I was all set to jump ship from this Obama stuff due to other time commitments and uncertainty surrounding the politics of the way my state seems to be developing. Then this Black college kid asked me how to help him spread Obama's message to the other black students in his circle who aren't really feeling Barack just yet. He expressed great passion and concern for the obstacles ahead.
Without much hesitation I told him...
"Rodney, my brother, I have faced excactly what you are up against. Check out my site www.atthatdrop.com and let me know if any of the materials there might be useful. I designed those shirts to get more African Americans involved in the process.
Also, you have to be willing to be a LEADER.
A leader is CURIOUS: he listens to people, and steps outside of his comfort zone.A leader is CREATIVE: he goes out on a limb & thinks outside of the box.A leader COMMUNICATES: he faces reality and tells the straight truth.A leader has CONVICTION: he has a fire in his belly to get things done.A leader has COURAGE: ballsA leader has CHARISMA: can make people follow himA leader has COMMON SENSE: the ability to reason.
I have been on the fence about how deep I can get into all this but this message from you makes it all worth it because I got into this to reach college students and African Americans.
I hope this helps you just as much as it has helped me."
Feel free to call ANYTIME if you want chat or something
www.atthatdrop.com "
And now I can go to bed confident that when the son rises, we will have another leader onboard.
Purpose of leadership is to create more leaders NOT more followers...
This reminded me why we got into all this in the first place & why we must forge ahead...
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