These are all concrete things we are doing. There are those who will attempt to demonize others and seek to determine why one places the mantle of leadership on Prof. Cudjoe. I wonder how many of those who speak so negatively about our actions are in other organizations trying to alleviate the conditions of African people. If they are in any such organization, they know the difficulty of organizing African people, raising monies to carry on our affairs, the Herculean task of being fiscally responsible, and the demanding task of charting the instruments for African unity. Anyone who has attempted any of these things will be humble in the face of its challenges rather than being verbose about ideal possibilities.
Experience has a way of humanizing people and generating understanding.
We have our ups and downs and have made our share of mistakes within the organization and in our relations with others. But as the great Muhammad Ali has demonstrated, even though you knock us down, the greatest exists in rising again and coming back to complete the task. Rather, we should work together to achieve similar goals. Our Induction Ceremony suggests we are growing and would be around for a while. When we can command over two hundred and fifty persons to a meeting at Port of Spain City Hall without much publicity, then we know we are finding our feet.