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Reflect,Plan & Engage

29/9/2013

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I have just finished watching the 1978 TV Mini Series King on the life of Martin Luther King Jr.


The key message for me was the passion of not giving up on the fight for equality for all. The fight for freedom, social and economic justice. the fight for the right to vote.


I questioned myself, why are we in such as mess today?


Why such disaffection?


Why so much violence amongst our youngsters?


Why so much lack of political representation?


Why such a lack of self sufficiency and economic power?


The key question is where is our destiny?


At the launch of Black History Month one has to ask since the first landing of The Windrush in 1948, what has really happened.


At a time when the early migrants faced major barriers and discrimination despite being British Citizens, they rose above it and became a power house within communities.


Today where are we really?


I could ask questions for the rest of this blog entry. However, we already know the questions; we must now look at solutions and implement them.


We must now put care and love back into our lives. Our destiny in is our own hands and we must act and work together to improve our society.


We are the ones that must take responsibility and to protect,educate, employ, represent and value our children as they advance yes advance in society.


During Black History Month, let us recognise where we are coming from and where we must go, not where we are going, but where we must go, to achieve the advancement and re-engagement in order to influence decision making about our Governance. We need not reinvent the wheel, as whilst this is being done were missing the bus, not even sitting at the back of it.


Its time to take stock and then act. the time for thinking about it is over.


Change only comes when we act and work together.


Reflect, Plan and Engage.


Desmond Jaddoo






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alie
28/9/2013 11:02:09 pm

i am inspired by bob marley song get up stand up stand up for your rights and the marcus garvey writings his book and life blew me away when i read his book and his travels throughout america and saw the way african americans were treated after slavery and today 2013 we cannot simple blend in as other immigrants who made it we are constantly judged by our skin colour even when we had broken through the so called glass ceiling taken racism in football the case has already being made here for a black football union i would like straight answer as to when children in grass roots football why do they have to put up with swearing? did you read the gus john blog on my tweets and peter herbert interview on talk sport 2012 i get frustrated when their is a big hu ha and when the support is their is becomes muted again? what gives?

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