I find that as a member of this thing we call humanity, we often only pay attention to what affects us as individuals and we usually only act (react) when something is threatening our personal interests. I had a professor in college that used to ask us about the political self - the self is political - what is or isn't "political?"
As I heard the news that Echo Hawk rescinded the 2008 guidance memo concerning off-reservation gaming, the wheels started turning on how does it affect Seminole and Miccosukee? That made me think about this last election cycle and how I really want to hear our tribal members discuss these issues so that we can begin affecting the change we need or want to see for the future good of our people...
That made me think... what is our vision, what is our goal? Prior to leaving the Tribe, we began a strategic planning process with the help of Blue Stone Strategy - I only hope that the work continues because those questions were going to be brought to the people... I want to know... what do WE want to BE in the future? I don't want to know what we want to HAVE in the future... I want to know what WE want to BE.... What is our Seminole self? How can we politicize anything without a sense of what that self is?
Yes, I think too much... but I'm not ready to give up this discussion...
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