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Empathy matters. This Mother’s Day, we are holding in our hearts people who are missing their mothers. Thank you, Andrew Garfield, Elmo and Sesame Street, for this compassionate conversation. #MothersDay #EmpathyMatters #BeLove #SesameStreet #TheKingCenter
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center69,937 Aufrufe • vor 2 Monaten
Thank you, Ms. Rachel. #BeLove Posted Repost app • @msrachelforlittles This is my friend, Rahaf, from Gaza. Meeting her and her wonderful mama changed my life. Thank you to The PCRF (Palestine Children's Relief Fund) for facilitating her medical evacuation. Rahaf’s young brothers and dad are still in Gaza. Here’s part of something I wrote after meeting Rahaf and Israa. One minute I was pretending to be bunnies with Rahaf and the next minute I was video chatting with her two adorable, young brothers in Gaza, as her mom, Israa, held the phone up for me. I watched Israa look at them proudly, like I look at my son. It was a drastic snap back into reality. I imagined myself holding the phone in the US with my daughter, now a double amputee from an airstrike, away from my son in Gaza, unable to help him. I felt like I was going to throw up and came back into the moment. “I hope to meet you one day!” I happily said, in my classic Ms Rachel voice but with tears in my eyes. Israa tells me that they no longer eat while video chatting with her sons. Her sons are so hungry and have so little food. They look about 5 and 7 years old. About my son’s age. “Is there anything I can do to help her boys get here?” I asked another mom, who is also Palestinian and was translating for us. Tears streamed down her face. She said she is so touched that I want to help but nothing can be done. I flash back to a moment on a zoom when she also cried and said “Thank you for seeing our children as human.” I ask Israa what she did for work. She answers that she was a teacher and taught math. I think about how Israa and I are both teachers. We both love our children with all of our hearts. We want the same thing for them. But my son will have dinner tonight, a story and snuggle with me, school in the morning… and hers won’t. If the situation was the other way around, what would I hope Israa would do for me?”
Be A King42,807 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr
We must prioritize moral power instead of military power. #MLK #Militarism #MoralPower #BeLove
Be A King28,924 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr
What a powerful song to accompany #TheKingCenter’s #BeLove movement…a movement inspired by my father’s words: “Power without #love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is love correcting everything that stands against love.” I am grateful for Common Hymnal and #TommySims, and for their beautiful work. They will perform ‘Be Love,’ which was released yesterday, tonight at The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center’s MLK, Jr. Beloved Community Awards, which will be broadcast on our social media platforms and at on Saturday, February 1, 7pm ET. If you would like to sign up to be a part of the Be Love Movement, please visit Be sure to purchase, stream, share, and sing BE LOVE! #MLK #KingHoliday #MLKDay
Be A King16,397 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr
Love compels us to care. #BeLove #BelovedCommunity #TheKingCenter #MLK #ChampionsForChange
Be A King10,819 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr