What’s Your Idea to Change the World?

You may say I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will live as one

From John Lennon’s Imagine (of course)

Martin Luther King and his people – the society at the time as it was pushed by young folk – collected the will; gathered the resources; moved the crowd; and, did what they were required to do – make change.  They rode buses, walked long distances, confronted hostility with love, held hands, died, and, sang. Change.

Our turn.  Let’s acknowledge Martin Luther King memory with a flurry of conversational energy and psalms, and by posting our ideas about change.

My idea of change is for folks graduating from high school to be free. Free to take a job without worrying about healthcare.  Free to start a business without worrying about where you’ll live.  I want to change it up so that after high school you can write poems, sing songs, make stuff I need, and create. Surely, we can figure out a way to make this happen. Game-changing enough?

Send me a short video or a 4-minute riff.  If I gave you the spell of destiny manifested and meaningful, what would you change?  Assume you have the energy, will and resources – how would you change our world? Post your ideas.

Tell me what the ancestors and the ages whisper in our ears – what makes them nod with approval? What do the ghosts of Susan B. Anthony, Zora Neale Hurston, Paul Robeson, Emma Tenayuca, Aretha, Virginia Woolf, Fannie Lou Hamer, Woody Guthrie, Lily Yeh, Joe Strummer, and Martin Luther King tell us?  These people had the gall, hope, daring, power, and people gathered to change the game.

Look forward to hearing your ideas. Even better, looking to checking out how you make your ideas happen.

Peace.