Farmer John Cheese and Other Joy: What Do Ed Roberts and MLK Have in Common?

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

What Do Ed Roberts and MLK Have in Common?

Probably quite a bit, but I'll let you do that research. Both revolutionaries are celebrated this week in our country.

Celebrate Ed Roberts Day today by challenging at least one assumption. You can start by challenging any disinclination you might have to clicking on this link and reading a short article about Ed Roberts:

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ed-roberts-legacy-lives-on-in-youths-living-with-disabilities-187901931.html

Both visionaries inform my hopes and plans for my children's futures. Let me begin to explain (by recycling a post from a year ago this week):

Ought to Be

May each of us see where potential greatness on any scale is being thwarted, may we call oppression what it is. May we speak against it. May we act to end it.

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Farmer John Cheese and Other Joy

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

What Do Ed Roberts and MLK Have in Common?

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