Multicultural Outreach & Accessibility

​​​​​​He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life. ~ Muhammad Ali (boxer)

​​​​​​Juneteenth … gives us an occasion to reflect on the profound contributions of enslaved Black Americans to the cause of human freedom.  ~ Jamelle Bouie (writer)

​​​​​​​In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different. ~ Coco Chanel (fashion designer)

​​​​​​You as one individual can change millions of lives. Think big. Do not limit your vision and do not ever compromise your dreams or ideals. ~ Iris Chang (author)

​​​​​​To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else. ~ Bernadette Devlin (civil rights leader)

​​​​​​If the left half of the brain controls the right half of the body, then only left-handed people are in the right mind. ~ W.C. Fields (comedian)

​​​​​​Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary. ~ Khalil Gibran (writer)

​​​​​​We don’t own the planet Earth, we belong to it. And we must share it with our wildlife. ~ Steve Irwin (wildlife expert)

You are reborn with the roses, in every spring. ~ Juan Ramón Jiménez (Nobel Prize poet)

​​​​​​There is much wisdom in listening as there is in speaking – and that goes for all relationships, not just romantic ones. ~ Daniel Dae Kim (author)

​​​​​​Bad libraries build collections, good libraries build services, great libraries build communities. ~ David Lankes (professor)

​​​​​​Hope will never be silent. ~ Harvey Milk (politician)

​​​​​​Our nation owes a debt to its fallen heroes that we can never fully repay. ~ President Barack Obama (44th president of the U.S.)

​​​​​Success is a collection of problems solved. ~ I. M. Pei (architect)

​​​​​​​You don’t have to become something that you aren’t to become better than you are.  ~ Sidney Poitier (actor)

​​​​​​Every organization should tolerate rebels who tell the emperor he has no cloths. ~ Gen. Colin Powell (former U.S. Secretary of State)

​​​​​​Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself.  ~ Eleanor Roosevelt (former U.S. First Lady)

​​​​​​What good is an idea if it remains an idea? Try. Experiment. Iterate. Fail. Try again. Change the world.  ~ Simon Sinek (author)

​​​​​If you can’t change your fate, change your attitude.  ~ Amy Tan (writer)

​​​​​​My mother always used to say: The older you get, the better you get, unless you’re a banana.  ~ Betty White (actress)