File #: RS2024-477   
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 5/13/2024 In control: Metropolitan Council
On agenda: 5/21/2024 Final action: 5/21/2024
Title: A resolution recognizing May 22, 2024, as Harvey Milk Day in Nashville and Davidson County.
Sponsors: Russ Bradford, Jordan Huffman, Ginny Welsch, Emily Benedict, Delishia Porterfield, Jacob Kupin, Clay Capp, Brenda Gadd, Olivia Hill, Kyonzte Toombs, Terry Vo, Burkley Allen, Tom Cash, Thom Druffel, Tasha Ellis, Jeff Eslick, Quin Evans-Segall, Erin Evans, Sandy Ewing, Jennifer Gamble, Jeff Gregg, Deonte Harrell, Rollin Horton, Antoinette Lee, Bob Nash, Sean Parker, Jeff Preptit, John Rutherford, Sandra Sepulveda, Jason Spain, Joy Styles, Zulfat Suara, Brandon Taylor, Jennifer Webb, Sheri Weiner

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A resolution recognizing May 22, 2024, as Harvey Milk Day in Nashville and Davidson County.

 

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WHEREAS, May 22nd is designated as “Harvey Milk Day” to honor and celebrate the life and legacy of Harvey Milk, one of the first openly LGBTQ elected officials in the United States and a leader of the American Civil Rights Movement; and

 

WHEREAS, Harvey Milk was an inspiration to members of the LGBTQ community and has served as an example to many LGBTQ people who thought that they would never have the opportunity to serve in public office; and

 

WHEREAS, Harvey Milk was not only an advocate for the LGBTQ community, but for all minorities. He believed in safe, strong neighborhoods and supported public education, affordable childcare, and equal rights for all; and

 

WHEREAS, Harvey Milk was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, where he held office for one year before he was tragically killed in 1978; and

 

WHEREAS, Harvey Milk’s contributions to the cause of equality for all people has been recognized in a number of ways, including the issuance of a US Postal Stamp and as the posthumous recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom; and

 

WHEREAS, Harvey Milk has been quoted as stating that “Hope will never be silent,” and members of the LGBTQ community - in Nashville, the United States, and around the world - still face discrimination and violence rooted in the same hatred from which Milk died. They deserve hope, and cannot abide our silence; and

 

WHEREAS, it is fitting and proper that the Metropolitan Council recognize May 22, 2024, as Harvey Milk Day in recognition of the life and legacy of Harvey Milk.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:

 

Section 1. That the Metropolitan County Council hereby goes on record as recognizing May 22, 2024, as Harvey Milk Day in Nashville and Davidson County.

 

Section 2. This Resolution shall take effect from and after its adoption, the welfare of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.