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and comparing the social climate of both eras, he said, “During that period of 1922, there was deliberate, in your face discrimination going on where we couldn’t even use the same bathroom or drink from the same water, fountain, etc. We don't have that today, but still, we have subtle discrimination; some of it not so subtle. Some of it is really go- ing back to kind of in your face. What I choose to do is not focus on it. Because if you do, you just won't sleep. I focus on the things I can control. If somebody wants to be a bad actor, write bad things, say bad things, I'm going to acknowl- edge it, but not in a way that is going to empower them. I'm going to keep my own power…and not use their negative energy to drive what I'm doing.” Brother Hamilton closed out his address by calling forward two Kappa Leagu- ers who are participants in their high
schools Junior Reserve Officers' Train- ing Corps (JROTC) and presented each with a challenge coin. He explained, “In the military, we have these challenge coins, and they give them to leaders at different levels. And we can give them to young soldiers to say, hey, you've done an outstanding job, however, we're challenging you to keep doing great. That's the kind of tradition behind those challenge coins.” He noted that the two young men he awarded coins to “have demonstrated outstanding charac- ter, and they've been able to be leaders within their small groups, so they were recognized today for being great young men.” After seeing all of the young men and their mentees celebrating the historic occasion, Brother Hamilton made a commitment himself. He said “I'm inspired. And so, I'm going on record
and say this, I told Grand Polemarch that he can call me anytime for events like this. I'm inspired by these young men and then certainly by (Brothers) that are taking out their time, per- sonal time, to do stuff like this on the weekend.”
General Hamilton presented a challenge coin to each of the two Kappa Leaguers who were members of their respective high school's JROTC.
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