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It’s Never Too Late to Build a Friendship that Changes the World

Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.
Maya Angelo
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm & constant.
Socrates
Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer.
Ed Cunningham
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
Walter Winchell
It is never too late to give up your prejudices.
Henry David Thoreau
The only place where different colours should be treated differently is the washing machine.
John Magee
Friendship is not a gift, but the result of hard work.
Myles Munroe
A true friend's silence hurts more than an enemy's rough words.
Unknown
I hope some day you'll join us and the world will live as one.
John Lennon
God created our skin tones with beautiful variety, but all our souls are the same color.
Dave Willis
Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.
Oprah Winfrey
They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.
Carl W. Buechner
Our most difficult task as a friend is to offer understanding when we don't understand.
Robert Breault
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
Nelson Mandela
If we fail to listen to people who don't experience the world the way we do, we will never bear their burden.
Andy Stanley
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Racial Healing: Race, Grace and Forgiveness

Join the Lotus Network for an Ambassador Project: Book Review covering My First White Friend by Patricia Raybon. This award-winning book gets your attention right away in the prologue. Patricia invites you to join her on her courageous personal journey to let go of hate by first learning to love God and also herself.

 

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Meet Patricia Raybon

Patricia Raybon is an award-winning, best-selling author whose books help people move big mountains. Her titles include: My First White Friend, her racial forgiveness memoir; I Told the Mountain to Move: Learning to Pray So Things Change; and Undivided: A Muslim Daughter, Her Christian Mother, Their Path to Peace.

She has appeared on the Today Show, BBC World News, Colorado Matters, and scores of other radio and TV programs, blogs, podcasts, and webinars related to her focus on faith, race, and grace.

Patricia lives with her husband Dan, a retired educator, in her beloved home state of Colorado. They have two amazing daughters and five glorious grandchildren. Join her on the journey at patriciaraybon.com.

Title Sub-Title Author Content
A Soul Connection
Five year olds define their friendship!
ABC Interview
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Uncomfortable Conversations
How to talk to about racism.
Emmanuel Acho
Watch the YouTube Video
A Moral Imperative
The journey starts at home
Washington Post
Watch the YouTube Video
Do it Different!
Being Nice Is Not Going To End Racism
Robin DiAngelo
Watch the YouTube Video
Children's Attitudes
Kids speak their mind about race.
Anderson Cooper
Watch the YouTube Video
A Few Tips
Not Racist Is Not Enough:Putting in the Work to be Anti-Racist
Eric Duggans
Read the Article
Get outside your Comfort Zone!
Why We Need More Close Interracial Friendships (And Why We're Bad at Them)
Brittany Wong
Read the Article
Pay Attention....Read this list!
16 Things Black People Want Their White Friends to Know
Kelsey Borresen
Read the Article
Did you know this history fact??
I'm Your Black Friend, But I Won't Educate You About Racism: That's On You
B.L. Wilson
Read the Article
Choose To Act Differently!
10 Ways to be Anti-Racist-Multi-Ethnic
Student Affairs University of Michigan
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