HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) – The founder and Executive Director of the Lakeshore Ethnic Diversity Alliance is retiring after being at the helm for over 20 years.
Gail Harrison founded the organization in 1996 in response to a hate crime committed in the Grand Haven area and since then the Lakeshore Ethnic Diversity Alliance Lakeshore Ethnic Diversity Alliance has been instrumental in advancing racial equity through signature, research-based programs such as Calling All Colors, the Summit on Race and Inclusion, Migrant Mentoring, Talking to Kids about Race, and Racial Equity Institutes.
Harrison is working close with the Board Of Directors to ensure that the transition will be smooth for the organization and community. She will retire at the end of July.
The impact of their programs has been significant across the region including the participation of nearly 8,500 middle and high school students in the Calling All Colors program, over 30 community Spanish courses, and countless volunteers engaged in the migrant mentoring program. The nonprofit has also been the recipient of several W. K. Kellogg Foundation grants and has been recognized as a nationwide model.
