Like go to fundraising luncheons and hear people like Geoffery Canada speak. Its a pic of the big screen because i shake too badly to take photos without flash.

 

Ok, so here's the question, i know. Who is this dude?  Well, No.1 he's a really powerful speaker. No.2 his senior year of high school he lost every football game, but he had the most positive coach ever (see no.1). No 3 He's the founder of the Harlem Children's Zone. Starting as a truancy prevention program, it has expanded to provide social services to children over a 90 block radius in Harlem and serves over 10,000 kids. They follow the kiddos from birth to college and try to strengthen families as they go. In 2004 they even opened their own charter school. Obama is said to be modelling some programming from them.  It was an inspiring talk---the main point of which is that there is no "superman" coming to save us, no magic secret plan someone in a pay grade higher than us knows about that we dont. We each have to rise, individually and collectively to create a plan, save our kids and make our cities function for all who reside in it.