Hello Funkymericans!
Wednesday, March 14, 2018 is National School Walk-Out
Day. I think this is a timely, exciting event, and even though the school
where I work will be on break, I'll be walking out in spirit.
However, some of you say "it won't change anything." It's a valid feeling, and I used to share it.
First of all, you're right - these school walk-outs most
likely will neither change the hearts and minds of people in the debate nor
influence politicians to vote differently on gun control laws. When I was
in college and the Iraq War (George H.W. Bush) was happening - Desert Storm -
some of my classmates ran out of the dorms of BU and onto Storrow Drive
stopping traffic yelling "No war!" I thought they were lunatics
because "it won't change anything."
However, while the school walk-outs may not change anything
directly, they are being reported, and more importantly, they are being
recorded. They will become a part of our history. We find
inspiration in the fights for today in the recorded history and footage of fights
of the past. Plenty of people marched for civil rights and freedom long
before we ever got it. A march or a walk-out doesn't change things
alone. However, it's part of a larger wave of events that do. So
while I know someone marching for rights in 1918 may not have resulted in
change for that person's lifetime, I know for a fact it made a difference in
the long run for me and my family.
So, I am excited about the school walk-outs because they are
receiving national attention and will be filmed and captured for generations to
see in the future. Maybe we won't see the change in our lifetime.
But someone in the future looking back at our time now will know that we didn't
sit still and do nothing. And that will confirm to future generations that
they are neither alone nor the originators of ideas to do the right thing.
That's why Kaepernick's protest matters.
That's why Occupy Wall Street matters.
That's why Black Lives . . . ;-)
That's why Kaepernick's protest matters.
That's why Occupy Wall Street matters.
That's why Black Lives . . . ;-)
Change is inevitable. Better is coming. If not
for us, for our children, or children's children, or . . .
So I can't wait to "walk-out" with America's
students, and be a part of the wave.
#NeverAgain
- Funkyman
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