President’s Message: May 10, 2021
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Category: SDCBA
Special Message to the SDCBA Membership
As we await more details and watch the vaccine supply and hospitalization numbers, we want to hear your feelings about returning to the SDCBA Bar Center and SDCBA Conference Center for in-person events with restrictions.
The Freedom Riders Sixty Years Later: Californians On the Buses and Why We All Should Still Be Riding
Because those orientations remain ominously omnipresent in our country 60 years after the Freedom Rides, it is incumbent upon all of us to take a lesson from the courage of 1961 and continue to metaphorically “ride buses” for freedom, and battle the scourge of racism that has haunted the U.S. since slavery.
The Value of Cultivating Mentor-Mentee Relationships
“Mentorship and sponsorship are vital to a successful career. Mentors and sponsors have traveled the road to success and can provide valuable insight — ‘Don’t make the same mistakes I did.’ Having said that, we all make mistakes and a mentor or sponsor can be there to help you recover.”
Black Women’s Contributions to the American Economy are Magic
As I sit to write this editorial, the dilemma that plagues me is this: rather than ask why are Black women important in the workplace, I am wondering when they haven't been important?
