All those ripples in combination can form a wall of water that knocks down even the greatest of impediments to progress and justice. such as the walls of apartheid. It was these very ripples that sent forth hope to all South Africans in 1966. when Bobby Kennedy spoke. It was these ripples that sustained Mandelas struggle over decades and that prompted the son of an African immigrant to America to take his first steps towards a career in public service. a decision that ultimately brought him to our Presidency today. It was the same commitment to equality and justice that led me. 30 years ago. to travel to South Africa and work for the Council of Churches there. under the tutelage of both Reverend Paul Verryn and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. It was this same experience which was reflected in Bishop Tutus "Ubuntu." the distinctly South African idea that. as President Obama put it. we are all bound together in ways invisible to the eye but there is a oneness to humanity.
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