Students gathered at lunch on Tuesday to discuss the trial.

(L-R) Stephanie Cranmore '21, Sade Latinwo '20, Ella Meranus '20, Zachary Ginsberg '22, and Claire Masterson '20 enjoy the sights in Seattle after the Student Diversity Leadership Conference. Photo courtesy...

The national news in the last week has been chilling to the point of numbness.

We strengthen one another every day through our support and good work.

My feeling of being stuck about how to “Teach Ferguson” to the Brimmer and May community was shared by hundreds of other directors of diversity at PoCC.

On Friday, November 14, I had the privilege of attending an excellent symposium hosted by Beacon Academy at Temple Israel titled An Honest Conversation about Race and Class in Independent Schools. Promising candid and genuine discourse, the invitation to the event also warned that “the discussion could get messy and uncomfortable.” Certainly despite that warning, and perhaps because of it, I was incredibly excited to attend.