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Our News Director @KaysieEllingson is at Citizens Tower for tonight’s public hearing on the ordinance to make Lubbock a “sanctuary city for the unborn.”
There are about 150 people signed up to give a statement tonight and the city received 498 written statements from citizens regarding the ordinance to make #Lubbock a sanctuary city for the unborn.
Of the 498 submitted emails, 473 were against the ordinance, 22 were for it and 3 were not determined to be for or against.
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To shape a better future, we must look to the past.

Hear from resilient community leaders across 9 cities who endured racism, discrimination and other systematic issues to fight for a better life for their generation and the ones that followed. THREAD: montgomeryadvertiser.com/in-depth/news/…
Civil rights attorney Fred Gray began his decades-long career with a simple declaration: “destroy everything segregated.” He kept his promise. Read more about his legacy here: bit.ly/32u0TZ4 (2/10)
In 60 years, Katie Snuggs went from fighting for the right to eat at the front of a segregated Asheboro restaurant to becoming the first Black woman elected to City Council.

Here’s how she became the trailblazer she is today: bit.ly/33zjSRg #BLM #BlackLivesMatter (3/10)
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