The Alliance Center for Independence condemns the recent acts of racist violence against Black Americans. We grieve for our country and its citizens, and we watch the people of our cities and our nation unite to express this profound and collective sadness and anger. With each unnecessary and violent death, we struggle, each in our own way, to find answers and solutions for a peaceful change.
We hear you and we support you. We will have the tough conversations. ACI stands in solidarity with the African American community and is committed to work together for an end to racism and discrimination in all its forms, and recognize it’s a time for justice and equality for all. We must not continue to define ourselves this way and hold every American to higher standards.
ACI is guided by values of equality and social justice, and we have power collectively and individually, to work towards achieving change. These values we learn and express are relevant, important, and urgent, and we must continue to live out these values in our interactions, in each and every instance, where we have the power to create a difference, we must act. Let those actions be guided by hope, determination, dignity and tireless persistence, to ensure respect and equality for all Americans, regardless of race, disability, sexual orientation, gender or religion.
