Democracy Is Not A Spectator Sport.

It's Deeply Rooted In The American Psyche. Black Men Have Always Been Viewed As The Other, Which Leads To A Different Application Of The Laws. The Current Laws Are An Obscenity. More Black Men Are Locked Up For Using Pot Than White Folk Are For Far More Serious Crimes.

You Have To Have A Fundamental Change In The Culture Of Policing, And Who Is The Police Person. How Do They Change? How Do You Learn From England And The Other Places, Or Australia? In England, They Don't Carry Guns On The Whole. It's A Different Kind Of Mentality That Does Not Demonize, And It's Justified On Race And Income And Class.

There Are So Many Noises And Pulls And Competing Demands In Our Lives That Many Of Us Never Find Out Who We Are. Learn To Be Quiet Enough To Hear The Sound Of The Genuine Within Yourself So That You Can Hear It In Other People.

People Who Don't Vote Have No Line Of Credit With People Who Are Elected And Thus Pose No Threat To Those Who Act Against Our Interests.

Hunger And Malnutrition Have Devastating Consequences For Children And Have Been Linked To Low Birth Weight And Birth Defects, Obesity, Mental And Physical Health Problems, And Poorer Educational Outcomes.