article_snippet: Thank you all for being here today.
article_snippet: Even though I wish with all my heart today’s meeting was not necessary, I am deeply appreciative to the leaders that joined us.
article_snippet: Thank you Senator Pittman for inviting me here today - for you are a blessing to me and my mom and dad.
article_snippet: So I decided it would be best to wait until the student and community leaders I met with today were back from Spring Break.
article_snippet: I think the best way to express the truth about who I am and what I feel is to read to you a letter that I sent to President Boren a few days after the bus ride.
article_snippet: The words in a letter that I sent to President Boren a few days after the bus ride are all heart-felt words, and I thank President Boren for accepting my apology.
article_snippet: Yesterday, I was humbled by the fact that I had a chance to meet face to face with members of the football leadership team.
article_snippet: members of the football leadership team accepted my apology and together discussed steps we can take to make sure this never happens again.
article_snippet: From this point forward, I will be the leader I should have been on the bus and stand up against racism in any form.
article_snippet: So I will spend the rest of my life trying to be a person who heals and brings people of all races together.
article_snippet: Among those scheduled to attend the private meeting on Wednesday is Marilyn Luper-Hildreth, the daughter of the late civil rights leader Clara Luper, an Oklahoma City schoolteacher who led sit-ins at segregated Oklahoma City drugstore counters in the late 1950s.