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Community Board 2 executive committee launches equity working group, circulates solidarity letter
Summary
The Community Board 2 executive committee on June 16 created an equity working group and circulated a draft letter of solidarity and action on racial justice; co-chairs Mar Fitzgerald and Patricia Larry asked the executive committee to invite board members to affix their names when the letter is presented to the full board.
The Community Board 2 executive committee voted to form an equity working group and circulated a draft letter of solidarity addressing recent racial-justice protests and systemic inequities.
The letter, drafted by the working-group co-chairs, is intended as a statement from individual board members to the community and — pending executive feedback — will be offered under “new business” at the full board meeting on Thursday for members to “affix their name,” Chair Carter said.
Board members said the statement is timely and broadly supported, but debated specific language and the…
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