Leadership requires the ability to care about people whose experiences are not your own.
The best leaders do not wait to suffer before they care. They care because others are suffering.
Happy Father’s Day to my husband, father, father-in-law, brothers, uncles, cousins, pastor, deacon, and each and every father on my timeline. You are loved, appreciated, and honored.
Marshall’s greatest legacy is not the seat he occupied. It is the doors he opened for others like me.
The measure of a life is not simply what we achieve for ourselves, but what we leave behind for those who follow, and what they then do to protect and widen those open doors.
One of the hardest questions to answer is what good thing am I willing to give up so that I can be great at the thing I was uniquely called to do?
Have the courage to let go of some good things so that the most important thing can flourish. You!
“Don’t get mad, get smart” was not a call to silence anger. It was a call to transform anger into strategy.
Challenge injustice with preparation, persistence, and purpose.
Harvey Gantt, SC’s native son and trailblazer, exemplifies that Black individuals can lead, build, and govern. We must challenge limiting beliefs and behaviors that restrict our potential. The struggle for civil rights is also about agency and the freedom to shape our future.