WHITBY PUBLIC LIBRARY IS ANTI-BLACK.

On June 22nd, 2020 a group of concerned Uxbridge citizens presented to Council our collective concerns around a racist incident involving the display of a Confederate flag during a peaceful Black Lives Matter stand-in organized by Zed Pickering and Maggie Finlayson. The attached presentation discussion and powerpoint was co-created by a group of concerned Uxbridge citizens. We requested the following action be taken at the council meeting:1. In response to the Uxbridge #BlackLivesMatter stand-in on June 5th, 2020, where our families experienced a hateful act involving the Confederate Flag, we are urging council to immediately prohibit visible symbols of hate…