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A New York Times Bestseller For Lady Gaga kindness is the driving force behind everything she says and does. The quiet power of kindness can change the way we view one another our communities and even ourselves. She embodies this mission and through her work brings more kindness into our world every single day. Lady Gaga has always believed in the importance of being yourself being kind to yourself and being kind to others no matter who they are or where they come from. With that sentiment in mind she and her mother Cynthia Germanotta founded Born This Way Foundation a nonprofit organization dedicated to making the world a kinder and braver place. Through the years theyve collected stories of kindness bravery and resilience from young people all over the world proving that kindness truly is the universal language. And now we invite you to read these stories and follow along as each and every young author finds their voice just as Lady Gaga has found hers. Within these pages you’ll meet young changemakers who found their inner strength who prevailed in the face of bullies who started their own social movements who decided to break through the mental health stigma and share how they felt who created safe spaces for LGBTQ youth and who have embraced kindness with every fiber of their being by helping others without the expectation of anything in return. In one story you’ll read about a young person with an autoimmune disease who after being bullied at school learned how to practice selflove and started an organization with the mission of educating others about the importance of selflove too and in another story you’ll meet a young person who decided to start a movement to help eliminate the stigma surrounding mental health and encouraged others to talk about their feelings openly and honestly a reminder that kindness and mental wellness go hand in hand. Not only were we moved by these individual acts of kindness but we were also touched by the many stories of organizations neighborhoods and entire communities that fully dedicated themselves to helping those in need and found new innovative ways to make our world a kinder and braver place. Individually and collectively these stories prove that kindness not only saves lives but builds community. Kindness is inclusion it is pride it is empathy it is compassion it is selfrespect and it is the guiding light to love. Kindness is always transformational and its neverending ripples result in even more kind acts that can change our lives our communities and our world.