Agenda Item Name:
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Resolution for Public Purpose for the Community Remembrance Project
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Presenter:
Carl Smart, Assistant County Manager
Description:
Resolution establishing a public purpose for the Truth and Reconciliation process and operation of the Alachua County Community Remembrance Project.
Recommended Action:
Recommended Action
Adopt the Resolution and establish a public purpose for the Truth and Reconciliation process and operation of the Alachua County Community Remembrance Project.
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Prior Board Motions:
At the November 13, 2018 Board Meeting the Commission had a Truth and Reconciliation Discussion and moved the following:
1. The County Commission hereby initiates its Truth and Reconciliation process, the goal of which is to set an example for how local government can recall its role in our history of racial injustice, and repair what it can through official apologies and appropriate reparations.
2. The County will research its history of voter suppression, segregation in housing and public accommodations, discrimination in hiring and economic opportunity, participation in leased prison labor to fund county government and build/maintain public facilities, differences in the provision of government services, and any other government actions or inactions that deserve to be remembered.
3. The County will cooperate in and co-sponsor one or more symposiums or conferences where "truth and reconciliation" is the topic, and where experts with experience in similar processes are invited to provide insights.
4. The County will facilitate town hall meetings where people can tell their story and react to historical findings.
5. The County will co-sponsor and assist in one or more public reading projects, such as the Gainesville Mayor's Book Club.
6. The County will create an online archive of documents, images and recordings, related to this project. This may be done in cooperation with the county's constitutional officers, the Libra...
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