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An Open Letter to President Elect Barack Obama

By Aminata from Staten Island, NY - Nov 6th, 2008 at 3:15 pm EST

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Dear President (Elect) Barack Obama,

Thank you. I speak on behalf of me and my family and perhaps many families not only from across the nation, but from around the world. Thank you for answering the call of leadership, thank you for making the selfless sacrifice of your personal life to give of yourself to change the world for the better.

I can see the great joy of the ancestors, as they celebrate this day. I see the enslaved Africans who toiled to build the very White House that you and your family will reside in for the next four years. Their spirits are rejoicing this day.

Fannie Lou Hamer, who was sick and tired of being sick and tired and the countless others who fought and died for us to have the right to vote are rejoicing this day. All our leaders and warriors of the past, yes President Obama, they are rejoicing to know that their labor was not in vain this day.

President Obama, I am the eldest of nine. I have 8 brothers and sisters, 40 nieces and nephews and over 40 great-nieces and nephews and two children and 5 grandchildren. I along with my family have endured the struggle of overcoming great odds to uplift our family from a political-social-economic vacuum only to watch as the systemic policies and practices picked off one by one the males in my family, the pressures of living in the "hood."

Yet we strive to live beyond just surviving. How proud to know that my 68yr old mother worked the polls all day long and played a role in your election. How proud to hear my family talk about how they encouraged neighbors to go and vote.

President Obama, this past Nov 4th was no doubt an historic event and the entire world understood it. But for me personally, it was even more. Because that evening my 10yr old grandson called me from Florida and I live in New York and what he said to me, I could not hold back my tears, when he said, "Grandma, now the whole world knows that a Black man can be more than just a rapper or a basketball player, they now know that a Black man can be President of the United States of America."

President Obama, my grandson is 10 years old. For this alone, I thank you.

Aminata Njeri Gill
CEO Leadershipology, Inc.
Pastor Kenami Ministries
Creator "God Has A Word For You E-Telecast"
Creator "Word4UTVNetwork

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