We stand in solidarity with those whose loved ones, life ways, land, and labor were stolen to build this nation.

Black Lives Matter. Indigenous Lives Matter. PEOPLE OF COLOR MATTER. Immigrant Lives Matter. Queer Lives Matter. Marginalized Lives Matter. We are all here together, and as a society we have failed to acknowledge some of those very basic and simple human rights. It is unacceptable that people are being shot and murdered in their homes, their cars, their streets, and in front of their children, with disgracefully little reparations for families and accountability of the police officers and civilians who are perpetrators of racial violence.

White Supremacy is cunning. LNCS recognizes that it has many heads, wears many hats, and shows up in many and different ways, and as teachers and citizens it is our duty to current and future generations to be active and aware of this sickness.

BIPOC Leaders and community members have been fighting this fight for centuries. You don't need to hear how pervasive and insidious white supremacy is, because you live it. Yet we want to clearly and firmly state that we stand with you. We stand with you as we square up to the violence of racism and shoulder our responsibility in it.

We hope that one day soon BIPOC leaders will be collectively recognized as the leaders they are, and as the forbearers of a country that embodies the values it preaches. The true wealth of our country lies in our people. Move over, Thomas Jefferson. AOC comin' through.