Rewriting Paradigms

The kids have decided it’s enough. They are fighting for their own lives in a way that politics and the dirty money associated with it have prevented us from doing on their behalf for over 20 years. Out the collective fear, frustration, and most of all, wisdom of a nation of kids not old enough to vote, we are seeing the birth of a movement. The catalyst for this movement is the shooting and death of 14 students and three adults one week ago today at Marjory Stoneman Douglas

On the Monday celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday, in the year commemorating 50 years since his assassination, my twenty-somethings wanted to go shopping. My heart ached. I wanted to save the world. Besides, I didn’t want to disappoint Barack Obama. We struck a bargain. We’d visit the Museum of the City of New York, which was hosting an exhibit titled “King in New York,” first. In this way, we would be honoring Dr. King’s memory by learning and reflecting on Dr