Mr. Ronnie Millar:

As I stated earlier, it has been really important for the Irish, in terms of where the country is and in terms of our racial reckoning. Many of the coalition centres partnered with the I Am Irish group in London and really worked out what it means to be Irish and what it means to be an Irish person of colour living overseas. All the organisations work in partnership with other non-Irish immigrant support centres. A big part of what has happened during Covid-19 is that we have come together as an Irish community and in partnership with other, non-Irish organisations. It makes me really proud to be able to say that I am Irish and working alongside other immigrant groups. I want to clarify and emphasise that any funding that came for welfare support was absolutely for Irish families and supported Irish families. The reality is that race is the dominant conversation we are having right now, around racism. It is really important for us as Irish men and women in the United States to be standing up and speaking out against racism. That has been a big part of our identity. We are partnered in Boston with the Irish Network Boston which was business leaders and other Irish organisations. We ran online conversations about racism and systemic racism and that has been an important part of our experience of being Irish in America. We would be absolutely tone deaf if we did not speak up about those things.