NationofChange
âWhere there is no vision, the people perish.â
âWhere there is no vision, the people perish.â These words from the
Old Testament Book of Proverbs are uncanny in their present-day
relevance. As we are reeling from a pandemic, with the raw wounds of
racism uncovered, an unraveling economy and unprecedented threats to our democratic system, imagining the world we want to live in may seem like a luxury. But in reality, there may be no task more important for our
time.
For months and years, it seems that we have been locked into
reactivity. We are worn down by the compulsion to respond to each new
Envision or perish why we must start imagining the world we want to live in
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