Jennifer Ellen
Jul 20, 2017 · 1 min read

Thanks for this response, Mike! The Goose is so full of messy challenges, and getting it “right” is a work in progress that’s always going to make some of us uncomfortable in different ways. And we (white progressives in particular, I’m thinking) *need* to be uncomfortable.

I’ve thought that one of the challenges in increasing racial/ethnic diversity is the ability to stay open to those who aren’t all progressive in the same way, and even fall on the conservative side of things in some area or another. It’s hard, but I believe it matters (and was glad there were several sessions offered this year on connecting across those divides in addition to my own).

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    Jennifer Ellen

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    Chicagoan. Southerner. Navigating a world a lot larger than my conservative Baptist upbringing. Learning to set a table that invites connection.