It was real nice, although no mention of Penn State. It mentioned his personal journey using art and community activism to address issues in his hometown of Baltimore, and it looks like going to othe areas.
Did anyone catch the tv segment on Aaron Maybin on Fox Football Sunday
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It's great to see that Aaron has found his life's calling to help others. He's willing to get in the trenches and get dirty in order to create the needed change and he has a great perspective on the issues facing inner city youth.
This is someone actually trying to change things with action. Realizing that positive change can be and needs to be made within. Kudos to him.
A lot of celebrities could take a cue from Maybin.
A lot of celebrities could take a cue from Maybin.
These are the stories I want to hear about. I don't care about people kneeling yada yada yada... I want to hear about what is being done to make a change.
A lot of people in general could take a cue from Aaron.
He was the reason that some of the Schools in the City got heat last winter...
He has done a lot for the city and some of the rumors I heard was a major reason why there wasn't more rioting in the City after the death of George Floyd.
https://wjla.com/sports/content/for...over-40k-for-heat-in-baltimore-public-schools
Instead some just like to whine about these things on football message boards, and conduct Old School Hottie polls. That's not activism.
Sure it is. It keeps your old man libido active. Besides- your other board name enjoys the polls. So -you are welcome.
And if anyone takes the title Queen of Whiners its gotta be you.
Or more appropriately - you don’t want the issues to be put in your face. You would prefer issues like this to be in your periphery so you don’t have to address them directly.
Nope. Not it at all. I have worked in neighborhoods like these in Philly, Camden, Trenton, and Atlantic City and have met and became friends with the people that live in these areas so I am well aware of many issues. Life has since taking me other places throughout the country and but I still keep in contact with friends and former colleagues. The unfortunate thing with that was, there were programs in place to help people and affect change but then they got abused and shut down even if they did help some people.
All we hear about in the media is the problems, I want to hear more about the solutions to the problems and how we can help. In my experience, gov't or quasi gov't agencies are hard to fix because of the the life long careers that people have there or the politics that need to be played to get into certain positions in these agencies. You even have to play the game to even get your foot in the door as an employee or vendor. Unfortunately, I think it is going to be hard to get law enforcement reform because of this.
Law enforcement “reform” is politically correct low-hanging fruit which accomplishes little other than to placate the media and certain other constituencies. What is really needed is community investment and empowerment, which is what good folks like Aaron are striving for. Private individuals and businesses partnering with government (via government sponsored economic incentives) to move into blighted areas, clean them up, put down roots and provide sources of employment and stability for citizens. Government also needs to, in turn, incentivize responsible behavior by community residents once they are afforded such opportunities. Welfare and handouts haven’t worked. Rather they have perpetuated and even deepened the current cycle of poverty, dependency and despair.
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