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WHAT IS YOUR REVOLUTION?   What is your plan to make your family, community, nation, and world a better place?  No more couch revolutionaries needed. No more talk. Its time to reclaim our place and our future.  WHAT IS YOUR REVOLUTION? No need to join any organization. Start with yourself. Start with being HEALTHY. Start with your family. Start by understanding YOUR purpose.  Let the REVOLUTION begin in YOU.

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So what is the issue with new leadership? Why do we continue to complain about leadership so much? We're looking for an old school way of community leadership to emerge. We're looking for Malcolm and Martin when we should be looking at everyday women and men who are working hard in our communities daily. I'm trying, myself, to determine what my place is in new leadership and how I can further process the issues that concern me. Leadership is needed all around me. I do wonder if I should fill the gap.  At the same time, I see the potential of so many who could be great leaders and who want to serve but somehow we've lost basic advocacy skills in our communities.  We are fearful of making assertive movements towards change mainly because of push back and negativity.  We must become fearless. We must be more concerned with improving the lives of present and future generations than being talked about. Leaders aren't perfect and will never be. I will always be flawed...