Thursday, May 13, 2010

**Jesse Jackson**

So, tonight I heard THE Rev. Jesse Jackson speak at Elmhurst... MY COLLEGE! It was a short lecture, but so powerful. Below are the quotes and thoughts i wrote down from the lecture.
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Be careful how you treat at-risk children. Jesus was an at-risk baby.
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Why is it we have an even playing field for football... baseball... basketball... But in the world, we don't have an even playing field. We don't have fair rules... just officials... not everyone has jerseys. Why is it different?
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Our character is measured by how we treat the least of these.
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How could we host the olympics if we don't offer an olympic education?
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We don't know if the good samaritan was gay or straight... had a green card or not.. but it doesn't matter because he stopped and helped the victim.
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He was a hero because he stepped to the plate when it mattered.
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None of us are safe until all of us are safe.
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Last year, we lost $106 million to absenteeism in schools, but they don't go to school because they're afraid of gun violence.
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Peace: the presence of justice, not just the absence of noise. You can be be quiet and still be at war within yourself.
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Fun fact of the day: There's not a black gun manufacturer in the world."

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