Recap of the Germantown Racial Equity Forum

Wednesday’s Community Conversation on Racial Equity and Social Justice at the BlackRock Center for the Arts in Germantown was standing room only.

Here’s a Tweet recap of the event:

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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About Deirdre Byrne

Deirdre Byrne is a social media coordinator for Montgomery Community Media. She can be reached at dbyrne@mymcmedia.org or on twitter at @DeirdreByrneMCM.

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