04/19/2023-Cynthia Wilson Mpls NAACP President-The Minneapolis NAACP is highly disappointed with the disrespect and refusal to host a meeting with the Brooklyn Center School District 286.

<p>The Minneapolis NAACP is highly disappointed with the disrespect and refusal to host a meeting with<br>the Brooklyn Center School District 286. The Minneapolis NAACP became involved with an investigation<br>of hostile work environment, disparities with discipline/termination, bullying, harassment, verbal abuse,<br>retaliation, and discrimination within the school and primarily with the Human Resource Department.<br>We as an organization take any claims of any kind seriously and provide our due diligence in<br>investigating. Upon doing so, we reached out to the Superintendent of the Brooklyn Center School<br>District 286, to meet and we were told NO! This is unacceptable as a taxpayer, and as a civic leader in<br>the black community. Our question is, what are they hiding, that they will not meet with us, nor provide<br>us with information about their policies/practices? They cannot and will not just tell us, NO. They’re<br>using their “White Supremist” behavior. This is the 21 st century, and regardless of what you think about<br>someone, based on their race, disability, gender, age, religion, (any protected class) you will be<br>challenged. We demand to be treated with respect! The Minneapolis NAACP is a branch of the National<br>Organization that is the oldest and most effective civil rights movement in the country and will be valued<br>and respected as such. We are demanding a meeting with the Brooklyn Center School Board<br>immediately, for this blatant level of dismissive behavior, and dereliction of duties assigned to the<br>superintendent.</p>