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This reads as a call to stop waiting for a heroic replacement and accept shared responsibility. It can be taken to mean that the work of justice and change is no longer someone else's to do, it belongs to the people here now. In a community meeting, classroom, or campaign, it lands as both challenge and encouragement.
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Books by Marian Wright Edelman
Lanterns
1999
The measure of our success
1999
The sea is so wide and my boat is so small
2008