What did your ancestors do in the Age of Pike and Shot? - Learn from them.

[Viraj Kansara]

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“We walk to the future in the footprints of our ancestors.”
Marcos Terena
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When I was a child of around 8, I was frequently reminded that
millions of
men, women and children had struggled through daunting
circumstances to remove barriers and open doors for the
opportunities I would have in my lifetime.

Growing up Black during the Civil Rights Movement created a deep
and abiding sense of responsibility to achieve, not only for
myself, but also to honor my ancestors. If surviving the Middle
Passage, enduring the humiliations of slavery, overcoming the
inequity of Jim Crow and standing up for civil rights could make
life better for a future generation, my ancestors had faith and
persevered.

You don’t have to be Black in America to experience this same sense
of responsibility. EVERY identity group has the responsibility to
represent it’s ancestors well. Every identity group can take the
best of the hopes and dreams of previous generations and breathe
life into what was only a dream or ideal for others.

All of us can think of people in our families, our communities or
our country who faced amazing challenges. You have your current
life opportunities because of people like that.

Even those of us with very little have more than someone else.
Every one of us today can choose to build a legacy of leadership
from wherever we are now.

Honor your ancestors by stepping up to the leadership challenges
that face you today.

Think . . . and act . . . like a leader!

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-Viraj Kansara
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