Asked the City Manager to appoint the members of a working committee tasked with integrating the objectives of both the Task Force to Examine the Status and Wellbeing of the City’s African American/Black Population and the Commission on the Status of Black Men and Boys into a unified, actionable framework

How it started

Mar 17, 2025 · Proposed by Councillors Simmons and Wilson: a formal request from the Council to the administration.

What happened

Mar 17, 2025 · ✅ Adopted, and also sent to a committee for further work (Order adopted and referred)

Present and voting at this meeting (9)

Ayesha M. Wilson
Burhan Azeem
Cathie Zusy
E. Denise Simmons
Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
Marc McGovern
Patty Nolan
Paul F. Toner
Sumbul Siddiqui

Adopted by voice vote. A voice vote records the outcome, not individual positions. No member's yes or no is on the record (though a member can ask to be recorded in the negative in the minutes). Showing the members who cast recorded votes at this meeting. Rule 6 requires a roll call for spending over $50 or on any member's request; state law requires one for every vote when a member participates remotely. · photos: City of Cambridge

What’s next

⌛ No response on the docket: nothing has been filed back under this request's number (AR 2025 #17 open, 521 days). Answers sometimes arrive as other items; this ledger tracks only this one.

Order adopted and referredMar 17, 2025

Referred for reportAR 2025-17Mar 24, 2025

Awaiting answer⏳ pending521 days and counting

The item's path through the council, every recorded step. How the request pipeline works

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🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Mar 17, 2025