Board of Commissioners of Cook County - File #: 19-4285

• File #: 19-4285
• Version: 2
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Approved
• File created: 6/24/2019
• In control: Health & Hospitals Committee
• On agenda: 6/27/2019
• Final action: 7/25/2019
• Title: PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO ITEM 19-4285 PROPOSED RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING RACISM AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS DECLARING RACISM AND RACIAL INEQUALITIES A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS IN COOK COUNTY WHEREAS, Public Health Awareness raises awareness of the relationship between the health of individuals and the health of their communities; and WHEREAS, African Americans comprise 1.3 million of Cook County's total population, the largest in any County, and Latin Americans comprise a comparable percentage of Cook County's population; and WHEREAS, race is a social construction with no biological basis; and WHEREAS, studies link racism to negative health outcomes; and WHEREAS, areas falling under the public health category include healthy communities, violence prevention, rural health, technology, public health, climate change, and global health; and WHEREAS, the promotion of healthy communities directly relates to the health of individuals, and encourages expanding public health support networks to dec...
• Sponsors: DENNIS DEER, ALMA E. ANAYA, SCOTT R. BRITTON, JOHN P. DALEY, BRIDGET DEGNEN, BRIDGET GAINER, BRANDON JOHNSON, BILL LOWRY, DONNA MILLER, STANLEY MOORE, KEVIN B. MORRISON, TONI PRECKWINKLE (President), PETER N. SILVESTRI, DEBORAH SIMS, LARRY SUFFREDIN, JEFFREY R. TOBOLSKI, LUIS ARROYO JR

Date	Ver.	Action By	Motion	Result
7/25/2019	1	Board of Commissioners	approve as substituted	Pass
7/24/2019	1	Health & Hospitals Committee	accept as substituted	Pass
7/24/2019	2	Health & Hospitals Committee	recommend for approval as substituted	Pass
6/27/2019	1	Board of Commissioners	refer	Pass

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PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO ITEM 19-4285

PROPOSED RESOLUTION

RECOGNIZING RACISM AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS DECLARING RACISM AND RACIAL INEQUALITIES A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS IN COOK COUNTY

WHEREAS, Public Health Awareness raises awareness of the relationship between the health of individuals and the health of their communities; and

WHEREAS, African Americans comprise 1.3 million of Cook County's total population, the largest in any County, and Latin Americans comprise a comparable percentage of Cook County's population; and

WHEREAS, race is a social construction with no biological basis; and

WHEREAS, studies link racism to negative health outcomes; and

WHEREAS, areas falling under the public health category include healthy communities, violence prevention, rural health, technology, public health, climate change, and global health; and

WHEREAS, the promotion of healthy communities directly relates to the health of individuals, and encourages expanding public health support networks to decrease racial disparities in health outcomes; and

WHEREAS, communities of color are disproportionally impacted by social detriments to health, such as: increased exposure to lead; poor air quality; lack of safe places to walk, bike, run, live, and inadequate health education; and

WHEREAS, Cook County is the 2nd largest County in the United States, with health disparities among its racial populations, and

WHEREAS, racism is a social system with multiple dimensions, including individual racism and systemic racism; and

WHEREAS, individual racism is internalized or interpersonal, which may manifest in microaggressions against others based on race; and

WHEREAS, systemic racism is an institutional or structural system based on structuring opportunity and assigning value through the social interpretation of one's race; and

WHEREAS, systemic racism unfairly disadvantages individuals, businesses, and communities while simultaneously depleting the strength of society through the...