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The commission tabled a recommendation urging Northampton’s City Council and Mayor to support statewide and national reparations efforts until its February meeting, when members will return with proposed language and concerns about the composition of the proposed statewide commission.
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Commissioners will review House Bill 1753 and consider recommending that the City Council and Mayor support broader reparations studies. Members also discussed requesting that a statewide commission be majority Black and include Native people, but no recommendation was finalized. Other work—including community interviews, outreach tracking, monetary recommendations, Juneteenth planning, and commission rules—will continue in February.
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