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Meeting Date:
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3/8/2021 - 5:00 PM
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Category:
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Recognitions and Resolutions
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Type:
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Action
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Subject:
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9.1 Resolution No. 21-25: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination - March 21, 2021
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LCAP (Local Control Accountability Plan) Goal:
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Enclosure
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File Attachment:
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Summary:
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The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is observed annually on the day the police in Sharpeville, South Africa, opened fire and killed 69 people at a peaceful demonstration against apartheid "pass laws" in 1960.
In 1979, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a program of activities to be undertaken during the second half of the Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination. On that occasion, the General Assembly decided that a week of solidarity with the peoples struggling against racism and racial discrimination, beginning on March 21, would be organized annually in all States.
Since then, the apartheid system in South Africa has been dismantled. Racist laws and practices have been abolished in many countries, and an international framework for fighting racism has been built, guided by the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The Convention is now nearing universal ratification, yet still, in all regions, many individuals, communities and societies suffer from the injustice and stigma that racism brings.
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Funding:
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Recommendation:
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Approve Resolution No. 21-25: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination - March 21, 2021.
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Approvals:
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Recommended By:
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Signed By:
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Debbie Maher - Executive Assistant
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Signed By:
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Nellie Meyer - Superintendent
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