THE POLITICS OF MAKNG A DIFFERENCE: Bishop Matthew Hassan KUKAH

THE POLITICS OF MAKNG A DIFFERENCE: Bishop Matthew Hassan KUKAH

DIFFERENCE, WHAT DIFFERENCE? What Difference? Different from What? Who Sacrifices for a Difference(Pig & Chicken) Difference? Who Gains, Who Loses: Consequences Vision of Difference: What will Tomorrow Be? Consequences of Difference: On Individual-Society Building Blocks and Sustainability

OBSTACLES TO MAKING A DIFFERENCE Culture: We have always done it this way Religion: Dogma: Tradition: Ancestors Individual vs. Community Ignorance: It is impossible. It has never been done Environment: The Men in Plato s Cave Funding Change: Who Will Pay? Who will Lose?

WHERE & HOW DO WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE? Bernard Shaw-David & Goliath-Mother Mary Between Danger and Opportunity Failure is Success by another Name: Lincoln Seizing the Moment: Time Meets Man: Obama Courage-Knowledge-Goal Setting One vs. the Crowd The Road Not Taken

People who changed the world in the 20th Century cf. www.biography online Winston Churchill Leader of Great Britain during World War Two Adolf Hitler Leader of Nazi Germany 1933-45 Nelson Mandela First President of post-apartheid South Africa Joseph Stalin Leader of Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953 Martin Luther King Prominent Civil rights activist in the US Mikhail Gorbachev Leader of Soviet Union from 1985-91. Oversaw transition to democracy and collapse of Berlin Wall. Chairman Mao Leader of Communist China and instigator of Cultural Revolution. Mother Teresa Humanitarian and charity worker Bill Gates Founder of Microsoft Rosa Parks Civil rights campaigner, fighting against segregation in the deep south of America Mahatma Gandhi: Great Indian Statesman and Teacher of Non-Violence

Born four years apart, brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright grew up in a small town in Ohio. They shared an intellectual curiosity and an aptitude for science, at a time when the possibility of human flight was beginning to look like a reality. Together, the Wright brothers developed the first successful airplane in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina and together they became national heroes. Considered the fathers of modern aviation, they developed innovative technology and inspired imaginations around the world. Orville Wright Born: August 19, 1871 Died: January 30, 1948 Dayton, Ohio Wilbur Wright Born: April 16, 1867 Died: May 30, 1912 Dayton, Ohio

Born in 1910, in Skopje, Macedonia, Mother Teresa taught in India for 17 years before in 1946 she experienced her "call within a call" to devote herself to caring for the sick and poor. Her order established a hospice; centers for the blind, aged, and disabled; and a leper colony. In 1979 she received the Nobel Peace Prize for her humanitarian work. She died in September 1997 and was beatified in October 2003. In December 2015, Pope Francis recognized a second miracle attributed to Mother Teresa, clearing the way for her to be canonized as Saint Teresa of Calcutta on September 4, 2016.

Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15th 1929 in Atlanta Georgia, son of a Baptist pastor. He was a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). In 1955 he took leadership of the Montgomery Bus Boycott In 1957 along with other civil rights activists he founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to organize and conduct non-violent protests for civil rights. In February 1959 he traveled to India to study Mahatma Gandhi s principles of non-violence. On June 23rd 1963 he led a Freedom Walk in Detroit Michigan; 125,000 took part in the walk. On August 28th 1963 at a historic march in Washington DC for jobs, freedom, racial equality and the end of discrimination Martin Luther King delivered his I have a dream speech. On October 14th 1964 he became the youngest man (age 35) to receive a Nobel Peace Prize for combating racial inequality through non-violence. He was arrested many times during his protests for civil rights. November 27 1967 he announces the Poor People Campaign focusing on jobs and freedom for the poor of all races. He was assassinated on April 4th 1968.

Karol Józef Wojtyła was born in the polish town of Wadowice (18 May 1920 2 April 2005) On 1 November 1946 he was ordained as a priest. On 28 September 1958 he was consecrated as auxiliary bishop of Kraków In October 1962, he took part in the Second Vatican Council (1962 1965) On 13 January 1964, Pope Paul VI appointed him Archbishop of Kraków. On 26 June 1967, Paul VI nominated him as a Cardinal On 16 October 1978 he was elected Pope and took the name of John Paul II. He was Pope from 1978 2005. He is recognised as helping to end Communist rule in his native Poland and eventually all of Europe. He significantly improved the Catholic Church's relations with Judaism, Islam, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Anglican Communion. He was one of the most travelled world leaders in history, visiting 129 countries during his pontificate. His cause for canonisation commenced in 2005 one month after his death with the traditional five-year waiting period waived. He was canonised on 27 April 2014 (Divine Mercy Sunday). His feast day is celebrated on the 22nd October.

WILL WE ALL MAKE THE HEADLINES? Setting our Own Goals (Little Jonnie) Leaders vs. Office Holders Leaders who had no Office Officers who could not Lead We are all Leaders: Home-OfficeVolunteering as a Vehicle for Leadership The Four Way Test vs. Last Judgment