This is a copy of the email President Heather McMeekan sent to the Macomb Mayor, Mike Inman, and the members of the Macomb City Council, as well as several others.
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Dear Mayor Inman & Macomb City Council Members,
Thank you for the opportunity to address the Council last night. I greatly appreciate being given a few extra minutes to finish reading the letter.
Attached is the letter I read to the City Council last night. It references the Chronicle of Higher Education article at https://www.chronicle.com/interactiv…/20191101-Western-Race…
Also attached to this email is the affadavit from Joanne Curtis, read by our 2nd V.P. Verna Parkins last night.
Some examples of city council proclamations we reviewed in preparing our letter include:
- https://www.newsandtribune.com/…/article_67421046-83b1-11e7…
- https://www.portlandoregon.gov/wheeler/article/711936
- https://billingsgazette.com/…/article_5b850d29-355c-5701-a5…
- https://wqow.com/…/eau-claire-city-council-passes-resoluti…/
Sample Proclamations Resource: https://www.niot.org/c…/action-kit/sample-city-proclamations
A resource we’ve found helpful to our members and leadership team: Ten Ways to Fight Hate: A Community Response Guide: https://www.splcenter.org/…/ten-ways-fight-hate-community-r…
We appreciate your service to our city and consideration for our requests, and look forward to receiving your response.
Respectfully Submitted,
Heather McMeekan, President
Democratic Women of McDonough County