Thank you so much for this piece of thorough reporting. It seems to me that there are a lot of people who care about NECCA on all the sides.
While I truly wish that this could have been resolved without the public battle, I'm very grateful for the effort that was made to resolve this using a mediator, and am hoping NECCA can come out of this as little scathed as possible.
Hannah Sorila is a writer and community organizer who aims to align intention and impact...
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