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What about, "Pride. Pass it on"?
Posted 18 days ago by Hydiah O. from Allentown, PA

I have my own billboard if I may share it.
Posted 18 days ago by Hydiah O. from Allentown, PA

My whole school read this book and it's called "Left to Tell" by Immaculee Ilibagiza, she wrote about how Desmond Tutu saved many Tutsi even though he was a Hutu. It was so inspiring!
Posted 3 months ago by Theresa, V from Springfield, MA

I feel so encouraged when I see this Peace billboard and other Foundation messages across the nation. You are doing a great work. I hope all Americans will be inspired to positive persistent action.
Posted 6 months ago by Hyacinth, D from Prescott, AR

Thank you so much for bringing a great man to Southeast Missouri! I almost wrecked when I saw his picture on my way to work. I love him so much.
Posted 9 months ago by Angie W. from Dexter, Missoui, USA

Desomond Tutu is a very inspiring guy the way he fought for his rights and sacrificed a lot. He is always trying to help others like him helping Aids victims.
Posted 9 months ago by Jonny F. from Brookings, Oregon

PEACE...
If people disturb someone and they want peace. They will never get it because to make peace you have to work for it...
PEACE IS HAPPINESS IN LIFE.
Posted 9 months ago by Jessica C. from Jefferson City, Missouri

HE WORKED VERY HARD!
Posted 11 months ago by CONRAD W. from ONTARIO, CANADA

I think he has worked hard to inspire us to peace and love for one another. He is such a great icon especially for Africa. He is a man of integrity and great values for humanity. Hope we can all emulate his example.
Posted about 1 year ago by Brighton N.. from California, USA

I believe peace can change my life and everyone else if you try.
Posted about 1 year ago by Brandon W. from Canada

I cannot stop looking at his billboard. To find such a billboard labeled "Peace" in the middle of the one of the most downtrodden, poorest cities in America, Cleveland, Ohio- is truly amazing to me. Desmond Tutu has lived his life working for the downtrodden. The stories of personal and national forgiveness described in his book entitled "Forgiveness" are etched permanently into my heart. Peacemaking is in his soul, and we need his example every day. Thank you for these billboards of hope.
Posted about 1 year ago by Beth K. from Cleveland, Ohio USA

Such a great billboard. Archbishop Tutu has been an inspiration to us for years and it is only fitting that this wonderful person now inspire all Americans.
Posted about 1 year ago by Dave T. from Tennessee

You are too good at this and you can always have a way for things to figure out.
Posted about 1 year ago by Tayna T. from Oregon

Compassion is the best way to go
Posted about 1 year ago by Jordan from Oregon

I love this billboard of Archbishop Tutu and its message. We have so much to learn from him about hope.
Posted about 1 year ago by Barbara T. from Holyoke, MA

There is no greatness where there is not simplicity. A real example who has lived breathing for peace. An incredible man indeed!!
Posted about 1 year ago by Muthini, E from Denton , TX, USA

We can make this world a better place to live in if we show love and compassion in everything we do.
Posted about 1 year ago by AKOSUA DOH from TEMA ,GHANA

This man is the real deal - genuine, compassionate, funny and dear. I spent 3 months with him on a semester at Sea voyage, and he left an indelible impression on every soul aboard ship. A true role model.
Posted about 1 year ago by Melanie W. from Seattle, WA USA

Nothing is of greater value than living for peace, what an inspirational and beautiful man!
Posted about 1 year ago by Samantha Eckard from KY, USA

Peace

About This Billboard

“My humanity is bound up in yours for we can only be human together.”
-Desmond Tutu

In his role as General Secretary Tutu became an outspoken critic of apartheid in South Africa and brought awareness of the struggle to the world stage. Tutu insisted on the use of non-violent resistance by black South Africans. He risked being jailed after calling for a boycott of municipal elections. He also urged the international community to use economic sanctions against the apartheid government. That government responded by canceling Tutu’s passport.

Tutu’s work was recognized with the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984; two years later he was elected Archbishop of Cape Town in 1986 and held that office until his retirement ten years later. Since the official end of apartheid in the early 1990’s he has become a mediator in the transition toward democracy. Tutu has also chaired the Truth and Reconciliation Commission which was set up by former President Nelson Mandela to investigate human rights violations during apartheid.

In 2007 Tutu was awarded the Gandhi Peace Prize in India. He has also been given some 40 honorary doctorate degrees from universities around the world. At 76, he continues to teach and travel the globe and has become a champion for international human rights. He has also worked to heighten awareness about the global AIDS epidemic.

His message is one of compassion, forgiveness and peace that may be best summed up in a moment captured in a Johannesburg suburb in the height of apartheid violence: “Do not hate,” he said, “let us choose the peaceful way to freedom.”