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Deputies from the Franklin County Sheriff Department sit in front of a Blue Lives Matter flag at a police reform meeting in February 2021.
(Screenshot) Conversations about systemic racism and policing are happening across New York right now, sparked by a statewide mandate to reform law enforcement agencies after the death of George Floyd last summer. The reform process has revealed deep divisions in the way people in the North Country think about racial bias and policing . After George Floyd was killed by police, there were protests against police brutality and in support of the Black Lives Matter movement in Glens Falls, Saranac Lake, Ogdensburg, Potsdam and Plattsburgh.
Mar 09, 2021 Conversations about systemic racism and policing are happening across the North Country right now, sparked by a statewide mandate to reform law enforcement agencies after the death of George Floyd last summer. The reform process has revealed deep divisions in the way people think about racial bias and policing in the North Country.
Emily RussellNorth Country police face calls to end systemic racism. Many doubt it exists
People packed the streets of Plattsburgh in early June 2020 for a Black Lives Matter march. Photo: Emily Russell
After George Floyd was killed by police, people in the North Country protested against police brutality and in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, organizing rallies in Glens Falls, Saranac Lake, Ogdensburg, Potsdam, and Plattsburgh.
Conversations about systemic racism and policing are happening across the North Country right now, sparked by a statewide mandate to reform law enforcement agencies after the death of George Floyd last summer. The reform process has revealed deep.
Donathan Brown and Cindy Rodriguez, co-founders of Adirondack Diversity Solutions (Photo provided)
The National Council of Nonprofits is currently urging nonprofits to consider how they can apply their often-stated values of diversity, equity and inclusion in their daily operations, including board makeup, staff diversity and the services they provide. Doing so, they believe nonprofits will reap the benefits of increased outcomes in direct services, capacity building and in the public sphere. The Council’s push for increasing diversity in nonprofit management and programming did not start with the public’s shock of witnessing George Floyd’s 8-minute slow death on social media and press on May 25, 2020. However, there is no question that it and other recent brutal assaults have heightened the urgency to expand opportunities within the nonprofit sector.