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

Wed May 27 22:21:49 EDT 2020

Thank you to the INC members for this excellent and comprehensive resolution addressing so many important issues surrounding Covid 19 and its impact on our community. I will share this with the Durham Recovery and Renewal Task Force. 

Thanks again,
Wendy

Wendy Jacobs
Chair, Durham County Board of Commissioners
919-418-3169

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> On May 27, 2020, at 4:34 PM, Will Wilson <willwilsn at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.coveringthetriangle.com%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cwjacobs%40dconc.gov%7Cd3201c4b1c064ca715a108d8027d5aba%7Cc16a00a3560947c0b2c272d8635e3423%7C0%7C0%7C637262084708351447&sdata=svN9I7ZVq5U5Ss1%2BzjFjDAuxNVx7eHS8%2BXDaA%2Bzo3Jc%3D&reserved=0 and
>> others too many to mention;
>> b. Providers of food to those in need, including the Durham branch of
>> https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffoodbankcenc.org%2Fabout-us%2Flocations-contact-info%2Fdurham%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cwjacobs%40dconc.gov%7Cd3201c4b1c064ca715a108d8027d5aba%7Cc16a00a3560947c0b2c272d8635e3423%7C0%7C0%7C637262084708351447&sdata=8d6XfwNu64OBaVadaVMGrMFo6LZi5Q3BZN3oEfTj0ak%3D&reserved=0,
>> https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.umdurham.org%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cwjacobs%40dconc.gov%7Cd3201c4b1c064ca715a108d8027d5aba%7Cc16a00a3560947c0b2c272d8635e3423%7C0%7C0%7C637262084708351447&sdata=1pbxL3dzZPm%2FeR3ifhnPIDy7815yju1m0RxOKahHEuo%3D&reserved=0, and https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcommunitiesinpartnership.org%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cwjacobs%40dconc.gov%7Cd3201c4b1c064ca715a108d8027d5aba%7Cc16a00a3560947c0b2c272d8635e3423%7C0%7C0%7C637262084708351447&sdata=pp5MmZUzzl1m72GABEPEFf1ZTOLiIvJO0mMRWgsa91o%3D&reserved=0 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://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffmfnc.org%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cwjacobs%40dconc.gov%7Cd3201c4b1c064ca715a108d8027d5aba%7Cc16a00a3560947c0b2c272d8635e3423%7C0%7C0%7C637262084708351447&sdata=jdp4XBp7Mmq%2BqpNWVXCuGkldkcvCZhZ5IZiHdJdNGyg%3D&reserved=0,
>> https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcommunitiesinpartnership.org%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cwjacobs%40dconc.gov%7Cd3201c4b1c064ca715a108d8027d5aba%7Cc16a00a3560947c0b2c272d8635e3423%7C0%7C0%7C637262084708351447&sdata=pp5MmZUzzl1m72GABEPEFf1ZTOLiIvJO0mMRWgsa91o%3D&reserved=0, and https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.umdurham.org%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cwjacobs%40dconc.gov%7Cd3201c4b1c064ca715a108d8027d5aba%7Cc16a00a3560947c0b2c272d8635e3423%7C0%7C0%7C637262084708351447&sdata=1pbxL3dzZPm%2FeR3ifhnPIDy7815yju1m0RxOKahHEuo%3D&reserved=0; and
>> e. Grant makers and low and no interest loan providers including
>> including
>> https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcommunity.duke.edu%2Fgive%2F%3Futm_source%3Dbm23%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_term%3DDuke-Durham%2BFund%26utm_content%3D1185113%26utm_campaign%3DFY20%3A%2BDuke%2BStudent%2BAssistance%2BFund-VPrice-1&data=02%7C01%7Cwjacobs%40dconc.gov%7Cd3201c4b1c064ca715a108d8027d5aba%7Cc16a00a3560947c0b2c272d8635e3423%7C0%7C0%7C637262084708351447&sdata=LfWdsrGKJgCoapPJ3LgtHBUGE8bAU5GVhJxsbCIhKtk%3D&reserved=0
>> ;
>> 
>> 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://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dconc.gov%2FHome%2FComponents%2FNews%2FNews%2F7777&data=02%7C01%7Cwjacobs%40dconc.gov%7Cd3201c4b1c064ca715a108d8027d5aba%7Cc16a00a3560947c0b2c272d8635e3423%7C0%7C0%7C637262084708351447&sdata=0O%2F6N0yuQ1%2BrcouFVZXKT00LJKf4ow8Je0x4TFS9kSo%3D&reserved=0 and text
>> https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dconc.gov%2FHome%2FShowDocument%3Fid%3D32042&data=02%7C01%7Cwjacobs%40dconc.gov%7Cd3201c4b1c064ca715a108d8027d5aba%7Cc16a00a3560947c0b2c272d8635e3423%7C0%7C0%7C637262084708351447&sdata=3uJfs1xFEzItiFbS0mYlKboCbMkOdPT43aOBGd91UmM%3D&reserved=0
>> b. Durham County Health Services coronavirus page
>> https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dcopublichealth.org%2Fservices%2Fcommunicable-diseases%2Fcommunicable-diseases%2Fcoronavirus-disease-2020%2F-fsiteid-3&data=02%7C01%7Cwjacobs%40dconc.gov%7Cd3201c4b1c064ca715a108d8027d5aba%7Cc16a00a3560947c0b2c272d8635e3423%7C0%7C0%7C637262084708351447&sdata=RMf4LqDKGAMIFsTRuK2rWnLiIutxJDVCiz5aP%2Fl%2BPUw%3D&reserved=0
>> c. North Carolina Department of Health and Human Service safety guidance
>> for individuals and families
>> https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcovid19.ncdhhs.gov%2Finformation%2Findividuals-families-communities%2Findividuals-and-families&data=02%7C01%7Cwjacobs%40dconc.gov%7Cd3201c4b1c064ca715a108d8027d5aba%7Cc16a00a3560947c0b2c272d8635e3423%7C0%7C0%7C637262084708351447&sdata=1P5LPk3hCqmjtYUGrpDZYh%2F8EoID0G3EDplfWLjZQWk%3D&reserved=0
>> d. Community resource guides found at
>> https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftinyurl.com%2Fducovid19resources&data=02%7C01%7Cwjacobs%40dconc.gov%7Cd3201c4b1c064ca715a108d8027d5aba%7Cc16a00a3560947c0b2c272d8635e3423%7C0%7C0%7C637262084708351447&sdata=VrSO7A3aghym5FLOd0QFHLppftCg19nnYy196gsiBVA%3D&reserved=0 and
>> https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsites.duke.edu%2Fcovidcommunityresources%2Fcategory%2Fdonate%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cwjacobs%40dconc.gov%7Cd3201c4b1c064ca715a108d8027d5aba%7Cc16a00a3560947c0b2c272d8635e3423%7C0%7C0%7C637262084708351447&sdata=sWlWqttbUYfepYU16Vsr%2Fon41lur132WcK66xHkOWNk%3D&reserved=0
>> 
>> 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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