Bill No. 22-61 A Resolution Calling for Reparatory Justice

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established to be responsible for advising the City on how to make financial reparations to impacted communities. Section III. The Common Council hereby encourages the City to target investment into institutions and programs that provide affordable housing,psychological counseling, health care services, and vocational training to impacted communities, their family members and others affected by aforementioned practices. Section IV. The Common Council hereby calls on the South Bend Community School Corporation to work with the City around reparatory justice efforts for impacted communities and to incorporate into its curriculum a history lesson about the experiences of African Americans in South Bend and their efforts to hold those at fault accountable and to seek reparatory justice for affected communities. Section V.The Common Council hereby commits to supporting the creation of public memorials that memorialize African American history in the City. Section VI. The Common Council hereby calls on the City to develop a detailed plan to set aside a significant portion of federal American Rescue Plan and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act dollars to fund institutions and programs designated by impacted communities that provide affordable housing, psychological counseling, health care services, and vocational training to impacted communities,their family members and others affected by said practices. Section VII This resolution shall become effective upon the date of passage. Dated this 9th day of January 2023. Approved this 9th Day January 2023 Sharon McBride, President, South Bend Common Council Attest: Dawn M. Jones, City Clerk Presented by me, the undersigned Clerk of the City of South Bend, to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana on the day of January 2023 at_o'clock . m.