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At its May 3 meeting, the Hays County Commissioners Court submitted a grant application for $1,085,325 to the Texas Indigent Defense Commission, Improvement Grant Program for the Hays County Holistic Public Defense Office and Managed Assigned Counsel Program, generating the request for a Public Defenderâs Office.
A renewal grant application was also authorized for submission to the Texas Indigent Defense Commission for the Indigent Defense Coordinator grant project in the amount of $77,292, for which the county will provide a cash match of up to 60%.
The Commissioners Court proclaimed May 9-15 as Police Week and May 15 as Peace Officers Memorial Day, acknowledging officers who have passed while in the line of duty.
Tuesday, February 2, 2021
The Hays County Commissioners Court recently proclaimed February as Black History Month in Hays County and many municipalities will follow suit in their upcoming city council meetings.
“This is the first time there has been a collaborative effort of the whole county to work together and put together this schedule of activities,” said Vanessa Westbrook, chair of the African American Heritage Committee of the Hays County Historical Commission. “Some of the activities have been going on for years. Some are new. The old and the new have met together to provide the citizens of Hays County with a great opportunity for discovery, exploration and learning about significant African Americans in Hays County.
The Dunbar Heritage Association’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration went virtual Monday.
The DHA asked viewers and members of the San Marcos community to take the Common-Unity pledge, which is a commitment to promoting and modeling specific objectives that reflect a set of behavioral standards that the association believes highlight three particular principles civility, collaboration and community.
“2020 was a very, very difficult year,” said Jonafa Banbury, DHA secretary, “a very, very controversial year. We live through some things that we never thought we’d see … The Dunbar Heritage Association was just thinking about what can we do in 2021? How can we start the year and honor Dr. King’s legacy of peaceful, nonviolent protest and trying to bring the lowest parts of our community to a sense of equity and equality and community? What can we do as an organization within San Marcos and Hays County?
Sunday, January 17, 2021
Dunbar Heritage Association will host a virtual wreath-laying ceremony on Monday, Jan. 18 at 11 a.m. The physical event will be filmed earlier in the day, but will be shared online via the Dunbar Heritage Association Facebook page @DunbarHeritage.
Since its inception in 1999, the DHA has come together with multiple San Marcos organizations to commemorate the main Black cultural holidays: MLK Day in January, Black History Month in February, and Juneteenth in June. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the celebration will look a little different than it has in years past, but it will continue to promote the core values that Dr. King hoped to inspire.