Agenda Item Name:
Title
Truth and Reconciliation Update
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Presenter:
Jackie Chung, Joel Laguerre, and Kathleen Pagan
Description:
Truth and Reconciliation Update
Recommended Action:
Recommended Action
Review website, action plan and presentation.
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Prior Board Motions:
Nov. 13, 2018 -
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 Library District, the University of Florida, and local historic museums. As much as possible, original documents and interviews with those directly affected will be collected rather than relying on secondhand accounts and historical interpretations. The County website will provide the County's role but should provide hyperlinks to the other resources from the o...
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