an open society

Changing schools to allow families to make choices and structure their social, intellectual, and creative lives in ways that help their children, would make schools more open.

Note: Dorothy Height liked to knit while she listened in meetings. From the video:

.. in our whole struggle, what we have worked for is to achieve an open society ... and in an open society, there ought to be the freedom of people to move in and out, to be a part of... if we do not strengthen ourselves ... and we're always just trying to fit in, that we weaken ourselves ... in an open society there will be the freedom of groups to be with your own group or to mix with other groups ... let us continue to work not just for an integrated society but for an open society ...