Richie Rich

I remember as a kid I used to watch this movie called “Richie Rich.” It was about a kid who had a very wealthy family and he grew up with a privileged life. However, he always wanted to know what it was like to live like a “normal” kid. He wanted to play with kids his age and play sports, like baseball, because he never had any real friends. As the movie went on, he came to understand that friends and family were more important than anything. The reason I bring up Richie is because he is similar to Adam Kahane in many ways. Like Richie, Kahane lived a privileged life and he saw that there was more to living a life of “privilege.” Kahane understands the meaning of family and friendship; he understands love. With money, many will argue that it brings power and combined with his love, he is at a balance.

Like every movie, Richie found himself against the “bad guy” that was trying to take the Rich (the last name not an adjective) family fortune. Alone, he couldn’t take the tyrant down but with the help of friends and the willingness for them to help; they were able to bring him down. Kahane has an understanding that can bring about change. He knows that he cannot change the world by himself. According to Kahane, it is generally agreed that “the complex and vital challenges we face cannot be addressed effectively by any one leader or organization or sector, and so we need to bring our capacity for co-creation” (127).

In this class, we are bringing people together for a common cause: food justice. We all need to come together as one in order to make a difference. It doesn’t matter if you’re rich, poor, black, white, purple, living justly, or just living. A voice of a privileged man is the same as a poor man as long as they understand that there must be balance between power and love along with unity in the community to make real positive changes. I am continuing to do my part in this class with the SL logs, gleaning, and blog posts that allow me to make my voice heard. I assume that anyone reading this cannot picture me, cannot judge me, cannot know anything about me. I am a voice. I am a part of a system where I am one of Richie Rich’s friends and I’m here to take down the tyrant of unjust foods.