Finding a Green Way to Govern

When I first I ran for office, I identified five aspirational values that I believe the people of Ward 2 share: social and economic justice , environmental sustainability , grassroots democracy , nonviolence , and community-based economics . I use them every day to guide my work. I want to share with you some of what we have accomplished together, so far, by using them to make this a better city : I have led on justice for all , by: ·          Making us address our history of institutional racism, by authoring the Equity in Employment Resolution in 2008, establishing a task force, drafting an action plan, setting City goals to reduce racial disparities in employment and income in 2012, passing a subsequent Resolution declaring institutional racism a serious problem and continuing to push for racial equity since. This has included repealing racist, antiquated ordinances like those on “ lurking ” and spitting , requiring the police to ...

Second Ward January 2017 E-newsletter News from Cam Gordon Council Member, Second Ward http://www.minneapolismn.gov/ward2 http://secondward.blogspot.com www.facebook.com/camgordonward2 No Ban No Wall. I am very alarmed by the recent actions by the Trump administration on immigration and refugees. By providing a safe landing place for refugees and immigrants we not only do what we can, as a developed and resource abundant country, to help others in need, but we enrich our own communities. Trumps new policies are tearing and keeping families apart and obstructing the efforts of the University of Minnesota, Augsburg College and to be true international institutions of research and learning. To respond to the disturbing Presidential orders related to immigration and refugee resettlement, the Council’s Intergovernmental Relations Committee with discuss them at its next meeting on Tuesday, February 7 at 9:30 am in the City Council Chambers in City Hall. There, we will hear ...

Mission Statement I will work for a Minneapolis where everyone has decent housing, meaningful career and employment opportunities, high quality schools, rich cultural experiences and a safe, healthy environment within which to enjoy our lives, raise our families, and find happiness for ourselves and others. I will work for a Minneapolis where each of us has the freedom and opportunity to reach our individual potentials while caring for one another, improving our environment and promoting social well-being. I will focus not only on our immediate needs, but also on the future we want for ourselves, our children and for generations to come. I will strive to make Minneapolis demonstrate – to ourselves and the world – how the people of a large city in a large metropolitan area can live, work and play in harmony with nature and with each other. I will take responsibility for the decisions I make and the actions I take to fulfill my commitments and responsibilities as an electe...