[Durham INC] RECALL: Durham's InterNeighborhood Council Resolution in Support of Durham's Covid-19 Response

[Will Wilson]

With apologies, the motion has been moved and seconded and awaits vote 
and amendment at the InterNeighborhood delegates meeting in June.

Will Wilson

On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 3:42 PM Will Wilson <willwilsn at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Durham's InterNeighborhood Council Resolution in Support of Durham's
> Covid-19 Response
>
> WHEREAS, Durham’s first confirmed Coronavirus case was tested on Monday,
> March 9, 2020;
>
> WHEREAS, as of Monday, May 24, 2020, Durham had endured 45 fatalities
> and 1,266 confirmed infections;
>
> WHEREAS, Durham first responders started off with inadequate equipment
> and nonetheless provided care from the date of the first confirmed
> infection and continue to provide care;
>
> WHEREAS, Durham “Stay at Home” orders, which have been more restrictive
> and of greater duration than state Stay at Home orders, have provided a
> framework for mitigating fatalities, hospitalizations, outcomes, and
> infection rates;
>
> WHEREAS, Durham resident adherence to Durham stay at home orders has
> provided true mitigation of fatalities, hospitalizations, outcomes, and
> infection rates;
>
> WHEREAS, the Durham stay at home orders and adherence to them have had
> devastating short term impacts on the local economy, people’s social and
> mental health, and our community fabric;
>
> WHEREAS, in addition to working alongside medical teams and first
> responders to help curb the pandemic, Durham residents, businesses,
> nonprofits, institutions, and other stakeholders have worked to help
> fellow residents in ways large and small;
>
> WHEREAS, studies of the 1918 flu pandemic indicate that curbing the
> spread of the 2020 pandemic flu with quarantines, school closings, and
> social distancing lowers mortality rates and helps strengthen an
> economic recovery;
>
> WHEREAS, while Durham data is incomplete, available data largely
> confirms that Durham is following US national trends where populations
> vulnerable by health, race, age, income, wealth and political
> representation have been disproportionately impacted by Coronavirus from
> both health and economic perspectives; and
>
> WHEREAS, as state and local level stay at home orders are relaxed and
> tightened based on the interplay between data, science, and adverse
> impacts to the local economy on the one hand, and people’s social and
> mental health, and our community fabric on the other hand;
>
> NOW, THEREFORE, THE INTERNEIGHBRHOOD COUNCIL OF DURHAM HEREBY:
> 1. Thanks elected officials, the city and county administrations,
> medical teams, first responders of all types, businesses, and fellow
> residents for curbing the pandemic flu at least on a temporary basis
> through issuance of and adherence to stay at home orders;
>
> 2. Thanks Durham residents, businesses, and nonprofits for helping
> fellow residents in other ways large and small, and special mention is
> made of:
> a. Mask makers and providers, whether individual, networked, or tightly
> grouped collective, including https://www.coveringthetriangle.com/ and
> others too many to mention;
> b. Providers of food to those in need, including the Durham branch of
> https://foodbankcenc.org/about-us/locations-contact-info/durham/,
> https://www.umdurham.org/, and https://communitiesinpartnership.org/ and
> others too many to mention;
> c. Those who have offered counseling and healing through prayer, time
> well spent in community, and other modalities – while maintaining social
> distance protocols and adhering to stay at home orders;
> d. Housing providers and those who work with the homeless and housing
> vulnerable, including https://fmfnc.org/,
> https://communitiesinpartnership.org/, and https://www.umdurham.org/; and
> e. Grant makers and low and no interest loan providers including
> including
> https://community.duke.edu/give/?utm_source=bm23&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Duke-Durham+Fund&utm_content=1185113&utm_campaign=FY20:+Duke+Student+Assistance+Fund-VPrice-1
> ;
>
> 3. Urges Durham residents to consider the above-listed groups for
> volunteer and giving opportunities;
>
> 4. Calls on elected officials and the city and county administrations to
> work with other institutional stakeholders to increase testing, with
> special emphasis on medical team members, first responders, and
> historically vulnerable populations;
>
> 5. Urges elected officials and the city and county administrations to
> work diligently with other institutional stakeholders in case
> pessimistic scenarios around a second peak prove accurate;
>
> 6. Urges its fellow residents to adhere to stay at home orders as then
> in effect and to maintain social distancing;
>
> 7. Urges residents to take flu vaccines, this year and every year,
> whether for COVID-19 or other flu strains;
>
> 8. Urges Durham residents, businesses, nonprofits, institutions, and
> other stakeholders to continue to help fellow residents in other ways
> large and small;
>
> 9. Urges Durham to help disproportionately vulnerable residents receive
> otherwise disproportionate contributions of financial and other resources;
>
> 10. Mourns all Durham residents who have died from the flu pandemic and
> acknowledges the hurt of families exposed to the health, economic and
> social devastation of the pandemic in all its forms; and
>
> 11. Commits to make use of InterNeighborhood resources to stay current
> on coronavirus stay at home orders and to publish official and
> unofficial information about the Coronavirus on its website and
> listservs from time-to-time, and toward that end, makes the following
> available:
> a. Current stay at home order summary
> https://www.dconc.gov/Home/Components/News/News/7777 and text
> https://www.dconc.gov/Home/ShowDocument?id=32042
> b. Durham County Health Services coronavirus page
> https://www.dcopublichealth.org/services/communicable-diseases/communicable-diseases/coronavirus-disease-2020/-fsiteid-3
> c. North Carolina Department of Health and Human Service safety guidance
> for individuals and families
> https://covid19.ncdhhs.gov/information/individuals-families-communities/individuals-and-families
> d. Community resource guides found at
> http://tinyurl.com/ducovid19resources and
> https://sites.duke.edu/covidcommunityresources/category/donate/
>
> THIS INC RESOLUTION PASSED ON THE 26th DAY OF 2020.
>
> CERTIFIED:
>
> By:  Will Wilson
> Position:  President, INC
> Date of certification: 5/27/2020
>
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