To Jesse, Nas and Bow Wow...Thank You, Thank You and Thank You...
Will there be more who come forward and say something ? Will there be more who raise their voices in order to raze change and fight for a transformation of values? I ask this of our citizens who have a higher profile (some call them celebrities or stars) and through their raised profile can shine a light on the tragedies and work of everyday people. Day to day many preach, teach and mentor young people. The work however of the everyman and everywoman goes virtually unnoticed and those who do it go without thanks, reward, recognition or even acknowledgment.
My hope and prayer is that citizens with raised profiles can in a fair exchange with the consuming citizens who have acknowledged their God Given talents by purchase or aquisition of their content return love, support and admonition in times of pain and anguish as with the death of Derrion Albert (Katrina Victims, Amadou Dialo, Yusef Hawkins, Latasha Harland you are not forgotten). We really are family !!!
It is the role of adults everywhere to wrap arms of Love and protection around all of our young people. It is also our role as parents, teachers, preachers, principals, caregivers and more to lend tongues of reason, listening ears and willing hands to heal the hearts and change the minds of these same young people.
My mind is still baffled and my heart is still weak from a news story, odious in nature as this one.
Excerpts from CNN piece contain quotes from Grandfather, Aunt and others...His memorial was even burned the next day....
"He was in Bible class this Tuesday night. Church on Sunday," Walker told WLS-TV. "I have no trouble out of my grandson whatsoever. This thing that happened to him is so horrific that we just don't know what we're going to do. We lost a really dear friend in my grandson. He was a blessed child."
Walker said the family was struggling to come to terms with why Albert was killed.
"I don't know where all this anger come from these people today," he told WLS-TV. "That's just too much anger for someone to have in their heart. All I can do is I'm going to pray for these people, I'm going to to pray for forgiveness." Video Rick Sanchez asks, "Are our young people salvageable?" »
Albert's aunt, Rose Braxton, told CNN affiliate WGN-TV that the family was hurt again when a memorial in Albert's honor was burned down.
"To go and burn a memorial after such tragedy, then that just speaks for itself to what kind of people they are," she told WGN-TV.
Family and friends asked the community to turn in anyone they knew who was a part of Albert's beating."
Rev Pfleger said it best ...
"What kind of person, what kind of individual, has such rage and such anger and such madness?" the Rev. Michael Pfleger said. "We've got to get to the hearts of our children, because nothing, nothing, excuses or justifies the actions of an individual who would beat another individual. Nothing justifies that in this society. "
"All I know is...something gotta be did !"
(anonymous GA man)
PS: So People what is our Action Plan ? ..I'm serious ! - What is our plan ?
Blessings
Amen Everybody
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