Will the real LeVar Burton please stand up?

LeVar Burton--or Geordi La Forge to STTNG fans--is a wise man.

LeVar has a new blog, and it starts out with a great post. You can read it here.

He begins with how he was compelled to join the online Community at Twitter because someone stole his identity. But instead of just getting mad, LeVar got involved. His blog tells the story, so I won't go into the details here. Except to say that LeVar believes--as do I--about the importance of Community.

Whether your Community, or Tribe, is online or in your physical neighborhood, we all have a tremendous opportunity now to be the leading force of positive change. The difference is that in the U.S. today, instead of leadership being forced from the top down, our new President is calling on everyday Americans to drive change. We all are being asked to shape our world from the grassroots up.

This is a very good thing. It's how our county was built: out of the cauldron of discontent, common people forged a new nation. Before you think I'm getting a bit to patriotic or hyperbolic, just think of how our culture has made positive changes that benefit all. The best of that change has come from the grassroots up.

Now the real "Next Generation" is poised to lead a new positive force of change. As an aging baby boomer who witnessed and participated in common America's fight for civil rights, peace and love, woman's rights and more, I’m thrilled to see how our new social media--Twitter, blogs, FB, you name it--are driving conversation, positive thought and community action.

When you can reach your President through his Blackberry, you know the world has changed in a fundamental way.

Keep engaged, keep interested and keep connected; then Do Something Positive about what you care about.

That’s my mantra, too, Le Var. Welcome to the blogosphere.