Connections
To our supporters and volunteers, We live in a networked age. Technologies like the Internet and, more recently, the growth of online social networks such as LinkedIn and Facebook have provided us all with instant connectivity, constant contact, and concrete proof that every single one of us is usually less than six degrees of separation from anyone else. The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. famously noted that “We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” There is great truth in those words. Keep America Beautiful believes firmly that everyone’s simple, daily choices and actions —our patterns of consumption, our choice to recycle and reduce waste, and our individual willingness to actively participate in the health of our communities—all of these have larger repercussions on our global environment, on our quality of life, on the lives of our families and all of our neighbors. We also believe that leveraging networks to build meaningful, strategic partnerships is the best way to amplify our efforts, both in size and scope.
Keep America Beautiful
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