On this Juneteenth, we pause to reflect. June 19th commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. Union soldiers arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas on this day in 1865 to announce to the more than 250,000 people still enslaved there that they had been freed two years before. This pivotal moment represents hope, perseverance, and the resilience of the human spirit. Yet, even now, the journey to true equality continues. As individuals and as a company, we have more work to do. At WTE Solutions, we don't claim to have all the answers. But we vow to keep learning, listening, and taking action. To have uncomfortable conversations. To check our blind spots and unconscious biases. To create an environment of belonging for all. The path ahead won't be easy, but nothing worthwhile ever is. We will stumble at times, but resolve to get back up, for the fight against injustice is a marathon, not a sprint. On this Juneteenth, we celebrate how far we've come. But more importantly, we re-commit to the road ahead - striving for a more equitable world, in our minds, policies, and practices. The work continues. But we embrace the journey, together. #Juneteenth #EqualityForAll #SystemicRacism #DEI #KeepGrowing
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#Juneteenth isn't the day the Emancipation Proclamation was signed--that was January 1, 1863. Juneteenth is actually the day that the news of slavery having ended reached the westernmost slave populations of Galveston Bay, Texas via Union Army troops--that was June 19th, 1865. Yep, you read that correctly: There was more than a two-year gap between the folks in charge issuing a fancy piece of paper, and some of this country's slaves in actually getting to benefit from its significance. I could spend my post today talking about how I desperately wish more corporate communications leads had done their research before posting on their social channels today (and boy, do I want to), but I'll use my energy instead to say this: Great ideas will never work unless they're communicated, relevant, and actually adopted. This #holiday, I hope all companies realize that programs targeting equity and inclusion don't have to be just symbolic, but they will quickly become so if they're just a bunch of fancy words on paper. Those companies—far too many in my opinion—who’ve abandoned or significantly reduced their investment in DEI initiatives clearly don’t realize that movements take time. Juneteenth is a perfect holiday to reflect on the urgency of the project of freedom as well as the reality that just because the impact is small now, the impact is still important. It must exist in the micro to be able to spread to the macro. That’s my hope today: that more companies will decide to commit to the long-term change. That they’ll commit to do more, to do better, and at the very least, commit to still doing. #HistoryLesson #diversity #DEI #dobetter #corporatecommunications
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