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Award Dorie Miller The Medal of Honor he deserves!

Black Diamonds started this petition to Representative Nita Lowey and 1 other.

A "Call to Action for Navy Mess Stewart Doris Dorie Miller to Receive Posthumously The Medal of Honor for His Heroics During the Attack on Pearl Harbor. The Peekskill High School MBK Black Diamonds Academic Success Program asks for your support in getting Dorie Miller the honor he deserves.
Dorie Miller served in the Navy at a time when African Americans were only allowed to work in the mess halls as cooks or servers because of segregation rules in the military.
While onboard the USS Virginia on that fateful day, during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Miller ran to the deck to see what was going on and saw his Captain, who was mortally wounded. Miller moved him to a place of greater safety and then returned to the deck and manned one of the 50 mm guns, that he was never trained on, and shot down several Japanese fighter planes. Miller's actions were heroic!

The Black Diamonds learned about Dorie Miller from former US Congressman, Joe DioGuardi, who has been trying to get Miller the Medal of Honor for over 30 years. Dioguardi has explained that over one and a half million Black men served in WWI and WWII and none of them received the Medal of Honor, largely because of racism that was prevalent during that time. "Yes, the time has come to set the record straight on racial justice in America", says DioGuardi. "In the case of Dorie Miller, seventy-eight years after his heroic actions, at extreme risk to his own life, Dorie Miller is most deserving. at long last. of our nation's highest military award. the Medal of Honor."

We are asking for you to sign this petition in support of getting Doris "Dorie" Miller the Medal of Honor he so richly deserves. The goal is to reach 5,000 signatures. You can read more and sign the petition here: http://chng.it/WMRtHvyYWc

Please sign the online petition now! Thanks to your support this petition has a chance of winning! Special thanks to those who already signed the petition.  56 more signatures are needed to help Joe and The Black Diamonds reach their first goal of 1,500 online signatures.
Peekskill Youth Bureau High School Summer Fun

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Fostering Inclusion in the Workplace

The Business Council of Westchester’s Anti-Racism Task Force is committed to standing against racism. We will join forces at the federal, state and local levels with business organizations that share our same desire to create a call to action for all of our collective members to make a difference in the communities we represent. Our goal is to advance the conversation to end racism with actionable steps to support real change. We are proud to announce a series of anti -racism educational webinars in partnership with
Balancing Life’s Issues.

Thursday, July 16, 11:00 AM
Featured Speaker
James Francis, Manager
Balancing Life's Issues

Key Takeaways
  • Components of an inclusive environment​
  • Awareness of what makes others feel included
  • How to create an inclusive lifestyle
This session is the second in a series of complimentary educational webinars which can be shared with employees and will be on the BCW Anti-Racism Resource Center.


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