81-010
RESOLUTION
of the
CI1Y OF SHOREWOOD
Referred to
Date:
Conm.
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Urging Shore\\Uod City Council members to wear or display green ribbons in
support and concern for Black families and their children in Atlanta,
WHEREAS, the color green is symbolic of life; and
WHEREAS, the life-cycle of twenty (20) Black children have been heinously
halted; and
and
WHEREAS, the lives of Black children in Atlanta are continually threatened;
WHEREAS, the Black comnunity in Atlanta is encompassed in the suffocating
atmosphere of grief, apprehension, and fear;
N&, TIIEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY !HE CI1Y COUNCIL OF !HE CI1Y OF SHOREWOOD:
That the City Council supports and will join in the wearing or displaying
green ribbons showing their support and concern for the Black families and their
children in Atlanta.
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RECORD OF COUNCIL VOTE
Aye Nay Abstn Absnt
Mayor John Baird
Jan Haugen, Council\\OTlan
Tad Shaw, Councilman
Al Leonardo, Councilman
Robert Rascop, Councilman
Passed
19
Approved )
Not Approved)
Vetoed )
19
ATTEST:
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