The Late Congressman John Lewis & the Importance of Training for Liberation
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I remember pouring through the late Congressman John Lewis’s memoir, Walking With the Wind, years ago, when I was still in the thick of life as a young political organizer. His experiences and words gave me much needed reassurance that the hard toil of organizing I experienced—all the training, preparation, and long stretches of only incremental progress—were not a sign of my shortcomings in changing the world, but a hallmark of that kind of work.
The Late Congressman John Lewis & the Importance of Training for Liberation
The Late Congressman John Lewis & the…
The Late Congressman John Lewis & the Importance of Training for Liberation
I remember pouring through the late Congressman John Lewis’s memoir, Walking With the Wind, years ago, when I was still in the thick of life as a young political organizer. His experiences and words gave me much needed reassurance that the hard toil of organizing I experienced—all the training, preparation, and long stretches of only incremental progress—were not a sign of my shortcomings in changing the world, but a hallmark of that kind of work.