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A Leap of Revolutionary Faith

Jordan McGowan
5 min readFeb 27, 2022

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“I dream big brah I’m tired of being rational”

- Rexx Life Raj

At this point I am willing to sound crazy to walk fully in my truth. I am jumping off the cliff y’all, everyone will have a full view of me and my team to see if we sink or swim. I am walking in my faith in God, my politic & my belief in me & in this team. Everyone has spent this month celebrating Black History — and rightfully so — but how are we making history? This team is answering that question.

“History, as nearly no one seems to know, is not merely something to be read. And it does not refer merely, or even principally, to the past. On the contrary, the great force of history comes from the fact that we carry it within us, are unconsciously controlled by it in many ways, and history is literally present in all that we do. It could scarcely be otherwise, since it is to history that we owe our frames of reference, our identities, and our aspirations.”

- James Baldwin

Baldwin points to the fact that indeed history shapes who we are, the world we live in and how, in fact, everything we do is history. Look at the recently released Kanye documentary; our lives make up what will be recorded as history and as you continue to walk on your journey those decisions you make shape the history you leave…

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Jordan McGowan
Jordan McGowan

Written by Jordan McGowan

Afrikan Griot — Music Lover — Former Athlete Turned Coach — Unapologetic — Political Scientist — Afrikan

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