I Try To Act Out Of Faith.

The Outside World Told Black Kids When I Was Growing Up That We Weren't Worth Anything. But Our Parents Said It Wasn't So, And Our Churches And Our Schoolteachers Said It Wasn't So. They Believed In Us, And We, Therefore, Believed In Ourselves.

It Is Utterly Exhausting Being Black In America - Physically, Mentally, And Emotionally. While Many Minority Groups And Women Feel Similar Stress, There Is No Respite Or Escape From Your Badge Of Color.

Homeless Shelters, Child Hunger, And Child Suffering Have Become Normalized In The Richest Nation On Earth. It's Time To Reset Our Moral Compass And Redefine How We Measure Success.

God, Please Help Us Remember That All The Darkness In The World Cannot Snuff Out The Light Of One Little Candle. Help Us To Keep Lighting Our Little Candles Until A Mighty Torch Of Justice Sweeps Our Nation And The World.

A Lot Of People Are Waiting For Martin Luther King Or Mahatma Gandhi To Come Back - But They Are Gone. We Are It. It Is Up To Us. It Is Up To You.