The Harding Elementary Parent Teacher Association (PTA) is tragically aware that there are more than just one group that faces continual racism in this country.
There has been continued injustice for Black and African Americans for centuries but it took the killings of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and others to finally bring this to the attention of many Americans and the world. These killings showed a history in which Black and African Americans have been unjustly accused, detained, or killed by citizens or police officers as a result of prejudice, racial bias, abuse of power, and racism.
The PTA realizes that this continued injustice and inequity is destructive to the students, staff, and Harding community.
The PTA stands against prejudice, abuse of power, racial bias, and racism in both overt and systemic forms, and does hereby adopt the following guiding principles:
- Recognize and acknowledge that Black lives matter
- Stand up against acts of racism, exclusion, and abuse of power in our in our community and wherever we seen them
- Combat hate, discrimination and unfair treatment against all people
- Condemn systemic racism that sanctions police violence against people of color and especially Black and African American people
- Provide space to engage in safe and productive conversations about dealing with and overcoming individual and systemic racism
The Parent Teacher Association of Harding Elementary School will support and continue to explore additional efforts in the community which it serves to address racial inequities.
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La PTA se da cuenta de que esta continua injusticia e inequidad es destructiva para los estudiantes, el personal y la comunidad de Harding.
La PTA se opone a los prejuicios, el abuso de poder, los prejuicios raciales y el racismo tanto en formas abiertas como sistémicas, y por la presente adopta los siguientes principios rectores:
- Reconocer y reconocer que las vidas de los negros importan
- Luchar contra los actos de racismo, exclusión y abuso de poder en nuestra comunidad y dondequiera que los veamos.
- Combatir el odio, la discriminación y el trato injusto contra todas las personas.
- Condenar el racismo sistémico que sanciona la violencia policial contra las personas de color y especialmente las personas negras y afroamericanas.
- Proporcionar espacio para participar en conversaciones seguras y productivas sobre cómo lidiar y superar el racismo individual y sistémico.
La Asociación de Padres y Maestros de la Escuela Primaria Harding apoyará y continuará explorando esfuerzos adicionales en la comunidad a los que sirve para abordar las desigualdades raciales.