Will 2016 Be The Year For Diversity + Inclusion In Mesa?



NO MORE EXCUSES. . . these important matters need to get done in real time right now. Everybody pays nothing more than "lip-service" about it's the right thing to do, but action has been stalled and not put on the agenda for elected city officials in the Mesa City Council.
There's an election for three Council member seats [not one woman in office or declared go be on the ballot] and for the seat of the mayor coming up this year. Either this issue gets resolved by citizens' actions before that, or diversity and inclusion becomes one of the major issues in the upcoming campaigns.

At this point, these none-actions - on both the part of voters and elected officials - can’t be chalked up to cluelessness.
No, it’s something far worse: Irresponsibility and a pervasive conservative minority religion that has dominated and controlled politics and government here in Mesa for generations.
The momentum [to use a favorite of Mayor John Giles] in the world, in this country, and in other major cities in the State of Arizona like Phoenix, Tucson, Tempe and Scottsdale has moved forward to guarantee by the force of law the rights of all protected classes with no religious exemption - it's time to stop the rhetoric.

Perhaps Forbes Magazine says it best in this report by Josh Bersin with 19,668 views on December 6, 2015 @09:55 a.m.
He's talking about business, natural in a publication devoted to that area, but his words ring true for everybody. It starts off with this leading sentence:
With all the press we read about diversity, inclusion, women in leadership, and the need to be open minded about religious and cultural differences, one might ask “is 2016 going to be the year of diversity . . . ?”
Why Diversity And Inclusion Will Be A Top Priority For 2016
The whole report is six pages long. Read it here >> http://www.forbes.com/sites/lizryan/2016/01/01/five-habits-of-controlling-people/

Readers of this blog get the point. We all need to take action to make sure that
2016 = The Year Diversity Excuses Officially Expire