Every Person is Important
Public servants should remember they are no more important than the members of the public they serve.
— by Sen. Robert Ford One of the greatest lessons I learned working with Reverend Dr. James Bevel and Rev. James Orange of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) was that we have to respect all people and show a special love and appreciation to our people - Black Americans. The reason this is so important is because of our history. Being mistreated, made to work and live in unimaginable conditions, being called boys and girls no matter what our age might have been… In other words, we were being treated worse than animals by white southerners, and Americans. Dr. James Bevel, Dr. Martin Luther King and Reverend Ralph Abernathy always made their staff members understand that no matter how great we might think we are, everybody…
William Steve Brodie
7:21 am on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
King_ummbarrii, what about all of the Republicans that want to cut Social Security and Medicare when poll after poll shows that a large majority of the country not only wants it, but wants it strengthened? Those Republicans ignore the will of the people constantly and they don't stop there. They also use their power to obstruct other issues like the move by Democrats to stop the increase to … more ›