Organizers Lead the Movement

Organizers lead movements. They are the strategists, they operate behind the scenes and develop the plans to perfection.
They negotiate the options and come up with a decisive plan of action.
They have worked out the moves back and forth and also the endgame before the game begins.

Leaders are recruited

Once in a while the conditions are ripe for movement. Those who are planning the next move come to a time when people need a leadership focus and a browsing of key figures produce a standout who will be groomed for the leadership role. One skill required is oratory and another is a public image. Real organizers shun away from these activities.

Children can lead

In 1980 I attended a meeting in the Westridge Civic Center, Mitchells Plain, Cape Town. It was called to bring together the Teachers, Parents and the youth. The youth were protesting and parents wanted them safe in schools while parents pleaded that freedom is attainable through an adequate education. Students had followed slogans like "Liberation before Education." The adults wanted to bring the students to a meeting and make some sensible arguments to persuade them to stop protesting and return to school. In response to the presentations from the stage by Parents, Teachers and Community members a youth in the rafters responded, "I am prepared to die so that my unborn children will be free."