Dear Upper School Community,
As members of the Upper School administration, writing on Juneteenth, we would like to take this opportunity to affirm our support for Black lives and the efforts by many in communities to dismantle systems of racism and injustice. We recognize that our own community is not immune from these problems, and we know students of color have experienced racism and prejudice at our school. This is unacceptable and must stop. As a Friends school, certain values are central to our community, among them: equality, justice and seeing that of God in each person. Unfortunately, this has not always been the experience of students of color at Penn Charter. Racism and prejudice in the form of microagressions, jokes and other slights are unfortunate regular features of our students' education, and they must cease.
We must listen! We must learn! We must change!
Antonio C. Williams, Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Lee Payton, Assistant Director of Upper School |