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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT
ONE-BOOK ONE-COMMUNITY PROJECT
WHEREAS, the Orange County Human Relations Commission received amini-grant from the
North Carolina Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission to provide partial funding of
activities that foster and promote the legacy and philosophy of Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr.; and
WHEREAS, the Orange County Human Relations Commission implemented a ONE-
COMMUNITY PROTECT which was comprised of two parts: 1) a film screening of
the film documentary, An Unlikely Friendship and 2) a ONE-BOOK ONE-
COMMUNITY project; and
WHEREAS, the goal of the ONE-BooK ONE-COMMUNITY project is to have Orange County
residents read a book that has a human relations and/or human rights theme; and
WHEREAS,' once read, discussion groups will take place that "might start discussion on what's
necessary to transform ourselves, to move across racial lines and on how we
unlearn what we need to unlearn"; and
WHEREAS, the book of choice is "Summer Snow: Reflections form a Black Daughter of the
South" by Trudier Harris-Lopez, the J. Carlyle Sitterson professor. of English at
UNC; and
WHEREAS, the book can be purchased at the Barnes & Nobles Bookstore at a 20% discount
and checked out of the local libraries;
NOW, THEREFORE, we, the Board of County Commissioners of Orange County, North
Carolina do resolve:
SECTION 1. That the Orange County Board of Commissioners expresses its support and
recognition of the ONE-COMMUNITY PROJECT.
SECTION 2. That the Orange County Board of Commissioners encourages and challenges all
of the residents of Orange County to participate in the ONE-Book ONE-COMMUNITY PROJECT.
This the 3rd day of February, 2004.