Even CB/MS sites getting involved.
Dear Giving Assistant Community,
Like many of you, our team is reeling with pain and grief from the most recent tragedies of racist violence in our country.
More and more people are coming to realize the recent video of Amy Cooper together with the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and Tony McDade are far, far from isolated incidents. They represent merely a few heartbreaking examples of what the norm has been in our country: widespread, systemic racial violence and racial injustice against Black Americans.
Black Americans are unfairly targeted and murdered because of the color of their skin, and silence or indifference toward this racist violence allows it to continue. We cannot stand idle any longer. We cannot look the other way and think this is someone else’s problem, or this is out of our control.
Remaining silent and inactive is at the core of enabling the problem to persist. We, as a company on a mission to transform shopping into a sustainable source of giving, will not stay silent or numb to the constant headlines of racial violence and injustice that occur every day. We will not ignore the dire need for widespread action to confront racism everywhere it exists: in our communities, in our workplaces, in the police, in the justice system, and in the White House.
We will instead take action by listening, educating ourselves and others, speaking up, donating, peacefully protesting, and voting to tell the world we reject racism.
As a first step in this direction, we've published a blog with a variety of anti-racism organizations you can support, and social justice organizations you can follow on social media to join us in our learning.
Together we will change. We stand with you.
#JusticeForGeorgeFloyd #JusticeForBreonnaTaylor #JusticeForAhmaudArbery #JusticeForTonyMcDade
Black Lives Matter.
In community,
The Giving Assistant Team