Sustainable, Long-lasting Social Change

BREATHE SERIES: The Fire This Time. In the span of one week, we went from the city burning to a world lit with the flame for social justice. The streets, once haunted by the empty, charred husks of police K-9 unit vehicles lifeless on Vine and torched in front of City Hall North, replaced by the sea of people pouring in from the one way roads, onto the Ben Franklin Parkway, like streams and rivers making their way to the sea of collective human desire for a better tomorrow. 

I went from being afraid to walk down the streets of Fishtown out of fear that the white supremacists that assaulted my friend would be at the polls intimidating voters to being inspired by the hundreds of Fishtown residents that came out in support of black lives matter. A Petition was signed to remove the chief of police by over 32,000 people (we still need more signatures... link in my bio). 

There are now protests in all 50 states of the United States. The protests and uprisings have spread across the globe and shows no signs of slowing down. But we all know from experience that these movements do have a tendency to lose momentum if we do not constantly stoke the fire. What’s the sustainable change that we want to see in the world? I will be leverage this historic moment to ensure that we are laying the foundation for a long lasting social change?

These are questions that I hope to find answers to through collaboration with all of you. Join We The People Stage and let’s get specific about our tomorrow.