We've Got to Do Better!

Here's a fact.....according to me.

Just like most, I am disheartened at the verdict in the George Zimmerman trial. In the wake of this verdict, I've seen NUMEROUS Facebook,Twitter, and Instagram posts. You can repost as many pictures and write as many Facebook statuses sharing your opinion on the matter. However, I ask you, what is your call to action? What are you going to do to impact change in this world? Of course, things are not going to get better on its own. You must do something. It only takes one!

Are you going to take the time to visit a website to sign one of the many petitions that are floating around the net? Are you going to join a rally?  Are you going to join an organization that actively seeks change in our community?

Community. We are so quick to take a stance against others that bring harm to our community, but what about when we bring on that harm ourselves? Our children can't read. I shudder every time I'm in a meeting going over test results and African American students are always at the bottom of the list, with the lowest passing rate. What about the fact that we allow our little girls to idolize the women they see on Basketball Wives and Love and Hip Hop? We can't continue like this.

So, again I ask, what is your call to action? What are you going to do to impact change in this world? It only takes one!

I wasn't going to touch this subject, but I had to.

**Written on 7/16/13