Food for thought

Its 12:02 am and I sit here thinking about all the things I am in and why I do what I do. For those of you who don’t know me, I am someone who is involved in just about any organization you might know think of, truthfully speaking I am in 4 demanding organizations/groups who all have one thing in common: ( A sole purpose to improve the conditions of the communities they identify with and in the end the world. They say change starts somewhere might as well start where you life.

I see myself always running from meeting to meeting and always discussing the same issues which is to create a sense of community, reduce youth violence, getting people to become the change they wish to see and in general just to make the world a better place.

It seems as though there are far more good people out there that want to do positive work, but all are sitting silently somewhere in the universe not acting on their gut impulse. What this does in return is create a nation of WISHERS rather than DOERS. Honestly speaking we don’t need wishes, if you’re not ready to put your mouth where your time and energy are.

Going back on my community involvement, I just turned 21 and I want to do positive work where I bring the fruits and knowledge of public health, youth studies and leadership studies ( my major) to the poorest of communities.

A community doesn’t have to be rich in money in order to find people who are rich in thought. I am from the neighborhood of cedar riverside, not because I live there but because that’s where my heart is.

The world has decided to lump people of the same socioeconomic backgrounds in the ghetto leaving them with busy streets, more bars than parks, and a number of disparities not only when it comes to poor health, but less grocery dairy stores and more fast food chains, less working adults, more dependence on drugs and an overall environment that will leave anybody hopeless.

But what that is not the case in Cedar. Yes there have been a number of shootings, and just last year a young man who was tutoring was killed after finishing his shift as a tutor. But one must be in cedar riverside to understand the beauty and determination of people who have been presented with the worse of situations, but have decided to smile and make something meaningful out of their misfortunate’s.