Recent press coverage, along with the Martin Luther King anniversary, has brought attention to the issue of racial, ethnic and political diversity on Long Island, including in my home community of Great Neck.
The Great Neck peninsula has a population of more than 40,000 and is highly diverse. Our challenge, as is the case in cities and towns across the country, is how to more effectively bring people together among our constituent groups and stimulate discussions that lead to increased understanding of our differing views on critical matters of the day.
Our particular challenge on this peninsula is that it is composed of nine villages and a number of unincorporated jurisdictions. Lacking a central government and leadership, it is especially difficult to connect people and organizations representing diverse sub-communities..
Who can best take a leadership role in bringing large numbers of people together here and organizing conversations among us? Is that a role for our religious organizations? For major not-for-profit agencies? Or, perhaps, it is a role this newspaper can play in some way.
Are there ideas from this readerhip?
Larry Siegel
Great Neck
This is not so much a leadership role question as it is one of good core values for ones self. This is where unity starts in GN or actually in any community anywhere. Look up the many positive core values and measure GN against the list.