On this day in 1968, before many of you might even have been born, my uncle, Robert F. Kennedy was gunned down while running for president. Gunned down on his victory night. He left a devastated pregnant wife and ten children and a shattered extended family.
Never doubt that gun violence lives on in the hearts, minds, and bodies of those left behind. Never doubt the trauma that gun violence leaves in a family. It wreaks havoc. It devastates lives, and in his case, it altered a history that could have been, that might have been.
Today, every one of us is vulnerable to gun violence. Every one of us could be killed for what we believe, what we say, how we act. It doesn’t have to be so. We can do better!Those of us personally impacted
can raise our voices, and tell about the pain, the grief, the trauma.
can raise our voices, and tell about the pain, the grief, the trauma.
We can plead with our neighbors who might not agree with us to meet us halfway. Too many good people don’t speak up due to fear. Too many good people don’t go into politics out of a valid fear they could be killed. We as a society lose out when good people don’t speak up!
We can honor Uncle Bobby on this day by using our voices to imagine a better country for us all. Uncle Bobby asked at the end of this speech he gave the night MLK was killed, “what do you want to dedicate your life to?” He was killed 8 weeks later.
Ask yourself today, what kind of country you want to dedicate your life too. It’s going to take all of us
to get to better! #robertfkennedy
to get to better! #robertfkennedy
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