Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela 1918 -    "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world....One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself, I could not change others." Achievements:  activist of African National Congress (ANC) against apartheid, ANC and the white National Party formed a multi-racial democracy for South Africa, Inaugurated as the first black president of South Africa, received highest honour freedom of the city, Nobel Peace Prize recipient
	Oscar Romero 1917-1980 "We have never preached violence, except the violence of love, which left [Jesus] nailed to a cross, the violence that we must each do to ourselves, to overcome our selfishness and such cruel inequalities among us. The violence we preach is not the violence of the sword, the violence of hatred. It is the violence of love, of brotherhood, the violence that wills to beat weapons into sickles for work." Achievements: Archbishop of El Salvador, recipient of Nobel Peace Prize. assassinated while saying a memorial mass
	Greg Mortenson 1958 - "I've learned that terror doesn't happen because some group of people somewhere like Pakistan or Afghanistan simply decide to hate us. It happens because children aren't being offered a bright enough future that they have a reason to choose life over death....Educate a boy, and your educate and individual. Educate a girl, and you educate a community." Achievements: mountaineer, co-founder of nonprofit Central Asia Institute www.ikat.org, founder of Pennies For Peace www.penniesforpeace.org Promoting Peace with Books Not Bombs promotes and supports community-based education, especially for girls, in remote regions of northern Pakistan and Afghanistan
	Mike Holmes 1963 - "It's a give and take process....Make it right." Achievements:  A master builder whose apprenticeships and scholarships to support training of youth in the skilled trades, rebuilding Haiti, building schools in Africa and official advisor for Global Climate Change.
	Mahatma Ghandi 1869-1948 "Be the change that you want to see in the world." Achievements: protest treatment of Untouchables, a major political and spiritual leader of India who led the country in the non-cooperation movement through non-violent and peaceful means, peaceful independence of India from the British Empire. Played a key role in the Civil Rights movement in South Africa and secured them the right to justice and equality.
	William Wilberforce 1759 - 1833 "Let everyone regulate his conduct... by the golden rule of doing to others as in similar circumstances we would have them do to us, and the path of duty will be clear before him." Achivements: abolition of the slave trade and freedom to all slaves in the British Empire, free public education for children, Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, within his lifetime
	Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 1929 - 1968 "Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice" Achievements: Birmingham campaign to end segregation in the South, Time Magazine's Man of the Year 1964, Nobel Peace Prize recipient, initiated a campaign to end discrimination in housing, employment, and schools, Poor People's Campaign focusing on jobs and freedom for the poor of all races
	Jorge de Guzman 1950 -  "I see insanity in it...We teach them how to say no, how to get out of a stressful situation like abduction, how to recognize any form of abuse." Achievements: working to save children from international sex trade and prevent sex abuse of children, martial arts master empowering women and children to protect themselves from abuse.
	Mikhail Gorbachev 1931 - 1991 “If not me, who? And if not now, when?..If what you have done yesterday still looks big to you, you haven't done much today.”   Achievements: contributed to the end of the Cold War, ended the political supremacy of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union bringing democracy and introducting glasnost, which gave new freedoms to the Soviet people, including greater freedom of speech (CPSU) awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
	Ken Dryden 1947 - "A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove, but the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child....Children helping children is a skill that has to be taught to children so they can empathize with others around the world." Achievements: with brother Dave leads Sleeping Children Around the Word (SCAW) charity sending "bedkits" to help individual children in developing countries based from his Etobicoke, Ontario home.
	Oskar Schlinder 1908-1974 "Power is when we have every justification to kill, and we don't...I was a Nazi..I hated the brutality, the sadism, and the insanity of Nazism. I just couldn't stand by and see people destroyed. I did what I could, what I had to do, what my conscience told me I must do. That's all there is to it. Really, nothing more. " Achievements: saving almost 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust, 300 from Auschwitz, by having them work in his factories located in Poland
	Ralph Nader 1934 - "A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done...Power has to be insecure to be responsive." Achievements: American's most renowned and effective crusader for the rights of consumers and the general public, a role that has repeatedly brought him into conflict with both business and government...produced systematic exposés of industrial hazards, pollution, unsafe products, and governmental neglect of consumer safety laws
	Nigel Fisher 1947 - "it’s about the quality of leadership: getting leaders in the political and private sectors to work in the best interests of [sic] children and the most vulnerable rather than in their own narrow interests. It’s getting leaders to become advocates for children and ensure that the country’s resources are being invested in its children. "  Achievements: President and CEO, UNICEF, member of the United Nations, Canada awarded him the Meritorious Service Cross for his humanitarian leadership
	Whitney Young Jr. 1921 - 1971 "The truth is that there is nothing noble in being superior to somebody else. The only real nobility is in being superior to your former self." Accomplishments: US civil rights leader; director of National Urban League 1961-1971. received the Medal of Freedom in 1969.
	Michael "Pinball" Clemons 1965 - ”If what you did yesterday still sounds good to you today, you havent done much today”--All Star Dads Accomplishments: Michael founded and heads the Michael "Pinball" Clemons Foundation, committed to providing the resources to quicken education and build character among youth through projects around the globe. inspires his audiences by illustrating what is possible and what it means to beat the odds
	Jack Layton & White Ribbon Campaign 1950-2011 "My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world." Accomplishments: leader of the NDP, one of the co-founders and visionaries of the White Ribbon Campaign, back in 1991. He felt men had to have both a role and responsibility in working to end violence against women, that we needed to step up our efforts in promoting gender equality, and be accountable to challenging the most harmful aspects of masculinity.
	Ban Ki-moon 1944 - "I believe in a world of justice and human rights for all. A world where girls can grow up free of fear of abuse. A world where women are treated with the respect and dignity that is their right. A world where poverty is not acceptable. My dear young friends, you can make this your world...  It has been said that knowledge is power. We need to strengthen education systems so that young people can benefit from cultural diversity, and not be victimized by those who exploit differences." Achievements: 8th Secretary General of the United Nations, a bridge-builder, to give voice to the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people. His advocacy for women’s rights and gender equality has also included the “Unite to End Violence against Women” campaign, the “Stop Rape Now” initiative, the creation of a “Network of Men Leaders” and the establishment of a new Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict
	Garth Riley (not available - )  "It's not who's right ... it is about what's right" Achievements: Founder of the Sticks & Stones Will Break My Bones anti-bullying program that shows students how to diffuse the attack of the bully and helps take the power out of the words and actions bullies use and transform the negative abuse into a positive self-help tool.
	Rev. John Niles (1963 - ) "This child, whatever physical and mental problems he has faced and will face, is a child of God...My goal is to break people's hearts so they open their homes." Achievements: On a crusade to find a loving home for every waiting child in Canada. Niles and his wife, Liane, have been foster parents to nearly 1,100 kids.  Author of three books, "How I Became a Father to 1000 Children", "The Art of Sacred Parenting", "The Power of Positive Believing". He and Liane received awards of merit from the Governor General for their work with foster kids.
	John Lennon (1940 - 1980) "I'm not claiming divinity. I've never claimed purity of soul. I've never claimed to have the answers to life. I only put out songs and answer questions as honestly as I can... But I still believe in peace, love and understanding." Achievements: Pop star, composer, songwriter, and recording artist with the Beatles and activist against the Vietnam War. In his solo career, he addressed many social issues through his lyrics. His song Give Peace a Chance (1969), became the national anthem for pacifists.  His composition "Imagine" was voted one of the songs of the millennium, and for many of us has more power and meaning than any national anthem.

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