{"id":9318,"date":"2020-06-19T09:14:12","date_gmt":"2020-06-19T14:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/planetlaundry.com\/?p=9318"},"modified":"2020-06-19T11:15:33","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T16:15:33","slug":"cla-board-of-directors-issues-statement-rejecting-racism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetlaundry.com\/cla-board-of-directors-issues-statement-rejecting-racism\/","title":{"rendered":"CLA Board of Directors Issues Statement Rejecting Racism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coinlaundry.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Coin Laundry Association<\/a>\u2019s Board of Directors issued the following statement:<\/p>\n<p><em>The Coin Laundry Association\u2019s mission is <strong>\u201cto advance the self-service laundry industry by providing store operators with the industry research, connectivity, education and other resources required to be more successful business owners.\u201d<\/strong> Our goal is to foster a community of innovative and successful store owners, focused on healthy businesses and satisfied customers.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>With both our mission and goal in mind, the Coin Laundry Association\u2019s Board of Directors condemns violent behavior and disrespectful discourse of any kind, in any of the communities we serve, whether real or online. Further, we vehemently reject any environment that engages in racism, prejudice, discrimination or hate toward any race, religion, gender or sexual orientation.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We will continue to openly demonstrate this position within all avenues and interests of the Coin Laundry Association, as well as through the efforts of the <a href=\"https:\/\/laundrycares.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LaundryCares Foundation<\/a>, <strong>\u201cwhich exists to enrich the communities of our members through programming that addresses unmet needs of laundry customers.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis release from the CLA Board reflects how our long-standing mission statements apply to this critical moment in our country,\u201d said CLA President and CEO Brian Wallace. \u201cThe Coin Laundry Association and the LaundryCares Foundation believe that racism and violence have no place in our society nor in our places of businesses. I further believe that we have a responsibility to advocate for the fair treatment and dignity of our customers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wallace also reported that the CLA Board of Directors established a Diversity &amp; Inclusion Committee in December 2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe CLA\u2019s Diversity &amp; Inclusion Committee will continue listening and learning; pursuing best practices while supporting our staff, our members and the local communities we serve,\u201d he explained. \u201cWe are a stronger, smarter and more effective organization when we include more diverse voices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the CLA is an apolitical trade association and does not endorse any specific political party or advocacy group, it was deemed important for our Board and staff to take the time needed to research these issues and release a statement that let\u2019s our members know where we stand and how we intend to be part of the solution going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, the Coin Laundry Association\u2019s Board of Directors issued the following statement: The Coin Laundry Association\u2019s mission is \u201cto advance the self-service laundry industry by providing store operators with the industry research, connectivity, education and other resources required to be more successful business owners.\u201d Our goal is to foster a community of innovative and successful [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1230,"featured_media":9322,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9351,56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-highlights","category-industry-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetlaundry.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9318"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetlaundry.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetlaundry.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetlaundry.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1230"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetlaundry.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9318"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/planetlaundry.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9320,"href":"https:\/\/planetlaundry.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9318\/revisions\/9320"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetlaundry.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetlaundry.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetlaundry.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetlaundry.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}