ABC’s of Literacy:
Acting for a Better Community
ADULT LEARNER NETWORK
MEET and GREET
&
TOAST for CHANGE
January 23, 2008
10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Carpenter Branch Library
3309 South Grand
Meet other adult learners and celebrate a new year
during this networking opportunity!
Share your voice as we plan next steps for the
Adult Learner Network!
To register your classroom or for more information, call Maggie by noon on January 22nd at: (800) 729-4443 ext. 207.
Sponsored by:
The Literacy Roundtable and LIFT-MO
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Dwight's Reflections on Freedom
Thoughts on Freedom
I was asked the question, “What is freedom to me?”
Freedom to me means so many things.
First and foremost, as a human being, that I have the same rights as every human being. The bare necessities of life; shelter, food, clothes and access to medical attention both for maintenance and in emergencies. That I know that I am safe from hurt and harm or if not, that there is a system in place that I can call on to assure my safety.
It’s amazing to me that we live in one of the richest countries in the world. With my eyes and ears I hear and see billions upon billions of dollars being shifted and merged every day. Neighborhoods being transformed and retransformed or not being touched. I’m talking twenty, thirty years. No one, company or church, has touched these neighborhoods. Oh yes! They talk about these neighborhoods, but there has not been real commitment to these areas.
Why is there homelessness? Why can’t we find decent jobs?
Why is the fight so fierce for FREEDOM?
For our human rights: shelter, food, clothes, medical attention.
To be accepted whether I’m red, white or blue.
Oh God! We need divine intervention.
Only you can give us the strength and the power to fight injustice.
Not just in America, but all over the world.
I was asked the question, “What is freedom to me?”
Freedom to me means so many things.
First and foremost, as a human being, that I have the same rights as every human being. The bare necessities of life; shelter, food, clothes and access to medical attention both for maintenance and in emergencies. That I know that I am safe from hurt and harm or if not, that there is a system in place that I can call on to assure my safety.
It’s amazing to me that we live in one of the richest countries in the world. With my eyes and ears I hear and see billions upon billions of dollars being shifted and merged every day. Neighborhoods being transformed and retransformed or not being touched. I’m talking twenty, thirty years. No one, company or church, has touched these neighborhoods. Oh yes! They talk about these neighborhoods, but there has not been real commitment to these areas.
Why is there homelessness? Why can’t we find decent jobs?
Why is the fight so fierce for FREEDOM?
For our human rights: shelter, food, clothes, medical attention.
To be accepted whether I’m red, white or blue.
Oh God! We need divine intervention.
Only you can give us the strength and the power to fight injustice.
Not just in America, but all over the world.
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