Recently I watched "Thurgood" a one man performance with Larry Fishburn as Thurgood Marshall. If you don't know who he is you owe it to yourself to learn about him. Former Supreme Court Justice and the person, earlier in his career, who presented and won the Supreme Court case now known as "Brown vs. the board of Education" which is the basis of racial integration which was also used to force the education system to educate all children with or without disabilities.
At one point Fishburn stated the following and it made me think of our field, our agency and Shift Happens. I wonder if it strikes the same cord with you? Take a look, give it some thought and let me know.
“The basic thrust of the U.S. Constitution is people to people.
Strike them and they will cry.
Cut them and they will bleed.
Starve them and they will wither away and die.
But treat them with respect and decency,
give them equal access to levels of power,
attend to their aspirations and to their grievances
and they will flourish and grow
and they will join together to form a perfect union.
We recognize how far we have come and how far we have to go.”
Thurgood Marshall
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Wow that is heavy- simply put but true and widespread. I meant to DVR this program, I hope it will be on again! Thanks George!
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