O’Day Short Elementary School and Fontana Unified School District student Cyrus Moss were honored by the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) on May 28 with its Community Remembrance Award, marking a milestone in the school community’s effort to preserve and share the legacy of the O’Day Short family.
EJI Senior Attorney Jennifer Taylor presented the award during a recognition assembly, where she addressed students and staff, recognized Moss for his role in leading the school renaming effort, and donated books to the school library. The Community Remembrance Award recognizes efforts to memorialize a community’s history in support of developing a more just future.
“When we heard of the efforts being made to acknowledge and talk about this history, even though it is often hard to have those kinds of conversations, we thought it was important to recognize everyone here for making that happen,” Taylor said. “Having this history become a public part of our narrative helps people become aware of it earlier, understand how it happened, and think about how to prevent something like this from happening again.”…