Elie Wiesel to speak at UNC Chapel Hill Oct. 10 @ 2PM

Posted by Chuck Egerton / at Sunday, September 19, 2010 / / 0 comments

Professor Elie Wiesel, humanitarian, scholar, theologian, Holocaust survivor and Nobel Laureate, will visit UNC-Chapel Hill during Family Weekend 2010. He will be delivering a major university lecture and will be guest speaker at a dinner in his honor that evening.

For more information on tickets:

http://northcarolina.hillel.org/wiesel

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Southern Poverty Law Center

9/2010

Suspended Education

Introduction
Since the early 1970s, out-of-school suspension rates have escalated dramatically. In part, the higher use of out-of-school suspension reflects the growth of policies such as “zero tolerance,” an approach to school discipline that imposes removal from school for a broad array of school code violations - from violent behavior to truancy and dress code violations

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Forgiveness

Posted by Chuck Egerton / at Friday, May 28, 2010 / / 0 comments

"To forgive is not just to be altruistic. It is the best form of self-interest. It is also a process that does not exclude hatred and anger. These emotions are all part of being human. You should never hate yourself for hating others who do terrible things: the depth of your love is shown by the extent of your anger.

However, when I talk of forgiveness I mean the belief that you can come out the other side a better person. A better person than the one being consumed by anger and hatred. Remaining in that state locks you in a state of victimhood, making you almost dependent on the perpetrator. If you can find it in yourself to forgive then you are no longer chained to the perpetrator. You can move on, and you can even help the perpetrator to become a better person."

Desmond Tutu

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