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Originally posted by Salience
Politics is my passion. I believe that political empowerment is critical to chaning the status of African-Americans in the US. It's more than voting, it's creating viable candidates who can last longer than one term. It's holding elected and appointed officials accountable. It's fighting for the privileges and rights that people died for, but fighting through, as well as outside, the system.
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I have to agree with Salience. I believe political involvement is the most important. Although I believe all of the thrusts are important to our community, I fall on the side of political activism, mainly because of history and because this is where my passion lies.
For the African American community, the most effective means of change has been prayer and becoming more politically active. Examples such as CORE, SCLC, and Thurgood Marshall's part in the landmark decision of Brown v. Board of Eduation. One of the things that attracted me to DST is that OUR FOUNDERS realized how important political activism was and did something about it!
It saddens me to see how apathetic our community can be when it comes to voting or just being aware of what's going on politically. Sometimes we can be very reactive as opposed to proactive when things go wrong in our community. We have to do our part to get people elected that represent our issues. When you have political power, you can vote on issues that are vital to our community such as welfare reform, education, vouchers. etc.
When we're not politically involved, our interests are ignored and our voice is not heard.
PS - I know many Sorors are teachers/in education....could that be why so many of you picked education??
VERY GOOD POST!!
