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The Nelson Mandela Tributes Worldwide Thread ! July 18th, 2014​

This Thread is Dedicated to ALL the Nelson Mandela Tributes of L.O.V.E in 2014
:heart: We dedicate this Thread today for Madiba on his 96th Birthday :heart:
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All things which highlight Nelson's L.O.V.E, His Work, His Ethics, His life's Journey in Process ! Please Post ALL them all here !!

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The Time Magazine Article:

"Beautiful Tribute to Nelson Mandela" by Samantha Grossman

On what would have been his 96th birthday today&#8217;s Google Doodle Is a Beautiful Tribute to Nelson Mandela !

Seven months after Nelson Mandela&#8217;s death, Google is paying tribute to the iconic leader with an interactive illustration. It traces Mandela&#8217;s legacy through six of his most memorable and influential quotes paired with corresponding drawings.

&#8220;Something that stood out to me about Nelson Mandela was his eloquent way with words,&#8221; the doodle&#8217;s designer, Katy Wu, writes in a blog post. &#8220;I thought his words gave a great insight into the kind of man he was, so I wanted to focus the creative direction of the doodle on his quotes against a backdrop of the history of South Africa.&#8221;


The Source:
http://time.com/3005070/todays-google-doodle-is-a-beautiful-tribute-to-nelson-mandela/
 
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The Nelson Mandela Tributes Worldwide Thread ! July 18th, 2014​

This Thread is Dedicated to ALL the Nelson Mandela Tributes of L.O.V.E in 2014
:heart: We dedicate this Thread today for Madiba on his 96th Birthday :heart:
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All things which highlight Nelson's L.O.V.E, His Work, His Ethics, His life's Journey in Process ! Please Post ALL them all here !!

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The Time Magazine Article:

"Beautiful Tribute to Nelson Mandela" by Samantha Grossman

On what would have been his 96th birthday today&#8217;s Google Doodle Is a Beautiful Tribute to Nelson Mandela !

Seven months after Nelson Mandela&#8217;s death, Google is paying tribute to the iconic leader with an interactive illustration. It traces Mandela&#8217;s legacy through six of his most memorable and influential quotes paired with corresponding drawings.

&#8220;Something that stood out to me about Nelson Mandela was his eloquent way with words,&#8221; the doodle&#8217;s designer, Katy Wu, writes in a blog post. &#8220;I thought his words gave a great insight into the kind of man he was, so I wanted to focus the creative direction of the doodle on his quotes against a backdrop of the history of South Africa.&#8221;


The Source:
http://time.com/3005070/todays-google-doodle-is-a-beautiful-tribute-to-nelson-mandela/
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The Deutsche Welle Blog Article:

67 minutes in memory of Nelson Mandela..​

Millions of South Africans have marked the first Mandela Day since the death of the freedom icon last December. Every year on Mandela's birthday citizens are called on to devote 67 minutes to community service.

Each year on 18 July, millions of South Africans are called on to spend 67 minutes working for the good of others. The duration symbolizes the 67 years that the late Nelson Mandela spent fighting for social justice.
In 2009, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously endorsed the recognition of Mandela's birthday as an international day. This was inspired by Mandela's call, made a year earlier, for the next generation to take over the baton of leadership in addressing the world's social injustices.
Mandela Day 2014 is the first since the freedom icon succumbed to a recurring lung infection on 5 December 2013. Seven months later, people turned out in droves to pay tribute to his memory.

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A young girl serves a free meal to the elderly in Cape Town

Organizations and individuals donated books to libraries and local schools. Others assisted poor families in various impoverished townships of Johannesburg, for example by planting vegetable gardens as a form of food security. Residents of homes for the elderly and orphans were also treated to special meals.
Mandela's widow, Graca Mandela, joined volunteers who packed food parcels at a convention center in Johannesburg.

International participation

This year the government issued a special call to people to use Mandela Day to "clean up South Africa." Litter was collected and many streets, clinics and schools were treated to a facelift.
Sello Hatang, the Chief Executive Officer at the Nelson Mandela Foundation, an organisation formed by Mandela to safeguard his legacy, said people not only in South Africa have joined in to make this the best Mandela Day so far. "We have 126 countries doing something for Mandela Day this year," he said.
Panyaza Lesufi, a member of the executive council responsible for education in Gauteng province, said this year's commemorations focused on fulfilling Mandela's vision of education for all. "We believe that it is only through education that we can break the shackles of poverty," he told DW.

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A group of smiling youngsters

Youngsters today should learn so they can "serve themselves and their country'
For Yusuf Bhamjee, the mayor of Umgungundlovu District Municipality in Kwazulu Natal, where the 2014 Nelson Mandela Marathon will be held on 31 August, the theme of the marathon &#8220;The triumph of the human spirit,&#8221; sums up what it is all about.
Looking to the future
Ahmed Kathrada was imprisoned together with Mandela on Robben Island. He had a special message for the young generation. "If under adverse conditions, people were able to study and get degrees, now the doors are open to everybody to study. While they play, they should take full advantage of that so that they can serve themselves, their parents and their country."
For Nelson Mandela's family, it was a moving experience seeing so many people using the day to honor his memory. For granddaughter Ndileka, "it is still very hard for us as a family but it is important that his work continue and it is important that it is done on the first anniversary that we will be spending without Granddad."
On its website, the Nelson Mandela foundation writes that Mandela Day "is not about symbolic gestures. It is not about one day of generosity and then back to the normal routine. Instead, Mandela Day is a campaign to build cultures of service. To encourage people to take responsibility for making the world a better place for all."

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Some people visited Nelson Mandela's former house in Soweto, now a museum.

The Source:
http://www.dw.de/67-minutes-in-memory-of-nelson-mandela/a-17793941

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The E! Online Blog Article:

Nelson Mandela Day: Ellen DeGeneres, Kerry Washington, Michelle Obama, Pharrell and More Celebrate Late South African Leader..by Natalie Finn Fri., Jul. 18, 2014 5:12 PM PDT​

Nelson Mandela would have been 96 today.

The South African leader and anti-apartheid revolutionary died on Dec. 5, leaving July 18, his birthday, as an opportunity for his contributions to the advancement of global peace to be celebrated in his absence many Hollywood types who took a moment to pay their respects.

In honor of Mandela's legacy, social media has been packed with remembrances and tributes, many of them coming from the celebrity crowd that has practically deified Mandela, reserving an almost spiritual reverence for the Nobel Peace Prize laureate who was also an A-list celeb in his own right.
But first and foremost, they remember what the man himself both tried to do and managed to accomplish:

"Nelson Mandela was born into a world of unbelievable injustice, and he changed it. Imagine if all the world's people aspired to that," tweeted Ellen DeGeneres.

"Let's draw inspiration from Madiba's example & recommit ourselves to leaving our kids a better world. #MandelaDay –mo," Michelle Obama tweeted.

"I was in awe when I met Nelson Mandela, I didn't even know all of the things he accomplished, he knew my name!" wrote boxer Evander Holyfield.


The Source:
http://ca.eonline.com/news/561348/n...-and-more-celebrate-late-south-african-leader

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