In Response to Mikkey Halsted's video, "Liquor Store" - Original Post by Rosemary Steward

[CEO of Break Bread]

Wow! How powerful it would be if the men and women in our communities would indeed shut down the "liquor stores" by learning to become business owners of our own vegetables and fruit markets, bakeries, health food stores, grocery stores, clothing stores, car dearlerships, educational institutions, hospitals, commuity health centers, cable companies, radio stations, televisions stations, research labs, building supply companies, manufacturing companies, and real estate development companies just to name a few.

Wow! How powerful it would be if the men and women in our communities would indeed shut down the "liquor stores" by learning to become doctors, pharmacists, chemincal engineers, electrical engineers, plumbers, carpenters, electrictians, financial wizards, bankers, certified accountants, lawyers, judges, supreme court chief justices, real estate developers, journalists, authors, pilots, astronuts, aircraft designers, educators, mothers, fathers, children and families.

Wow! How powerful it would be if the men and women in our communities would indeed shut down the "liquor stores" and restore our reclaim our stature in our families, our communities, and our country.

Wow! How powerful it would be if when we pray "Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep, if I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my wish to make my people remember that we are heirs of the universe and co-creators of life...I pray the Lord my wish to restore my people to a conscious awareness of a strong conviction that we were not created as victims, but as victors...I pray the Lord my wish to renew my people's commitment to live, to the fullest, this gift of life we have...I pray the Lord my wish to remind my people that we have the power to Restore, Renew, Renovate, and Respect our lives,our families, our communities, and our country because we are made in the image and likeness of God who has given us power and dominion over every living thing that moves upon the earth...I pray the Lord my wish to make my people take our rightful places and begin again the process of RENOVATION, RESTORATION, RENEWAL AND RESPECT for our lives, our families, our communities, our country and ourselves...WOW! HOW POWERFUL IT WOULD BE...AND SO IT IS...AMEN!

[Jason Ollarvia]

It begins with us, the leaders, entrepreneurs and revolutionaries of our community. Lets get together and open fresh, positive produce markets in our inner city neighborhoods one at a time.