This blog is devoted to thoughts on poverty. As I sit savoring the election of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States, I'm thinking about what it means for the poverty that's present in our land. What will it mean for the young African American male who's struggling to stay clear of drugs and create a good life for himself, fully participating in our economy? What will it mean for the young white woman who's employed but barely making it in supporting herself and her children?
For their part, I hope they will feel a new sense of pride, a new will to accomplish their dreams.
Are we -- you and I -- ready to do our part?
Our part is harder. We have to find ways to support their efforts that are beyond handouts, that are truly empowering, that will change the very structure of this top-down culture so that real opportunities not only exist - but abound.
We're talking change here, change that has been a long time coming.
Generations of poverty thinking need to change.
Generations of we can't -we're afraid to - we're not ready- it won't work -- all those negative messages we feed ourselves constantly -- that's poverty thinking. That's the real poverty that throws up a Berlin wall of impossibility. And we all know that when that wall started coming down, it came down. And got replaced with something greater.
I hope we can tear down that mythical but solid wall and get to work building abundance.
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