Black Lives Matter  
Today we celebrate 14 years.  
We’re grateful for our clients and proud of our team for all the work  
we’ve accomplished and the company we’ve built together.  
As we look to the future, it is vital that we work towards one free of discrimination, hatred, and  
systemic inequality.  
As protests continue across the country in response to police brutality and  
the death of George Floyd, the Barrel team unequivocally stands in solidarity with the Black Lives  
Matter movement in the fight against white supremacy and racism.  
There is a lot of work to be done, not just in times of upheaval, but every day.  
Our Black  
communities have suffered greatly from systemic disadvantages and institutional racism.  
We are sad  
and outraged. Things need to change, and we can’t sit idly.  
We will revisit our hiring practices to ensure that we are doing the best we can to hire for  
diversity, because we truly believe that bringing people of different backgrounds and perspectives  
together makes for a stronger team.  
We can do a much better job in attracting and providing  
opportunities for Black candidates.  
We will commit $5,000 to organizations fighting racial injustice and protecting Black Americans  
from white supremacy and racial violence.  
We will be donating to  
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Equal Justice Initiative  
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NAACP  
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Legal Defense Fund  
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Black Lives Matter  
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Lastly, we believe understanding history is important.  
We will send every Barrel employee a copy of  
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson, the founder of EJI who tells the story of racial injustice in  
America and his fight to help those wrongly convicted by racist law authorities.  
We’re committed to listening, learning, educating, and supporting.  
We encourage our friends and  
colleagues to join us. There’s work to be done.  
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