Wow, have we been busy.
Since our last SAIL to 60 event in October, we’ve been working with community leaders to try and continue our goal of a 60% attainment rate by 2025. We were doing so good that we were ready to share another SAIL to 60 event in early April.
Then coronavirus hit the fan.
COVID-19, as it is now affectionately deemed, hit the country back in January, but we had no idea the spread and scope that it would have on the nation. Indeed, it was only this month that Florida had its first cases. Luckily, we have thus far been spared the brunt of illness. Unfortunately, though, we are merely at the beginning of this pandemic, and we can expect it to get worse before it gets better.
So, in order to address these facts, we had to postpone our second SAIL to 60 event. We’ve also had to postpone several meetings until it’s safe again to gather and share the usual (mostly-) benign germs. Again, it is with the health of our partners and communities (and, well, ourselves, too) that we made these decisions. It was not done lightly. (We’ve been crying ourselves to sleep at night, just picturing all the knowledge and camaraderie that will be missed from our great panels.)
Fear not, though, as UpliftED will be returning. Soon.
We’ve got a new newsletter that’ll be shot directly to you, through the powerful tool known as “E-Mail.” Here, we hope to share what we’re doing behind the scenes (minus the sleepwear we are currently working in) until we can get back up and running. We also hope to keep this space up-to-date with the latest news, and whatever irreverent musings come to us in isolation. (Do dogs dream of long-tailed sheep?)
Until then, though, we are (and hope you are, too) furiously washing our hands after every key we type, and waiting for the giant bubble we’ve ordered to arrive.
Stay safe, and healthy, friends.
- Jon