We have always enjoyed putting the Diversity Memo together. It is joyful to look through the month and find events, dates, and holidays that celebrate our diversity. We write about these events in the hope of educating each other so we can find acceptance in knowledge and familiarity. This month is LGBT pride month. We commemorate Native American Citizenship Day. We have a feast in honor of the Holy Trinity. So much to learn. So much to write about. We have chosen to pause and not have a blurb of the month though we will still send out our memo in order to continue to honor diversity and inclusion. Nothing we could say could hold a candle to the very horrific lessons we are in the midst of in America. A lesson we need to listen to and learn from, and change. The time is now.
We ask everyone to have a moment of silence this
Friday at noon
, for five minutes, to honor George Floyd and to remember Dulce Garcia.
We will share a little poetry, written by a team, as it will take a team, it will take all of us, to start to repair our current situation.
- Kenya McNeal-Trice, Martha Perry, and Stuart Gold
