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From: Bonnie Johnstone <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, November 14, 2022 12:01 PM
To: councilmtgitems
Subject: Formal apology
EXTERNAL
The time has come(in fact, it's overdue) for a strong sincere formal apology to the African-American Community for the wrongs done by the city in the past & present. Hoping for your votes & actions in that direction! Thank you.
Bonnie Johnstone
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From: Natalya Zernitskaya <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2022 1:07 PM
To: councilmtgitems
Cc: Sue Himmelrich; Christine Parra; Oscar de la Torre; Gleam Davis; Kristin McCowan; Phil Brock; Lana Negrete; David White; Attorney Mailbox
Subject: City Council Agenda 11/15/2022- Item 16F
EXTERNAL
Good Afternoon Mayor Himmelrich, Mayor Pro Tem McCowan, and City Councilmembers, I strongly support Item 16F, the request of Mayor Himmelrich for the Council to adopt a Statement of Apology to African American Residents and their Descendants and direct the City Manager to commit to programs, policies, and investments that can educate the public about this history of discrimination and its ongoing consequences, and to ferreting out and overturning systemically racist policies to ensure that the pain caused by several decades of racial injustice and discrimination against blacks and other people of color is mitigated to the extent possible, as well as to direct the City Manager to post this apology on the City’s website and in a public location within the City.
I believe this is a step in the right direction towards dismantling systemic racism and enacting programs and policies that would rectify the effects of such systemic racism within our City.
I am grateful to Mayor Himmelrich for placing this item on the agenda and hope that the Council will unanimously support it.
Best Regards,
Natalya
Natalya Zernitskaya (she/her)
[email protected]
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