Bexley is leafing familyfriendly it's a
beautiful neighborhood a great place for
a stroll a place to learn a place to
play and Bexley has a bright future
building on these trains but not
everyone has been able to participate in
our community literally deed
restrictions and National lending
standards made it impossible for
families of color to live in Bexley well
into the 1960s and even Beyond red
lining was so powerful in bexy that few
of any students of color graduated
throughout the 607s and the 80s and the
culture that surrounded that exclusion
has carried forth in number of way since
that and seemingly innocent ways like
basing legitimacy and belonging on how
many generations of your family came
before you when there are families of
color that structurally could never
belong to that Sav flag or in bigger
more threatening ways including racist
taunts and tropes that percolate from
the dinner table conversations to the
classroom or the historical Legacy of
profiling that continues to cast a
shadow over everyday interactions or the
fact that historically Blue Line
communities like Bexley have been much
slower to diversify than communities
form since that time showing the long
lasting Heritage of structural racism
because of this Legacy we believe that
we need to be intentional
and purposeful in building a true sense
of belonging in Bexley today we have the
opportunity and resources to continue
making positive change to be a better
version of ourselves to recognize our
past and inform our future it won't
happen by accident it won't happen
without you without all of us working
together to rewrite the Playbook
introducing the one Bexley project one
Beckley is an intentional purposeful
program to craft a Bexley that is
welcoming to all and creates a sense of
belonging for all community members and
visitors one Bexley has a direct support
of the city of Bexley the Bexley City
School District the Bexley public
library and passionate residents who
know that this mindset is vital to our
future Oney is community focused
inclusive allyship in action disruptive
welcoming creating p
future forward and it takes all of us
join us for conversations for education
for events for
training at one Beckley do us
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