Casselberry, FL, City Commission Meeting
14 February 2022
Randa Black (192 words)

Thank you, Mayor, Commissioners, and staff, for this opportunity to offer an invocation.

And thank you to all in attendance for participating as well.

In honor of Black History month, let us embody the words of a Central Floridian, author, and freethinker, Zora Neale Hurston, who said “There is nothing to make you like other human beings, so much as doing things for them.”

As we begin tonight’s meeting let us embrace these ords, for the things we accomplish and decide in this room will have a direct effect on all the people in this city for generations to come.

Let us be intentional in making compassion the guiding light for our accomplishments this evening.

May we appreciate each and every voice that enters the chamber with hearts and minds open.

And may we work together with honesty and integrity, guided by rational thought and critical thinking with a sense of shared responsibility.

Martin Luther King, Jr. reminded us to “Go into the world and do well, but more importantly, go into the world and do good.”

May we use our time today to serve for the betterment of all.

Thank you.