I Fear That We Are Living In

Jamestown Changed The World In Many Ways, But Perhaps It Shaped Our Nation Most Profoundly The Day Africans Arrived. I Can't Think Of A More Relevant Place To Talk About The Issues Facing Our Community Today Than The Place Where African Culture Became American Culture.

Take Your Focus Off How Others See You. Cease Being Obsessed With The Need To Impress Your Friends And Your Foes. Keep Your Concern On The Vision You See In The Mirror. Don’t Allow The Approval Of Others To Obstruct Your View Of You.

To Be Clear, The Gap Between The Have Gots And The Have Nots Is Widening. In This Most Multicultural, Multiracial, Multiethnic America Ever, That Concerns Me.

Fear, Fear, Breeds Hopelessness. When You're Afraid, You Don't Know What To Believe In, You Don't Know What To Hold On To. You're Struggling To Find Something To Believe In.

The Choices We Make About The Lives We Live Determine The Kinds Of Legacies We Leave.