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OFFICE [JFTHE CITY MANAGER
NO. LTC # 381~2023 LETTER COMMISSION
TO: The Honorable Mayor Dan Gelber and Members of the City
Commission
FROM: Rafael E. (�ngnedo' City Clerk
DATE: August 3O'2O23
The purpose of this letter to the Mayor and Commission is to provide an update regarding
a motion made during the August 29, 2023 Black Affairs Advisory Committee ("BAAC")
MOTION: The B/V\Ccommemorates the 00(hanniversary ofthe March onWashington inthe
wake of the racially motivated massacre of three innocent Black bystanders by a white
supremacist in Jacksonville, Florida. As the President stated this week, "Silence is complicity,"
and the BAAC will never be silent on this issue. The BAAC again condemns the sustained,
b|otont, relentless, and systemic attack oOdemocracy and civil rights in Florida by the current
OeSentis adnninimtnation, which has significantly heightened hostilities towards Black and Brown
people and continues to amplify an environment that actively devalues Black Lives - resulting in
both the ACLU and NAACP issuing tnmva| advisories to the State.
'flotion was made by Melba Pearson and seconded by Henry Williams. Motion passed
Members in attendance: Glendon Hall (Chair), BVbiAmdrede (Vice -Chair), Troy E. Wright,
Melba Peorson, Brian Keane' EUU Warren and Siwipe/\nderoon' Henry Williams, and Dnnie
Foster.
Guest inattendance: Wylie Nvnmrd, Founder, Miami Takeover
For more information, please contact LiasetbaGarcia /\rnzQonte. Tnuhann and Culture
Director at orx2O5g7.
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