Few people in history have had as significant an impact on world culture than Sir Paul McCartney.  As a musician and song-writer, his partnership with John Lennon along with his extensive solo career has created anthems that themed our lives.  We made love, we celebrated births and commemorated deaths - we created art, many times in sync with Paul's voice.  The importance of his influence can not be adequately covered in this brief acknowledgement.  We are indebted to his gift of music and how it will help to shine a light on the plight of the homeless and unhoused among us.

What you may not know is that Sir Paul's social activism has been a game-changer.  Paul's first band, The Beatles, were the first act to refuse performing to segregated audiences.  We love watching the video where McCartney's steadfast allegiance to the truth gave tabloid journalism a thrashing when he urged a reporter not to publish his admission of psychedelic experimentation.  Paul pointed out that the media has the responsibility when detrimental info or controversy is spread, not the subject who is asked a question and responds honestly.  This is how Paul made us look within.  Sonically, Sir Paul's experimentation in sound collage and 'tape loops' opened the curtain to a different way that we listen to music.  Later, his work with animal rights awareness with wife Linda Eastman (of blessed memory), his promotion of vegetarianism and other causes made us better as a culture and created a better world that we fight to maintain and improve.

We didn't learn empathy and tolerance from Sir Paul, we just learned to 'take a sad song and make it better'.  How else do you describe how kindness and tolerance fuels activism?  Paul McCartney made it cool to be an activist and even cooler to be an artist.  We recognize and celebrate his gift of music to The Man/Kind Initiative, and remain thankful that we grew up with him in our lives, so that we can inspire future generations through his art.