It is our responsibility

Many of us complain of crime and violence within our community, we complain about abuse, disrespect and poverty. Yet we continue to consciously ignore the core issues that continue to stare us in the face as if they will magically go away "if we don't look at them". These CORE ISSUES exist and continue to exist in the areas of education (truly preparing ourselves and our children to compete on a local, state, national and global scale), rates of incarceration and unemployment. The simple fact is: is it "'our collective" responsibility to address, correct and solve these issues ourselves. It is our responsibility to properly educate our children, to create safe environments for them as well as create opportunities for employment for them (not the police, city/locality, state or federal government). As we reflect on Dr. Kings "DREAM", let's begin to use our great minds and creativity to collectively create a "NEW DREAM" where brotherly love, self respect, character, integrity, community, family and "your word is bond" means something to each "us" again, wherever (where - anywhere - wheresoever) "we" are!

YOU DON"T HAVE TO LISTEN TO ME, BUT YOU CAN THINK ABOUT WHAT I AM SAYING!