Dear friends,

 

I'm sure many of you are anxiously monitoring the tallies of yesterday's vote and trying to make sense of what's happening. It is of course too early to know the outcomes at this point, and I find it deeply problematic that Trump could declare victory while votes are still being counted, but that shouldn't have come as a surprise.

 

Things are far from over but the one thing that is clear is no matter what happens our country needs to find a path forward so we can really heal. The day after the election shouldn't be about who won and who lost. It should be about how we pull together and move forward, instead of pulling apart.

 

I have some more thoughts I'd like to share with you about the election and this current moment, so please join me here today at 2pm PT/ 5pm ET for a live event. I'll also be taking your questions about the election on our institute's YouTube, Facebook, or Twitter accounts, so please get those ready and use the chat boxes to submit them.

 

CART captioning for this event will be available on this page, or in a separate window here.

 

Hope to see you soon,

 

john a. powell

director, Othering & Belonging Institute