Our country is worth fighting for, but fighting for your country does not mean hating half of the people in it, and when we talk about patriotism, it means an ability to be able to lift everyone up – to fight for each other, to believe in each other – to believe that our country is great because we are inclusive.

Wes Moore

Westley "Wes" Watende Omari Moore (born October 15, 1978) is an American author, social entrepreneur, television producer, and decorated US Army combat veteran. Moore is the CEO of the Robin Hood Foundation, a top poverty fighting nonprofit. Moore is the author of The Other Wes Moore and The Work, both of which are New York Times Bestsellers. He was also the host for Beyond Belief on the Oprah Winfrey Network, as well as the executive producer and a writer for Coming Back with Wes Moore on PBS.Moore is the Founder and CEO of BridgeEdU. BridgeEdU is a social enterprise dedicated to reinventing the freshman year and creating a softer on-ramp to higher education for students entering their freshman year of college.

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