{"id":222,"date":"2016-11-09T20:10:11","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T04:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.harvard.edu\/fullcircle\/?p=222"},"modified":"2016-11-09T20:11:27","modified_gmt":"2016-11-10T04:11:27","slug":"the-new-presidency-what-shall-we-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/fullcircle\/2016\/11\/09\/the-new-presidency-what-shall-we-do\/","title":{"rendered":"The New Presidency: What Shall We do?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_223\" style=\"width: 586px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.harvard.edu\/fullcircle\/files\/2016\/11\/20161109_091333.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-223\" class=\"wp-image-223 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.harvard.edu\/fullcircle\/files\/2016\/11\/20161109_091333-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A letter to us from President Obama\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/fullcircle\/files\/2016\/11\/20161109_091333-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/fullcircle\/files\/2016\/11\/20161109_091333-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/fullcircle\/files\/2016\/11\/20161109_091333-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/fullcircle\/files\/2016\/11\/20161109_091333-676x1202.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-223\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A letter to us from President Obama<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This is not easy to swallow. We are scared. The nation is scared.<\/p>\n<p>I, too asked the same questions &#8220;where is justice? what is faith?&#8221;<br \/>\nHow could we still keep our heads up knowing that the path ahead of us will be a bit more difficult and challenging now?<\/p>\n<p>Reading this letter that was given to us at our naturalization ceremony, I then realized&#8230;<br \/>\nFaith is indeed within us. I still believe in social justice. I believe in Black Lives Matter. I believe in equality in gender, health, education, same sex marriage, and economic opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>If you, too are the believer like me, we now need to work even harder to protect our civic rights and to look out for each others, whether s\/he is an immigrant,<\/p>\n<p>a young girl with dream to become a president, a person of color, senior, or someone living in poverty, etc.<\/p>\n<p>As the day has just began, think about how you can become a more engaged citizen in your neighborhood, community and to keep this faith as contiguous as possible.<\/p>\n<p>And&#8230;if you have dream(s), go chase it and kick some serious axx!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is not easy to swallow. We are scared. The nation is scared. I, too asked the same questions &#8220;where is justice? what is faith?&#8221; How could we still keep our heads up knowing that the path ahead of us will be a bit more difficult and challenging now? 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