Rachel's Story & Building a Better Workplace Community
The magic of Rachel’s Challenge is in the story. Throughout history it has been “stories” that act as catalysts for change, galvanize movements of people and cut across cultural and demographic boundaries. Rachel Scott was the first person killed in the Columbine shootings in 1999 and at that time few knew that her story would reach millions of people each year. After her death Rachel’s family found six diaries, poems and several drawings that reflected Rachel’s philosophy and beliefs about life. In her diary Rachel wrote: “I have this theory that if one person can go out of their way to show compassion, then it will start a chain reaction of the same. People will never know how far a little kindness can go.”
Spurred forward by Rachel’s writings, Rachel’s Challenge was formed in 2003. Since that time over 11 million people in 48 states and six countries have heard this inspirational, true story. This year alone, 1.3 million people in schools, colleges and businesses will hear Rachel’s message.
Rachel’s story of kindness and compassion, set against the backdrop of the Columbine tragedy, is one that produces an intensely personal, reflective experience; an unexplainable awakening of the innate desire for human connection; an overwhelming desire for change; and the undeniable urge to take immediate action. People everywhere have seen the immediate application of the message for themselves personally and for their schools, businesses and communities.
