
Starting with our why is a common calling at my job. If you can stay focused on that, it makes defining the what and how clearer, if not always easier.
These kids knew their why, and across the country they may have gotten a million or more people of all ages to SHOW UP and share their why. And while this march may have started with Parkland, Florida and the kids of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, they knew they had a shared why and a shared experience with kids from other shootings at Columbine, Newtown, and earlier last week in Great Mills, MD. They also engaged kids of color from Chicago, Washington DC and Los Angeles who deal with less publicized and more regular gun violence as an everyday fact of life.
We have yet to see where this all goes, but I doubt it's going away anytime soon. All these young people will be voting and running for office soon and I am sure we haven't seen the last of them. And this may be the end of the low turnout among young people we've heard about for years. Watch out.
We have yet to see where this all goes, but I doubt it's going away anytime soon. All these young people will be voting and running for office soon and I am sure we haven't seen the last of them. And this may be the end of the low turnout among young people we've heard about for years. Watch out.

For now, these kids have it figured out they leave me inspired and hopeful and excited about what they will do next. And as a leader, they challenge me to always work on the why.
Amen