Así transcurrió el foro sobre equidad racial y justicia social

Ayer miércoles, la conversación comunitaria sobre equidad racial y justicia social en el Centro de Artes BlackRock en Germantown, estuvo representada por sus anfitriones, la presidenta del Concejo del Condado de Montgomery, Nancy Navarro, el Ejecutivo del Condado Marc Elrich, líderes y miembros de la comunidad.

A continuación un resumen de las publicaciones, que Montgomery Community Media, captó en Twitter durante la noche:

Anyone who isn’t here can watch the conversation live-streamed on @CountyCableMoCo 👍🏻 pic.twitter.com/kgXwukrFky

— Deirdre Byrne (@DeirdreByrne_) June 26, 2019

@MoCoCouncilMD President @nancy_navarro is introducing all of the Councilmembers in attendance (@albornoz_gabe is out of town so a representative of his is here on his behalf). pic.twitter.com/WIizj8nzMN

— Deirdre Byrne (@DeirdreByrne_) June 26, 2019

.@nancy_navarro projects this graph showing demographic shifts at @mcps since 2002. pic.twitter.com/6x5dxaY5hj

— Deirdre Byrne (@DeirdreByrne_) June 26, 2019

.@marc_elrich: “America has a particular problem and it’s a problem on race.”

Someone in the crowd said “Thank you, sir.” pic.twitter.com/YG4wLvXP0y

— Deirdre Byrne (@DeirdreByrne_) June 26, 2019

“I’ve never walked into an interview and had to think about what an interviewer thought about a white guy,” said @Marc_Elrich. “Imagine what it’s like to have to think about being black all the time.”

— Deirdre Byrne (@DeirdreByrne_) June 26, 2019

.@marc_elrich says his office will appoint a racial equity officer and he’d like to see this conversation become “part of the DNA of Montgomery County.” pic.twitter.com/XYuj3a8a1P

— Deirdre Byrne (@DeirdreByrne_) June 26, 2019

Now we are reviewing what advancing racial equity means for @MontgomeryCoMD. pic.twitter.com/3zZUWn56nZ

— Deirdre Byrne (@DeirdreByrne_) June 26, 2019

Now community members are about to participate in groups and answer these three questions: pic.twitter.com/QYyuG2plxp

— Deirdre Byrne (@DeirdreByrne_) June 26, 2019

Here’s a look at county leaders participating in small group discussions, including @marc_elrich, @MC_Council_Katz, and @willjawando . pic.twitter.com/BJ4GNM90W2

— Deirdre Byrne (@DeirdreByrne_) June 27, 2019

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