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FROM:
HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT
DATE: AUGUST 6, 2024
WARDS:ALL
SUBJECT: CONSIDER INPUT FROM THE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION ON HOW TO
RECOGNIZE GROUPS AND CAUSES WHICH DO NOT HAVE ESTABLISHED
COMMEMORATIVE FLAGS - EXPAND LIST OF GROUPS AND CAUSES FOR
RECOGNITION
ISSUES:
Consider input from the Human Relations Commission for recognizing groups and causes which do not have established commemorative flags and consider an expanded list of groups and causes without commemorative flags for recognition.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
That the City Council:
1. Consider the Human Relations Commission's suggestions for recognizing groups and causes which do not have an established commemorative flag by issuing Proclamations, lighting up the Grier Pavilion in associated colors, adding the groups and causes to the City's Cultural Holidays and Celebratory Months calendar, holding student poster art contests, and adding RiversideTV programming during the corresponding recognition month; and
2. Consider the Human Relations Commission's suggestion to expand the list of groups and causes for recognition which do not have commemorative flags, consisting of Dr. Martin Luther King Day, Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Hispanic/Lantinx Heritage Month, Indigenous Peoples Day, and Native American Heritage Month to include Human Trafficking Awareness Day, Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, Lunar New Year, Deaf Awareness Week, Mental Health Awareness Month, Black Balloon Day, and National Poverty in America Awareness Month.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:
The Governmental Processes Committee met on April 3, 2024, with former Chair Cervantes, Vice Chair Perry and Member Conder present, to consider input from the Human Relations Commission on how to recognize groups and causes which do not have an established commemorative flag, and to expand the list of groups and causes for recognition. After