Once or twice in a generation a global champion for social justice emerges. Martin Luther King, Jr. Mahatma Gandhi. Nelson Mandela. A person with extraordinary vision and supreme character leads a movement that brings about major sociopolitical change. Civil rights in America. Independence for India. The end of apartheid in South Africa. When these champions for social justice die, we mourn their passing and we celebrate who they were and what they accomplished. At these times, we also try to understand what made these leaders so successful, how they created extraordinary — seemingly impossible — visions and translated these visions into reality. And, at these times, we also reassess where we, as a global society, stand in the quest for social justice — how far we’ve come and how far there is yet to go. Addressing social injustice requires individuals acting together in organizations or mass movements. A small group of individuals often initiates progressive change. But it takes many more people with diverse talents to bring about a sociopolitical transformation. I believe a change is gonna come! Peace. Pastor Asaph Womack James Womack Sheila Womack Al Sharpton
Posted on: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 05:00:48 +0000
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