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(Watermargin's History)
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103 Documentary Teaser (low res)
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Watermargin was founded in 1947 by a
group of World War II veterans who shared the purpose of promoting
understanding between people of different races and religious
affiliations. Over the years, the focus has expanded to encompass all
intergroup relations. In the 1960's, Watermargin went co-ed,
leading to
a change in the motto from "All Men are Brothers" to "All People are
Family." Watermargin's evolving mission is to encourage the expression
of diverse views, to struggle against injustice, and to build
communities.
Former speakers brought to Cornell
by Watermargin's
Education
Program include Eleanor Roosevelt, Langston Hughes, Malcolm
X (in a
debate with James Farmer over segregation), Margaret Mead, Norman
Thomas, Marian Anderson, and more
recently Scott
Ritter, former UN chief weapons inspector, Howard Zinn, and Ziad
Asali, former
president of the Arab American Anti-Discrimination Committee and
current president of the American Task Force on Palestine.