Fight for Your Right

This evening, the members of the Social Outreach Team met with one mission in mind: to realize the vision and expand the reach of what we have so appropriately named "Yes We Can Lead!" But we accomplished this through a somewhat unconventional medium. We found ourselves creating a video that we would later enter into a fundraising competition.

This got me thinking about the universality of human capacity. Each of us, no matter what it is that we have identified as a personal forte, is capable of setting a goal and meeting it. The only prerequisite for following through with a mission is being equipped with the desire and persistence that is conducive to success.

And on that note, I would like to emphasize the utility of any talent and the potential of even any curiosity to engender progress. There are so many different means through which we can unite to improve our society. Let us consider the German Expressionists of the early 20th century. These individuals, after being forced to risk their lives in the trenches of World War I, used art as a means to endorse the creation of a post-war democratic government. Architects, artists, and musicians alike were called to take up their pencils, brushes, and instruments as weapons for change. Now, in the beginning of the 21st century, I incite you all to internalize the example of these visionaries. This time, not so much for the regeneration of a greater Germany, but for the building of a better society. I call you to arms. Take up your weapon, and fight for change.

We'll see you when the war is over...

Yours Truly,
The Social Outreach Regiment

[Posted by Ujunwa Anakwenze]