The Franklin Democratic Town
Committee (FDTC) proudly supports the Black Lives Matter movement and its goals
of dismantling systemic racism and ensuring equality for all, in Franklin, in
our Commonwealth and across our nation.
To achieve these ends, the FDTC is
dedicated to working to eliminate the social and health care inequities that
have resulted in disproportionate health risks, and the historic targeting and
systemic violence against Black, Indigenous and People of Color communities by
pursuing equal justice within our judicial system. This is not a political
issue that should divide Franklin residents, but a required step in our
never-ending efforts to perfect our democracy.
The FDTC
calls on all Franklin residents and community leaders to join in the hard work
of achieving true social and racial justice in Franklin through the following
action steps:
- Support the continued movement of the Franklin Police
Department toward greater community policing and the hiring of officers of
color and diverse gender.
- Call out and oppose any
voter suppression attempts by elected officials or organized groups including
efforts to suppress the vote of the poor or people of color within Franklin or
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
- We support the Town of Franklin in their continued efforts to hire a
diverse professional staff and we stand by the Franklin PS in their efforts to
create a diverse cultural curriculum.
We stand together in the words of Civil Rights activist,
Congressman John Lewis:
“Freedom is not a state; it is an act. It is not
some enchanted garden perched high on a distant plateau where we can finally
sit down and rest. Freedom is the continuous action we all must take, and each
generation must do its part to create an even more fair, more just society.”
Approved and endorsed by:
The elected and associate members
of the Franklin Democratic Town Committee, July 15, 2020
For more
information contact the FDTC Co-Affirmative Action Officers: Joni Magee (AffirmativeActionOfficer@FranklinDemocrats.org)
Dave McNeill (AffirmativeAction@FranklinDemocrats.org)
www.FranklinDemocrats.org
