Speaking up
Community leaders ask Arboretum board members to address discrimination claims Following is a letter, dated June 21, addressed to the directors sitting on the board of the Dallas Arboretum, asking that the board investigate and address charges of racism and anti-LGBTQ discrimination by some Arboretum staff members.
The letter is signed by community leaders Resource Center CEO Cece Cox, Equality Texas Foundation Board Chair Steve Atkinson and Resource Center Board President Kate Newman.
The letter — which originally included hyperlinks to complaints, reviews and other cited sources — is published here with the permission of those who signed it.
Dear Director of The Dallas Arboretum: We are writing as active and engaged citizens of Dallas who care about this city and its institutions.
