh Sharma think that it is good for young people to be talking? How does talking help the world? Is it too much responsibility to place on young people to take on the hopes of the people of the Commonwealth?

  4. Desmond M Tutu, ArchbishopEmeritus of Cape Town, South Africa DIVERSITY AND THE COMMONWEALTH | PAGE 4 OF 10 “ ” Extract from a letter to delegates of the RCS Youth Leadership Programme 2008 Each of us is amazing. The scientists tell us that genetically we are more than 99% the same as one another. Wow, isn’t that amazing? Yet each of us is unique. That 1% must be very important. When we have so much in common, it is the 1% over which we fight and kill each other. Instead, that tiny, small percentage which makes each of us unique is a cause for celebration! It is pure gift.

  5. DIVERSITY AND THE COMMONWEALTH | PAGE 5 OF 10 What does Desmond Tutu mean when he says ‘each of us is amazing’? Why do people find it hard to remember that we are all human beings with so much in common? How do conflicts happen? How can we celebrate our uniqueness?

  6. Percival N. J. Patterson,Former Prime Minister of Jamaica DIVERSITY AND THE COMMONWEALTH | PAGE 6 OF 10 “ ” Extract from a letter to delegates of the RCS Youth Leadership Programme 2008 I hope that you are very well prepared to dream, to think big and moderate your ideas as you test them in the real and ever changing world, rather than to accept the world as it is and perhaps, as the saying goes, tinker at the edges. The futuredepends on you and people like you. It is not only yours to inherit but yours to manage, protect and guarantee for your children and those who come after them. As we say in Jamaica, “Walk good” today and every day.

  7. DIVERSITY AND THE COMMONWEALTH | PAGE 7 OF 10 Why does P. J. Patterson suggest we should ‘think big’? Do you agree? What does it mean to ‘moderate your ideas’? How can we manage, protect and guarantee the future? What do you think the saying “‘Walk good’ today and every day” means?

  8. Nelson Mandela,Former President of South Africa DIVERSITY AND THE COMMONWEALTH | PAGE 8 OF 10 “ ” Extract from ‘A Long Walk to Freedom’ (published 1995, p.749) I always knew that deep down in every human heart, there was mercy and generosity. No one is born hating another personbecause of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite… Man’s goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished.

  9. DIVERSITY AND THE COMMONWEALTH | PAGE 9 OF 10 Do you agree? Is love stronger than hate? In the last sentence, does Nelson Mandela mean just man, or does he mean man and woman? What could he have written instead to make his language more inclusive? What can we do about hatred and conflict? Can we teach people to love? If so, how?

  10. DIVERSITY AND THE COMMONWEALTH | PAGE 10 OF 10 Decide on an action you can take to help people around the world have a better life. Go out and do it!

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