What 2020 Has Taught Us: A Resolution For a Revolution
“I once was told every generation has its chance to make a revolution. The last had been in the 1930s. This was ours. If we doubted our success, we saw the people in Vietnam, Cuba, and China winning liberation struggles led by revolutionary forces. Many other countries of Africa and South America were also engaged in anticolonial struggles, seeking radical change and separation from the United States. Here we were in the ‘belly of the beast,’ where it was most vulnerable.”
Jeffrey Haas, The Assassination Of Fred Hampton
Reading those words recently changed my entire perspective on 2020. Like so many others I can remember the feelings that swelled in me leading us into 2020. I was hopeful to begin the new decade; a decade that would cover my 30’s, that would watch my career grow, where I could chase my dreams. It is my belief that 2020 taught us more than we could have ever hoped for and has led us to our chance to leave a lasting mark on the world, our chance to make revolution.
As the year began, we witnessed the world be visibly shaken by the untimely passing of Kobe & Gianna Bryant. It was hard to find a human being who wasn’t in some way affected by the tragedy. The lives lost that day seemed to forever link us all together in the understanding that time is precious and we should cherish one…
