Transcendence, unity and love over hate

This project is about something that really matters: love over hate. In a nation that is imploding from social unrest, we have an opportunity to make things right. To do more than look at staid laws on the books and hope they will influence society. They won't. They are only as good as the lawmakers and society enforcing a more fair, just and inclusive nation.

Social Digresion

Unfortunately, we have taken giant steps backward after decades of inching our way toward inclusion, solidarity and a more just society. According to CNN, "The headlines pop up with alarming frequency: People of color going about their daily business -- shopping, golfing, moving in -- only to have the cops called on them. But for every story that makes the news, there are countless others that don't involve police. Black customers who get followed too closely by store employees. Hispanic students and Muslims who get asked if they're really American. "This is everyday racial profiling -- and it doesn't just hurt the victims. It has an insidious ripple effect on the rest of society -- in business, health and public safety." Read more.

As the nation still mourns the senseless killing of George Floyd with the intersection where he was killed named in his honor, a more sober America cries for a deeper look into other police-civilian incidents resulting in the death of black and brown Americans.

Say Their Names and Other Opportunities for Redemption and Progress Catalyst

The #saytheirnames campaign encourages publications and social media users to not just identify victims of police brutality by the incidents that killed them but to focus on their individual humanity and use their names including recent victims including: Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Philando Castile, Breonna Taylor.