Artisans of Social Change Poster Series

We are surrounded by a "cloud of witnesses," says the author of Hebrews (12:1). Many of these witnesses are saints or holy persons who have made an art of peacemaking, justice building, and social transformation. In this series of posters Leo Hartshorn has created images of these artisans, along with their memorable quotes, as a visual inspiration for those who continue to run the race for just peace and social transformation.

Read more about The story behind the drawings. by Leo Hartshorn.

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		Harriet Tubman, called "Moses," an abolitionist and leader of the Underground Railroad. (download poster)		"Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world."
		Winona LaDuke, Native American social activist, environmentalist, economist, and writer. (download poster)		"There is no social-change fairy. There is only the change made by the hands of individuals."
		Thich Nhat Hanh, a Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk and peace activist (download poster)		"The practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions."
		Sister Helen Prejean, a leading American advocate for the abolition of the death penalty (download poster)		"If we believe that murder is wrong and not admissable in our society, then it has to be wrong for everyone, not just individuals but governments as well."
		Abraham Joshua Heshel, Jewish rabbi, scholar, and peace and Civil Rights activist (download poster)		"We are commanded to love our neighbor; this must mean we can."
		Fannie Lou Hamer, Southern Freedom movement leader (download poster)		"Nobody's free until everybody's free."
		Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Russian novelist (War and Peace), and Christian pacifist anarchist. (download poster)		"Let us forgive each other- only then will we live in peace."
		Mother Theresa, founder of Missionaries of Charity, who served the poor in Calcutta, India (download poster)		"If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other."
		Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama, Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader (download poster)		"In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher."
		Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Early women's movement leader, abolitionist, and author of Women's Bible (1985). (download poster)		"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal."
		Mohandas Gandhi, nonviolent spiritual and Indian independence leader (download poster)		"Non-violence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our being."
		Rigoberta Menchú Tum, indigenous Guatemalan social activist (download poster)		"We have learned that change cannot come through war. War is not a feasible tool to use in fighting against the oppression we face. War has caused more problems. We cannot embrace that path."
		Wilma Pearl Mankiller, first female chief of the Cherokee nation (download poster)		"Prior to my election, young Cherokee girls would never have thought that they might grow up and become chief."
		Archbishop Desmond Tutu, South African social activist against apartheid (download poster)		"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality."
		Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Southern Freedom movement leader (download poster)		"Injustice anywhere is a threat to Justice everywhere."
		Dorothy Day, pacifist founder of Catholic Worker movement (download poster)		"As for ourselves, yes, we must be meek, bear injustice, malice, rash judgment. We must turn the other cheek, give up our cloak, go the second mile."
		Oscar Romero, assassinated archbishop of El Salvador. (download poster)		"Before an order to kill that a man may give, the law of God must prevail that says: Thou shalt not kill! No soldier is obliged to obey an order against the law of God."
		Clarence Jordan, founder of the inter-racial commmunity of Koinonia Farms in Americus, Georgia (1942) (download poster)		"It is not enough to limit your love to your own nation, to your own group. You must respond with love even to those outside it...This concept enables people to live together not as nations, but as the human race."
		Sojourner Truth, abolitionist and women’s rights activist (download poster)		"Religion without humanity is very poor human stuff."
		Cesar Chavez, co-founder of United Farm Workers (download poster)		"There is no such thing as defeat in nonviolence."