On June 2nd, several local officials gathered near Belmont Rocks for the ground-breaking ceremony for the AIDS Garden in Lakeview. The garden has been in the plans for more than a decade but funding kept delaying the process until now.

One year ago today, George Floyd was killed by a police officer, and even though this was not the first incidence, it did bring national and international attention to the racial inequity in our country. That attention did not put a stop to the racial profiling and killing but it did cause some folk to believe what many of us BIPOC experience everyday.

As you know our state is slowly relaxing the restrictions and getting ready to open beaches, in-door dining, and changing limits for large gatherings where vaccinated people will not count towards the limit. While this is exciting, it also means that we keep working to get as many people vaccinated as possible.