If I Am About To Die.

If I am about to die, let me die standing for equality and justice with the people of Ferguson and the Shaw neighborhood. If I am about to die, let me die in my tennis shoes with a peace sign in my hands and a Veterans For Peace t-shirt on my chest. If I am about to die, let me die taking nonviolent militant direct action and may others be inspired to take my place in the struggle for justice and equality for all. If I am about to die, let me die stating Black Lives Matter and All Lives Matter as we are all children of God and commanded by her to love each other. If I am about to die, let me die knowing that I have been thankful for my blessings and acted to spread them in my community. If I am about to die, let me die on my feet in the struggle for freedom, not on my knees begging for it. If I am about to die, let me die knowing I have followed in the footsteps of those who sacrificed for me and I am paying my bill to them with my blood. If I am about to die, let me die not cowering in fear, but let my fear lead me to a place of fearlessness and tranquility as I face injustice and keep my humanity. If I am about to die, let me die as a human, expressing my humanity by recognizing it in those who took my life. I am not prepared to die, nor do I want to die. But, If I am about to die, let me die happy, knowing I died doing what is right.  
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About Michael T. McPhearson

Currently Michael is executive director of Veterans For Peace and co-chair of the Don't Shoot Coalition, A Saint Louis based coalition that formed in the aftermath of Michael Brown's police killing death in Ferguson, MO. From August 2010 to September 2013, Michael worked as the National Coordinator with United For Peace and Justice. He is a former board member of Veterans For Peace and as well as Executive Director from 2005 to 2010. He works closely with the Newark based People’s Organization for Progress and the Saint Louis centered Organization for Black Struggle. Michel also publishes the Mcphearsonreport.org expressing his views on war and peace, politics, human rights, race and other things. Michael also launched Reclaimthedream.org website as an effort to change the discourse and ignite a new conversation about Dr. Martin Luther King’s message and what it means to live in just and peaceful communities.