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New La Crosse mayor: 'I hold on to my identities to connect and build community'
For the newly elected mayor of La Crosse, identity matters.
On April 1, voters elected Shaundel Washington-Spivey, making him the city’s first Black mayor and the first openly gay person to hold the office.
Prior to his election, Washington-Spivey served on the La Crosse School Board, and he currently serves on the Governor’s Equity and Inclusion Advisory Council.
His roots are in community organizing — he co-founded the La Crosse-based nonprofit Black Leaders Acquiring Collective Knowledge, or B.L.A.C.K, Inc. Despite recent attacks on diversity, equity and inclusion at the federal and state levels, he believes in the values of DEI.
https://www.wpr.org/news/la-crosse-mayor-identities-connect-build-community