>>> good morning and welcome to mosaic, and i am rabbi eric weiss and i am honored to be your host this morning. local community spending a lot of time thinking about diversity, in particular how communities can educate the young people to an inclusive society. we want to invite you into wonderful conversation, "beyond differences" laura thomas, cofounder and executive director and the doctor who is the superintendent for the san rafael city school district and chair of the board on "beyond differences, and welcome. >> welcome and let's jump in and talk about what is "beyond differences.">> it is a student leadership organization exclusively dedicated to ending socialize station in middle school and i'm sure many of you can remember when you help terribly left out and there was one child that always set by themselves, and were working to change the culture of middle school so that everyone feels excepted and included when they show up each day -- accepted and included when they show up each day. >> how do you see it actually functioning. >> we see students that have felt left out, and b