Coretta Scott King once said, “Struggle is a never-ending process. Freedom is never really won. You earn it and win it in every generation” As a people, we must not settle with the idea that the existence of past systemic change means that social justice has been put...
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Transform the Status Quo. Transform Yourself.
Dr. King urges us that we can’t teach people not to hate before we make it illegal and intolerable for them to lynch. It may seem unlikely that we will make any such political progress over the next few years. Still, let us consider our own contributions...
A Letter to Higher Education
Dear University, I am a self of other selves. I am a direct descendant of political refugees. Persecution forced my family to leave their farm and dirt roads, and survive by closing contact with those left behind. Still I have never met or spoken to most of my family,...
A Revolution of Values
We have guided missiles and misguided men. We often consider humanity stopping a robot apocalypse. We rarely consider stopping ourselves from stopping the start of the apocalypse. Our values influence the actions we make. Our actions define who we are. To change...
The automobile will not abdicate in favor of the horse and buggy
When an entire country of people has lost themselves and there’s no going back, we are forced to go forward. Once, there was a moral question: should we create the cellphone? Should we create thousands of apps for people to live on? Should we let our people forget the...
A Revolution of Values
We have guided missiles and misguided men. We often consider humanity stopping a robot apocalypse. We rarely consider stopping ourselves from stopping the start of the apocalypse. Our values influence the actions we make. Our actions define who we are. To change...
The automobile will not abdicate in favor of the horse and buggy
When an entire country of people has lost themselves and there’s no going back, we are forced to go forward. Once, there was a moral question: should we create the cellphone? Should we create thousands of apps for people to live on? Should we let our people forget the...
Balancing Nonviolence and Violence
Nonviolence juxtaposes violence.Light, dark, good, evil, joy, sorrow,One doesn’t exist without the other.Nonviolence is the choice to build using power,It is the antidote, not the antithesis, to violence.A cure to rid society of illness.Not the destination, but the...
Use your power in the ‘now’
Power is the ability to achieve purpose. In times of chaos, purpose keeps us centered. Once we have a purpose—any type of goal we would like to see fulfilled—breaking that purpose down into specific actions allows us to actually make that purpose a reality. Lacking a...
Grasping on to Culture
Culture is not within your chemical composition. The term "culture" should steer away from the built ideology that culture is based on genes. Instead, the term "culture" should be interpreted as components that make up us as individuals and a community. To ensure...
Voter education door-knocking, a student reflection
Recently, we've discovered the power of the people. Empires can rise and fall. The main contributor to this is the people it is either serving or oppressing. We live in a nation in which our voice and our vote has been thought to not matter. There are people who do...
Self-Change
In the gentle whisper of the morning breeze, I am born. I am the rustle of leaves, the soft touch of dew-kissed grass underfoot, a fragrance of fresh beginnings wafting through the air. I am the sight of sunlight filtering through a canopy of trees, casting intricate...
The Necessity for Organizational Modesty
Talking about the work is not doing the work, it is getting off on the high that one receives from the pleasure of reaching a goal. Speaking on what has been done without any calling to action bleeds hubris and egoism in an organization, leading to no further work...