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College Park restorative-justice panel urges Lakeland reparative steps, asks council to give new charge
Summary
The city—ormal Restorative Justice Commission presented a report recommending restitution, compensation, rehabilitation, satisfaction and guarantees of non-repetition for harms from Lakeland—ra urban renewal and asked the mayor and council to accept the report and give the commission a renewed charge to lead implementation.
College Park—ity—ouncil heard a detailed restorative-justice report on Oct. 7 from the city—ommission charged with examining harms tied to urban renewal in the Lakeland neighborhood and recommending steps to repair them.
The report, presented by Maxine Gross, chair of the Restorative Justice Commission, outlined a set of recommendations organized around the United Nations reparations framework nd a companion study prepared by the Braxton Institute. Gross said the commission—ound five pillars of community life in Lakeland—housing, learning, gathering, nature and connectivity—and recommended policies intended to repair and restore those pillars.
Commissioners asked the council to accept the report and to give the commission a new charge to move implementation forward. "We are asking the support of preservation and official designation of Lakeland sites of community significance, including the Lakeland High School, First Baptist Church,…
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