Are You A Changemaker?

I don't know anyone in my life that grew up wanting to change the World, sometimes it just happens.  That is the beauty of life... you get to choose if you want to step up or step out.  I was always a rebel because of the spark of knowledge my papa gave me at a young age.  If I didn't agree with something a teacher said, I would question it.  In my adult life, I have never been worried about sharing my opinion and if I felt something was off, I would take action.  There are several events in my life that I'm proud to have been a changemaker - participating in National Day of Protest on 10/22 and being involved in contract negotiations with my Union and my employer.  Some would say blame it on the music, I blame it on the fire inside.  Are you a CHANGEMAKER?  

Promised Land is the new contemporary drama directed by Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting, Milk). Matt Damon plays Steve Butler, an ace corporate salesman who is sent along with his partner, Sue Thomason (Frances McDormand), to close a key rural town in his company's expansion plans. With the town having been hit hard by the economic decline of recent years, the two outsiders see the local citizens as likely to accept their company's offer, for drilling rights to their properties, as much-needed relief. What seems like an easy job for the duo becomes complicated by the objection of a respected schoolteacher (Hal Holbrook) with support from a grassroots campaign led by another man (John Krasinski), as well as the interest of a local woman (Rosemarie DeWitt). Promised Land explores America at the crossroads where big business and the strength of small-town community converge.

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