Monday Motivational Minute: "It's OUR Time!"

Happy Monday Friends! You know what time it is so I hope this week's message finds you in good health and gives you that extra push to make this week count!

"It's OUR Time!"
While I would never consider myself a Michael Eric Dyson or a Cornell West, I do have very strong feelings about being black in America. The media and politicians would try to make us believe that everything is OK now, and Blacks are crazy and anti-american for being upset and speaking out about the injustices we see.

From Hurrican Katrina, to The Jena 6, to "Jeremiah Wright-gate" to the Sean Bell Verdict to most recently the remarks by DNC Chariman Howard Dean that "One of the presidential candidates should drop out of the presidential race by June for the sake of the party.", blacks have repeatedly been ignored and had our rights stolen and our voice muted.

I wonder which candidate Howard Dean had in mind? It's hard for me to believe that if Barack Obama were the candidate trailing by an insurmountable number of votes and delegates that Dean (and others) would not be calling Obama out by name to drop out of the race. In my eyes, this is shaping up to become the biggest crime against democracy in the history of the US (yes, even bigger than the 2000 election).

So what can WE do about it? Well of course we can scream from the mountain tops and stage protests, rallies and boycotts, but we can also do more. WE can get involved and become the change we want to see! Let's face it, most of us are between 28-45 and we are still riding on the coat tails of the generations of 65-80 year olds who fought before us, FOR us.

I know it sounds cliche' but the torch has been passed but WE have not taken it and ran with it. It's OUR time to be the voice of change! It's OUR time to fight for what's right! It's OUR time to sacrifice today for our future generations! It's OUR time to run for office, lead organizations, take back our communities and set OUR course instead of just trying to fit into someone else's course!

I challenge you this week to determine a way that you can get involved politically and socially in order to make difference year round and not just on election day. Wearing an Obama T-shirt (or whomever you support) is not enough, WE must go from "t-shirt wearer" to "torch bearer" (hey, i like that. lol)

Be Blessed,
Ryan
www.ryancgreene.com