A CORPORATED 172
Proclamation
of the City of Foster City, California
Recognizing February 2025 as "Black History Month"
WHEREAS, this month, we pay homage to the rich history and contributions of African Americans who have shaped our nation in innumerable ways. Black History Month rightfully centers the struggles and triumphs of African Americans to tell a fuller story of America and the diverse communities that built it; and
WHEREAS, the 2025 theme for Black History Month, "African Americans and Labor," intends to encourage broad reflections on intersections between Black people's work and their workplaces in all their iterations and key moments, themes, and events in Black history and culture across time and space and throughout the U.S., Africa, and the Diaspora; and WHEREAS, the work Black people do and have done have been instrumental in shaping the lives, cultures, and histories of Black people and the societies in which they live; and WHEREAS, understanding Black labor and its impact in all these multivariate settings is integral to understanding Black people and their histories, lives, and cultures; and WHEREAS, as a citizen workforce, African Americans continue to chart new paths toward economic stability, personal growth, and racial uplift; and WHEREAS, like religion, social justice movements, and education, studying African Americans' labor and labor struggles are important organizing foci for new interpretations and reinterpretations of the Black past, present, and future.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, STACY JIMENEZ, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF FOSTER CITY, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, officially recognize February 2025 as "Black History Month," honor the great and necessary work by Black Americans who have and continue to improve our country, state, and city, and encourage all residents to celebrate, learn, and respect Black heritage and culture while maintaining efforts to create a more just, peaceful, and prosperous world for all.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my
hand and have caused the official seal of the City
of Foster City to be affixed this third day of
February, two thousand twenty-five, A.D.
STACY JIMENEZ, MAYOR