With the #Raptors about to hit the global stage, I’m going to share a story about what makes Toronto, and Canada, so special. It’s about a guy you’re going to be seeing a whole lot of.
A Thread.
[Hint: It's about racism, sports, and why you'll end up cheering for 🍁]
“When you adopt the standards and the values of someone else … you surrender your own integrity. You become, to the extent of your surrender, less of a human being.”
Eleanor Roosevelt, born on this day in 1884, on happiness, conformity, and integrity: https://t.co/MozA8MsttN
I just helped a blind person see with the Be My Eyes app @BeMyEyes So cool to help a woman read the front of a card she wanted to give someone for their birthday. https://t.co/50DLTxdeDl
A T T E N T I O N agencies!! Application now open for #ManyHandsProject via @niagaracollege aiming to rejuvenate facilities of a local non-profit org in a or provides resources for programs supporting Niagara Region’s vulnerable citizens. ~$5,000 value! https://t.co/h073F7Ifnu
June 20th is #WorldRefugeeDay, and we're taking action. Today we launch our Refugee Employment Program and commit to hiring 250 refugees within 3 years at locations across the country. #WithRefugees. Learn more: https://t.co/pwHeAGfctf
The root of the word courage is cor – the Latin word for heart. In one of its earliest forms, the word courage meant “to speak one’s mind by telling all one’s heart.”
Courage is a heart word. Be brave. Love hard.
Thinking of all my friends and colleagues in Haiti today on the anniversary of the 2010 earthquake - everyone should take 2 minutes and watch this https://t.co/SK3M5h3VBI