Be a Hummingbird

Listen as the late Wangari Maathai tells the tale of a hummingbird who, despite its small size, tries its best to make a difference. 



We may often think that we are insignificant or that we are not enough. It doesn't matter how small we may feel, we can make a difference. We still have in us the power to do the best that we can. Never stop trying to do your best.

Positive Affirmation: I will be a hummingbird. I will do the best that I can.

Black Excellence Month: Day 21

Wangari Maathai
Environmental and Political Activist
1940 - 2011

“I’m very conscious of the fact that you can’t do it alone. It’s teamwork. When you do it alone you run the risk that when you are no longer there nobody else will do it.” 

-Wangari Maathai

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Recommended Reading:

• Unbowed by Wangari Maathai
• The Challenge for Africa by Wangari Maathai
• The Green Belt Movement: Sharing the Approach and the Experience by Wangari Maathai
• The Canopy Of Hope: My Life Campaigning For Africa, Women, And The Environment by Wangari Maathai
• Nobel Peace Prize Biography
• Death of a Visionary

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Recommended Watching:

• Tribute Film
• The Green Belt Movement
• Life and Times of Professor Wangari Maathai
• World Forum Lille 2008
• Planting Trees is Planting Hope
• Resources and Conflict
• Climate Change Message
• Democracy Now Interview
• Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture 2005
• Global Forum on Freedom of Expression
• Earth Focus
• The Power of Study Abroad