Agenda Items ▸ Policy Orders
POR 2021-46
Asked the City Manager to direct the Historical Commission to initiate a process to begin chronicling the rich and vibrant history of people of color in Cambridge, similar to other City-commissioned books such as “We Are the Port: Stories of Place, Perseverance, and Pride in the Port/Area 4 Cambridge, Massachusetts 1845-2005” and “All in the Same Boat” and “Crossroads: Stories of Central Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts 1912-2000”
How it started
Mar 15, 2021 · Proposed by Councillor E. Denise Simmons: a formal request from the Council to the administration.
What happened
Mar 15, 2021 · ✅ Order adopted. The Council's request went to the City Manager. (unanimous)
Voted yes (9), unanimous
Dennis Carlone
Patty Nolan
Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
Alanna Mallon
Marc McGovern
Sumbul Siddiqui
E. Denise Simmons
Timothy J. Toomey
Quinton Zondervan
What’s next
⌛ No response on the docket: nothing has been filed back under this request's number (AR 2021 #17 open, 1,977 days). Answers sometimes arrive as other items; this ledger tracks only this one.
Order adopted, unanimousMar 15, 2021
Awaiting answer⏳ pending1,977 days and counting
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