Can we finally be at a turning point, a reckoning that will institute real change? I hope so! Thank you Karen Grove!

Well said. True diversity in our community would include economic diversity as well.

Here are links to the upcoming events. Please join us to reflect on our history and advocate for an equitable and inclusive future!

Color of Law with Richard Rothstein, Oct. 3, 2019:
hiddenhistory-rothstein-sanmateo.eventbrite.com

Color of Law Menlo Park Edition, Nov. 17th, 2019:
color-of-law-menloparkedition.eventbrite.com

Karen - thank you for bringing this important and sensitive topic to the Almanac Readers. As a Canadian, I moved here and was shocked by the separation of West and East Menlo Park. When my son went to Laurel I was again so surprised by the racist history in Menlo Park that prevented him from going to the closest school to our house - Willow Oaks. Telling the stories is important.

Karen, thank you for bringing this important and sensitive topic to the Almanac Readers. As a Canadian, I moved here and was shocked by the separation of West and East Menlo Park. When my son went to Laurel I was again so surprised by the racist history in Menlo Park that prevented him from going to the closest school to our house Willow Oaks. Telling the stories is important.

Fantastic perspective, Karen. Hurray!! Rebuilding Together Peninsula was in Belle Haven with Facebook employees helping a one hundred year old woman, a real Rosie the Riveter from Oklahoma originally who raised her children there and whose husband left her with four kids to go back to Liberia in the late 40's mostly because he couldn't deal with the racism. There may have been other issues, but still...to your point.