This past week I began working for the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) in the legal department.
I went in on Monday, realizing that it was the National Headquarters, and was lead to my office! My office...I've never had one before. Housed within this one hallway were very educated individuals, one of which being the General Counsel. This was so cool!
I immediately began working. I took minutes from a meeting, read through some conference materials and began to work on another. My happiness turned into fear and sadness and anger. There are so many individuals who are still having to suffer with criticism and cruel words and actions. My heart broke. We live in 2014 and there is still so much prejudice. There are individuals who still have to fight for freedom.
I'm not sure how long God will keep me in this position, but I know that while I'm here; I will give forth everything that is within me. I think of what Martin Luther King, Jr. said: "Injustice anywhere is a threat of justice everywhere." I want to help and give forth what I can to grow the good work and warmth and remember what used to be good though this good probably hasn't occurred since Eden. I can only hope.

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