Vision
All citizens of varying cultural leanings are
cooperating on all decision-making bodies and
jointly working on activities designed to enhance
life in Tampa Bay.
Self-Determination
Our destiny is largely in our own hands. If we find,
we shall have to seek. If we succeed in the race of
life it must be by our own energies, and our own
exertions. Others may clear the road, but we must
go forward, or be left behind in the race of life.
If we remain poor and dependent, the riches of
other men will not avail us. If we are ignorant, the
intelligence of other men will do but little for us. If
we are foolish, the wisdom of other men will not
guide us. If we are wasteful of time and money,
the economy of other men will only make our
destitution the more disgraceful and hurtful.
–Frederick Douglass–
(1866)