by:Dana Whyte
GRAND HAVEN, Mich. (WOOD) — Like many West Michigan communities, the city of Grand Haven has started talking about racism and its impact on people but one group says they were hacked online while trying to have that discussion.
Grand Haven's Momentum Center has recently formed an anti-racism task force with 17 other organizations in the community. On Monday, they kicked off the conversation with a virtual town hall on Zoom, but it didn’t go as smoothly as planned.
Barbara Lee VanHorssen, a member of the anti-racism task force told News 8, “We were viciously and unrelentingly hacked,” said “It was racist. It was pornographic. It was incredibly horrendous and disturbing.”
VanHorssen noted the goal of the meeting was to talk about racial sensitivity, white consciousness and getting people comfortable with sharing what they’ve been through. She said that goal will continue.
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