Meeting Time: March 24, 2021 at 4:00pm PDT
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M.-1 21-0194 Adoption by the Board of Education of Resolution No. 2021-0037 - Reparations for Black Students (Revised).

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    Ema Jitsukawa over 3 years ago

    Please vote YES on the Reparations Resolution without amendments.

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    Chandra Ingram over 3 years ago

    Please VOTE YES on the Reparations for Black Students Resolution and reinvest in Black students, families, schools and staff in OUSD. This is a no brainer!

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    JahYee Woo over 3 years ago

    I urge a YES vote on the Reparations for Black Students today. As a resident of District 2, I urge you, Director Eng, to listen to and represent your constituents in voting Yes, just like your counterpart in District 2 in Oakland's City Council publicly urged the Board to do on 2/24/21. As an educator in District, I urge you, Director Davis, to act on your word to the students of District 1 and vote yes. The time is now to repair the decades of harm on our Black families and adopt a stance that centers the district's commitment to the success of our Black Students.

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    donna milich over 3 years ago

    Please VOTE YES on the Reparations for Black Students Resolution - to repair the harm caused by decades of disinvestment - and to reinvest in Black students, families, schools, and staff in OUSD.

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    Jennifer Viale over 3 years ago

    Please VOTE YES on the Reparations for Black Students Resolution - to repair the harm caused by decades of disinvestment - and to reinvest in Black students, families, schools, and staff in OUSD.

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    Marit Sonstelie over 3 years ago

    Support

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    Monica Jones over 3 years ago

    Vote yes on reparations without amendments. Stop the anti black school closures and invest in historically black school. Redirect funds from police to support schools.

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    Cindy Beckley over 3 years ago

    My grandchildren are in OUSD & this is past due. Please support without amendments.

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    Annabelle Nash over 3 years ago

    Please pass this resolution. This is something that our community needs and it will only help our schools and the Oakland community as a whole! This is an important and necessary step to ending systematic racism.

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    Jessica Gray over 3 years ago

    I fully support the reparations for black students resolution. You have the opportunity to listen and collaboratively work together with educators, families, and advocates in fully supporting black families in this district. Please vote yes.

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    Ash CareraHenry over 3 years ago

    I strongly support reparations for Black Students! This is an important step in amending and healing from centuries of systemic racism!

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    Isaac Emrick over 3 years ago

    This is a necessary tool to begin addressing centuries of systematic inequality for Black students and their families.

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    Shana Rigelhaupt over 3 years ago

    I strongly support the Reparations for Black Students resolution. I urge the Board to vote YES on the resolution and to reject any amendment that removes school closures from the demands.

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    Sarah Benatar over 3 years ago

    I support the reparations for black students resolution

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    corrin haskell over 3 years ago

    support this measure "As-is'.
    last month's attempted "amendments" were disgraceful.

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    Betty OlsonJones over 3 years ago

    I strongly urge the Board to vote YES on the Reparations for Black Students resolution, and especially to reject any amendment that removes school closures from the demands. As a retired elementary school teacher and former President of the Oakland Education Association, and an Oakland flatlands resident for over 40 years, I can attest to the dire need for extra support for and investment in our Black students; the playing field is NOT equal. Stand on the right side of history!

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    Bethany Meyer over 3 years ago

    Keep Black Schools Open! I urge the board to take bold action and listen to the call from Black Oakland for what is owed to Black Students. We owe Black Students a plan of action that names the inequities within the system and responds with the appropriate resources to repair harm and lift up their brilliance. Tonight, we ask for one simple thing. We ask for a plan and a commitment to fund Black students resources with transparency and partnership with Oakland community and beyond. Now is the time to be bold, to demonstrate that all the behinds scenes discussions on equity become real. Now is the time to bring together and prioritize what is working for black students and scale up. Time is running out. Every year, we lose more and more black students and their families.

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    Raina Armstrong over 3 years ago

    Please vote yes

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    Kimi Lee over 3 years ago

    I am a parent of 2 children in OUSD. As an Asian American, I feel it is more important than ever to support reparations for Black students and build together. Please VOTE YES on the Reparations for Black Students Resolution - to repair the harm caused by decades of disinvestment - and to reinvest in Black students, families, schools, and staff in OUSD.

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    Sylviane Cohn over 3 years ago

    Black families and educators have told you what they need and deserve! Vote YES on the Reparations for Black Students Resolution - without amendments!