Originally, I had no intentions of writing an op-ed piece this week, but things changed late Monday afternoon. I was working on a project for Black History Month when one of the members of the group informed me they did not have their part of the project complete.
On Feb. 14, UPC denied a proposal from an organization to help fund a conference. Could the denial have been based on a lack of funding? Could it have been because there has never been an exception to the 10 percent rule in UPC's code of laws? It was announced that UPC has approximately $45,000 in essentially undesignated funds in one of their accounts and has made exceptions to the rule in the past.
What constitutes a "humanitarian crisis?" Sadly, we all know what happened December 26, 2004. What was it? A tsunami left its signature on several nations, killing 226,000-plus people. It destroyed countless lives and forever changed unnumbered individuals.
