Dear colleagues,
This column is going to cover some triggering topics. Please be advised.
As I’ve watched the brief but intense war on our sensibilities, morality, and sense of stability, I am increasingly concerned about the person-level effect these changes and decisions can create. What I learned in my year in federal government and public service is that the people who work in these agencies of the U.S. government are deeply committed and mission driven. Being summarily dismissed, denigrated, and divided is both dehumanizing and taking place in a radical and disorienting manner. The effect is traumatizing.
