When I was traveling the country working on my personal community project, Project Kinect, I began a personal mantra, ‘We Are All Involved’. This four word spell came about as I continued finding connections between different communities. Despite their differences, similar solutions could assist in the obstacles those communities came across.
Later that year, I wrote an essay on ‘We Are All Involved’. Here is the end of that essay:
The vision of my mantra, “we are all involved”, would be to see constituents holding their elected officials accountable for their pre-elected campaign promises. In this vision, I see neighbors helping one another with childcare, ways of going green, and basic community actions that have seemed to be lost throughout our country. This vision also has the highest value for our education; where teachers are not just a day care, but are the educational hub to our society. We praise them and give them the gratitude they deserve while holding them responsible for our future. This vision is heightened social involvement where we all benefit.
I feel an obligation to use my voice and interpersonal skills to invoke social involvement whenever I can. I see it done with my staff at work and with my friends in everyday situations. Much of my life has been in the restaurant world as a leader. My most valuable management technique is that I lead by example. Leading by example is the best way to accomplish heightened social involvement for any activist. Fortunately, people just need to see it being done and have that example as a guide. Once a path has been cleared, people will assist and add with verve and tenacity. Social action, social responsibility, social involvement or however one would like to title it can be accomplished once we all acknowledge that we are all involved!
As we approach the year 2014, I feel this mantra needs to become contagious. Our society must acknowledge that “We All Are Involved’. It is essential for us to move forward with positive stride. We need empathy, passion, trust and kindness more than ever. Somehow, we must face real reality and forego on media fed reality. These steps need to be taken as a global community in order to survive the situation we have put ourselves in. I challenge everyone to find greater ways to connect in this new year. Real human connection is the only way we will overcome these catastrophic obstacles.
WE ARE ALL INVOLVED
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