My hope is that Quincy is going to become a model that is replicable throughout the country in terms of bringing together the different partners to ensure that all children are properly educated. |
Schools didn't produce the problem, and schools can't control it. |
That's the one thing from Dr. King's speech that we have not done. We have not moved out of the dreaming part to the planning part. |
There's not one answer today, no magic bullet. It's a long process and we've only been at it a year. |
These young men see they are being shut out, locked out ? that their destinies are headed to disaster. They want help. They're asking for help. The community needs a comprehensive strategy to ensure those students who are not being educated can become educated. |
We need to teach our children to respect money and not worship it. We need to leave a financial legacy to the help the next generation. |
When they killed the dreamer, they killed the dream. We depended too much on one man, one personality. I believe Dr. King would say, 'we don't need a man, we need a plan. |