Walk Towards Change. Our differences are meant to be celebrated. This week, we invite your family to think about the implicit biases we may have towards people with identities that are different from our own and as Verna Myers says, "run towards them!" Check out this TedTalk by Verna Myers, a diversity consultant working to help people recognize and unlearn our biases based on race, gender, sexuality, religion, and more. *Content Warning: Discussion of racial violence in first 3 minutes of the talk.
As the late Civil Rights Activist John Lewis wrote in his final essay, "When historians pick up their pens to write the story of the 21st century, let them say that it was your generation who laid down the heavy burdens of hate at last and that peace finally triumphed over violence, aggression, and war."
Verna Myer says that we all have prejudices that impact our everyday interactions. She challenges us to look within and change ourselves to breakdown our biases and discover new, authentic connections.
