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World-renowned trumpeter, composer, and managing & artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center<\/a><\/strong>, Wynton\u00a0Marsalis<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is a nine-time Grammy award winner who also received the\u00a0Pulitzer Prize<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0for his work. \u00a0In 2001, he was appointed Messenger of Peace<\/a><\/strong> by the United Nations.<\/p>\n impactmania<\/em> asked him what is needed for social impact.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n What is needed for social impact?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n A change in the symbols. We have to change the symbols of our mythology; that’s how you get broad impact. The story of the country needs to change. People need to hear modern symbols of people coming together. An example would be that when you think of the March on Washington<\/a>,<\/strong>\u00a0you think of Dr. King’s speech \u201cI Have a Dream.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n But the truth of the March on Washington, and of all of the speeches together, is that they are much more powerful than one man’s speech. We have to change symbols. If you could just change the symbol of that one day, it would be a celebration of the nation coming together. Here is the speech Walter Reuther<\/a><\/strong> [labor union leader]\u00a0\u00a0gave, here is the speech A. Philip Randolph<\/a><\/strong> [leader African-American\u00a0Civil Rights Movement<\/a>] gave. Because all of the generations and everybody came together, that day became much more powerful. Change the symbols.<\/span><\/p>\n
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