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About a month ago, Granny D gave a wonderful commencement speech at Hampshire College. You should read the whole thing, but here's a taste:
Accept no leaders who would lead you with fear or angerĀ?who are forever dividing and punishing the people instead of uniting, encouraging and empowering them. Great leaders lead from a better vision of a possible future. Great leadersĀ?and you must include yourself in thisĀ?lead themselves, their families, friends, communities, nations and their world from the great, golden idea that people should be free and should in every way be encouraged to fulfill their highest potentials and live life responsibly as they choose. Great leadership comes from love, and great societies come from confident, mass empowerment.

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Hey, we just started an animal rights/ rescue blog at http://monkeydogblog.blogspot.com/, come and visit if you like.

by monkeydogblog at July 23, 2005 12:08 PM  

I've met Granny D a couple of times. She's a favorite of mine. Loved your last post before this one, as well, about the debate in the Texas Legislature. You're running a good site here.

by OgreVI at August 22, 2005 5:38 PM  

This is an excellent site! I found it while looking for animal rescue blogs. I've only had time to read the first few posts today, and I'm hooked. I would never have heard of Granny D and her walk across America if not for this post and link. She's amazing, and I'm grateful to you for posting about her. She is spot-on about leadership.

My own blog is quite new, so there are only a few posts to read. The theme is animal welfare and my own experiences with animals.

Do you mind if I add your blog to my links list?

by 3rd Chimp at August 23, 2005 11:16 PM  

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