“Freedom is a hard-bought thing and millions are in chains, but they strain toward the new day drawing near.”- Paul Robeson
(singer, actor & activist)
(singer, actor & activist)
Artists must learn to become activists. Artists must somehow yearn to become activists who speak up and speak out, giving an artistic voice to the voiceless and raising some sense of cultural and social consciousness in the society that surrounds them. Without doing so, the artist leaves a void instead of a legacy along with a mere dent rather than an impression on life in 
his or her times.
his or her times.One Question (originally, published in Words from the Underground by Bruce Jackson)
There is an alert.
Someone sounded the alarm.
They sang out like a herald,
Crying out for change.
Someone said something must be done.
Yet, I raise a question:
Who will do it?
Who will lead the change?
The ones who ask for it merely scatter.
The ones who said it was necessary cringed.
No one stepped up.
No one stepped out.
Who will lead the change?
Who will it be?
The question lingers on. Will you lead the change? Answer for yourself.
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[…] In order to bring about social change, the church will need to return to God’s call for repentance that serves to reconcile hearts and redeem souls. The church has internal work to do as well as external work to do in the name of God. The meetings and conferences, prayer vigils and church socials, will need to serve as the launching pad for the church’s external work. This external work will lead to good works that shine before men, women and children who will glorif…. […]