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2 <br /> 1 (These matters will be considered when the Board addresses that item on the agenda <br /> 2 below.) <br /> 3 <br /> 4 3. Announcements, Petitions and Comments by Board Members <br /> 5 Commissioner McKee had no comments. <br /> 6 Commissioner Price said her first petition was the following: <br /> 7 The Orange County Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Planning Committee, consisting of <br /> 8 individuals and community representatives from Orange County, is in the process of developing <br /> 9 and executing several activities to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Frederick <br /> 10 Douglass. James E. Williams, Jr., former Orange County public defender is spearheading this <br /> 11 effort. <br /> 12 <br /> 13 One activity is to purchase 1000 copies of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass:An <br /> 14 American Slave by Frederick Douglass, and distribute them primarily to middle and high school <br /> 15 students throughout Orange County. Student groups then would create or engage in service <br /> 16 projects to address social justice issues in the community, based on their interpretation of the <br /> 17 book. <br /> 18 <br /> 19 This activity is part of the One Million Abolitionists project introduced by the Frederick <br /> 20 Douglass Family Initiatives to honor Douglass' 200th birthday. FDFI is printing one million copies <br /> 21 of a special bicentennial edition of Douglass' Narrative, originally published in 1845, to be <br /> 22 distributed nationwide. <br /> 23 <br /> 24 The cost for 1000 books is $4000, and the Bicentennial Planning Committee is requesting <br /> 25 financial support from each of the towns and the county. The Towns of Carrboro and Chapel <br /> 26 Hill each have agreed to donate $1000. I am petitioning the Board to allocate at least $1000 to <br /> 27 this project. <br /> 28 <br /> 29 Both the Orange County Public Library and the Chapel Hill Public Library Systems are <br /> 30 participating in this project. They are willing to use their outreach channels to assist in the <br /> 31 distribution of the books, and are planning special activities for 2018. We have approached the <br /> 32 school systems and are awaiting their response. <br /> 33 <br /> 34 The fiscal agent to receive all funds connected to this project is the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Branch <br /> 35 of the NAACP, a 501[c] 3 nonprofit organization. <br /> 36 <br /> 37 Commissioner Price said her second petition pertains to an email she received (below) <br /> 38 about the Tribal Council meeting last Thursday night, and the consensus is if Orange County <br /> 39 wrote something, signed it and passed it around for signatures throughout other government <br /> 40 municipalities in the state, including all the Tribes, that there may be a chance to stop the <br /> 41 Atlantic Coast Pipeline: <br /> 42 <br /> 43 Good afternoon, <br /> 44 I am emailing all Orange County Commissioners to say "thank you" for voting to make the <br /> 45 second Monday in October "Indigenous Peoples Day," and I also have a proposal. <br /> 46 I am a resident of Chapel Hill, an indigenous person, and I have been working since 2014 with <br /> 47 other native peoples, nonprofits and allies to try to stop the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP). I am <br /> 48 asking you to consider a resolution against the ACP to honor NC native peoples for Indigenous <br /> 49 Peoples Day. <br /> 50 <br />