Solidarity with the Black Community
Our General Manager, John Tashiro, wrote in our February e-newsletter, highlighting the work of African American scholar, W.E.B. Du Bois, “Today, the broader cooperative community is thriving due in part to the incredible courage, determination and resourcefulness of the African American community.” Today, we stand in solidarity with that community and those who are outraged at the murder of George Floyd and the long history of injustice that came before.
We recognize that the beauty of the cooperative model lies in its history of equity, inclusion, and care for the community. We know that caring for the community means caring for all of our community members and recognizing the injustices that our community members of color face daily. We are committed to learning, growing and amplifying a diversity of voices so that we can work towards becoming a part of the solution because Black Lives Matter.