Message from the WIPN Board of Directors: We must not be silent

June 2, 2020

The WIPN Board of Directors have watched these past week’s events unfold with sadness and horror.

We have witnessed the disproportionate impacts on our black colleagues and friends of the viruses affecting our country - both the coronavirus pandemic and the virus of bias and bigotry unfolding in their daily lives.

It’s easy to have “outrage fatigue.” It’s easy to say that I am not part of the problem.

When we, as a group of professional women begin to feel that way, remember the words of the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.:

Martin Luther King, Jr. ~ The Other America

These protests remind us -- if we ever forgot -- that we have a long way to go until equality and justice are achieved.

To all our members, we want to reaffirm our commitment to anti-racism. But it is not enough to write this letter. We want our members who have ever felt marginalized or silenced to know that WiPN stands with you. We hear you. We see you. We are committed to progress, even when it seems that we are going backward.

And if you’re looking for a way to take action, here are a few:

It is no longer the time to remain silent.