I’m listening and open to change
James Cast. As a heterosexual white male, I’m slowly seeing that my view of the world is limited by my experience. That experience includes many...
Appreciated and welcomed for being myself
Harriet Symington. I am often in situations where I find myself putting on a facade or hiding parts of myself to fit in. Belonging, to...
Free to show my whole self
Abram Lipman. As an Ashkenazi Jew whose family emigrated to the U.S. in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, assimilation and, paradoxically, being an outsider...
ACCEPTED,UNDERSTOOD,INCLUDED,APPRECIATED,WELCOMED,DIVERSITY
AMANDA JOHNSON. THESE ARE WORDS THAT COME TO MIND WHEN I THINK OF WHAT ONE MUST FEEL IN ORDER TO FEEL A SENSE OF BELONGING.
Covid hates mask and social distance
Ken Shah. I wish many lives would have saved if everyone wore a mask and kept their social distance. It has kept me safe so...
LIVE THIS MOMENT NOT THE NEXT
Jason Thorpe. It is important tome to make sure that I dont waste my energy on things in the past or future that I cannot...
Being ME and still being accepted
tiffany. Being able to be my true self and not have to alter my ways to fit in to certain crowds/cliques is the best feeling...
Oriental is a rug – I’m Asian!
Carina Cottner. *Some people like to think all Asians are either Chinese or Japanese. I’m neither. I have also been called Oriental which is not...
I hurt, then learned, then loved.
Emily Quiles. I realized that painful experiences I went through as a child happened for me to grow from and I am so grateful my...
