SACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson released the following statement, urging teachers and students to take a moment today to observe Harvey Milk Day:

“One of California’s greatest strengths is—and always has been—our diversity. We are fortunate to live in a state where there is such great potential for the contributions of all to be acknowledged and appreciated.

“Harvey Milk helped blaze this path while he was alive, and it’s a path we continue to walk now more than three decades after his death. It leads us all the way from California’s classrooms to our nation’s White House.

via Harvey Milk Day.