![]() ![]() “The Equal Justice Initiative’s Remembrance Project seeks to develop 'truth seekers' that they can become 'truth tellers,' ” she says.ĮJI’s founder, Stevenson, has said in a conversation with Vox, that he truly became aware of not only injustice, but of the power of reconciliation when in Germany he saw what the Holocaust had done, but how German citizens seek not to turn their heads, but to heal from that horrific past and in South Africa, where apartheid flourished, but efforts to rehabilitate that cultural aberration goes on. Harley notes that the topics from which the young essayists may choose can relate to a wide variety of social topics: violence, economic policies, incarceration, capital punishment, voter suppression, all of which contain racial components. “Our present Tallahassee Community Remembrance Project,” says Stokes, “is a researched essay contest for grades 9-12 to develop local awareness, and a community impetus to discuss the past and present issues of what racial justice means.” These powerful symbols now hang in remembrance of the lost and are a future hope for interracial reconciliation and peace.”Īs part of the effort to bring historical awareness to the present, EJI also works with communities to organize soil collection ceremonies and historical marker placement. Stevenson was very much responsible for the Legacy Museum in Montgomery and a part of the National Memorial for Justice and Peace, opened in 2018, where 805 iconic metal rectangles represent the counties in which lynchings and murders of African Americans occurred across the nation. “Five years ago,” says Stokes, “under the auspices of EJI’s founder, Bryan Stevenson, the Remembrance Project came to Tallahassee. They are three members of the committees that make up the Tallahassee Community Remembrance Project, part of a nationwide outreach sponsored by Montgomery, Alabama’s, famed Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) to engage high-school-aged students in researching and understanding the history of injustice and learning ways for healing. Penelope Young is a long-time activist, teacher, and author. Takeshia Stokes is a legislative analyst. Remembrance Project members include Daynica Harley, an attorney working as an FSU Fellow and Clinical Professor with the Public Interest Law Center. Cash prizes totaling $5,000 will be awarded. In 750 words, high school students in Leon County are invited to create essays that deal with difficult subjects, but which will give them insight into today’s world. The Racial Justice Essay Contest for the Tallahassee Community Remembrance Project opens Aug. School's in: A new grade, a new day: Bond Elementary begins 2022 school year as a B school Memorials: Six years and counting: Advocates wait for Florida Capitol Holocaust and slavery memorials For information call, please call Customer Operations at 85.Who would have thought that a study of history, its events, its recorded happenings, even the authentic photographs that go along with it, would for teachers and other truth tellers have become something like wading into thick and treacherous waters?Īs with all resilient seekers of truth, there will be those who find ways to shine light and bring fresh air to sometimes difficult subjects.Īnd in Tallahassee, the members of the Tallahassee Community Remembrance Project are committed to helping young people learn about our American status - both its past and its present. ![]() Taxes, Leon County surcharges and primary service credits may also apply. In addition to the three most commonly applied rates listed above, there are also tariffs for Curtailable, Interruptible, Standby and Outdoor Lighting services. **There is a 10 kW ($155.00) minimum charge for Demand Customers regardless of usage.Ĭustomer must exceed 500 kW of demand, three out of twelve months to qualify for this rate. This rate is optional for customers with demand between 10 and 24 kW, mandatory for demand in excess of 25 kW. **There is a 10 kW ($155.00) minimum charge for Demand customers regardless of usage. *Tallahassee Solar customers will have a guaranteed Fuel and Purchase Power Charge Rate (ECRC) of $0.05/kWh till September 30, 2037. * Nights & Weekends Pricing customers that sign up for Tallahassee Solar will pay the guaranteed fuel rate (ECRC) of $0.05/kWh instead of the current on- and off-peak rates. ![]() weekdays, weekends and holidays)įuel and Purchase Power Charge Rate (ECRC)* Optional Nights & Weekends Pricing Plan See more information Monthly Fees Optional Tallahassee Solar Pricing Plan See more information $8.95 - single phase $31.32- three phaseįuel and Purchase Power Charge Rate (ECRC) Planning, Blueprint, Minority Business, Economic Vitality ![]()
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