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2 <br /> (These matters will be considered when the Board addresses that item on the agenda <br /> below.) <br /> 3. Announcements, Petitions and Comments by Board Members <br /> Commissioner McKee had no comments. <br /> Commissioner Price said her first petition was the following: <br /> The Orange County Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Planning Committee, consisting of <br /> individuals and community representatives from Orange County, is in the process of <br /> developing and executing several activities to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth <br /> of Frederick Douglass. James E. Williams, Jr., former Orange County public defender is <br /> spearheading this effort. <br /> One activity is to purchase 1000 copies of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass:An <br /> American Slave by Frederick Douglass, and distribute them primarily to middle and high school <br /> students throughout Orange County. Student groups then would create or engage in service <br /> projects to address social justice issues in the community, based on their interpretation of the <br /> book. <br /> This activity is part of the One Million Abolitionists project introduced by the Frederick <br /> Douglass Family Initiatives to honor Douglass' 200th birthday. FDFI is printing one million <br /> copies of a special bicentennial edition of Douglass' Narrative, originally published in 1845, to <br /> be distributed nationwide. <br /> The cost for 1000 books is $4000, and the Bicentennial Planning Committee is requesting <br /> financial support from each of the towns and the county. The Towns of Carrboro and Chapel <br /> Hill each have agreed to donate $1000. I am petitioning the Board to allocate at least $1000 to <br /> this project. <br /> Both the Orange County Public Library and the Chapel Hill Public Library Systems are <br /> participating in this project. They are willing to use their outreach channels to assist in the <br /> distribution of the books, and are planning special activities for 2018. We have approached the <br /> school systems and are awaiting their response. <br /> The fiscal agent to receive all funds connected to this project is the Chapel Hill-Carrboro <br /> Branch of the NAACP, a 501[c] 3 nonprofit organization. <br /> Commissioner Price said her second petition pertains to an email she received (below) <br /> about the Tribal Council meeting last Thursday night, and the consensus is if Orange County <br /> wrote something, signed it and passed it around for signatures throughout other government <br /> municipalities in the state, including all the Tribes, that there may be a chance to stop the <br /> Atlantic Coast Pipeline: <br /> Good afternoon, <br /> I am emailing all Orange County Commissioners to say "thank you" for voting to make the <br /> second Monday in October "Indigenous Peoples Day," and I also have a proposal. <br /> I am a resident of Chapel Hill, an indigenous person, and I have been working since 2014 with <br /> other native peoples, nonprofits and allies to try to stop the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP). I am <br /> asking you to consider a resolution against the ACP to honor NC native peoples for Indigenous <br /> Peoples Day. <br />