Origins


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 * We are all trying to raise awareness about where everything comes from. What's on our plates? What is in the malls? What are the roots of alcohol? Who makes your clothes? We use this quote to guide our thinking.

"..And don't forget in doing something for others that you have what you have because of others. Don't forget that. We are tied together in life and in the world. And you may think you got all you got by yourself. But you know, before you got out here [...] this morning, you were dependent on more than half the world. You get up in the morning and go to the bathroom, and you reach over for a bar of soap, and thats handed to you by a Frenchman. You reach over for a sponge, and that's given to you by a Turk. You reach over for a towel, and that comes to your hand from the hands of a Pacific Islander. And then you go on to the kitchen to get your breakfast. You reach over to get a little coffee, and thats poured into your cup by a South American. Or maybe you decide you want a little tea this morning, only to discover that that's poured in your cup by a Chinese. Or maybe you want a little cocoa, that's poured in your cup by a West African. Then you want a little bread and you reach over to get it, and thats given to you by the hands of an English- speaking farmer, not to mention the baker. Before you get through eating breakfast in the morning,you're dependent on more than half the world."

- Dr. Martin Luther King, civil rights leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner. From "The Three Dimensions of Complete Life," delivered at New Covenant Baptist Church in Chicago on April 9,1967.

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