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Sport and Belonging
The Olympic Games are a celebration—such a party that one feels like a spoilsport or a killjoy for criticizing them. It is especially problematic when the party ends, as it did in Turin in 2006, with a demonstration of prowess such as that of the mayor, who is quadriplegic, of the city slated to welcome the next games in 2010: Vancouver. It is also clear that sport and the Olympic Games promote the feeling of belonging. The personal testimony of former Mayor Sam Sullivan on this matter is as eloquent as was his accomplishment at Turin.
Haiti : Rebuilding without excluding
Port-au-Prince, 20 January 2010:
Jonathan Boulet-Groulx offers troubling testimony in the aftermath of the earthquake: “I have a bad feeling when I walk the streets of Port-au-Prince and don’t see even one person with a disability. Is it really possible, in a country where an estimated 10% of the population have disabilities, that there wouldn’t be at least a few people with disabilities on the streets, looking for water or food?”
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The longer we journey on the road to inner healing and wholeness, the more the sense of belonging grows and deepens. The sense is not just one of belonging to others and to a community. It is a sense of belonging to the universe, to the earth, to the air, to the water, to everything that lives, to all humanity. [Jean Vanier] | | Taking Action | | A Revolution of Belonging | | | Creating a world where everyone belongs will require our full creativity. | | | | | |
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