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"Our children are watching us. We need to listen, we need to share and we need to care for one another. We can heal, we can unite and we can plan and make this a better community. See me, hear me and stand with me." - Robin Cornish
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"A community is divided as soon as any child is called the N word. That community is further divided when it consistently happens in what is supposed to be a safe place over decades. What further divides a community is when elected officials are forced to acknowledge that there is racism in our schools and city, they express their sorrow, they proclaim their heartbreak, but then they collectively go back to doing nothing of substance to effectively solve the problem." - Russell Maryland
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"Every student in Southlake deserves to go to school and feel safe, celebrated and to see teachers that look like them. When all is said and done, where will you stand?" - Jennifer Hough
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"People have been hurt and deeply impacted by the bigoted events that they have experienced in Carroll ISD. For far too long, we’ve been sweeping that under the rug and acting like it never hapened. We can’t allow that to continue." - Avery Schoenhals
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"Empathy is central to be able to relate to others. Without empathy, we have no moral codes. How will we ever have a dialogue when people are leaving empathy out?" - Roshni Chowdry
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"Southlake is not a racist city. However, we have experienced numerous and significant racist acts which is enough to give a community a bad label if we do nothing about it. This is not a political issue. This is a human issue, and it is our issue." - Mario Chavez
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Despite the freezing temperatures and the 20-degree weather, more than 50 people still united for a plan last Friday at Frank Cornish Park.
Organized by the Dignity For All Texas Students nonprofit, the United For A Plan rally brought together neighbors, parents and students from all around Southlake to talk about equity in Carroll ISD and the importance for a diversity and inclusion plan. Six guest speakers gave remarks at the event including Robin Cornish, Russell Maryland, Jennifer Hough, Avery Schoenhals, Roshni Chowdry and Mario Chavez, and DATS gave out Starbucks coffee, masks and helped register attendants to vote after the event ended.