No Matter Who You Are Or What Side You Are On... We all listen to those like us... We all enjoy those who are similar to us in thought and desire...​

     But must we always allow our differences to negatively impact our effectiveness?​

     What would happen if we utilized our differences to achieve the impossible because – in spite of our differences – we share a single, common, desire???​

     Does not everyone wish to bring hope, equality of opportunity, and an end to the failures that are prevalent in our inner cities???​

     Yet, it is hard for us to join others with differences in thought, opinions, and beliefs, in other areas — even though we are all in strong agreement concerning something needing to be done about the circumstances of our inner cities...

     Professional Athletes, Politicians, Policemen, Firemen, First Responders, Presidents; all know that those outside of the realms of their own experience and circumstances cannot fully understand or speak to the concerns and the everyday existence of what they go through...

     It takes one of their own to command their full and undivided attention.

Humans tend to be dismissive of those differently situated, because we know, instinctively, that outsiders cannot completely relate to us –– even though it may be their highest desire to do so...

     Me? I understand violence. I understand gangs. I understand a life of imprisonment; of being trapped in a violent, hopeless, environment. I understand the fear and rage that attaches to those cast aside and treated as animals (however justifiable the reasons for their ostracism)…

     I understand the hardness of heart and callous indifference for those not inside their particular brand of suffering.

     I understand the antisocial thinking and behavior that automatically attaches to those who do not possess the mental, emotional, psychological, and educational means – or even an evidenced social concern – to help them learn to cope with –much less change – the hopeless certainties played out all around them, for all of their lives... for generations. 

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     I can speak to these men and women because I am one of them...

But I can also speak to you, because I am one of you...

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     No matter who you are; No matter what your circumstances are; No matter your previous experience(s)… No matter what anyone else does or does not do...

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     YOU can make a difference; YOU can push the boundaries; YOU can become a Blessing, a Harbinger of Hope, a Solution instead of a Bystander...

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     YOU can become tired of waiting for someone else to address the problem...

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     And do you know the only difference between you and I?

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     It's not Race. It's not Religion. It's not Culture. It's not background. It's not Parentage. It's not Social Status. It's not Gender. It's not even Desire...

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We ALL want something done to dispel the darkness of our inner cities, by brining in the light of understanding, education, hope, and equality of opportunity...

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     So, we are one in desire and the only difference between you and I is that I have decided to do something as opposed to waiting for someone else to get it done...

 

     And YOU  are completely in control of removing the only difference between us... It only takes YOU deciding to stop doing nothing and start doing something...

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     Come: Let's use our differences and myriad strengths, to achieve a common goal... a common good...

     

     JOIN US WON'T YOU???​