Reflecting on what Black History Month means to the Employment Security Department’s Black employee resource group

By Sade Britt, Employment Security Department

​Black History Month is a time filled with reflection. It’s a time of collective joy and celebration, a time of anger, of mourning, of pride and gratitude. We think of the incredible sacrifices and achievements — both known and unknown — that African Americans before us made to challenge the status quo and ensure our very survival.

It’s also a time to remember that the work they began is not finished.

Black folks across this country — as well as across the diaspora and across identities — are still working tirelessly to upend systems of oppression so our communities can, one day, truly thrive. Black History Month reminds us that despite all we’ve been through, we’re still here!

​And one of the many reasons we continue to endure is because of the care, love and mutual cooperation, built through community, that fueled many of the most successful movements in American history.

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