Substitute
Public Hearing: YES ☐ NO ☒ Department: Board of Commissioners - District 3
Co- Sponsor - Dr. Sandra Ford, Director/CEO of the DeKalb County Board of Health
SUBJECT:
Title
Commission District(s): All Commission Districts
Request to pass a resolution to declare racism a public health crisis in DeKalb County with the data based on the studies conducted
Body
Information Contact: Commissioner Larry Johnson
Phone Number: 404-371-2425
PURPOSE:
The resolution is to request the DeKalb County declares racism as a public health crisis. Racism is a social system with multiple dimensions: individual racism that is internalized or interpersonal; systemic racism that is institutional or structural and is a system of structuring opportunity and assigning value based on the social interpretation of how one looks.
NEED/IMPACT:
Assert that racism is a public health crisis affecting our community.
FISCAL IMPACT:
N/A
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommended Action
To approve the resolution and authorize the Chief Executive Officer to execute all necessary documents.