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— aware·ness noun
synonyms aware, cognizant, conscious, sensible, alive, awake mean having knowledge of something. aware implies vigilance in observing or alertness in drawing inferences from what one experiences . cognizant implies having special or certain knowledge as from firsthand sources . conscious implies that one is focusing one's attention on something or is even preoccupied by it . sensible implies direct or intuitive perceiving especially of intangibles or of emotional states or qualities .


I ASK THIS QUESTION AFTER HAVING A INTERESTING CONVERSATION WITH SOME OF MY CLOSEST FRIENDS DOWN HERE AT SCHOOL ABOUT THE STATE OF AWARENESS ON CAMPUS. AFTER ENJOYING THE DNC AND ALL OF IT'S SPEAKERS FOR THE WEEK , WE NOTICED THAT WE DID NOT RECEIVE 1 GROUP NOTIFICATION OR FLYER ON CAMPUS ABOUT ALL THE HISTORICAL STUFF THAT WAS GOING ON THIS WEEK. NOT SAYING WE WEREN'T GOING TO KNOW THE HISTORICAL VALUE OUR SELF, WE JUST THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING THAT ALL OF THESE SO-CALLED INFORMATIVE ORGANIZATIONS ON CAMPUS WAS NOT PRESENT IN A GREAT TIME TO INFORM. WHILE ON CAMPUS I RECEIVE MASSIVE NOTIFICATIONS WEEKLY ABOUT PARTIES AND RANDOM SOCIALIZING EVENTS. BUT I DID NOT RECEIVE A COMMENT OR MENTION OF THE DNC THIS WEEK. ON FACEBOOK.COM I RECEIVE NUMEROUS PARTY INVITES TO PARTIES AND EVENTS I'M NEVER GOING TO, BUT NO BODY SET UP A COMMON MEETING PLACE TO VIEW AND ANALYZE THE SPEECHES GIVEN THIS WEEK , NOR DID ANY ONE SET UP AN EVENT TO CELEBRATE THE ANNIVERSARY OF DR. KINGS SPEECH ON WASHINGTON. I GUESS EVERYONE IS OVER HYPED ON OUR UP COMING GAME VERSUS UNIV.GEORGIA OF MAYBE PEOPLE ARE JUST NOT AMPED FOR THE HISTORICAL EVENTS WE ARE LIVING THROUGH. SO MANY MEETINGS ARE USED TO BASH THE SOCIAL CLIMATE DOWN HERE IN OUR COLLEGE TOWN OR TO BASH BET AND ITS PROGRAMING . ALL THOSE COMMENTS ARE GREAT TIME FILLERS, BUT MY QUESTION IS "WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR YOUR COMMUNITY?" AS ADULTS WE HAVE PASSED THE TIME OF TALKING ABOUT THAT APPROPRIATENESS OF MUSIC VIDEOS AND THE SOCIAL STATUS OF HIP-HOP ARTIST. HOW ABOUT YOU EFFECT SOMEBODIES LIFE DIRECTLY SO THAT PERSON WON'T HAVE TO LOOK TO THE TV TO DREAM ABOUT BEING SOMEONE GREAT. AS KILLER MIKE WOULD SAY " ITS TIME TO GET OFF OUR ASS AND START DOING". AS I WRITE THIS I DO THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT I COULD HAVE BEEN THE PERSON TO SET UP A GROUP ON FACEBOOK.COM OR I COULD HAVE CREATED A SCENE FOR AWARENESS BY THROWING SOMETHING AT MY RESIDENCE . BUT I ALSO TAKE NOTICE OF ORGANIZATIONS WHO " LIVE "/ "PRACTICE" THE PLATFORM OF CHANGE OR GREATNESS AND THERE JOB IS CREATING AWARENESS; WHAT DID THEY DO? NOTHING.

I KNOW THAT THIS POST IS EVERYWHERE, BUT TO BE HONEST I'M EXCITED MORE THAN UPSET . I'M EXCITED THAT I HAVE SEEN SOMETHING ON TV THAT HAS LIT A FIRE INSIDE ME TO STRIVE TO DO MORE. I HOPE THAT WHILE YOU ARE READING THIS. YOU GET MORE THAN A LONG POST OF WORDS AND THAT YOU ARE MORE AWARE TO THE POSSIBILITIES OF THINGS YOU AND YOUR COMMUNITY AND DO FOR EACH OTHER.

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