Residents urge more support for Cranberry diversity
CRANBERRY TWP — Several Cranberry Area Diversity Network volunteers pleaded with township officials Thursday for more support.
Eight volunteers with the diversity network — or CADN — spoke to the supervisors to seek better communication with township officials and more support to help the network achieve its goals.
CADN, which is a program within the township’s Parks and Recreation Department, is down to one coordinator, after previously having three, the speakers said. And the one coordinator will be leaving the network soon.
Several of the speakers said this attrition within the coordinator role is the direct result of Cranberry’s lack of communication with CADN.
“So you might ask me, ‘What do you want from me?’” said CADN volunteer Kiran Cherlakola. “I want a dialogue with the board of supervisors and the township manager, and the parks and recreation director. I want to ask all of you to spare time to sit and actually, actively listen to us, with the intent of actually listening and not with the intent of responding to us.”
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