Just as flowers emerge from rocky soil, so often does beauty emerge from hardship.  We take this time to gather to celebrate this beauty and acknowledge the work that makes it so.  Today we create and celebrate a bouquet of flowers unlike any other, lifting up the beauty of diversity and the inherent worth in…

Today as we reflect I acknowledge as I always do when speaking about race that my words, thoughts, and ideas come cloaked in white privilege – this is the lens through which I have been conditioned to see the world.  I encourage white folks to educate themselves about race, racism, and white privilege, through research…