In a recent presentation: Harriet Tubman: 21^st Century Leadership for Liberation, I shared historical highlights of Harriet Tubman’s contributions to the freedom of enslaved people.  The intention was to identify the qualities, strategies and alliances that Harriet Tubman utilized in the mid-1800’s and to explore how we could embrace and express vision, commitment and leadership today, to help liberate ourselves and those we serve.

Although we are not physically enslaved, many women and people of color are mentally and emotionally enslaved.  For example, we:

• have low self-esteem and self-worth
• hide out, hold back and play small
• settle for mediocrity and status quo because its familiar
• give up or give in, rather than going all out for it, no matter what
• let false, limiting beliefs strangle us into victimhood status
• allow other people’s agendas or insecurities stifle our innate creativity
• don’t believe in or trust ourselves to accept what we truly desire in life
• fail to love ourselves enough to adopt healthy lifestyles, create prosperous  lives

and more….

–       Given these realities, what is our responsibility as leaders, advocates, change agents, entrepreneurs, seasoned professionals, care-takers and wise elders? 

–       How do we adopt qualities, strategies and alliances as Harriet Tubman did to free ourselves and those we serve from the mental and emotional enslavement that denies our true legacy of greatness? 

–       What are we committed to do differently, as we step into our greatness and stand in our power? 

I invite you to share your reflections on these questions; initiate dialogue with friends and colleagues; and consider joining with others to contribute your skills and talents to a project to help empower, uplift and liberate a young woman or teen. Let’s begin liberating others, with Harriet Tubman as a model of one whose faith and vision of freedom was greater than any fear. 

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