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Nelson Mandela on forgiveness: Having resentment against someone is like drinking poison and thinking it will kill your enemy about 10 hours ago via web
@MsAliTee Happy to share when finished. My speeches are usually posted on the president's page at Spelman.edu. Check in early June about 15 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone in reply to MsAliTee
2 of 2: The chief drawback is that what you are wolfing down is yourself. The skeleton at the feast is you." Frederick Buechner about 15 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
1 of 2: "...to savor 2 the last toothsome morsel both the pain u r given and the pain u r giving back - in many ways it is a feast 4 a king about 15 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
QOTD: "Everyone says that forgiveness is a lovely idea until they have something to forgive." C.S.Lewis. about 16 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
On a train to DC this morning, reading about forgiveness in prep for a speech I'm giving 6/1 on the psychology of reconciliation about 16 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
Enjoyed A Streetcar Named Desire! Nicole Ari Parker as Blanche stole the show! 8:02 PM May 25th via Twitter for iPhone
AshakiMeans @SpelmanCollege First Lady Michelle Obama last year, now Oprah! God bless Spelman for providing such experiences to our young Spelmanites! 7:04 AM May 25th via Twitter for iPhone Retweeted by BDTSpelman and 13 others
Oprah @Spelman makes another great list! The 18 Best Commencement Speeches of 2012 abcn.ws/JilEEH (via @ABC) 1:10 PM May 25th via Tweet Button
Oprah at Spelman makes the Guardian's 2012's 'best' commencement speeches list guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/…” 6:48 AM May 25th via Twitter for iPhone
Last film of the day - 7 really powerful film projects! Great way to spend a day; Met really interesting people, too! 1:00 PM May 24th via Twitter for iPhone
Pierre Dulain says touching one's "enemy" w/ respect as when dancing together breaks down barriers, underscores the other's humanity 12:56 PM May 24th via Twitter for iPhone
Dancing w/ Jaffa about int'l ballroom dancer Pierre Dulain & prejudice reduction thru dance; now working in 16 Israeli schools #goodpitch 12:54 PM May 24th via Twitter for iPhone
#goodpitch Film #7 is Dancing in Jaffa by Hilla Medalia & Diane Nabstoff about teaching Israeli & Palestinian kids to dance together 12:43 PM May 24th via Twitter for iPhone
Vivek Malhotra of Ford Foundation says we can't let the Arizona law define us as a nation 12:42 PM May 24th via Twitter for iPhone
22 states are considering copying the Arizona law; filmmakers hope The State of Arizona will show negative impact of the law #goodpitch 12:19 PM May 24th via Twitter for iPhone
#goodpitch Film #6 is The State of Arizona by Carlos Sandoval & Catherine Tambini on controversial immigration law SB 1070 12:10 PM May 24th via Twitter for iPhone
We have to shift from disease treatment to disease prevention, says Robin Hogen of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, endorsing Escape Fire 12:00 PM May 24th via Twitter for iPhone
Escape Fire will be released in theaters on October 5 11:36 AM May 24th via Twitter for iPhone
Escape Fire is about bringing innovative low-cost methods of prevention into our medical system, moving from disease care to health care 11:25 AM May 24th via Twitter for iPhone

Name Beverly Daniel Tatum
Location Spelman College
Web http://www.spelma...
Bio Spelman College President; psychologist & author of Can We Talk About Race?, Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? & Assimilation Blues.