You're Not Obligated To Win. You're Obligated

The Poor Have Been Sent To The Front Lines Of A Federal Budget Deficit Reduction War That Few Other Groups Were Drafted To Fight.

I Was Taught That The World Had A Lot Of Problems; That I Could Struggle And Change Them; That Intellectual And Material Gifts Brought The Privilege And Responsibility Of Sharing With Others Less Fortunate; And That Service Is The Rent Each Of Us Pays For Living - The Very Purpose Of Life And Not Something You Do In Your Spare Time Or After You Have Reached Your Personal Goals.

In 1990, When We Started The Black Community Crusade For Children, We Were Always Talking About All Children, But We Paid Particular Attention To Children Who Were Not White, Who Were Poor, Who Were Disabled, And Who Were The Most Vulnerable.parents Didn't Think Their Children Would Live To Adulthood, And The Children Didn't Think They Were Going To Live To Adulthood. That's When We Started Our First Gun-violence Campaign. We've Lost 17 Times More Young Black People To Gun Violence Since 1968 Than We Lost In All The Lynching In Slavery.

If We Don't Stand Up For Children, Then We Don't Stand For Much.

We Must Always Refill And Ensure There Is A Critical Mass Of Leaders And Activists Committed To Nonviolence And Racial And Economic Justice Who Will Keep Seeding And Building Transforming Movements.