Fellow Americans,
“With, or Without You.” This will be the chant echoing across the country as we begin to understand that no one other than us is responsible for constructing the change we all so desperately seek. No longer will we impatiently wait for others to offer us the necessary conditions to live in a just, equitable society. The society we resurrect will be based on our ability to carry the fire of ingenuity, innovation and creativity, simmering in each one of us.
We are at a time of significant opportunity. Yet, opportunities alone are not enough. We need the skills to make use of them. Ten days from now, at the crossroads of hard skills and collective empowerment will be a new future for each one of us. PowerShift 2011 is the time to commit to finding a vocation consistent with the change you seek. It’s about jobs. It’s about production. It’s on you.
This PowerShift, you can learn the skills to tell the story, or, you can become the story.
Commit yourself to learning the skills to take hold of your own destiny. Sign up for the weekend long Clean Economy Track at PowerShift 2011: http://www.powershift2011.org/conference/clean-economy
We will do this, with or without you.
Nice words, Scott! I’m looking forward to the clean economy track and connecting with other folks getting to work in their home communities. The change doesn’t come to Washington as we have been fooled to believe. We are the change and we are everywhere. We don’t need people in D.C. to tell us when it’s time to get to work. We’re already doing it.
Excited to reconnect and hear more about Detroit! See you in a week!