Nikki Gaskin-Capehart has had a busy four months since she was named president and CEO of the Pinellas County Urban League, but her work has just begun. She told WaveMakers she is in the midst of strategic planning that will set the course for the Urban League through 2030.
The study will be complete in September, but preliminary findings were presented to City Council last week.
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People listen while several organizers speak outside St. Petersburg City Hall ahead of a march in solidarity against racism and police brutality in April. A new study is examining the role of structural racism in the city. [ IVY CEBALLO | Times ]
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ST. PETERSBURG â The takeaways from a study presented at Thursdayâs St. Petersburg City Council meeting werenât particularly surprising: Structural racism exists in the city. And it has for a long time.
Inequality and segregation have been longstanding issues in St. Petersburg, where only decades ago redlining forced African Americans to live in certain areas and where Central Avenue served to bifurcate the city. Those historic wrongs, and others, have a strong and persistent legacy today, according to the study.