National Latino Congreso Resolution - The Great Wall, the Heritage Parkscape, and Cultural and Historical Landmarks in Los Angeles
National Latino Congreso Resolution 8.04 - The Great Wall, the Heritage Parkscape, and Cultural and Historical Landmarks in Los Angeles.
Adopted October 8, 2007, Los Angeles, CA.
Whereas, the Great Wall of Los Angeles by Judy Baca and SPARC is one of the city’s great cultural landmarks and one of the country’s most respected monuments to inter-racial harmony, depicting the history of people of color and other ethnic groups in California from prehistoric times to the 1950’s as a mural along the Los Angeles River; and
Whereas, SPARC is working to restore and extend the Great Wall to bring people together through parks, public art, and education; and
Whereas, SPARC is creating pilot projects with The City Project for the Heritage Parkscape along the Los Angeles River to help revive the forgotten history of Los Angeles; and
Whereas, out of over 700 official cultural and historical monuments for the City of Los Angeles [as of 2000], only about 60 relate to people of color or women,
1. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the organizations represented by delegates of the 2007 National Latino Congreso urge that the Great Wall be designated a national, state, and local cultural and historical landmark; and
2. FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED that federal, state, and local agencies and the philanthropic community further support restoring and extending the Great Wall of Los Angeles; and
3. FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED that federal, state, and local agencies and the philanthropic community further support the creation of the Heritage Parkscape to help revive the forgotten history of Los Angeles; and
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4. FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Los Angeles designate additional official cultural and historic landmarks that fully and fairly recognize the contributions of people of color and women to Los Angeles.
