[Vision2020] Moscow's Finest

Mon, 9 Feb 2004 18:28:33 EST

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Dear Visionaries:

Over the last weekend our community was shown the courage and commitment of 
brave, generous, tolerant, and loving people.  I refer to the folks who 
sponsored and worked at the Hands Up For Humanity display at the SUB, the students 
who silently and deliberately sat in the cold, wind, and snow with signs 
supporting UI History professors, the gracious hospitality of the priest and members 
of St. Augustine Catholic Church who offered free hot drinks and pleasant 
conversation to anyone wishing to accept it, the patient University of Idaho staff 
members whose work made it possible for the conference attendees to feel 
comfortable, the professional and friendly officers from the Moscow Police 
Department who provided conference security, and the invited Human Rights speakers 
and guests who enriched and encouraged us with their wisdom and humor.  I am 
grateful for the opportunity to meet, talk to, and learn from these folks.  

When a community comes together, as we did last weekend, it sends a message 
beyond the town borders.  It is my hope that conference attendees and the local 
sponsors returned to their homes with a very clear understanding that the 
citizens of Moscow are committed to retaining and expanding a climate that is 
free of racism, homophobia, sexism, religious bias, and pseudo-intellectual 
elitism. For indeed, there is no place on the Palouse for those sentiments.

Rosemary Huskey

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