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"...In order to change society, we have to transform
ourselves...." ---Grace
Lee Boggs
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LIVING FOR CHANGE
Where Do We Go From Here?
By Grace Lee
Boggs
Michigan Citizen, Nov. 16-22, 2008
It was block by block, from the ground up, community organizing. which
won the White House for Barach
Obama. Inspired by his eloquence and
audacity, his commitment to change we can believe in, and his faith
in
himself and in human possibilities, determined to leave behind us
the shameful legacy of slavery, Jim Crow, the
Iraq war and the other
atrocities of the Bush- Cheney regime, and to begin healing and
redeeming our country
and ourselves, tens of thousands of Americans,
of all ages, ethnic backgrounds and faiths, members of
unions,
churches, synagogues, peace, women’s and other community groups,
discovered in them/ourselves
the energy that comes from renewed hope
and commitment to a just cause. So, especially after the Democratic
convention.
we/they went door to door, block by block, in neighborhoods
all over the country, persuading strangers and folks
who had never
voted or who had lost faith in voting, to vote for Obama. It was a
great feat, worth celebrating.
Where do we/they go from here?
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