Our Brother, Senator Raphael Warnock, Needs Our Help, and We Need His

By James Jerome Hankins

Over three million registered people did not VOTE in the Georgia mid-term election. I suggest three ways to help get most of those to “step up” and vote for our leader.

(1.) Everyone knows at least one person living in Georgia that is registered or can encourage someone to vote. Please call them. One of my favorite 2nd cousins lives in Atlanta, Georgia. I will call her tonight.

(2.) We Christians give up something for LENT and donate that money to someone who needs it. Others give gifts to loved ones and friends. Please sacrifice some of your blessing/money for Brother Warnock’s campaign, just a little, from $5 to $1,000. I will make my donation tomorrow.

(3.) This is the perfect time to teach your children about voting. They will not receive this lesson in public school, like most of us did, because of the so-called anger over “critical race theory.” Donate $10 in the name of your toddler, preteen, or teenager.

Please give them a sample ballot, let them fill out the check, or help them make a debit card donation. Teach them about the preacher who was “chosen” to be the pastor of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s church. After you vote, put the “I voted” sticker on them and take a picture of them for history. Watch the returns with them. Many of these children will ask Uncle John or Auntie JoAnn, did you VOTE, and where is your sticker? It will be almost impossible for them to lie to children they love (smile). I will send a copy of this to all my many cousins and ask them to please share this with their children. Galatians 6:9 “Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”

James Jerome Hankins is a retired “shop” teacher, former local NAACP president, NCA&T State University Alumni, Army veteran, raconteur, and author.