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November 2010 - Posts
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By Peter Della Penna
Most images from Hollywood are associated with the glitz and
glamour of the acting world and all the trappings of fame and success
that go with it. In the Los Angeles cricket community, Hollywood CC is
also projecting an image of undeniable success that is becoming the
envy of players and teams across the Southern California Cricket Association.
“They have put up a very mature side where they have added some
great pieces,” said Nazim Shirazi, captain of SCCA Division 1 rival
club Pegasus. Shirazi originally played for Hollywood CC in 1985 when
he arrived in Los Angeles as a pro from Bangladesh and is now a coach
and selector for the South West Region. “They’ve got role players who
know their roles. They’re an organized team. They know what they’re
supposed to do. They’ve all matured. Some of them played first class
cricket so they’ve already gone through all of that and they’ve been
together for many years now. So now this is a dynasty in the making.”
After coming in second place for three consecutive years from 2006
to 2008, Hollywood finally cleared the final hurdle in 2009 when Aditya
Thyagarajan was appointed captain.
“There were jokes in the league which used to hurt me,” said
Thyagarajan. “People used to say, ‘Hollywood is the best number two
team in the world.’ I really wanted to get that kind of a culture in
the team that we have to go and win now and I think it turned out well.
The guys have responded to me well and I think being a US national
player helps.”
One of they key players involved in the team’s transformation has
been the emergence of wicketkeeper Ritesh Kadu. After joining the club
in 2006, Kadu has had a major impact behind the stumps and at the
crease as an opening batsman. For the last two seasons, he has led the
club in runs scored and this year he finished second in the league
behind only Ravi Timbawala of Vijayta. Kadu scored three 50s and three
centuries to finish with 711 runs at an average of 47.70 in 16 matches.
It’s the second year in a row he’s had over 700 runs. In the process,
he has been selected to play for the South West Region and with a solid
showing at the National Championships, he could push other contenders
for a spot in the national team. 
“I have seen many great keepers play here. As far as the country
I’m not sure because I haven’t seen all the keepers in this country,”
said Shirazi. “In [SCCA] cricket that I’ve seen in the last 25 years,
he’s probably one of the two top keepers that we’ve ever had. The other
person is Rafiq Patni, who was a pro from Pakistan.”
Image: Wicketkeeper Ritesh Kadu, Hollywood 1's leading scorer the past two seasons. [Courtesy: Aditya Thyagarajan]
“Ritesh is a very very serious cricketer,” said Kamal Azeez,
President of Hollywood CC. “When Ritesh walks on the field, he knows
what he has to do and he performs excellently. Ritesh is an excellent
keeper, the best that I think we have in the league, and he’s also an
excellent opening batsman. He’s very focused and he’s a very serious
cricketer. He takes this sport seriously and he plays very hard.”
Other players have also been solid contributors including Nikhil
Iyer, Rishabh Nanda and Parth Shastri. But Shirazi says that when the
chips have been down, Thyagarajan has stayed true to his reputation in
the national team to come through when the pressure is on.
“Aditya has been our most consistent scorer in the last eight
years or so in our league,” said Shirazi. “But with Aditya, the way
he’s developed over the last two years, he’s played some major innings
in difficult situations. Those huge innings, when even though they have
a deep team, whenever they go into collapse, like he does with the USA
national team, he does the same thing here as well. Now he’s a
matchwinner compared to what he was doing scoring a lot of runs but
couldn’t win tournaments.”
Azeez also credits the amount of depth in playing numbers for the
club to improved competition within the side to create better results.
When he joined Hollywood CC in 1970, Azeez says that it was still
considered a social club much as it had been when it was founded in the
1930s by British actor and former Test cricketer Sir Aubrey Smith.
“Hollywood has gone from being a movie star sociable club into a
very competitive local club where most of our members are locally here
from Los Angeles,” said Azeez. The club president says that part of the
reason Hollywood’s acting fraternity from England and Australia don’t
want to get involved like stars from generations ago is due to the
increased presence of the paparazzi. However, this has not hurt the
standard of cricket.
In 2005, a third XI was formed. In 2009 a fourth XI was started
and this past season they were joined by a fifth XI in the SCCA. 2011
will see a sixth XI join the league and the squad will be dedicated
exclusively to SCCA youth players. Despite a hefty annual membership
fee ($350 for adults, $250 for students), more and more people are
joining Hollywood CC to take advantage of the club facilities at
Woodley in Van Nuys and at Marina Vista Park in Long Beach.
 “Many
of the older members, they wanted to stay on and play so the fourth
team was formed. Some of the children from the members, they were now
cricketers,” said Azeez, referring to some of the reasons for the rapid
expansion, which he estimates is now over 100 playing members. “We do
have quite a few born American players besides many naturalized
American players. The desire of them wanting to play cricket is the
reason for us to expand the club.”
Image: Hollywood 1's title-winning squad from 2009. [Courtesy: Aditya Thyagarajan]
“Hollywood has been successful because we are a very open club and
because we are open we are able to grow and attract competitive and
dedicated players,” said Azeez. “It’s the membership that keeps a club
going, it’s not just one person, but also the club has to be structured
in such a way that members will want to join it on a basis of knowing
that it’s also competitive as well as being open.”
As far as Thyagarajan is concerned, it’s the best club he’s ever
played for wherever his career has taken him. He is dedicated to
maintaining a winning tradition with the club while also laying a
foundation for the future.
“It’s a great experience playing for Hollywood,” said Thyagarajan.
“I’ve never seen a more close-knit and better managed club in my entire
career and it spans around playing cricket in USA, England, Australia
and India. Without hesitation I would say that in a non-Test playing
country, I’ve found my personal experience that it’s the best club
where everything is handled so well. There are no fights. Everybody’s
mature and in the end I think we go out and play really well. We have
five teams and our club is growing and I think it’s great to be part of
Hollywood and help out the youngsters play for Hollywood, SCCA and
hopefully for USA some day.”
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Clubs and leagues often have to find unique ways to raise funds.
Generally speaking, most of the money that is used to run
grassroots cricket comes from the members themselves. Clambakes,
barbecues and raffles are not uncommon. More often than not,
administrators and members dig into their own pockets to take care of
expenses.
Pic (Right): The Firebirds fundraiser features an auction of memorabilia in addition to musical entertainment.
A few organizations are more sophisticated in their fundraising and
conduct a comprehensive outreach that includes corporate sponsors as
well as advertisers. Using their website, social media, events and
network as tools for marketing, these organizations have successfully
raised money each year to finance several of their programs.
The unsung heros are the generous benefactors who do their bit when
called upon. Every cricket organization has one or two benefactors
they reach out to when in need.
When it comes to regional needs, the demands are greater. The cost
is highest at the regional level because the regional teams must bear
the cost associated with travel to national championships. The region
also has to deal with start-up costs for newer programs such as women's
cricket development or youth development. Since leagues, clubs and
USACA have so far done precious little for grassroots development for
youth and women, these programs are always short of oxygen.
This week, DreamCricket.com became aware of fundraising efforts of
three different organizations - all have one thing in common. These
organizations are all attempting to raise funds through memorabilia
auctions.
Auctions of memorabilia has historically been the last recourse
for fundraising in USA. The reasons are many! First and foremost -
the sellers are mostly based in UK and Australia. So even if there is
a small but not insignificant market for memorabilia here in USA, it
has traditionally been an untapped one. Of the established cricket
retailers in USA, only DreamCricket.com has a memorabilia
offering of any merit. Secondly, memorabilia is a nostalgia-driven
market which runs on 20-year cycles. Two decades ago, there was no
cricket on TV in USA. So the USA market does not have thousands of
fans who are nostalgic about batsmen and bowlers of the 1970s and 80s -
people who are so crazy that they are driven to own a bat signed by
Garfield Sobers or by Gundappa Vishwanath. The market is mostly
comprised of people who watched cricket in the 1980s and thereafter.
 Pictures: The front and bat of the autographed miniature bat being auctioned via eBay by Western Region
The internet and the TV coverage have helped to increase the
nostalgia factor. The internet has also helped collectors with price
discovery - one can now compare prices with just a few clicks.
With an increased focus on records and statistics, cricket
collectible market is gaining momentum but remains negligible when
compared to baseball. While the global sports memorabilia market has
been estimated at $5 billion, very little of that is cricket
memorabilia. All ten of the items on the Forbes
magazine list rating the top ten sports collectibles are related
baseball! "Our industry is driven by baseball," Doug Allen of Mastro
Auctions told Forbes in an article accompanying the Top 10 list.
Whereas a ball signed by Babe Ruth sells for over $45,000, a similarly rare memorabilia signed by Sir Don Bradman sells for just $1,500.
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(Left): Autographed miniature bat by Jonty Rhodes is among the items to
be auctioned by the Firebirds women's team in California.
That means investors can still find very good bargains in cricket
memorabilia with higher prices reserved for some storied collectibles.
Just as an illustration, on October 30, 2010, a charity in India sold
Sachin Tendulkar's match-used signed bat for roughly $100,000. But it
was not just any bat - it was the bat used to score 163 at Christchurch
in 2009, which is the fourth highest one day score. Replica
collectibles signed by Sachin can still be bought for a somewhat
affordable $500 or so.
Western Region has the most unique collectible among the three
organizations that are attempting to raise funds through a memorabilia
auction this week. The region has posted an autographed miniature bat
signed by Sachin Tendulkar, Anil Kumble, Shane Warne, Rahul Dravid,
Andrew Flintoff, Virender Sehwag, Farokh Engineer and (curiously) David
Beckham. The region has a reserve price of $1000 on the item and
hopes to use the proceeds for expenses associated with sending its
teams to Florida for the national championship.
 Elsewhere,
the USAWCA Firebirds women's team is attempting to raise money for
their fledgling women's program by organizing a fundraising event at
the Kaama Restaurant and Lounge on November 12th.
The event includes an auction of memorabilia signed by Jonty Rhodes
and Harbhajan Singh among others. The evening also features music and
songs by Nithya Bayya, a playback singer who also runs DreamCricket
Pavilion in Sunnyvale, CA. For tickets, please go to http://cricket.ticketleap.com/firebirds/ Pic (Right): Autographed miniature bat signed by Sir Richard Hadlee to benefit the Philadelphia youth program.
Over in Philadelphia, organizers of the annual Cricket Festival are
offering a range of memorabilia signed by the likes of Gary Kirsten and
Joel Garner for sale through their website
in support of their youth development charity. The memorabilia has
been signed by honored guests who have taken part in the annual
festival event staged during the first weekend in May.
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Nabeel Ahmed, First Vice President of USACA, has submitted his resignation to the President, the Ondrive Update blog reported yesterday.
John Aaron, the USACA Executive Secretary, told DreamCricket.com that he had not yet received such a notification. Reasons for his resignation could not be confirmed by DreamCricket.com.
Nabeel Ahmed was the only person other than President Dainty to be relected when elections for USACA board were held in March of 2008. He won the election by the widest margin among all candidates (20 to 11).
On April 26, 2008, when the Commercial Opportunities Committee was established, Ahmed was one of the four members along with Don Lockerbie (CEO), John Thickett (Treasurer) and Gladstone Dainty (President). That committee is charged with evaluating commercial opportunities presented to USACA and make recommendations to the board. The resignation, if it is true, comes just days after John Thickett told CricInfo that USACA was negotiating a 'eight figure' commercial deal and was "getting pretty close to finalizing it all."
Nabeel Ahmed, who is the CEO of home based healthcare provider First Choice Home Health, Inc., is a generous man by all accounts. He is known to have awarded cash prizes to top performers at the national level and also donated money to several cricket leagues.
Besides his involvement with Great Lakes Cricket Conference, Ahmed is known for his efforts in promoting cricket in Pakistan where he is the patron of Lahore's Col Fateh Sher Memorial Cricket tournament, organized in the memory of his father. 'Nabeel Ahmed has done a lot for promoting club cricket (in Pakistan) and also helped in creating facilities,' one cricket organizer told a Pakistan based newspaper last year. "His contribution for the cause of club cricket will always be remembered," the organizer added.
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Now, you can get all the USA Cricket updates via Facebook. Also follow us on Twitter via @dreamcricket  At the USACA Annual General Meeting in Dallas in April, Don Lockerbie, CEO, said that his goal was for USACA to attain an annual
budget of $3 to $5 million for 2011 and an even larger amount the year
after.
When asked where the money was going to come from, Lockerbie said that the worldwide tender attracted 106 expressions
of interest and 42 serious proposals from 16 countries. Of those, he
said that nine proposals were short-listed and two programs were
"currently being considered." It was said that
a deal was in legal review and felt that USACA could potentially make
an announcement within days.
At first, these pronouncements led to a lot of hope. For a while, it appeared that the USACA machinery was producing results. Pearls Cup,
the historic first international T20 series between New Zealand and Sri
Lanka, was successfully conducted despite its share of nay-sayers. For the first time, a major international event was imagined and executed in USA. Some months later, when USA reached Division 3, it helped to re-energize the troops.
But as days turned to weeks and then months, and nothing more was heard about the commercial deal, the hope dwindled. Positive news dried up and selection woes and accusations of favoritism once again came to the fore. Poorly organized domestic tournaments and constant changes to tournament schedules did nothing to enhance USACA's reputation. And the political tension surrounding the suspension of Western Region's representative only helped to add to the distrust.
The commercial deal is once again a hot topic and the person that should get credit for it is Ahmed Jeddy.
In an interview with DreamCricket.com last week, Jeddy attributed the lack of progress in his region to lack of funding and to a lack of support from his team. “When we had the USACA Western Conference
in Houston two years ago, I singlehandedly went out and contributed a
lot of funds to stage the tournament. So between USACA, HCL (Houston
Cricket League) and myself, we were the sole financers of that
tournament,” Jeddy said. "Obviously, it is not a hidden fact that USACA has not been able to secure funds," Jeddy reportedly told CricInfo. "How long can we keep telling people that we are going to get funding, we are going to get funding," he asked.
That may have led USACA to break its silence on the subject. In the same article that appeared in CricInfo, John Thickett, USACA's treasurer shed some light on the 'eight figure' commercial deal involving New Zealand
Cricket. The deal is expected to bring in millions of dollars into USA cricket vastly increasing the funding available for developing the sport in the regions.
Repeating what was said at the AGM earlier this year, Thickett promised that the deal was close. "I think we're getting pretty close to finalizing it all," Thickett
told CricInfo adding that it had taken a year to negotiate. Regarding the CEO's role in negotiating the deal, he said "Don has been the biggest driver.
He's done a very good job of representing US cricket, as have the other
directors who have worked on negotiating it." Talking about a timeframe, Thickett said that he expected an announcement to be made in 4 to 6 weeks. DreamCricket.com sources indicated that the pace of negotiations has
intensified over the last several months but as the old saying goes -
'it ain't over 'til the fat lady sings.' Jeddy is right when he says "Promises only last so long and after that people do start questioning." Will USACA make good on its word this time?
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By Peter Della Penna
The USACA Junior Nationals, originally scheduled for November
12-14 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., have been postponed according to USACA
cricket committee chairman Krish Prasad. The Senior Nationals,
scheduled for November 19-21 in Fort Lauderdale, will go on as
scheduled.
The Senior Nationals will provide key preparation to USA’s senior
players and one more chance to impress selectors before a final squad
is picked for ICC World Cricket League Division 3 in Hong Kong from
January 22-29.
USACA has not set a new date for the Junior Nationals, but with
the ICC Americas U-19 World Cup Qualifier due to take place in
February, Prasad said that the cricket committee is still planning to
have the Junior Nationals before the end of 2010 in order to get a
chance to pick the best squad possible to represent USA in the first
step for qualification to the 2012 U-19 World Cup.
According to Prasad, the most likely scenario would involve the
Junior Nationals taking place between Christmas and New Year’s in
Florida. The tournament would not interfere with exams as they would
have finished the week before. All players would be out of school on
winter break and would not miss any class time. However, the tournament
is still dependent on funding and until that comes through, Prasad said
that it will be difficult to finalize a date.
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By Peter Della Penna
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[Under Section 18 of Article XX of the USACA Constitution, a Regional General Meeting must be held annually in each region to discuss matters germane to the operation of the region.]
 The Atlantic Region Cricket Board held its first Annual General Meeting on Sunday at the DreamCricket Pavilion Indoor Nets in Hillsborough, N.J., to discuss the region’s state of affairs. The meeting was attended by 25 people, including representatives from Millennium Cricket League, Cricket League of New Jersey, Garden State Cricket League and Indoor Cricket USA.
Pic (Right): Shelton Glasgow, Regional Representative of Atlantic Region (middle) welcomes the attendees. Also in the picture - GSCL VP Colin Edwards (left) and Pradeep Vedala (right).
Shelton Glasgow, the regional representative on the USACA board of directors, moderated the meeting. Reports were given on the improvements and accomplishments for each league as well as the status of the region’s youth and women’s development programs. Coaching and umpiring development programs were also discussed.
While no financial report was given by the regional treasurer, who was absent due to a work related emergency, Glasgow informed everyone that like USACA - the parent organization, the region is also suffering from financial problems. As a result, the region is unable to finance these programs with the proper amount of money they need to run effectively.
The attendees were informed that a Planning Committee was recently formed under the leadership of Sheldon Mollineau. Similarly, Venu Palaparthi has been tasked with drafting a fundraising plan for the region and Colin Edwards will lead a committee that is expected to draft a regional operating guidelines document.
Colin Edwards, vice president of the GSCL, called for all leagues to develop and play a regular inter-league tournament. He feels that the region’s selection process (for the senior men's team) suffers for national tournaments because the region’s six leagues do not play in a competition against each other. An inter-league tournament would make it helpful for selectors to judge who the best players are rather than base the selection on one or two days of hurriedly convened trials.
 Pic (Left): Attendees at the ARCB Regional Meeting
A large amount of the time spent during the three-hour meeting was used to discuss youth development. Venu Palaparthi, CLNJ's league representative on the ARCB and co-founder of DreamCricket Academy, announced his Academy's intention to start a youth league with a minimum of four teams in 2011.
Palaparthi called on the other senior leagues to support this endeavor by making some of their grounds available. He declared that there have been enough kids available to form such a league for some time, but the last hurdle to clear is getting a ground to use.
Due to the overall shortage of grounds, senior leagues and teams have faced difficulties with offering their own grounds for youth cricket. But the tide is turning and two clubs have consented to share their permits beginning 2011. Palaparthi also urged the attendees to emulate the efforts of USYCA - an unaffiliated organization that has done stellar work at the school level within the Atlantic Region introducing the sport to over 75 schools in Maryland alone. School outreach was important for promoting the sport and DreamCricket has donated 75 cricket kits in support of the Maryland initiative and will gladly support such efforts elsewhere in the region, he noted.
Lalta Persaud, founder of Indoor Cricket USA, also drew attention to his facility and academy. He runs an indoor cricket league during the winter which allows for players to get year-round match practice. The style of the league also rewards players for orthodox cricket batting techniques to ensure that young players are developing their games the right way. It was also noted that Muhammad Ghous, Henry Wardley and Yash Shah all spend their time training at Indoor Cricket USA and each went on to represent the country at the U-19 World Cup in New Zealand. Ghous also successfully graduated to the USA senior team.
Ashok Patel, founder of the USA Cricket Academy, also called on everyone to recognize his accomplishments in providing opportunities for youth both in the region and on a national level. His tours gave players a chance to develop and make it to the 2006 U-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka. Patel is currently planning a Caribbean tour for the region's junior cricketers. Tony Thandi spoke about his organization, the newly formed Amwell Valley CC, which has its ground and practice facility at the scenic Hillsborough Golf and Country Club. The club has attracted roughly 20 children who are new to the game.
 Pic (Right): Attendees at the ARCB Regional General Meeting
While there were plenty of accomplishments to make note of on the youth level, it was also noted by the attendees that there is not a functional youth program in place. The only time a true regional collaboration is made for youth cricket is when a team is picked for the U-15 and U-19 national tournaments. Otherwise, youth cricket has stagnated. It is hoped that with the forum that took place on Sunday, the dialogue will motivate regional administrators to get a true regional program started rather than just a couple of projects. Glasgow observed that the region had its work cut out.
Glasgow also expressed his desire for an improvement in coaching and umpiring. A WICB Level I coaching course was organized in 2009 for the region and he expressed that he intends to organize more coaching courses in the future.
Gokul Chakravarthy, secretary of the USA Cricket Umpires Association, noted that while many players and leagues complain about the state of umpiring, an umpiring course was organized in the region in 2010 and only six people attended. Things cannot change unless more people are dedicated and willing to step up to take umpiring seriously.
The meeting ended with input from just about all of the 25 people present. People are hopeful that action will be taken by the region to put some of the suggestions that came up during the meeting in place rather than let them fade away and be forgotten.
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By Jamie Harrison
 If you read enough commentary on this website and elsewhere, it’s easy to get the impression that there are a lot of angry American cricket supporters out there. Most of the comments express varying degrees of outrage because the writers believe that the custodians of the game aren't doing what they could to develop the game. Some call for a change in spending priorities, some call for a change in the selection process and others call for a change in leadership, but almost all call for change of some kind.
Pic (Right): Jamie Harrison
I would say that the wounds from which cricket in USA suffers are only partially self-inflicted. Yes, creative fiscal management can always do a little more with a little less. But understand, this lack of money is not "the problem," it's one symptom of the problem.
The real problem, from which all other problems flow, is a lack of broad-based acceptance by the American people for cricket. And make no mistake, cricket in USA will not have access to the funding and facilities it needs until it has garnered this broad national support - support that is impossible without an equally broad base of American children playing cricket.
Like a large sailing ship trapped at low tide, cricket awaits the day when a flood of youngsters will lift it from the shoals and allow it to reach open seas. Without the upward buoyancy provided by millions of children adopting our sport, we will continue to see little interest in cricket on the part of government, major corporate sponsors and the public in general. But there’s reason for hope.
Did you know that there are 42 million Americans under the age of 21? That's more than the entire population of Australia!
Think about it, if there were just a million children playing cricket in the United States, each cheered on by their parents, in how many ways would the cricket culture in this country be different? Cricket would at least be familiar to most Americans, as they would have seen it played somewhere, or perhaps saw a local youth league advertising it. Having a respectable market with which to work, cricket would be on TV more often, merchandise would be on store shelves in many places, and governments would be likely to listen to pleas for more and better grounds.
With a sizable cricket market in place, a professional league might have a chance to survive, creating new opportunities for many, and a new generation of American cricket heroes for our youth. Corporate sponsors would be willing to underwrite tournaments and events, because sponsors love to get at parents through their children. And as these cricket-playing children advanced in age, the necessary training facilities would grow up around them to satisfy their interest in becoming better cricketers. Soon, our national teams would have a flood of talented players from which to select, and our teams would find the funding to compete.
Not convinced? Still think that money is the single cure to all issues surrounding USA cricket?
Imagine for a moment that a cricket-loving billionaire died, and left a gift of $1 million to USACA. What an exciting time it would be as we all debated how best to spend or invest the largesse! Of course, there would be lots of loud, competing voices trying to get a piece of that check, which would likely cause it to be divided between these powerful interests.
For a time, our national teams would have better coaching, use of better training facilities and perhaps even a few fully professional players under contract. We might see a national advertising campaign to increase “cricket awareness.” USA national tournaments would be well funded and probably well organized, as no expense would be spared to provide a top-flight experience for the competitors.
Yes, all would be well – until the money ran out. The root problems facing cricket in USA: a lack of sponsorship, a lack of permanent infrastructure and a lack of interest from governments and the public in general, would remain unchanged. Overnight, the goodtime binging would come to a screeching halt, and commentators would lament how a million dollars came and went to no great effect.
So long as USA cricket lacks a broad base of support in America, changes at the top will be cosmetic and temporary in nature. No, the change must come from beneath, where the true strength of the USA lies, in its population and its wealth. As the President of USYCA, I believe that we should be the change we want to see in American cricket.
So, if you're committed to change, real long-term change, support organizations like USYCA. Because real change requires patience, dedication and persistence.
The prospect of working hard for an outcome that may be 10-15 years in the future may seem deflating, but those years are going to pass anyway. The alternative is to keep focused on people and events at the top, and watch those years go by with nothing changing - and then we'll be having this same conversation all over again, just 10-15 years more gray than we are today.
How deflating would that be?
[The opinions expressed are those of the author.]
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