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Diversity Council's vision bears fruit

Editorial

March 13, 2006

Those responsible for creating and sustaining Rochester's Diversity Council are to be commended for their efforts as the council marks its 10-year anniversary.

The council was created in 1989 after a series of tense, and sometimes violent, conflicts between whites and blacks. The council got right to work after its inception and created several programs aimed at public education on racial diversity. Perhaps the most successful program created by the council is one that provides workshops for schools.

In the decade since the workshops began, they've reached more than 100,000 students. The program is set to be expanded this year to students beyond Rochester.

Leaders such as George Thompson, Jackie Trotter and Mechelle Severson deserve the community's thanks for their vision in creating the program, and current Diversity Council members deserve praise for sustaining and expanding it. Their efforts have made Rochester a better place to live.

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