City of Pittsburgh - File #: 2019-1976

• File #: 2019-1976
• Version: 1
• Type: Petition
• Status: Read, Received and Filed
• File created: 8/23/2019
• In control: Committee on Hearings
• On agenda: 8/27/2019
• Final action: 8/27/2019
• Title: Petition from the residents of the City of Pittsburgh requesting a Public Hearing before City Council relative to awarding reparations for the Black (African-American, New Afrikan, Afro-Descendent, etc.) residents of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania because of the legacy of slavery, Jim-Crow and the continued systemic and structural oppression of white-supremacy and economic injustice. The petition is invalid in accordance with the Home Rule Charter.
• Indexes: PETITION FOR PUBLIC HEARING

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/27/2019	1	City Council	Read, Received and Filed	Pass

Title

Petition from the residents of the City of Pittsburgh requesting a Public Hearing before City Council relative to awarding reparations for the Black (African-American, New Afrikan, Afro-Descendent, etc.) residents of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania because of the legacy of slavery, Jim-Crow and the continued systemic and structural oppression of white-supremacy and economic injustice. The petition is invalid in accordance with the Home Rule Charter.