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Dr. Elaine Ruiz López | Chief Executive Officer
CEO New & Notes - May 2019
The inspiration for our journey to China are the past 13 years where are our high school scholars who are required to complete a two-year Mandarin course and learn the language, and acquire knowledge of Chinese history, culture and art. They prepared presentations for our trip and I looked forward to sharing our experiences with them upon return to NYC.

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Weekly Quotes Archive

"Did you know children are dying because of AIDS. Missing the medicines that prevent transmission from mother to child. Missing the protection from parents teachers and role models that can teach them about the danger, and keep them safe from sexual exploitation. Children are missing your support. Unite for children. Unite against AIDS." - Whoopi Goldberg

Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough. -Oprah Winfrey

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- Evelina Lopez Antonetty

- Dolores Huerta

Malala Yousafzai, Youngest Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Adds to Her Achievements and Expectations (Read NYTimes article)
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"When a young person, even a gifted one, grows up without proximate living examples of what she may aspire to become--whether lawyer, scientist, artist, or leader in any realm--her goal remains abstract. Such models as appear in books or on the news, however inspiring or revered, are ultimately too remote to be real, let alone influential. But a role model in the flesh provides more than inspiration; his or her very existence is confirmation of possibilities one may have every reason to doubt, saying, 'Yes, someone like me can do this."
- U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Sonia Sotomayor

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"just like the seasons, people have the ability to change"

"People do not care how much you know until they know how much you care."
- John Maxwell

"The foundation of every state is the education of its youth."
- Diogenes

"I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see."
- John Burroughs

"A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way."
― John C. Maxwell

"Graduation is only a concept. In real life every day you graduate. Graduation is a process that goes on until the last day of your life. If you can grasp that, you'll make a difference."
― Arie Pencovici

"One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest."
- Maya Angelou
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"Courage may be the most important of all virtues, because without it one cannot practise any other virtue with consistence."
- Maya Angelou

Celebrating 450 Years of Shakespeare "Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them."
- William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
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"Do not deny people with Autism; accept them for then their abilities will shine."
― Paul Isaacs

"The spring came suddenly, bursting upon the world as a child bursts into a room, with a laugh and a shout and hands full of flowers."
― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."
― Mahatma Gandhi

"Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have."
― Margaret Mead

“I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people.”
― Rosa Parks

“Peace does not mean an absence of conflicts; differences will always be there. Peace means solving these differences through peaceful means; through dialogue, education, knowledge; and through humane ways.”
― Dalai Lama XIV

“World peace must develop from inner peace. Peace is not just mere absence of violence. Peace is, I think, the manifestation of human compassion.”
― Dalai Lama XIV

"I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can't say; I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger."
- Harriet Tubman
harriet-tubman painting by ILCHS Alumni

Harriet Tubman was an American bondwoman who escaped from slavery in the South to become a leading abolitionist before the American Civil War. She was born in Maryland in 1820, and successfully escaped in 1849. Yet she returned many times to rescue both family members and non-relatives from the plantation system. She led hundreds to freedom in the North as the most famous "conductor" on the Underground Railroad, an elaborate secret network of safe houses organized for that purpose.

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Painting of Harriet Tubman by Alumni Joshua Gomez & Mendy Carty

"In the Upcoming Year of the Horse be attentive to the needs of others and quick to react with compassion for those who are troubled or are unable to protect themselves. Be powerful in pursuing your goals. Be modest and simple. Take time to reflect, show affection and be involved with family, reconnect with friends and be ready to help in a spirit of cooperation".
- Unknown

Mahatma Gandhi inspired the world and led the people of India out from oppression and racial violence with peaceful resistance, determination and moral integrity. He inspired me to teach our scholars about how one person can change the world, their circumstances and their community.
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One of my favorite quotes is from the library collection of Dr. King Jr.
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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I was inspired by many Civil Rights Leaders and Peace makers from Dr. King to Mahatma Ghandi. In the 80s the world leader who inspired me the most who lived during my life time was Nelson "Madiba" Mandela. When he was freed from prison in 1990 he was invited to Yankee Stadium for a massive reception. I was there at the stadium and witnessed history with thousands of people who came to celebrate his freedom, his courage and sacrifice to free Africans from Apartheid.

My favorite quote from his library collection is "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world"

Let's Make Every Day a Mandela Day!!
https://www.mandeladay.com/

"There was a crisis in the Bronx. More than 60 % of our students were dropping out of high school. So we organized the community and, together, we opened the first charter high school in the Bronx." - Dr. Elaine Ruiz López