Editor’s note: Lora L. Fong is an assistant New Jersey attorney general who serves as the first chief diversity officer for the Department of Law and Public Safety. The following is an excerpt of her acceptance speech for the New Jersey State Bar Association (NJSBA) 2020 Mel Narol Award on Oct. 9 at the NJSBA Diversity Summit. The award is given to individuals or organizations whose work has advanced diversity and inclusion for women and minority lawyers. The full speech, which includes Fong’s personal memory of the award’s namesake, can be found on the NJSBA blog under the CommunityNET tab at njsba.com.
These are such challenging times. We are all experiencing fatigue and trepidation. There is so much to be worried about—a pandemic, the economy, social injustice, factions and deep divides that exist in our society that threaten our way of life. We are facing the existential threat of climate change, rising white supremacy and hate groups. During all of this, we have lost heroes—Congressman John Lewis, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Far too many of us have lost loved ones: As of today, 213,995 people in this country have lost their lives to COVID-19, and the number continues to rise.
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