In support of this program, the Community Foundation of Otsego County announced recently that it has awarded $5,000.00 to CAA, based on CFOC’s grant focus on diversity, inclusion and welcoming programs.…
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News from the Noteworthy Resolution: Inclusion To Foster Growth, Build Community Another year has passed by—and with it, another year of celebrating our milestones. The staff at Springbrook have shown what can be done in a decade as we celebrated the tenth anniversary of the Tom Golisano Center for Autism. Our donors have also demonstrated what can be done in this time, meeting the needs of the people we support by giving generously time and again, not only on Giving…
NAACP Membership: It’s Not About Color By Monica Calzolari I just joined the Oneonta Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People after hearing Professor Gretchen Sorin speak about her book and documentary film by the same name, “Driving While Black.” I joined because I support equality and I was appalled by what I learned during her presentation at SUNY Oneonta’s Center for Racial Justice and Inclusive Excellence on October 13. Although I am painfully aware that…
Letter from Tim Wormuth Please Rethink This This plea is in response to Mr. Dan Maskin and Opportunities for Otsego: Please, rethink your decision to build “a strategic plan that is centered on social justice”. You provide a wonderful service to our community, there is no need to politicize that work by pursuing “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion”. These are simply inoffensive words used to divert attention from what it really is, Critical Race Theory. As the old saying goes, “You…
HoF Takes Fresh Look Idealism, Injustice Balanced By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The Baseball Hall of Fame is striving to balance the sport’s sometimes troubled racial history with athletic prowess on the diamond. “The conversation began this summer,” said Jon Shestakofsky, the Hall’s vice president/communications. “We wanted to shine a light on these conflicted stories. And when the Board of Directors met this summer, its members unanimously decided to make these important changes” So now, the “Pride and…
Area Religious Leaders Celebrate Inclusion, Diversity…
