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Dept/ Agency: Offices of Municipal Council/City Clerk
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Supporting the New Jersey Senate Bill No. S386 and New Jersey Assembly Bill No. A938
Purpose: To support the New Jersey Senate Bill No. S386 and New Jersey Assembly Bill No. A938 establishing the "New Jersey Reparations Task Force Act".
Sponsor: Council Member, John Sharpe James
Additional Information:
This Resolution supports the New Jersey Senate Bill No. S386 and New Jersey Assembly Bill No. A938 establishing the "New Jersey Reparations Task Force Act" to conduct research and develop proposals to address the generational harms caused by New Jersey's role in America's institution of slavery and its legacy of systemic racial discrimination.
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WHEREAS, on January 11, 2022, New Jersey State Senators Ronald L. Rice (District 28, Essex) and Senator Sandra B. Cunningham (District 31, Hudson) introduced New Jersey Senate Bill No. S386 and New Jersey Assembly Members, Verlina Reynold-Jackson (District 15, Hunterdon and Mercer), Assemblywoman Shavonda Sumter (District 35, Bergen and Passaic), and Assemblywoman Britnee Timberlake (District 34, Essex and Passaic) introduced New Jersey Assembly Bill No. A938, collectively the "New Jersey Reparations Task Force Act", which seeks to conduct research and develop reparatory proposals and recommendations to address the generational harms caused by New Jersey's role in America's institution of slavery and its legacy of systemic racial discrimination; and
WHEREAS, New Jersey's deep roots in American slavery and its vestiges have endured to the present day. A direct line can be traced from New Jersey's role in American slavery to its system today of voter suppression, racial wealth disparities, mass incarceration, racial segregation, and crumbling infrastructure in Black communities in New Jersey; and
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