Scott Luton’s Post

Good Friday morning, all. Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was born February 4th, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. When she bravely refused to give up her seat on Montgomery city bus #2857, the modern civil rights movement was reborn & reinvigorated. I learned today, that this same exact bus has been restored and is on display at The Henry Ford museum. Learn more about this fascinating story here: tinyurl.com/328s8zbj Many would claim that Rosa Parks would refuse to give up her seat because she was exhausted from a long day of work. But she would refute that inaccuracy, and would say in an interview:  “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬, 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧.” A few decades prior, is the story of one Rose Knox. Born November 18th, 1857 in Mansfield, Ohio. She would move to New York and open a gelatin business with her husband, Charles. Her husband died suddenly in 1908 and Rose Knox did the unthinkable (at the time): she took over & ran the business. One of her very first actions as CEO was a brave, but simple (and unpopular at the time) gesture: she closed the back door. Because in 1908, certain members of the Knox Gelatin Factory workforce, well they had to enter the factory through the back door, due to their ethnicity. Rose Knox would say: “𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞’𝐥𝐥 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫.” Rose Knox would go on to build a dynamo of a company, while helping to revolutionize industry by supporting a 5 day work week. In fact, you can still find Knox Gelatin on store shelves. Now, decades later, we all gotta build upon Rosa & Rose's legacy, because there's no finish line in the fight to provide opportunity & equity for all. As Kevin L. Jackson, stated recently: "𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞. 𝐁𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝." So little time, so much work to do! Sharing a few other nuggets of Good News: ▶️ Big high five to fellow founders & entrepreneurs Jules Weldon & stacey m. pierce of OME Gear - - which just got one of their first BIG orders from a big-time retailer: True Value Company. Made my week. Coast to coast! tinyurl.com/yr5tc7t2 ▶️ Big news over at VETS2INDUSTRY, as Brian Arrington, shared recently that Aerial Resupply Coffee has become a sponsor of this dynamic non-profit that is doing exceptional work to support our #Veteran community. tinyurl.com/fcns32yx ▶️ Nominations are open for our 2022 Supply Chain and Procurement Awards. Big thanks to a few of our wonderful supporters & advocates: Vector Global Logistics, Logistics Executive Group, Notably. https://lnkd.in/dwCss-D ▶️ Closing out with a musical selection. If you haven't seen "The Greatest Showman", see it this weekend. It's a modern day classic, and will fuel your fight. I promise. One of our fav tunes: https://lnkd.in/djd7Cz8P Supply Chain Now