File #: 23-1173    Version: 1 Name: NATIONAL DAY OF RACIAL HEALING
Type: Consent Calendar Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 1/25/2023 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 1/26/2023 Final action: 1/26/2023
Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION OBSERVING AND HONORING JANUARY 17, 2023, AS THE NATIONAL DAY OF RACIAL HEALING IN COOK COUNTY WHEREAS, on the day after Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, a National Day of Racial Healing is observed; and WHEREAS, since 2017, the National Day of Racial Healing marks a time to contemplate our shared values and role in addressing racism's present consequences; and WHEREAS, the National Day of Racial Healing brings racial awareness to schools, libraries, parks and recreation centers, faith communities, local businesses, foundations and nonprofits, healthcare settings, artists and content creators, policymakers and decisionmakers; and WHEREAS, racial healing takes more than one day; and WHEREAS, racial healing requires that we acknowledge that racism disrupts the lives of so many children and families; and WHEREAS, racism affects all of us, whether we are aware of it or not, where we live, learn, work and play, at school and jobs, when renting and shopping, visiting a ...
Sponsors: SCOTT R. BRITTON, ALMA E. ANAYA, DENNIS DEER, BRIDGET DEGNEN, BRANDON JOHNSON, BILL LOWRY, DONNA MILLER, STANLEY MOORE, MAGGIE TREVOR, JOSINA MORITA, FRANK J. AGUILAR, JOHN P. DALEY, BRIDGET GAINER, MONICA GORDON, KEVIN B. MORRISON, SEAN M. MORRISON, ANTHONY J. QUEZADA
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PROPOSED RESOLUTION

OBSERVING AND HONORING JANUARY 17, 2023, AS THE NATIONAL DAY OF RACIAL HEALING IN COOK COUNTY

WHEREAS, on the day after Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, a National Day of Racial Healing is observed; and

WHEREAS, since 2017, the National Day of Racial Healing marks a time to contemplate our shared values and role in addressing racism's present consequences; and

WHEREAS, the National Day of Racial Healing brings racial awareness to schools, libraries, parks and recreation centers, faith communities, local businesses, foundations and nonprofits, healthcare settings, artists and content creators, policymakers and decisionmakers; and

WHEREAS, racial healing takes more than one day; and

WHEREAS, racial healing requires that we acknowledge that racism disrupts the lives of so many children and families; and

WHEREAS, racism affects all of us, whether we are aware of it or not, where we live, learn, work and play, at school and jobs, when renting and shopping, visiting a doctor or trying to access healthy food, in interactions with the police, and in our social interactions and policies; and

WHEREAS, racial healing recognizes the need to tell the truth about past wrongs created by individual and systemic racism, and address the historic and contemporary effects of this individual and systemic racism in our communities and institutions; and

WHEREAS, racial healing is part of community, organizational, and systems transformation; and

WHEREAS, racialized hate crimes have increased in recent years:

* In 2020, anti-Black hate crimes increased 49% over 2019 - the largest bias incident victim category,

* Anti-Asian hate crimes in major US cities rose by 164% percent in the first quarter of 2021 over the year before,

* Anti-Hispanic hate crimes rose 8.7% in 2019,

* Civil rights complaints from Muslims increased 9% in 2020; and

WHEREAS, any time is a good time to speak out against hate; and

WHEREAS, we must speak out against hate for anyone, ...

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