COAL Commentary - Commandeering the future of our community
1 Corinthians 13:11King James Version
"When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things."
Let us, as a community, put away politically childish things....let us not be distracted by the shiny objects that the powers that be will place in front of us, to distract us and to lull us into complacency - a few dollars here, an invitation to the big house there; a token investment here, an assurance that they will do differently in the future there, when their immediate history factually belies this....
Let us think and speak as politically mature men and women, let us understand as politically mature men and women, let us act as politically mature men and women.… which means that we start to re-elect those who have served our community well and that we replace those who haven't...
It means that we not listen to those with only a personal agenda, one that is in conflict with a black agenda...
It means that we thoughtfully and intentionally build the coalitions necessary to achieving our goals...
"When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things."
Let us, as a community, put away the childish notion, that there isn't power in the vote... ’cause there is - and the powers that be know it (which is why 100's of millions of dollars are spent to sway our vote or confuse us in order to get us to stay at home).
Let us think as strong men and women, from young adults to old - let us march to the polls, in great numbers, from the start of early voting, through to the end of day on election day, in the General Election of November of 2022, and in the Municipal Elections of 2023, and onward… let us begin the process of redefining the future of Chicago and its surrounding towns and villages, and of commandeering the future of our community...
