ball! That vision is ever changing just like the times we live. There are many facets which impact community responsibility. Plus, the term community responsibility is subjective. What I can say is any future community in Denver will be heavily impacted by those residents who live in those respective communities. We will all have to adjust to many things--from technological advances, healthcare challenges, cost of living increases, housing older adults, providing eldercare, etc. World events are happening too quickly to say what the future of community responsibility will require or look like. It will take every single, able body, mentally stable adult who is willing to embrace challenges in the spirit of compromise in order to achieve lasting results.
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mother, the late Coretta Scott King about struggle and progress. She says, “Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation.” Not only is this true, it is offensive and painful to dance the racial-two-step every 25 years (depending upon who’s in the White House, U.S Congress or the US Senate) to overcome ignorance and fear. Today’s leaders bear the responsibility for allowing the erosion of many of these rights. Refusing to be an informed voter or civically engaged at any level of government never ends well for any country trying to be a democracy. Cole: How clear is your vision for what the future of community responsibility should be in Denver? Neal: Anyone who says they have a clear vision for what the future of community responsibility should look like in Denver must have a crystal
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