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Diversity Circles

Diversity Circles, directed by Roseann Mason and coordinated through the University of Wisconsin-Parkside Center for Community Partnerships is dismantling racism in southeastern Wisconsin ... including on the inside at the Racine Correctional Institution in Sturtevant, Wis.

As part of the Diversity Circles discussion group, Derek Brooks, Wayne Brunner, Leroy Kyles, Edward Nelson, Jesse Parra and Richard Samuels created a bulletin board about racism. At the center of the board is the following:

Derek Brooks, Richard Samuels, Wayne Brunner, Edward Nelson (left to right), Leroy Kyles and Jesse Parra (not pictured) created a bulletin board on racism as part of a Diversity Circles dialogue group at the Racine Correctional Institution, Sturtevant, Wis. Also pictured is Kathleen Reyheart (right), group facilitator.

DIVERSITY

Our society today is built on people from many backgrounds; they are Jewish, African American, British, Irish, German, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, Italian, Vietnamese, French, Canadian, and many other ethnical backgrounds.

But today, we face racism because their eyes are slanted, or their lips are full; maybe it's because we just don't understand or don't desire to. But because of all these unique and special people the United States of America is a very diverse nation.

Diversity allows us to see and live with other cultures, to share in their customs and to eat their foods ... Dance to their music and enjoy their holidays.

It teaches us respect for all others and gives each of us a true meaning of acceptance...

Today, Edward Nelson, Derek Brooks, Wayne Brunner, Leroy Kyles, Jesse Parra and Richard Samuels, Say:

In order to grow from within and learn a new and better way to understand people as a whole ...

And to do it without, judging

Make a choice to enroll in the next Diversity Circle.

Diversity is the key To Unlocking the Doors of Racism.......

Written by Diversity Group