The summer enrichment project is based on the 20 role models selected by Skipping Stones, an international children's magazine. Here are the honorees:
Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) b. in India
Paul Robeson (1898-1976) in New Jersey
Peace Pilgrim (1908-1981) b. New Jersey
Mother Theresa (1910-1997) b. Macedonia
Nelson Mandela b. 1918, Transkai, South Africa
Pete Seeger b. 1919 in New York
Thich Nhat Hanh b. 1926 in Central Vietnam
César Chávez (1927-1993) b.Yuma, Arizona
Maya Angelou b. 1928 in Missouri
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) b. Atlanta, GA
Rev. Desmond Tutu b. 1931 in South Africa
Toni Morrison b. 1931 in Ohio
Dr. Jane Goodall b. 1934 in London, England
Hon. Dalai Lama b. 1935 in Tibet; lives in India
David Suzuki b. 1936 in Vancouver, Canada
Wangari M. Maathai b. 1940 in Kenya
Aung San Suu Kyi b. 1945 in Rangoon, Mayanmar
Mata Amritanandamayi b. 1953 in Kerala, India
Oprah Winfrey b. 1954 in Mississippi
Winona LaDuke b. 1959 in Minnesota
