Jesse Turner

I am an education activist whose views Advocacy as Transformative Activism. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said "If a man hasn't discovered something he would die for, he isn't fit to live." For me, the principles of Transformative Activism emerged from the philosophies of Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. These historical figures advocated nonviolence, and worked for social justice by inviting the masses to walk with them for change. This move for me from Advocacy to Transformative Activism is the deep-seated conviction that guides my current mission. A mission that began some 47 years-ago in 1963 when at the tender age of 8, I stood with my Grandfather among a half million other Americans who came to participate in March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. At first, other than being excited by the shear multitudes of people, I understood little of what was happening, but as soon Dr. Martin Luther King began his "I Have a Dream" speech I was hooked. His speech of course became part of the fabric and soul of America’s struggle for freedom and justice. That day I became an activist for freedom and justice for one day. So, to make it simple, I am a Transformative Activist committed to liberty and justice for all in every corner of our world.

Voting Rights, Health Care for All, Labor, Fair Wages, and Equity and Justice in our Public School System. On top of those, I sure would love free higher education for all.

Equity doesn't mean giving poor people the same access, it means giving them what they need.

I am a Man of Lamancha dreaming an impossible dream, and all that really matter is that I follow that dream.

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