07/10/21 19:34:57
I first fell in love with social justice organizing in the summer of 1968.
During the Democratic presidental convention that year,I was among thousands of college students who flocked to Chicago to protest U.S.involvement in the Vietnam War.
We believe that America did not have a good reason to be fighting that war,and that many innocent people were losing their lives.
While the protesters were mostly peaceful,the police rioted,chasing the demonstrators with tears gas and night sticks.
When I got back home,I had trouble seeing,and I went to the eye doctor.
"What have you done to these contact lenses?"he asked me.
The tear gas had completely ruined them.
But although my lenses were destroyed,my world vision had sharpened.
I was committed to creating a fairer and more peaceful society,at home and around the world.
The experience caused me to redirect my life.
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