We're no weak folk. We need to gear up and get going. This is the main money-raiser for the chapter. Black communities must unite to solve their problems, Gravely said. Families need to teach their children to aim for success, he said.
White folk do it all the time.
For some reason we don't teach it. Families have got to teach our children in this day and age that you've got to have a marketable skill. He told of black churches in Philadelphia that are organizing to build houses, set up credit unions and get other resources to support their communities. We need you out front, in the drug situations, in the violence situations, in the school situations. Ministers, you walk with a big stick in our community.