Just 5 days ago, my inspiration was advocacy. And, today, the palindromic 292nd day of 2017, it is someone who personifies the word. I was predicting that 10/19/17 would be an inspirational day, and it was, but not in the way I had thought at the start of the week. Today, while most of us were working in our jobs, or sitting in our classrooms,. my Pastor, Michael Caine, and his clergy colleagues of POWER (Philadelphians Organized to Witness, Empower, & Rebuild), https://powerinterfaith.org if you are interested, peacefully protested a hotel in Philadelphia. This hotel received $183K (yes that is THOUSANDs) in public funds to build a hotel with a promise of 175 jobs for the community. Well, the hotel is built and, guess what?, yup, where are the 175 jobs? I am inspired by Michael (and his colleague)'s walking the walk, practicing what they preach (really!), and standing for the rights of those that are the last and the least. They were willing to be arrested (and trapped in a police station elevator) as an act of civil disobedience. While I do not want to be arrested, this inspires to me to do what I can to also speak for those without a voice, to fight for what is right, and to practice what I speak.
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