We are Looking for Leaders!
In the United States of America, as well as some other parts in the world, we are witnessing unprecedented moments in human history. The proximity of people from different race, ethnicity, beliefs and practices surpasses any that ever happened before in time. It is not uncommon, in Metropolitan USA, to find the decedents of Europeans, Africans, Chinese, East Indians, Native Americans, Middle Easterners, and South Americans sitting in one room at the same table. All are coming from different cultural backgrounds, traditions and religious spectrum spanning Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Islam, other convictions and practices. All are concerned about the same things; their kids in school, recognition of their immigrant group in the American society, cultural and religious needs to help their communities. Diversity is also being recognized in business and public sectors. Quite a few Americans are becoming sensitive and aware of many cultural issues that were not on their radar screen fifteen or twenty years ago.
The questions that pose themselves are “Does America want to be in the seat of only recognizing diversity ten, twenty, thirty years from now? Do we want to see our children sitting in where we are, nowadays, to just make sure that there ethnic group is still recognized on the calendar, and not discriminated against because of color, race, or religion? Looking back on the timeline of US history and its evolution, how do we want the county look like fifty or a hundred years from now? Do we have a stake in shaping this future? What do we wanted to be, and how can we make it happen?”
The people of the USA have a historic opportunity that has never existed at the scale we are living in today. Not only that, but also the socioeconomic and political structure of the USA is unique compared to other parts of the world with similar diverse communities such as Europe, Australia, Canada, and the Arabian Gulf countries. The country’s natural resources, world status, and the one federal government puts the USA is in a prime position, and yields the highest potential to develop a new model of civilization that has its heritage from the whole humanity—A world class model of what a Global Human Civilization aught to be.
The American Youth Movement is about planting the seed of this unique civilization by defining the common grounds among diverse groups, and developing the next generation leaders who would carry this vision nationally and abroad. Our objective is to build a Nation that takes a middle course in all aspects of life; neither to extreme right nor to extreme left. A Nation that is balanced in its emotion, vision, character, and actions. We want to create a Nation that is amongst the best nations raised to mankind.
We are looking for leaders, who can turn this vision into reality. Highly spirited servant leaders who would pioneer projects that would change history. Individuals who think out of the box to look for better opportunities to serve our communities, country and the world. Leaders who are able to break the mental barriers among diverse groups and create a mosaic, a culture, and a fabric that is unique in human history. Leaders who are willing to take off to the peaks of humanity, overcome human weaknesses and act as a role model for the next generation leaders. Leaders who are willing to take the first steps toward establishing the common grounds of integration—a move from reading to making history.
Although this task is a huge and daunting that it might seem far from achievement, yet our country has lived a similar example. The words and actions of handful of visionaries and leaders has created this country, and changed its course over time. As the pioneers crossed the Atlantic, from east to west, for a hope of a better life in the new world, we believe we can cross the ocean of diversity to create a new world with an even better life. The scale and form of the grounds we are starting from is something the first waves of immigrants, probably, have not dreamt or envisioned would ever exist.
Ahmad Sultan, Ph.D.
Founder