By Samuel Warde on May 3, 2016
Being Young and Different, bullying, Coping with Bullies, Coping with Bullying, Growing up Different, Inspirational People, Inspirational Poems, poetry, powerful story of bullying and survival, Shane Koyczan, Spoken Word Poetry, TED Talks, To This Day... For The Bullied And Beautiful
Activism, Hope, Human Interest, Inspirational, Inspirational People, Performances, Poetry, Ted Talks, Videos
Haunting, And Incredibly Powerful Anti-Bullying Poem: Shane Koyczan, ‘To This Day’ Live Meet Shane Koyczan. He’s the one who wrote the poem “To This Day” that was crowdsource-animated and then went super viral in 2013, reaching 10 million page views in a matter of weeks. Here, he provides a little more background and then does […]
By Samuel Warde on April 28, 2016
growing up with domestic violence, Patrick Stewart, Patrick Stewart honoring his mothers memory, Post Dramatic Stress Disorder PTSD and family dynamics, providing safe shelter for women, PTSD and Veterans Services, veterans and psychological and physical illness
Activism, Family Life, Human Interest, Inspirational People, Speeches, Tributes / Memorials, Veterans Affairs, Videos, Women's Issues

Patrick Stewart talks about growing up with domestic violence and finding out that his father suffered from PTSD and how he honors his parent’s memory. Sir Patrick Stewart was one of the featured speakers at Houston’s Comicpalooza – The Texas International Comic Convention back in May 2013 and his words are just as relevant today […]
By Brandon Weber on June 25, 2015
Extraordinary People, Human Interest, Inspiring People, Performances, Videos
Extraordinary People, Human Interest, Inspirational People, Music, Performances, Videos

Born in the middle of a war zone, a victim of chemical warfare, and found by some nuns in a shoebox in a park, Emmanuel Kelly touched the hearts of people around the world with his moving performance of “Imagine” by John Lennon on The X Factor auditions. When Emmanuel Kelly stepped onto the stage […]
By Kimberley Johnson on May 28, 2015
Inspirational People, LGBT Issues, Matthew Vines, Religion, Religious Issues, The Bible, Videos
Extraordinary People, Inspirational People, LGBT, Religion, Videos
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Imagine growing up in an evangelical Christian household, and imagine how it might feel to realize you’re gay. For many teenagers, that realization is terrifying. They fear they will be rejected by their families and communities. The sad truth is that many homosexuals are rejected by their families because of their sexual orientation. Matthew Vines […]
By Samuel Warde on May 15, 2015
B.B. King, Eric Clapton, Memorials, Obituaries, Tributes
Celebrities, Death and Dying, Extraordinary People, Inspirational People, Tributes / Memorials
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Blues legend B.B. King “passed peacefully in his sleep at 9:40 pm Pacific time May 14 2015” according to the official B.B. King website. Mr. King was 89 years old. His daughter, Patty King, told CNN he died in Las Vegas where he had been receiving home hospice care after suffering from dehydration. As CNN […]