Know Tucson

A newsletter from the Office of Council Member Lane Santa Cruz
 
 
 

Mayor and Council Highlights

October 6, 2020

Study Session

  • Council Member Fimbres motioned to allocate an additional $100,000 to marketing and outreach efforts for the 2020 Census. The motion passed 6-0.

  • The Mayor and Council (M&C) discussed the city’s composting program and the glass recycling program. Environmental and General Services Dept. (EGSD) Director De La Torre proposed to remove glass from the curbside recycling program and set up drop-off sites to collect glass for recycling beginning in 2021. Staff will return on October 20, 2020, with additional information for consideration.

See below for the meeting agenda for Tuesday, October 20.
 

Know Tucson Podcast
Episode 18

In Episode 18 of Know Tucson, Pascua Yaqui Council Herminia “Minnie” Frias and Pima County Supervisor Betty Villegas joined us to speak about efforts to restore an early voting site on the Pascua Yaqui nation. We also had three members from the Tucson Native Youth Council––Azul Navarrete-Valera, Esai Flores, and Tossi Masso Molina––on to tell us more about the council and share their experiences as Tucson Native youth.
 

Period Product Drive

On National Period Day, Supervisor Betty Villegas’ team and our team organized the 2020 Menstrual Product Donation Drive. Thanks to everyone who donated we collected over 11,000 individual products! All the donations were given to the Diaper Bank of Southern Arizona and the YWCA of Southern Arizona. 

Thank you to everyone who supported the event!

 

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Every October, Emerge partners with the community during their month-long educational campaign, Domestic Violence Awareness Month. During this month they develop and share an educational email campaign, celebrate survivors on Wear Purple Day, host community events and coordinate with community fundraisers. Here we are republishing a recent email.

We are also encouraging you to sign up for Emerge’s educational e-News by clicking here. Or to follow them on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter.

*Republished from Emerge*

This week as we continue to make visible deeply rooted historical connections that create the conditions for domestic violence and sexual violence to occur, we continue our journey by presenting the work and words of Boys to Men. We are grateful for their partnership and work to build safer communities through the love, care, and support to young boys and men in our communities.

Their work directly addresses the conditions of rape culture and violence in our community by nurturing young boys and men to reveal healthy and safe masculine identities.

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Rape Culture and Domestic Abuse

Written piece by Boys to Men

While there has been much debate about civil war-era monuments, Nashville poet Caroline Williams recently reminded us of the often-overlooked stake in this issue: rape, and rape culture. In an OpEd entitled, “You Want a Confederate Monument? My Body is a Confederate Monument,” she reflects on the history behind the shade of her light-brown skin. “As far as family history has always told, and... Click here to read full article.

An Essential Path To Safety and Justice

By Men Stopping Violence

Emerge Center Against Domestic Abuse’s leadership in centering the experiences of Black women during Domestic Violence Awareness Month inspires us at Men Stopping Violence.

Cecelia Jordan’s Justice Begins Where Violence Towards Black Women Ends - a response to Caroline Randall Williams’ My Body is a Confederate Monument - provides a terrific place to start.

For 38 years, Men Stopping Violence has worked directly with...Read full statement here