1. He’s
a real-life hero, saving a neighbor from a burning building. He
also helped out at the scene of a car accident, though that’s probably more
common that crawling through flames.
2. He has publicly refused to perform any marriage
ceremonies until everyone has the right to marry.
3. He
graduated from Stanford, which is also the alma mater of my super cool sister. He also gave a pretty cool commencement speech there.
5.
6. He admits that he has an ongoing, passionate
love affair with Ben & Jerry’s ice cream.
Mmm, ice cream.
7. In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, when power
had been restored to his home, he invited neighbors without power to use his
house for food, warmth, and a place to charge their phones. He was too busy working to be at home, but
figured someone should take advantage of the electricity he had.
8. When
a follower recently tweeted about transgender friends who were nervous about
moving to Newark, he offered to call them personally in an attempt to assuage
their fears.
9. He
recently invited a Twitter follower to join him in a food stamp challenge, to
encourage better understanding the difficulties of a system criticized by so
many.
10. “Go out there and
swear to this world your oath, not with your words, but with what you do. Not
with your hand over your heart, but with your hand outstretched to a world that
desperately needs your hand, your help, your insights, your creativity, your
honor, your courage. It needs you.”
1 comment:
I'm kinda in love with Corey Booker.
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