Summary Of The Long Haul

Developing a social action plan has been a real mind opener on the issues that the people are really experiencing in their lives. As I brainstormed a way to address these certain issues I became overwhelmed to understand why were there so many concerns in different communities in the demographic region that I particularly live in. All my life I have been subjected by the poverty and struggles living paycheck by paycheck due to the low wages my parents were receiving. Until the age of 11 years old my family and I were very fortunate living in low-housing structure that was developed as a program to assist families to save for a future purchase of a home. As societies cost of living has been increasing dramatically I feel as I have the personal
Myles as a labor organizer and the founder of his Highlander school demonstrated his vision and ways to implement a movement while keeping in mind the struggles of the people and especially the students that participated in his school. He really did in fact encouraged people to speak their mind where later these groups of individuals started developing and organizing unions and community gatherings on advocating what is right for their community of people. I think this is a very important aspect to partake upon because people need to aware to what is really going on if its right or not. Horton shares, “ The situation became a reality when we sat down at the tables. Now, if you confront people with a reality that is different from the one they are used to and they don’t know how not to do what they’re suppose to in a given situation, they wont know how to act” (Horton, pg.17). This example is another great way for people to get closer together and simply talk about the issues they are concerned about. By providing an area where community members can speak their mind and peace is great start on further change and