When I was a part of KMT we lead a grassroots movement in hopes of stirring the masses to realize we are in a state of political, social, cultural and educational down spiral. We represent the young lions who were not nurtured in the political system by our local leaders. When the young lions have to get their training on their own they will challenge the old lions for a chance to lead the pride. After seeing what happened in the last election and failure to fulfill promises of empowerment those at the grassroots level decided to fill the gap. The empowerment that we will do is give them a voice. What the poor are talking about on the streets is what we will report. With a changing city it's become evident that we as African-Americans must have a mental revolution of how we can uplift all areas of our awareness and take advantage of economic opportunities in this city. With all the complaints that we have against this city it's also true that we are doing things that are socially, culturally and educationally self-inflicted. We must come to terms with our own failures. Blaming others for our problems is just as silly as trying to stop the grassroots voice. KMT was the miracle grow to grassroots activism. With our voices we fired upon leaders even when we weren't fired upon. It's a political jungle out there but we some silver back gorillas! KMT testified with action and started the Write or De Newsletter which was a great success! Words of old make us more than beginners!