Doing more than just talking about the problem
SPEAK LIFE poets are calling the community together to
INSPIRE change
by speaking into the lives of
OUR YOUTH!
building up Character
and Authority.
let HONOR become synonymous with your reputation…leave a legacy of HONOR
Every Kingdom is built upon it and every civilization falls without it
Every relationship thrives because of it
The brokenness of all communities find the lack of HONOR at its root.
HONOR GOD
HONOR EACH OTHER
Refuse to dwell or support anything that disHONORS
GOD or PEOPLE
We are fed images and sound bites of what is going on around us and manipulated by the gatekeepers of media until reality is a built fantasy far from the actual truth. Wealth, family, and faith has been distorted by the the media especially the industry that targets the black community.
The violent images of Ray Rice has been displayed and analyzed by a vast array of news shows snowballing into scrutiny of even college level players highlighting domestic violence. While the murder of Mike Brown that erupted into riots slowly faded into the background very curiously by the violent act of this Ray Rice without the attention on police brutality. It would seem the ugliest aspects of the black community is broadcasted and then commercialized by the music industry digested by the world until we slowly construct a new reality of others and the status of our community.
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