ETG - (excerpt) Center for Leadership Development

Speaker 0 00:00:00 I say it during that whole period, that, that it's it's caused me to, as Dr. Martin Luther king say, while in the Birmingham jail has caused me to think long thoughts, dream long dreams and pray long prayers. So it has been a reflective moment for me in the final analysis though. What are the, say? It to me is that it's incumbent upon organizations like the center for leadership development to be about his business of being excellent. And the preparation and cultivation of African-American youth. If there is this concern about justice, if there's this concern about empowerment, then there has to be this concomitant willingness to invest in sacrifice to make sure young people are prepared. I mean, excellently prepare to take advantage of opportunities as they come to the fore. And Martin Luther king said preciously during his lifetime, he said, doors are opening, like never before. Now, all this is relative, but they were talking about just being able to the opportunity to go into it at an integrated school. He said, doors are opening, like never before and yet his warning was, then we must be prepared to take advantage of those opportunities as the door opens. And so the situation of the past year and beyond has reminded me of center for leadership development responsibility to make sure that we are excellent and getting young people ready in advance are a hit.