Corporate America, we need to talk!

Dear Corporate America, 

I WANT and NEED you to create a space for ALL employees to come together and discuss race, systematic oppression, privilege, class, prejudice, bias, and all forms of hurt in our nation. 

For TOO long Black people and all other marginalized people have not felt SAFE to bring up the above issues that deeply affect their lives, communities, and their mental health for FEAR of losing their job or facing some sort of retaliation or negative bias against them. 

That FEAR and WORRY that we feel is a result of a form of POWER that you (Corporate America) hold. 

The recent events with Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Christian Cooper, and George Floyd have, of course, wanted me to seek justice and this space to be created as I am a BLACK MAN.

But I don't want to just START or STOP there. I want this space to be created in the halls of our companies for ALL MARGINALIZED PEOPLE. I want and need to learn how to UNDERSTAND AND LOVE PEOPLE BETTER. We all need to learn how to BUILD SOLIDARITY ACROSS ALL IDENTITIES. 

This space needs to be created for QUEER PEOPLE, TRANS PEOPLE, DIFFERENTLY-ABLED PEOPLE, NATIVE PEOPLE, LATINX PEOPLE, WOMEN, API'S, MUSLIM's, JEWS, and ALL IDENTITIES THAT FACE FORMS OF OPPRESSION. Sadly, there are too many to name as that's how much pain is out there. 

CORPORATE AMERICA your employees are HURTING!

Do something about it.

Create the space.

Spend the money. 

Build Consciousness.

The sad part is, that even posting this is a RISK!