Today, to commemorate MLK Day, I attended a community discussion on “income inequality”. Here are my thoughts.

I don’t want to hear about THEY and THEM, only WE and ME. Let me explain.

Don’t tell me what THEY and THEM have done, are doing or will do TO you. I only want to hear what WE and ME will do FOR you and us!

When you begin with the perspective of something happening to you, then THEY and THEM control your destiny. That action transfers responsibility, accountability and control from you to THEY and THEM, thus leaving you in a subservient state. If THEY and THEM don’t allow it, then it doesn’t happen.

So what if there were no THEY and THEM?

To close the income inequality gap, we must first begin with WE! What can WE do for us! That means the buck starts, begins and ends with us…it acknowledges that “I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.”

Does that mean that you are expected to succeed alone? Certainly not! It simply acknowledges that you are the one that you have been waiting for.

I challenge you to tap into your power! WE can accomplish this through two words: education and action!

I am extremely passionate about closing the wealth gap, particularly in the black community. I want to use this platform to help educate you to action! My goal for 2014 is to dethrone the THEY and THEM in your mind until you realize that your POWER lies within YOU!