Leadership School Commencement

From Circle to Sidney in the afternoon, I spoke at the Sidney Leadership Program Graduation.
This eight month program through the Sidney Chamber of Commerce is designed to enhance the leadership of individuals and therefore increase the quality of leadership in the community. The event happened to fall a few days after the Virginia Tech shooting which gave me a passionate basis to form my speech.
I challenged the graduates and attendees to use the skills that they refined and participate in their communities. The only way to prevent this continued decline of desensitized violence is to demand change. Demand the change by positively impacting as many lives as possible and instill compassion, understanding, and discipline by one’s own actions and example. Reverse the title of this new generation from “gimme-gimme generation” to “giving-giving generation” and refuse to accept destructive behavior.