Dear Year Up,
Happy Friday! I hope this note finds you well. This month we seize the opportunity to recognize, applaud, and learn great lessons from a group of people whose accomplishments throughout history deserve to be celebrated – women. I’m thrilled and moved to see that many of you have taken our Chief Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Officer (DEIB), Ronda Thompson up on her challenge to celebrate the women of Year Up who have made a difference in your lives by posting on the # yu-community channel on Slack. I’m so proud to work at an organization whose progress is driven in so many ways by the many women who work here – constituting both a majority of our staff and also a majority of our leadership. Your shoutouts regarding the incredible impact these amazing women have had on our young adults are well deserved and inspiring. Similar to a message we delivered during Black History Month, we can honor our teams by not limiting these efforts to a specific month. Let’s all “call out with gratitude” much more regularly and year-round…it is so deserved!
Be well,
Gerald