{"id":29611,"date":"2020-06-03T18:00:50","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T22:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smps.org\/?p=29611"},"modified":"2023-06-19T05:24:27","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T05:24:27","slug":"a-message-of-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smps.org\/2020\/06\/03\/a-message-of-support\/","title":{"rendered":"A Message of Support"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"A<\/p>\n

We share in the pain, sadness, and countless other emotions that our members are experiencing. Now is the time for us to be present and stand alongside one another.
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\nWe acknowledge the inequality and social injustice that persists.
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\nNow is unimaginably difficult for many of us. There has never been a better time to show empathy\u2014to reach out to a client, coworker, or colleague\u2014and simply listen.
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\nThe leadership that our members exemplify within their firms now and in the future has the power to greatly impact our industries and communities.
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\nWe encourage everyone to engage in the necessary conversations to help move us forward.\u00a0We are committed to being part of the solution.
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\nWe stand beside you.
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\nMelissa Lutz, FSMPS, CPSM
\nPresident
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\nDoug Parker, FSMPS, CPSM
\nPresident-Elect
\n\u00a0
\nMichael V. Geary, CAE
\nChief Executive Officer<\/p>\n

The SMPS HQ Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We share in the pain, sadness, and countless other emotions that our members are experiencing. Now is the time for us to be present and stand alongside one another. \u00a0 We acknowledge the inequality and social injustice that persists. \u00a0 Now is unimaginably difficult for many of us. There has never been a better time […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-society-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}