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Marie Sunseri
From:Doug Leich <leichd@gmail.com>
Sent:Monday, February 20, 2023 2:40 PM
To:Marie Sunseri
Subject:Comment for Feb. 21 Town Council meeting. agenda item 4, For the Good of the
Town
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Dear Mayor Storer, Vice Mayor Stepper and Councilmembers Arnerich, Fong, and Morgan,
Thank you for your proclamation Recognizing February 2023 as Black History Month. On the same day as your
proclamation, February 7, the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution proclaiming
February 12-18 as African American Mental Health Awareness Week, proclaiming February 15 as Miles Hall
Day of Remembrance, and proclaiming March 8 as Tyrell Wilson Day of Remembrance. March 8 is Tyrell's
birthday.
I ask the Danville Town Council to join the County in recognizing March 8 as Tyrell Wilson Day of
Remembrance. I ask you to make this recognition publicly as soon as possible. The pain of Tyrell's tragic
death in Danville two years ago is still vivid. It is Danville's part in the national epidemic of the killing of black
people by police. We must not forget this injustice. We must continue to say his name and remember his
humanity. Your recognition of March 8 as Tyrell Wilson Day of Remembrance will help our Town to do that.
And I ask you to go beyond matching the County's proclamation of March 8, 2023 at Tyrell Wilson Day of
Remembrance to proclaim March 8 as an annual Tyrell Wilson Day of Remembrance and February 9 as an
annual Laudemer Arboleda Day of Remembrance. Such annual remembrances would be a fitting way to
remind ourselves of these two senseless fatal police shootings of young men of color in Danville.
Sincerely,
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Doug Leich
leichd@gmail.com
244 Pulido Road, Danville
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