On December 18, 2008, I had the esteemed honor and pleasure of being recognized by the St. Louis Council of Construction Consumers as the 2008 Diversity Champion in the St. Louis construction industry. Below you will find excerpts from my acceptance speech which focused on the 3Rs. No, not the 3Rs we remember from our days in the 20th century K-12 school system model known as reading, writing, and arithmetic. Rather the 3Rs Dr. Willard Daggett refers to as rigor, relevance, and relationships in the 21st century.
