As a Coalition committed to creating an interconnected community, addressing challenges that our teens face and promoting a safe environment, NCUFY is horrified and saddened by the racist incidents happening in our country and in our own community. We recognize the harm inflicted on persons of color, our nation, our community and our youth. As an organization devoted to helping youth make positive choices and to fostering positive dialogue in our community, we hope to help bring about change by continuing to promote education and community connectedness.

We hope that members of our community will join us in our commitment to working to bring about change. Greeley families can start by supporting the efforts of our students on June 9, Greeley’s second annual Unity Day through encouraging your student’s attendance at the seminars and continuing the discussions at home designed to actively oppose systematic hate, oppression, and inequality. 

We also encourage everyone to watch the video recording of the online vigil planned by the Chappaqua Interfaith Council and the Town of New Castle for the community to come together to voice our solidarity with those who continue to suffer from a broken system of racial inequality. To watch the vigil, which was planned with participation from Greeley’s Black Student Union, Greeley’s E.N.O.U.G.H., the Town of New Castle Holocaust and Human Rights Committee, the New Castle Police Department, and the New Castle Community Media Center, use this link:  https://youtu.be/R3MmL4yARPc

Finally, for additional resources to help you and your family talk about racism, consider visiting the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture online portal “Talking About Race”:  https://nmaahc.si.edu/about/news/national-museum-african-american-history-and-culture-releases-talking-about-race-web