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Los Angeles wants future monuments and memorials to more accurately reflect its history


Los Angeles wants future monuments and memorials to more accurately reflect its history
Alex Wigglesworth
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Activists toppled and defaced a statue of Father Junipero Serra in downtown Los Angeles in July of 2020. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)
A memorial to the victims of an anti-Chinese massacre in the 1800s. A tribute to the front-line workers in the COVID-19 pandemic. The appointment of an official city historian.
These are among the recommendations announced last week by a group empaneled by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti s office to help develop ways to more accurately reflect the triumphs as well as the darker moments in the city s history. ....

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Group Issues Recommendations On How LA Can Commemorate Difficult Histories


By City News Service
Apr 15, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Mayor Eric Garcetti today released the findings of a group his office created to help guide Los Angeles on how to commemorate tragic and difficult aspects of the city s history.
The Civic Memory Working Group made up of over 40 historians, architects, artists, indigenous leaders, city officials, scholars and cultural leaders worked with community leaders, including L.A City/County Native American Indian Commission s Executive Director Alexandra Valdes, to create civic memory recommendations in its 166-page report.
The group recommends the city commemorate difficult histories, including through a citywide, ephemeral and permanent commemoration to victims of the 1871 Anti-Chinese Massacre on Oct. 24, 2021, the 150th anniversary of the day in which 500 white and Hispanic people robbed and murdered 19 Chinese residents. ....

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Revamped Bright Futures bill clears first hurdle


Revamped Bright Futures bill clears first hurdle
By Ryan Dailey
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - With dozens of students testifying against the bill, a controversial plan to reduce Bright Futures scholarships for students who pursue degrees deemed unlikely to lead to jobs was approved Tuesday by a Senate committee.
The proposal (SB 86), sponsored by Sen. Dennis Baxley, R-Ocala, advanced from the Republican-controlled Senate Education Committee in a 5-4 party-line vote.
An amendment adopted by the committee changed the proposal from completely cutting Bright Futures aid for certain majors to reducing the scholarship amounts awarded to students. The majors at risk of reduced scholarships would be on lists of degrees deemed by higher education governing boards as not leading to employment. ....

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