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man found an eagle’s egg and put it in the nest of a backyard hen. The eaglet hatched with the brood of chicks and grew up with them.

All his life the eagle did what the backyard chickens did, thinking he was a backyard chicken. He scratched the earth for worms and insects. He clucked and cackled. And he would thrash his wings and fly a few feet into the air. Years passed and the eagle grew very old.

One day he saw a magnificent bird far above him in the cloudless sky. It glided in graceful majesty among the powerful wind currents, with scarcely a beat of its strong golden wings.

The old eagle looked up in awe. “Who is that?” he asked.

“That’s the eagle, the king of the birds,” said his neighbor. “He belongs to the sky. We belong to the earth–we’re chickens.”

And so, failing until too late to recognize his own identity and gifts, the eagle lived and died a chicken.

— Anthony De Mello, The Song of the Bird

Joseph Roberts (1950-2007)

Founding Eagle Joseph Roberts passed away peacefully at 8.0 p.m. on August 18, 2007. Joe was a proud Eagle dedicated to helping others. He made a tremendous impact in many forums. His message will especially be remembered fin New Zealand. (read more)

Officers

Eagles Founder and Chairman, John Wareham, chief of a prominent New York leadership selection and development firm, served as a volunteer teacher to prison inmates at Rikers Island. He created an innovative class, How to Break Out of Prison, and a book of the same title.

Founding Eagle, Joseph Roberts, was raised in Harlem, New York and is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College. His specialty is leading vulnerable individuals, most especially inner city youth and ex-offenders, to become self-reliant, contributing citizens.

Eagles Development Director, Jess Maghan, PhD., was formerly Director of Training, New York City Police Department, and Commissioner for Training, New York City Department of Corrections and is also editor of Hate Crime.

New York Eagles Chapter President, Salik Karim, served for twelve years as a paralegal housing welfare specialist, before becoming a case manager for the Doe Fund. A graduate of the Eagles “Taking Wings” program, he is currently pursuing an undergraduate degree in social work at Medgar Evers College.