Not Better, Not Worse, Just Different!

Not Better, Not Worse, Just Different!And thats just fine!

Were the same on the inside

Every year I do this as a demonstration when we talk about diversity. Does it matter what we look like on the outside? Does that change what is on the inside? Is one better or worse? No, they are just different. Just like all of us in this room, in this building, in this district, in this, city, state, country, continent, planet!

2I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. Martin Luther King, Jr.

It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength. Maya Angelu

5Isn't it amazing that we are all made in God's image, and yet there is so much diversity among his people? Desmond Tutu

6Never judge someoneBy the way he looksOr a book by the way it's covered;For inside those tattered pages,There's a lot to be discovered.Stephen Cosgrove

Discuss what we know about each person just by looking at them. Do we know how they treat people?7

Unite for understanding!

IT JUST TAKES ONE!

Use with story One by Kathryn Otoshi11

Taking steps to make Peace!

Stepping stones for the Peace Garden12

Taking steps to make Peace!

Taking steps to make Peace!

Paint the Community with Peace

PEACE IS POSSIBLE!

IT JUST TAKES ONE!BE the One That MakesThe Difference!