Coalition Wins

The Coalition has advanced the following successful resolutions, initiatives, actions, events, and proclamations to address and raise awareness of issues of racial inequities and social injustices in Glendale:

  • June 2021: Introduced model and advocated for the establishment of a Tenant-Landlord Advisory Body in the City of Glendale/Glendale Housing Authority. Motion to establish body successfully passed.

  • May 2021: Held Glendale’s inaugural Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Walk (one the one-year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd to honor his memory with action.)

  • January 2021: Introduced and passed a proclamation to officially recognize January 18, 2021 as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the City of Glendale.

  • January 2021: Advocated for and successfully moved City of Glendale to make the City Manager hiring process open and led by an outside hiring firm.

  • Fall 2020: Member participation in Glendale Reflectspace’s RECKONING: Racism and Resistance in Glendale exhibit, which debuted in February 2021.

  • September 2020: Based on Coalition advocacy, the City of Glendale passed the Historic Sundown Town Resolution.

  • August 2020 - May 2021: Coalition members joined the GUSD Working Group for Culturally Relevant and Responsive Education to create action plans for a more just, inclusive, and anti-racist education in Glendale’s public schools.