Our Differences Make Us Stronger: How We Heal Together

A story about sharing our identities and making new friends from La June Montgomery Tabron, the President and CEO of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

La June and her best friend, Jenefer, love going to school in Detroit. They’re in the same class, and they always sit together at lunch. La June is Black and Jenefer is White, and they don’t notice that all the other kids are sitting with friends who look like them.

But when Jenefer moves away, La June doesn’t know where to sit. She feels differe...