HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 3a. Black History Month ProclamationBlack histouy month
f 613RUa12y 2024
WhEpeaS, foundcd By the &NcatEd woRk Of caRtep q. wooason In 1926 to BII attention
to the need foR acknowLedciincl, cdewzAtmG, and accuRateLy RepResentinq Black and afPicAn
ameRican histoRy, and the Landmapk influence of this community in shapinq the nation; and
wheReas caRteR c,. wooason Laid the foundation to estaglish Black histoRy month; and
BeC,InnInc, In 1975, eveRy pResident has declaiI the month Of feBRuaRy AS "Black histoRy
month;" ana
wheReas, Black and a fiI ameRicans have made ImmeasupaBle contRiButions that have
enRiched the united states of ameRica, ana maeea the Lives of evepy individual in the nation;
and Black and afRican ameRicans have maac and continue to make AMERICA a BEttER place fop
ALL; and
WheneaS, thRouc�hout histopy, Black and afRicAn ameRicans have expeRienced and
endURed injustices and Inequities - fROm Societal and institutional Buses ana BIC,Otpy Rooted
In expeRiences of 61OLSp012a and displacement, systemic oppRession, and White SUPREMACY;
and
wheReas, It IS a movAL and JUStICC-Based impcRative that each of us LcaRns aBout, shcds
Licht upon, and condemns such Injustices and Inequities that Black and afRICan ameRicanS
Continue to experience and enduRe, But mopeoveR that each of us take action to BUILd
Community, amplify thenz VOICES, and Realize tpUe Chance.
now theRe f ORE, I, ciI a. Stewapt, mayoR of the City of San Luis oBlspo, on Behalf of the
entlRe city council do heiI RecocInlze feBRuapy 2024 as national Black hlstopy month and
Rccommena all citizens of the county of San Luis owspo to join In Recocrnzmc, the
Impoptance of this month. ,.J YL .
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