Quotes About Inclusivity

Women without children can help mothers, and we can just be all in this together.

Kids bring their mothers and grandmothers to our concerts. You don't see that with a lot of artists today.

What motivates me is connecting with people and making everybody feel loved.

but cheap transportation made all these things available to the masses.'°

Hold onto your dicks." "We don't all have dicks, dickhead," Kasyanov muttered.

When the best leader leads, the people say "We did it ourselves." —Lao-tzu

So, in Melting Pot the children (about a third of whom were kids of color) sang the line, America was the new world and Europe was the old, in one stroke eradicating the narratives of indigenous persons for whom America was hardly new, and any nonwhite kids whose old worlds had been in Africa or Asia, not Europe.

if team members believe that every idea gets fair consideration, and that a meritocracy allows their proposals to be judged across divisional and hierarchical lines, they tend to put all of their energy and their creative talents to work on ideas and proposals for change. They work harder, persist longer, and maintain their urgent optimism when they believe victory is just around the corner.

Everything I've ever done, in the writing world, has been to expand articulation, rather than to close it.

Beloved, you are my sister, you are my daughter, you are my face; you are me.

We must do all we can to imagine the Other before we presume to solve the problems work and life demand of us.

I wish I'd a knowed more people. I would of loved 'em all. If I'd a knowed more, I would a loved more.

I wish I'd a knowed more people. I would of loved 'em all. If I'd a knowed more, I would a loved more.

Whatever different words you use to express [your scriptures].../ The mantras chanted may differ, but are not souls in want of salvation all the same?/ To divide and oppress people because of those differences is folly.

Ten Working Principles of Big Tent Judaism 1. All people are welcome in an inclusive Jewish community, including those with a diversity of opinions, beliefs, affiliations, levels of observance, and so forth. An inclusive Jewish community is built on a culture of welcoming newcomers. 2. All are welcome in an inclusive Jewish community, regardless of background or status, particularly those who have traditionally been marginalized, such as Jews of color, members of the LGBT

To emphasize what is required for this proposed change—which is quite substantial—I like to say that I believe the synagogue needs to turn itself inside out. In other words, it has to become an institution that serves the entire local Jewish community—and, in some cases, secularists too—rather than functioning solely as an institution that serves only its members. When synagogues turn themselves inside out, all Jews and all those in Jewish families in the

to serve the majority of the Jewish community, even its entirety, rather than just those who are members of Jewish institutions.

regardless of background, and is geared specifically for adult beginner learners. Also, the program is advertised in secular media.

If we turn the synagogue inside out, the synagogue would serve a far broader audience, one that is not restricted by the traditional notion of synagogue membership. Synagogues can reach out and serve a population larger than their current membership if they are willing to emphasize those things that the synagogue does well and that are within its purview, while refraining from those things that are irrelevant to the synagogue and its work. In too many situations

Ten Things about Judaism and the Marketplace of Ideas 1. Jewish thought can enrich the lives of people, whether or not the people are Jewish. 2. There are many access points to Jewish

People who are skilled at dialogue do their best to make it safe for everyone to add their meaning to the shared pool--even ideas that at first glance appear controversial, wrong, or at odds with their own beliefs. Now, obviously they don't agree with every idea; they simply do their best to ensure that all ideas find their way into the open.

It's about time that society accepts people for who they are.

GOD DOESN'T HATE FAGS OR ANYBODY ELSE FOR THAT MATTER. GOD SAVES! THEN, GOD PASSES IT TO GRETZKY - WHO ROOFS THAT SHIT, TOP-SHELF! THEN GOD AND GRETZKY HIGH FIVE & BELLY-BUMP, CELEBRATING THEIR HOCKEY PROWESS. AND NEVER ONCE DO THEY GIVE A SHIT IF ANYBODY'S GAY OR NOT.

Love... it surrounds every being and extends slowly to embrace all that shall be.