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Does one person really matter ?…. Can one person change the world?

Does one person really matter ?…. Can one person change the world? . We asked hundreds of people … “Why don’t you step up to try to make things better … in your community…, in your work place …, in the world?”. People said,

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Does one person really matter ?…. Can one person change the world?

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  1. Does one person really matter?…. • Can one person change the world?

  2. We asked hundreds of people… • “Why don’t you step up to try to make things better… • in your community…, • in your work place…, • in the world?”

  3. People said, • ...because…it won’t matter if I step up, I am only one person. • But what if… one person DOES matter?

  4. What if ….instead of saying “Why me?” • …We asked “Why not me?” • History is filled with people who • stepped up….

  5. A young woman with few credentials, • ….and no money, • ….asked for • permission to • start an order, • …to help the sick and dying…

  6. She won the Nobel Prize.

  7. Travis & David were two normal high school students. • One day, a kid was bullied for wearing a pink shirt. • When they heard about it… • they asked their fellow students to wear pink the next day.

  8. Almost every student did. • ….today there are pink shirt days in 20 • countries.

  9. Three women met a poor woman in Uganda… • working for a dollar a day in a rock quarry. • She sold them some jewelry that she made with recycled paper….

  10. They came home and started holding bead parties…. • Now thousands of women have started • businesses in Africa. Because three women… • with no business experience said… • “Why not us?”

  11. Whales were being hunted to extinction…. • then a group of journalists and activists • confronted the whaling fleet…. • in the middle of the ocean….

  12. In rubber zodiacs…pretty naïve right? • ...they took pictures that were seen around the world. • ...it led to a worldwide ban on whaling.

  13. Stepping Up….does not have to be something big. • It can be picking up a piece of garbage. • …taking time to talk to a lonely person, • …riding your bike instead of your car, • ….holding a bake sale for a cause

  14. Because….Every time someone steps up… • And decides to have their voice heard… • And chooses to believe… • that things can be better. • They create a ripple… • And the ripple can become…

  15. …A tidal wave. • Why not you?…. • Until you try… • you won’t ever know… • how powerful… • You really are.

  16. Hear the stories of ordinary people… • Just like you… • Who are changing the world… • Right now.

  17. Tell us how you or someone else… has stepped up…. • www.steppingupforchange

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