As a Black woman, these events are a never-ending trauma. I don’t have a choice to ignore them. I can’t help but see my husband or father or brother or son ending up dead like George Floyd at the hands of police with a knee in their neck or bullet in their back. Or see my daughter or sister being shot to death while sleeping at home like Breonna Taylor.
I also know I am not alone. To the Black people in our B Corp community: I see you. To our Black business leaders, B Local leaders, and B Academics leaders: I see you. And to : I see you, and extend my deep gratitude for the brave, powerful and incredibly important work you do as B Corps dismantling white supremacy.
So how will our community collectively step into this next conversation? We have been inspired to see how B Corps met the moment of COVID-19. This crisis needs you too. As a network of business leaders that is currently majority white, we sit in a structurally privileged position to learn from others, to transform ourselves, and to be leaders of change.
● How am I supporting civic engagement to hold public leaders accountable and tackle structural racism in our systems of government?