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\"RacialThe whole world has been rocked by the appalling murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. His sad death has been the catalyst to unlock the world\u2019s feelings about the cruelty, overt discrimination and racial injustice against black people. This is not just a US issue, which is why protests are taking place globally. Racism is abhorrent and although as an organisation we do not normally comment on world events, in this situation, as we did with the Covid-19 pandemic, we feel we must speak out to counteract the apathy and indifference that allows this intolerance and prejudice to exist.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Our view on\u00a0Racial injustice<\/h2>\n

The team at Coach Mentoring Ltd is passionately against all discrimination, bias and hatred, including that based on people\u2019s skin colour, sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnicity, age, disability or religion. We seek through our work to encourage diversity<\/a> and inclusivity at every opportunity. To educate, challenge, influence and motivate people to learn and change where we observe ignorance, prejudice and bias.<\/p>\n

This is a time to speak up and out. You can\u2019t allow evil to happen, just because it doesn\u2019t affect you personally. It finds its way back to you, or your friends or family somehow. I believe Martin Niem\u00f6ller\u2019s<\/a> words in 1947 encapsulate this situation perfectly. Niem\u00f6ller was a German Lutheran theologian who supported Hitler initially, but ended up in two concentration camps during WW2.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey came first for the Communists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn’t speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time no one was left to speak up.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So what next\u2026<\/h2>\n

We need to confront the hard truths about our existence. Covid-19 has created an opportunity for many of us to re-evaluate the world we want to live in going forward. Racial injustice, climate change, mindless materialism, we want to rethink and recreate our society, impact on our planet and personal lives. I will leave you with the words of Dzung Vo.<\/p>\n

Staying present and breathing, rather than shutting our eyes and ears to the pain of the world and pretending it is not happening, is the first step for us all on this journey.<\/p>\n

i can’t breathe
\nsaid George Floyd
\nthe knee of four hundred years of racism
\non his neck<\/p>\n

i can’t breathe
\nsaid the woman
\nwith fear
\nin her eyes
\nher lungs attacked by coronavirus
\nas she was put onto the ventilator<\/p>\n

i can’t breathe
\nsaid the nurse, exhausted
\nafter a long shift
\nsweating under a hot surgical mask
\nand foggy goggles<\/p>\n

i can’t breathe
\nsaid the young man
\npoisoned by a toxic drug supply
\nand generations of trauma and loss<\/p>\n

i can’t breathe
\nsaid the one hundred thousand
\ndead americans
\na nation
\nand a world
\nin mourning<\/p>\n

i can’t breathe
\nsaid cities choked in smoke
\nfrom a planet on fire<\/p>\n

breathe my dear
\nsaid the buddha of our time reminding us of the way
\nto love and healing and transformation<\/p>\n

breathe my dear said the beloved community
\ngrieving
\nand waking up together<\/p>\n

breathe my dear
\nsaid mother earth
\nand let my oceans, mountains
\nand forests embrace you<\/p>\n

right now
\nwhen it seems so hard just to breathe<\/p>\n

right now
\njust breathe<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Dzung X. Vo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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