Baltimore City Council
File #: 21-0004R    Version: 0 Name: Recognizing Systemic Racism as a Public Health Crisis
Type: City Council Resolution Status: Withdrawn
File created: 1/11/2021 In control: Baltimore City Council
On agenda: Final action: 6/24/2024
Enactment #:
Title: Recognizing Systemic Racism as a Public Health Crisis For the purpose of recognizing systemic racism as a public health crisis.
Sponsors: Robert Stokes, Sr., Antonio Glover, Sharon Green Middleton, Zeke Cohen, Phylicia Porter, Kristerfer Burnett
Indexes: Public Health Crisis, Racism, Recognizing
Attachments: 1. 21-0004R~1st Reader, 2. Planning 21-0004R, 3. DOT 21-0004R
* Warning: This is an unofficial, introductory copy of the bill.
The official copy considered by the City Council is the first reader copy.
Introductory*

City of Baltimore
Council Bill R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Stokes


A Resolution Entitled

A Council Resolution concerning
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Recognizing Systemic Racism as a Public Health Crisis
For the purpose of recognizing systemic racism as a public health crisis.
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Recitals

Whereas, Systemic racism has been an aspect of American life since the founding of this country;

Whereas, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have declared that health is determined in part by access to social and economic opportunities, and that the conditions in which we live affect why the health outcomes of some Americans are better than those of others;

Whereas, In recent decades, scientific research how shown that racism is a fundamental cause of poor health outcomes for racial minorities;

Whereas, Racial inequities have significant negative effects of the health outcomes of black and brown residents of Baltimore City and elsewhere;

Whereas, Systemic racism led to housing policies that created segregation, which resulted in black and brown residents of Baltimore City and other cities, living in poisoned environments filled with water pollution and air pollution and lacking basic access to affordable, fresh foods and efficient public transportation;

Whereas, Segregated, impoverished neighborhoods lack employment opportunities for residents, which can lead residents to turn to crime to pay for basic living expenses, which in turn makes such neighborhoods unsafe and stressful for...

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