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23-0139 Resolution Approved

Recognizing January 27, 2023 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Sponsors
Jake Wilson, Jefferson Thomas (J.T.) Scott, Matthew McLaughlin, Charlotte Kelly, Beatriz Gomez Mouakad , Ben Ewen-Campen, Lance L. Davis, Jesse Clingan, Willie Burnley Jr., Kristen Strezo, Judy Pineda Neufeld
Introduced
Jan 23, 2023
Assigned to
City Council
Enactment #
214834
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History

  1. Jan 26, 2023
    City Council Approved · roll call: pass Meeting agenda, item 4.10.

Official text

Recognizing January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. WHEREAS: Friday, January 27, 2023 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, and marks the seventy-eighth anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp; and WHEREAS: 2023 marks the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising; and WHEREAS: The City of Somerville has a strong and vibrant Jewish community that forms an essential part of our diverse and welcoming City; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That the Somerville City Council respectfully recognizes January 27th as International Holocaust Remembrance day; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That, on this anniversary, the Somerville City Council recommits itself to combating the global rise in anti-Semitism, and advancing an inclusive Somerville that rejects hate and discrimination.