The Cave’s Response to Comments From Glassman

Our world is in a major state of change. The pandemic coupled with the current protests against systemic racism have forced our country to look deeply at itself and hopefully change for the better. As a company we generally do not issue statements on current political and social hot topics. I do not believe I should speak for our community and/or our staff as a whole. I fully support our staff in their efforts when taking a stand on an issue, and as a company have been able to provide time off and other resources for these efforts.

Given recent comments and responses from Greg Glassman, the founder of CrossFit, I felt I needed to speak up. His comments are simply divisive, at a time when unity and common purpose are sorely needed. The Cave supports diversity of all kinds. One of the great principles of CrossFit is that the methodology is inherently inclusive. The principles can be followed by anyone, anywhere. We do not stand for anyone being judged based on anything other than their character and their actions. I am truly sorry if anyone has been hurt by Glassman’s comments. Know that I do not condone, or support his views. Greg has apologized for these comments, but we are still continuing to review our affiliation with CrossFit.

I do not want to make a knee-jerk decision without giving our staff and community time to digest and weigh in on this issue. We are currently debating our CrossFit affiliate status. If we should choose to de-affiliate it will not affect our community or program in any way. We would simply be dropping the CrossFit name from any of our materials.  In the past, there may be some events that we have participated in that we choose to skip, but our daily program will be unaffected. Being one of the early affiliates worldwide it saddens me that we may be at the end of our affiliation. We affiliated ourselves with CrossFit because the mission of true health and fitness was being born out by the methodologies. Our efforts in this are not affected by one man’s ignorant and hurtful comments.

Roger

The community at The Cave is strong in many ways. There are a lot of opportunities to get involved and be heard.

MONDAY – June 8
Berkeley – Shine a Light for Racial Justice (do from home) – 9pm
Oakland – National Day of Action at Oscar Grant Plaza – 6pm
Pleasant Hill – Kneel for Equality Protest at City Hall on the Green –
6:15pm

TUESDAY – June 9
San Pablo – Contra Costa College Car Caravan for Justice – 9am
SF – Kneeling 4 Justice Memorial for George Floyd at SF City Hall – 11am
Petaluma – Protest New Police Dept. Assault Rifles at Walnut Park – Noon
Berkeley – Stand with Black Youth Protest and March – 4pm
Berkeley – Middle Schooler Bike Ride for Justice – 5pm
Oakland – “Church” of America Prayer & Protest at City Hall – 5pm
San Jose – Memorial Service at Cesar Chavez Plaza – 5pm to 10pm
Oakland – Oakland Voices Tonight on Race, Police & COVID (Online) –
7pm
WEDNESDAY – June 10
Oakland – “Whatever it Takes” Demonstration at Frank Ogawa Plaza –
10am-2pm
Petaluma – Protest New Police Dept. Assault Rifles at Walnut Park – Noon

THURSDAY – June 11
Alameda – Sit-in Protest at Alameda Police Station – 12:30pm
Sebastopol – March through Downtown at Sebastopol Plaza – 1pm
Palo Alto – Black Lives Matter Solidarity Protest at City Hall – 4pm
SF – Nurses for Racial Justice March to City Hall & 9 Minute Lie-Down –
7:45pm

FRIDAY – June 12
SF – Women in Solidarity at Dolores Park – 4pm

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Black Lives Matter: They fight to end State-sanctioned violence and to end
anti-Black racism.
The Bail Project: Prevents incarceration and combats racial and economic
disparities in the bail system.
NAACP Legal Defense Fund: America’s premier legal organization fighting
for racial justice.
Black Earth Farms: Delivering free food to Black people in the Bay Area
who have been arrested, bailed and injured from protests.
National Lawyers Guild San Francisco Chapter: They are running a hotline
and providing pro bono legal support for arrestees in the Bay Area.
People’s Breakfast Oakland: Providing meals and packages to houseless
communities in Oakland.