Happy Birthday Nelson Mandela!

“Take Action; Inspire Change; Make Every Day a Mandela Day"

 Today is Nelson Mandela International Day or in South Africa, simply--"Mandela Day". It is on this day the world's most influential and beloved man celebrates his birthday and this year he turns 94 years old. The world, hailing the man who  fought against the apartheid regime, his imprisonment and subsequent rise to power as South Africa’s first democratically elected president .

Mandela Day is an outreach event which hopes to encourage South Africans to spend 67 minutes making a difference in the lives of those less fortunate than themselves and it has been a global event as of late.

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PHOTOS: Nelson Mandela Celebrates 92nd Birthday

In my opinion, he is the only person who can inspire ANY  generation--going all the way back to  my grandmother  (whom by the way is 81 this year)

Mandela turned 92 yesterday and this year, unlike his 90 (huge celebration) he celebrated with his family. "Today is an opportunity for millions of people around the world to look inside themselves and find those beautiful qualities as any human being has and say: `I am able to make a difference to my neighbor, to someone underprivileged, I can extend my goodness to other people,'" Mandela's wife Graca Machel said Sunday. She said that while her husband was no longer so physically strong, "his spirit is strong as ever."

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