Reverence For Life...Albert Schweitzer

Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality, namely that good consists in maintaining, assisting, and enhancing life, and that to destroy, to harm, or to hinder life is evil.

--Albert Schweitzer

How Far Have We Really Come? | 50th Anniversary of the March On Washington

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What can we do to definitively impact the statistics and improve the living standards for African Americans? Here I humbly offer some solutions:

• Respect life. We cannot afford to lose another life, especially young lives, to senseless violence. Because everyone has value, we must value the brothers and sisters of our community. Everyone is important to our village’s future success. To that end, we must also focus on being healthy.
• Increase mentorship in our communities. “Each one teach one.” In other words, we are our brother’s and sister’s keeper. We must care about one another and let our concern move us to take action that improves our communities and families.
• Don’t accept the negative images of black life displayed in the media and in our community as the norm. Do not tolerate discrimination and colorism within the African American community.
• Continue to increase African American graduation rates from high school, college, and graduate school. We must continue to encourage our children to...

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