A racially-motivated slight to his childhood friend Archie stuck with long-time New Jersey middle school teacher Daniel Gill. After Gill was invited in, Archie was excluded from their friend’s party because “there were no more chairs,” even when Gill offered to sit on the floor. Archie was black and Gill is white.
For the last 50 years, Gill has placed an empty chair in his classroom to remind his students to always make room to include someone else. When we choose to treat other people well, we create “a better world.”
How can YOU make space for someone who might be feeling underused or left out?
