I attended the annual Community Education Partnership Breakfast this morning at St. Andrews Lutheran Church. The partnership breakfast is organized each year by the Eden Prairie School District's Community Education Services division in order to bring together leaders from around the community to discuss an issue of community concern. This year's community issues is racism. The title of this year's event was "Diversity in Eden Prairie: Join a Courageous Conversation on Race".
The School District's Nanette Missaghi (pictured at the microphone) moderated a panel of Eden Prairie residents who shared their individual experiences with diversity in Eden Prairie. The panel included Richard Liu, Gail Toatley, Harry Moran, Abdullahi Hassan and our very own Recreation Division Manager Laurie Obiazor.
The stories from the panel were touching and insightful about what it's like to experience diveristy in Eden Prairie. You really can't complete a "courageous conversation about race" within the 90 minuntes we had at the meeting this morning, but you can get one started. I hope we can keep it going throughout the year.
Later this afternoon, I snapped some photos of the most vibrant rainbow that I've seen in a long time. It had the appeared in the eastern sky over Eden Prairie. All right, I know it was probably not anywhere near Eden Prairie, but it sure looked like it. It was beautiful sight. It was a nice way to end the day.
