The first step to solving issues in our community that we all think about and are aware of is voicing them. One of my favorite things about the Pomfret Mosaic project is the deep conversation we had about Pomfret’s strengths and weaknesses in our three areas of focus for creating a more inclusive community. These three areas were passion, practice, and persistence. During these conversations, everyone in the group courageously implemented the community norms we adopted from SDLC. We were all leaning into discomfort, speaking from the “I” perspective, and most importantly, listening and processing information before speaking. Because of the way we were able to handle the conversation with maturity, it was a success, and many issues, some that we all are blatantly aware of, as well as others that aren’t as obvious, were identified, and resolutions were proposed. As the entire Pomfret community becomes aware of these community norms we learned, and implements them into all them into all our conversations and meetings, we will be able to have the courageous conversations about race and minorities that we need to have in order to make Pomfret a more inclusive community.
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