It Takes a Whole Village ... (R.J. McElroy Lecture)

Authors

Charles Jordan

Document Type

Article

Abstract

It takes whole villages and it takes all members of the community, regardless of race, creed, color, neighborhood for that village to be whole. People need unimpeded access to that wholeness.

Take a look at that chart (see Figure 1). With the African proverb, It takes a whole village to raise a child, I think we stand a chance of recognizing that victory will demand all hands on deck; therefore, this must be an intergenerational pursuit. We will not see the total solution so we have to pass something on to the next generation, that is the legacy. It also demands all hands on deck, it is not something that a few, a select few, can do for the masses. For a village to be whole all hands must be on deck doing something, even if it is in the cheering section; they keep on keeping on. There is something for everybody to do, and they must do it if this is to work.

Publication Date

1995

Journal Title

National Youth Leadership Symposium Monographs

Volume

5

Issue

1

ISBN

1-881516-04-0

First Page

3

Last Page

8

Comments

Monograph no.5 of this series covers the 1994 National Youth Leadership Symposium

Publisher

Institute for Youth Leaders

City

Cedar Falls, IA

Copyright

©1995 Institute for Youth Leaders, College of Education, School of Health, Physical Education and Leisure Services, University of Northern Iowa

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Jordan, Charles (1995) "It Takes a Whole Village ... (R.J. McElroy Lecture)," National Youth Leadership Symposium Monographs: Vol. 5, Article 4.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/nyls_monographs/vol5/iss1/4