The Montana Racial Equity Project and American Civil Liberties Union of Montana announced in an open letter to Helena City Manager Rachel Harlow-Schalk that they are withdrawing from future meetings of the city s recently formed school resource officer working group unless certain changes are made.Â
The Helena City Commission in July directed city staff to engage in the development of a new (memorandum of understanding) to be completed by June 30th, 2021 with Helena Public Schools regarding the 21-year school resource officer program that uses city funding. Our experience at the initial Working Group meeting is that there is no interest in such a robust discussion and that the decision to keep the existing model of SROs in schools has already been made, the ACLU of Montana s Tuesday letter states.
City of Bozeman taking steps toward equity for all residents
Racial equity can be a challenging conversation to hold, especially in places that may not be largely diverse.
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BOZEMAN â Racial equity can be a challenging conversation to hold, especially in places that may not be largely diverse.
But the city of Bozeman says they want to have the conversation and address the issues.
Equity for all, but what does that look like in the city of Bozeman? Well, thatâs what they want to know.
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âThese are the specific areas in which we are seeing inequities persist, said Bozeman City Commissioner Christopher Coburn. Many of us have known theyâve been there for a very long time. But now, weâll know as a community theyâre there and we can begin to have some really well-informed conversations about whatâs next. How do we correct this?â
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Montgomery: The city will offer 100 $50 Walmart gift cards each at four neighborhood COVID-19 vaccine clinics in an attempt to combat declining numbers in the state. The clinics will not require an appointment, insurance or identification. “Our goal has always been to protect the lives and livelihoods of everyone in Montgomery,” Mayor Steven Reed said in a statement. “The COVID-19 vaccines are our best chance to do so.” The city is also organizing free rides to and from the clinics for those without transportation. People can call 211 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. on weekdays to schedule private transportation. Montgomery has also partnered with Uber on the initiative, and residents can use promo code 10MVMONTGOMERY to schedule a ride through the app. COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Alabama continues to decline rapidly, with the state
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) Multiple groups have asked the federal government to rename three Montana geographic features currently named after a Confederate Civil War leader and proponent of slavery. The groups the Montana Racial Equity Project, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, the Montana Human Rights Network and several others asked the U.S. […]
Seven groups asked the U.S. Board of Geographic Names on Tuesday to rename three geographic places in Montana now named after Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederated States of America during the Civil War, and change them in honor of Indigenous people and Chinese immigrants.
A petition was submitted by the Montana Racial Equity Project, the Montana Human Rights Network, Forward Montana Foundation, Mai Wah Society, The Montana Wilderness Association, The Wilderness Society and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT).
Those places include Davis Gulch, just south of Helenaâs city limits in Lewis and Clark County, and Jeff Davis Peak and Jeff Davis Creek, located in the southern stretch of the Bitterroot Range.