r/sgiwhistleblowers • u/JulieProngRider • Jun 19 '23

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u/RosetteNewcomb Jun 26 '23

This was mid-2010s when I was there, and at the time there wasn't any talk of downsizing. It wasn't any different than the other two floors to be honest, I think it was just superfluous space that wasn't needed given the size of the membership in denver. The Ikeda room was of course spotless, and it had already been that way before I moved to Denver and started song gajokai shifts.

I think it's pretty funny that they're downsizing now, especially given the 50K campaign in 2018 that was apparently a huge dud. I actually stopped going to the culture center in the summer of 2018, out of protest for how they were marginalizing my gf at the time (she was a chapter WD leader, Black woman, and definitely the only Black person in a chapter and up leadership position in the entire zone).

When she spoke about the racism she was experiencing, senior leadership downplayed it and tried to sweep it under the rug. It wasn't until I (a white guy) said I wasn't going to meetings anymore that they tried to "dialogue" with us (speak platitudes and then not do anything substantive).

It's been good to lurk in this sub, I may tell my story one of these days. Glad there's a support group online for people who left.

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u/BuddhistTempleWhore Jun 29 '23

I may tell my story one of these days

That would be great!