2020

A Message from Dean O'Connor: On Commitment


In the past couple of weeks I have watched with horror as Ahmaud Arbery was chased and killed for something I’ve done many times—walk into a house under construction to view the layout and progress toward completion. Days later, George Floyd was murdered in the most despicable act of domination I have ever witnessed, by a police officer suffocating Floyd with his knee to Floyd’s neck and his hands in his pockets like he was out on a Sunday stroll.