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lighter:
Diversity Statement
Hi Parents, Students, and Staff!

We're in the process of creating a diversity statement for our school. This statement will be easy to find on our website and will help to guide our school's decisions about where we prioritize money, how we hire, and how we recruit and provide for students.

Please take some time to consider what diversity means to you, what it could mean for others, and what our school should/could look like.

Thank you for your help!

What would you guys include in a diversity statement?

Lighter

Hopalong:
Hi Lighter,

When asked something like that, my brain screeches: "WORK!" So I turn to Google.

I searched high school diversity mission statement, and think you'll find lots of tips and inspiration there.

Good luck!
Hops

https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&channel=mac_bm&ei=XWxgXtO-CrOxytMPvteCmAQ&q=high+school+diversity+mission+statement&oq=high+school+diversity+mission+statement&gs_l=psy-ab.12..33i299l3.27745.33103..37426...0.2..1.122.795.7j2......0....1..gws-wiz.......0i71j33i10.bhinHlftxqE&ved=0ahUKEwiT4YLsrILoAhWzmHIEHb6rAEMQ4dUDCAo

Twoapenny:
Gosh I would find that so hard to do, Lighter!  I never know how to word things like that; I just always think that everyone should be included in everything all the time!  Lol, which to me seems to simple it doesn't occur to me that it doesn't just happen automatically.  It's so hard to know how to write things like that.  Will you post up some of the ideas that come up?  I'd love to see some of the things people suggest :) xx

lighter:
Thanks, Hops.  Very helpful.

Tupp... I was hoping Hops would find those words!

I was also hoping everyone would list ONE thing they find important.

For me it's the fact we break everyone down into groups instead of seeing one human tribe. 

We all deserve justice and safety. 

And children are sacred.   No matter what they look like, what their gender, their race, sex or individual traits. 

Sacred.

::nodding::.

Lighter

Hopalong:
I like the UU (Unitarian Universalist) First Principle:

We believe in the inherent worth and dignity of every person.

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