The Vision of Vision Keepers and New Town Success Zone
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Posted By: William Jackson on October 11, 2017 The Vision of Vision Keepers and New Town Success Zone William Jackson - Community Activist, Educator Social Media Visionary The vision of "Vision Keepers" is spreading throughout the communities of Jacksonville, Florida. People of color and culture are beginning to understand that in order to create change, individuals must be "Change Agents." Change comes first in the thought process of critically thinking where you are currently in education, economics, commerce, and political effective or ineffectiveness. “Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.” Malcolm X The realization of the importance of the human experience that each person is important. If you are not present what change have you or are you creating? If your not present will you be missed? Have you made any changes in your community to make your community safer, economically worth investment in and what kind of gener- ational difference have you made? There is program, upon program, the same people are working hard to create, build, make and sometimes force change. Change will not happen until collectively the comm- unity joins together not just for a month, a year or even a decade. That change must be sustainable and scalable to where generationaly the change affects everyone in positive and productive ways. People in the community must have ownership and held accountable for the change to remain and more importantly grow. “Don't condemn if you see a person has a dirty glass of water, just show them the clean glass of water that you, or someone else has. When they inspect it, you won't have to say that yours is better." This should motivate them to want to do better, to reach their potential. Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X Vision Keepers and New Town Success Zone are making changes in the thinking of entreprenurials and business owners. Programs are in place to help those with the thoughts, ideas, creativity and innovation to create businesses that effect the community, changes that bring about growth, pride, dignity and self-reliance on the ability to provide products and services that are in need in the community. "Adults in the African American community must embrace their talents and gifts, show their children that they are blessed with their individual talents. Embrace failure because that allows for growth. Never be afraid to fail....." William Jackson, Social Media Visionary Entrepreneurials are realizing there are people that can help build a business from the ground up. Provide the financial infrastructure and the technical know how to establish a foundation of sustainability and profits. Businesses are being designed to provide what is needed in re-investment, but also to make profits that can be re-invested in the community, that can be invested in youth, teens and young adults in programs that are not born yet and provide internship and scholarships to provide access to educational opportunities. In order for change to happen citizens must attend the meetings that Vision Keepers and New Town Success Zone provides freely and enthusiastically to the community. To invest and re-invest in oneself is the first step to growth and esta- blishing a change that people want to see when they look in the mirror or see in their bank accounts. The feelings in too many cases are that more police will change communities, stricter gun laws, locking up youth, teens and young adults that commit even minor crimes and the school to prison pipeline debate continues. These do not work. The reality is that increased educational opportunities do work, exposure to business and entrepreneurial opportunities for youth, teens and young adults to start their own businesses do work. Teaching children and teens that writing, poetry, blogging, coding, web development can open doors to new careers. Providing business mentors and role models do work and even allowing youth, teens and young adults to take field trips and providing professionals to visit the schools more often to talk to students and answer questions does work. Depending on who you talk to, too many do not see the value of children of color and culture, too many have already passed judgement before allowing education, business, commerce and economic changes to work. No society can survive on the "lock them up mentality" because the reflection will fall back on what skills will our youth, teens and young adults have when released from prison if they are not trained to stay out of prison they will repeat. “Children have a lesson adults should learn, to not be ashamed of failing, but to get up and try again. Most of us adults are so afraid, so cautious, so 'safe,' and therefore so shrinking and rigid and afraid that it is why so many humans fail. Most middle-aged adults have resigned themselves to failure.” Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X The beauty of the power of communication and obser- vation, instead of competition try collaboration and ? cooperation for the same goals and VISION. Work together to improve the community not fight to own it. “Anytime you find someone more successful than you are, especially when you're both engaged in the same business you know they're doing some- thing that you aren't.” Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X Resources: There are business learning opportunities already taking place, the community must want to parti- cipate to improve themselves. http://thyblackman.com/2017/09/28/21-busin... Business and Social Media Workshop Vision Keepers Economic Development Meeting Monday, October 16th 2017 6pm to 8:40pm Bring your own Hotspot.... If you enjoyed this article, Join HBCU CONNECT today for similar content and opportunities via email! |
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William Jackson
Educational Technology and Social Media Instructor, Edward Waters College South Carolina State University class of 1985 Member Since September 2008 |
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