Tuesday, October 12, 2021

EXCLUSIVE: Coomer Deposition Released! Verifies Antifa Facebook Posts, Extreme Left Bias

EXCLUSIVE: Coomer Deposition Released! Verifies Antifa Facebook Posts, Extreme Left Bias

By Ben Wetmore
Published October 12, 2021 at 8:10am

Eric Coomer is the former Director of Security and Product Strategy for Dominion Voting Systems. After the 2020 election debacle, where votes in at least five states had very suspicious results while running Dominion computer systems, center-right journalists made common-sense observations that the results appeared rigged. One journalist, who had infiltrated a conference call filled with Antifa-sympathizing callers, remembered that on the call “Eric from Dominion” was going to ensure that Trump did not win re-election.

The mainstream media has spent a year bullying and suppressing the thousands of eyewitnesses, filed affidavits, investigations and proceedings meant to uncover the big fraud. 

Instead, they call all speculation as to what caused sleepy Joe Biden to make magical 2 a.m. leaps of hundreds of thousands of votes, propelling him to victory, the “big lie.”

Even internal Dominion whistleblowers, courageous people like Michigan’s Mellissa Carone, have come forward to document the election day suspicious actions and operations of Dominion. 

TRENDING: EXCLUSIVE: Coomer Deposition Released! Verifies Antifa Facebook Posts, Extreme Left Bias

Eric Coomer decided to sue 15 organizations and people for defamation in his home state of Colorado. He claims to have been defamed by center-right journalists allegedly saying he was tied to Antifa, and that he helped rig the election against Trump.

Coomer is the Plaintiff, and a variety of center-right media outlets, including the Gateway Pundit and separately Gateway Pundit Publisher Jim Hoft, are Defendants. 

Coomer’s limited deposition was taken on September 23, 2021, and the court acted on its own to seal the deposition without a hearing. The court dramatically limited the subject matter and scope of the duration of the deposition compared to the Defendant’s depositions. This was odd since no other deposition in the case was similarly sealed by the Court letting the left write stories about those depositions, and no party had asked for Coomer’s deposition to be sealed. Primarily, the deposition verified many of the claims found in this fawning New York Times profile of Coomer. 

EXCLUSIVELY, the Gateway Pundit is providing:

The Eric Coomer deposition transcript

The Eric Coomer deposition exhibits

The Eric Coomer deposition video

The deposition reveals Coomer’s penchant for lying: such as when he authored an OpEd in the Denver Post misleading the public in stating that he did not have any social media accounts, and that any Facebook circulating throughout the public were “fabricated,” pretending to be him, but not authored by him. 

“I want to be very clear: I have no connection to the Antifa movement, I did not “rig,” or influence the election, nor have I participated in any calls, demonstrations, or other demonstrable activity related to any political party or social justice/action group.

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…

Additionally, any posts on social media channels purporting to be from me have also been fabricated. I do not have a Twitter account and my Facebook account is not active. These individuals are impersonating me.”

Eric Coomer, Dec. 8, 2020 in the Denver Post

HOWEVER, in the deposition, he finally ADMITS that he was the author of those Facebook messages all along.  He had been LYING this entire time. 

Most importantly, Defendant Sidney Powell’s lawyer Barry Arrington was able to pin down Dominion’s Coomer and get him to admit that he had, indeed, written the following Facebook messages prior to the 2020 Presidential election:

“If you are planning to vote for that autocratic, narcissistic fascist asshat blowhard and his Christian jihadist VP pic, UNFRIEND ME NOW!”

“Only an absolute F—-ING IDIOT could ever vote for that wind-bag, f—tard FASCIST RACIST F—! No bull—-, I don’t give a damn if you’re a friend, family or random acquaintance, pull the level, mark an oval, touch a screen for that carnival barker… UNFRIEND ME NOW.”

Coomer then qualified his long-rant against Trump by saying this about Dominion:

“…these opinions are rational, and completely my own. They are based in reason and highly credible. Though they are not necessarily the thoughts of my employer, though if not, I should probably find another job… Who wants to work for completely morons?”

LISTEN TO ERIC COOMER SAY THAT DOMINION SHARED HIS EXTREME-LEFT BELIEFS AND VALUES:

 So, by virtue of the fact that Coomer continued working at Dominion, it seems safe to say that Dominion generally shared Coomer’s extreme anti-Trump beliefs. 

After the Facebook Posts began circulating throughout the internet, Coomer deleted at least 80 of his posts, later telling colleagues that he ‘screwed up.’ When asked to clarify what that meant, why he would think he ‘screwed up’, he hedged and dodged and tap-danced to avoid the obvious answer: because he was the head of Product Strategy and Security for voting systems in 28 presidential election states in 2020, including every swing state, and yet was publicly posting vicious anti-Trump screeds, including the nastiest comments possible against Trump voters whom he called fascists.

Coomer said of Trump voters, prior to the election, “you deserve nothing but contempt” and they were “absolute F—ing idiots.”

LISTEN TO ERIC COOMER, BEING DEPOSED, ADMIT HE STILL THINKS ALL TRUMP VOTERS ARE “F—ING IDIOTS”:

Any business that employed Trump voters, Coomer said, were “complete morons.”

THIS EXTREME-LEFT ZEALOT WAS THE HEAD OF SECURITY FOR DOMINION.

Coomer tries to say he only ‘screwed up’ because he allowed the political right to make him the ‘perfect villain’ in his words from his personal beliefs, which he assures us had no bearing whatsoever in his professional capacity. 

Coomer reveals a lot about himself when he says mid-way through the deposition:

“They [the Defendants, such as the Gateway Pundit] can’t imagine, they can’t imagine having an opinion and being in a position, a supposed position, which I was not in, by the way, to try and affect a free and fair election. To them, them – and I’m talking about your clients – to them, this is inconceivable.

If they were in my position, they would – they would use every resource to exploit that. Why? Because I made some personal statements of a personal political belief. I screwed up because I gave them fodder because they can twist that and use it to fundraise and continue this farce. 

That’s where I screwed up. And it’s a farce.”

Coomer is admitting here that he was in a position to affect the election. He hedges his admission, catching himself mid-way through, but his intent is clear. This left-wing nutjob had the position and power to affect election results.

COOMER DEPOSITION EVIDENCE SHOWS HIM SAYING IT WAS “ILLEGAL” NOT TO FLIP ELECTION RESULTS, NOT THAT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE:

Dominion has been trying to silence these concerns and criticism by separately suing everyone possible who might journalism too much truth against them. 

Coomer, like his Antifa brethren, hates the police and celebrates their murder while simultaneously using the judiciary and law enforcement against his political opponents in litigation. Coomer refers to the police generally as “motherf—ing villains” in the deposition. He repeatedly posts songs and song lyrics that praise cop-killing. 

Coomer admits that he posted “F— the USA” on his Facebook media. The person who is the head of security for one of the largest national voting systems had regularly expressed the most toxic and extreme left views possible. Coomer admits that he only meant to share these views with his 300 Facebook friends by setting his account to private. Later, when he realized his posts were being reported upon by center-right journalist Joe Oltmann, he deleted some 80+ of his posts.

In the deposition Coomer is unable to define common words “Antifa” or “national news” or “satire” or “satirical” or “journalist” or “hate” or “often” or “purporting.” These are common bad faith tactics to run out the clock on depositions. 

WATCH COOMER REFUSE TO DEFINE “ANTIFA”:

 Coomer is clearly trying to waste time with deposition tactics such as quibbling over the definitions of words, asking for basic questions to be repeated, and being generally defiant in the face of the court’s required deposition time. These stalling tactics are usually punished when anyone other than liberal darlings employ them, but as conservatives have learned there are few, if any, consistent standards in American courtrooms.

An attorney who has seen Coomer up close says of him, “clearly his ego is just out of control.”

WATCH COOMER REFUSE TO DEFINE THE WORD “OFTEN”:

Legal experts following the case handicap Coomer’s expenses on this case so far as around $540,000. It’s not known if Coomer is financing this harassment litigation himself or with the benefit of outside funders.

Coomer also claims to have been a skinhead in the past, and became addicted to heroin, cocaine, and opioids. He also verifies that he had a tattoo of the artwork the “Screaming Popes” by Francis Bacon. Bacon was an extreme-left atheist whose macabre series of paintings depict Catholic Popes screaming in agony. 

If you believe the 2020 elections were the most safe and secure elections in American history, then you have to believe in the honesty, objectivity, credibility, and fairness of Eric Coomer. 

This is the artwork, part of a series by artist Francis Bacon, below, that Eric Coomer has tattooed on his arm.

“The Screaming Pope” by Francis Bacon

 

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Friday, October 8, 2021

PHYSICIANS DECLARATION GLOBAL COVID SUMMIT – ROME, ITALY

PHYSICIANS DECLARATION 
GLOBAL COVID SUMMIT – ROME, ITALY

International Alliance of Physicians and Medical Scientists
September, 2021

[UPDATE: as of 10am ET on 10/4 over 10,000 doctors & scientists have signed the Rome Declaration. Please join us by reading and signing below.]

We the physicians of the world, united and loyal to the Hippocratic Oath, recognizing the profession of medicine as we know it is at a crossroad, are compelled to declare the following;

WHEREAS, it is our utmost responsibility and duty to uphold and restore the dignity, integrity, art and science of medicine;

WHEREAS, there is an unprecedented assault on our ability to care for our patients;

WHEREAS, public policy makers have chosen to force a “one size fits all” treatment strategy, resulting in needless illness and death, rather than upholding fundamental concepts of the individualized, personalized approach to patient care which is proven to be safe and more effective;

WHEREAS, physicians and other health care providers working on the front lines, utilizing their knowledge of epidemiology, pathophysiology and pharmacology, are often first to identify new, potentially life saving treatments;

WHEREAS, physicians are increasingly being discouraged from engaging in open professional discourse and the exchange of ideas about new and emerging diseases, not only endangering the essence of the medical profession, but more importantly, more tragically, the lives of our patients;

WHEREAS, thousands of physicians are being prevented from providing treatment to their patients, as a result of barriers put up by pharmacies, hospitals, and public health agencies, rendering the vast majority of healthcare providers helpless to protect their patients in the face of disease.  Physicians are now advising their patients to simply go home (allowing the virus to replicate) and return when their disease worsens, resulting in hundreds of thousands of unnecessary patient deaths, due to failure-to-treat;

WHEREAS, this is not medicine. This is not care. These policies may actually constitute crimes against humanity.

NOW THEREFORE, IT IS:

RESOLVED, that the physician-patient relationship must be restored. The very heart of medicine is this relationship, which allows physicians to best understand their patients and their illnesses, to formulate treatments that give the best chance for success, while the patient is an active participant in their care. 

RESOLVED, that the political intrusion into the practice of medicine and the physician/patient relationship must end. Physicians, and all health care providers, must be free to practice the art and science of medicine without fear of retribution, censorship, slander, or disciplinary action, including possible loss of licensure and hospital privileges, loss of insurance contracts and interference from government entities and organizations – which further prevent us from caring for patients in need. More than ever, the right and ability to exchange objective scientific findings, which further our understanding of disease, must be protected.

RESOLVED, that physicians must defend their right to prescribe treatment, observing the tenet FIRST, DO NO HARM. Physicians shall not be restricted from prescribing safe and effective treatments. These restrictions continue to cause unnecessary sickness and death. The rights of patients, after being fully informed about the risks and benefits of each option, must be restored to receive those treatments.

RESOLVED, that we invite physicians of the world and all health care providers to join us in this noble cause as we endeavor to restore trust, integrity and professionalism to the practice of medicine.

RESOLVED, that we invite the scientists of the world, who are skilled in biomedical research and uphold the highest ethical and moral standards, to insist on their ability to conduct and publish objective, empirical research without fear of reprisal upon their careers, reputations and livelihoods.

RESOLVED, that we invite patients, who believe in the importance of the physician-patient relationship and the ability to be active participants in their care, to demand access to science-based medical care.

 

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School board race sees big money, stark partisanship

School board race sees big money, stark partisanship

Andrea Haitz, a local realtor running for District C in the Mesa County Valley School District 51 board race, has nearly doubled the next highest candidate in campaign contributions during the race.

Contributions to Haitz’s campaign, which as of Sept. 29 had received $28,314.33 (plus a $1,000 loan), included $10,000 from Grand Junction resident Linda Kemp, $3,000 from the Mesa County Republican Party and $500 from Mesa County Commissioner Cody Davis. Haitz’s campaign also reported a $1,000 contribution from Tom Heule, of Breckenridge, after the most recent financial reports were disclosed.

Haitz’s two opponents in District C, incumbent Trish Mahre and Austin DeWitt, have raised $15,558.88 and $519.24, respectively, as of Sept. 29.

INCREASING POLITICIZATION

The $3,000 contribution from the Republican Party also reflects an increased level of partisanship in 2021 compared to previous school board races, which are considered nonpartisan races.

Haitz, Will Jones and Angela Lema are running as a block endorsed by the Mesa County Republican Party and also supported by the far-right group “Stand for the Constitution,” members of which have been vocal in criticizing the current school board and administration.

Former school board vice chair Paul Pitton, who resigned recently, said in his resignation letter, “Politics have crept in and have no place in the public school system.”

Postings on Facebook from the campaigns of Haitz, Jones and Lema have urged residents to vote conservative in the school board election.

Some people have taken issue with the group running as a conservative block in an election that is supposed to be nonpartisan.

“This is another perversion of a nonpartisan election by Mesa County Republicans,” Pasquele Verrastro wrote in a Facebook comment to the Mesa County Republican Party. “Our kids deserve better than populous politics in our schools.”

Mesa County GOP chair Kevin McCarney responded to an email by a resident questioning the decision to endorse candidates, particularly without having hosted a forum for the candidates (the party later hosted a candidate forum for all the candidates), by writing:

“We did discuss the endorsements deeply. I know it has been traditional for the GOP to stay out of the “NonPartisan” elections, but we also know that Left leaning organizations are routinely involved in the elections. This is how we end up with a School Board full of Left-Leaning folks in the most Conservative County in Colorado. This is how we end up with a Bond Issue for a school that could be up 3 times the average cost to build a school. The real deciding factor for us was the Contemptible way the D 51 School Board treated concerned citizens at a recent meeting. There comments eerily echo the noise coming out of the Department of Justice about treating concerned parents as Domestic terrorists.”

OTHER ENDORSEMENTS

Jones, Haitz, and Lema also received the endorsement of the Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce, which often weighs in on local races in their voter guide. The Chamber however, also endorsed Mahre, saying voters could choose either her or Haitz.

The Mesa County Democrats have advertised a fundraiser for candidate Nick Allan in their email newsletter, which is accompanied by a note that they don’t endorse candidates in nonpartisan elections.

Similarly, the Mesa Valley Education Association does not make official endorsements, though members do work to support some candidates.

The Mesa County Democrats and Republicans did not respond to requests for comment on endorsing political candidates in this election.

OTHER FUNDRAISING TOTALS

Allan, who is running in District D, has raised $14,722 as of Sept. 29, including $50 from current District E board member Amy Davis, who is not running for re-election.

Jones, Allan’s opponent, has raised $12,764.33, including $5,401 from Cortez Realtor JaCee Apple and $500 from Grand Junction resident Jamee Simons.

In the District E race, David Combs has raised $7,610 plus a $1,000 loan, including a $1,000 donation from Susan Brewer of Mesquite, Nevada.

Lema, the other District E candidate, has raised $14,407.33, plus a $1,000 loan, including $500 from Grand Junction resident Kim Wright.

Most of the expenditures in the race have been for advertising such as yard signs and Facebook ads.

Haitz has spent $12,2575.83, Mahre $6,434.43, DeWitt $479.71, Allan $11,938.82, Jones $894.52, Combs $3,028.46 and Lema $14,407.

Lema and Haitz have both employed Cutter Consulting LLC, a media consulting firm based in Colorado springs, for their campaigns.

 

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Friday, October 1, 2021

New Initiative Explores Deep, Persistent Divides Between Biden and Trump Voters

New Initiative Explores Deep, Persistent Divides Between Biden and Trump Voters

UVA Center for Politics and Project Home Fire use innovative polling and data analytics to identify America’s political fissures, and explain ways to foster compromise

By UVA Center for Politics 
In: 2024 President 
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The University of Virginia Center for Politics has partnered with Project Home Fire, a new initiative dedicated to finding common ground in American politics, on an innovative new data analytics and polling project to explore the social, political, and psychological divides between those who voted for Donald Trump and those who voted for Joe Biden in 2020.

Some of the key takeaways from today’s release are:

— Majorities of Trump and Biden voters express support for several elements of the bipartisan infrastructure and reconciliation bills being debated in Congress, but there are marked differences in their levels of support. (see Table 1 below)

— Majorities — often large majorities — of both Biden and Trump voters express some form of distrust for voters, elected officials, and media sources they associate with the other side. A strong majority of Trump voters see no real difference between Democrats and socialists, and a majority of Biden voters at least somewhat agree that there is no real difference between Republicans and fascists. (see Table 2 below)

— Significant numbers of both Trump and Biden voters show a willingness to consider violating democratic tendencies and norms if needed to serve their priorities. Roughly 2 in 10 Trump and Biden voters strongly agree it would be better if a “President could take needed actions without being constrained by Congress or courts,” and roughly 4 in 10 (41%) of Biden and half (52%) of Trump voters at least somewhat agree that it’s time to split the country, favoring blue/red states seceding from the union. (see Table 3 below)

The Center for Politics and Project Home Fire will be releasing findings from this study in the coming weeks through a series of articles in Sabato’s Crystal Ball and other publications, as well as public symposiums that will each explore major, divisive subjects in American life. Those topics include: immigration, political violence, pandemic response, and other prominent national issues.

From July 22 to Aug. 4, 2021, Project Home Fire worked with InnovateMR, an industry-leading top 20 marketing research data collection firm, to capture online responses to more than 300 questions spanning social, political, and psychological topics from 1,001 Donald Trump presidential election voters and 1,011 Joe Biden voters (N=2,012), with a margin of error of +/- 2.2 percentage points.

As part of this study, the Center for Politics and Project Home Fire will provide information not just about the divides between Biden and Trump voters, but also which kinds of voters in both camps are most open to finding common ground and which kinds of messages stand the best chance of spurring compromise.

“The divide between Trump and Biden voters is deep, wide, and dangerous. The scope is unprecedented, and it will not be easily fixed,” said UVA Center for Politics Director Larry J. Sabato.

“In order to figure out ways to bridge these divides, we need to understand not just the divides themselves, but also understand the ways in which we can, together, move forward to reach common ground. This project helps us do both,” said Larry Schack of Project Home Fire.

Trump and Biden voters are at crisis stage

Policy-wise, Biden and Trump voters do express some commonalities. As an example, and thinking about some of the aspects of the infrastructure and reconciliation bills currently being debated in Congress, only two garner less than 50% support from Trump voters: legislation supporting unions through banning “right-to-work” laws and safeguarding union elections (42% of Trump voters express support), and making community college free for all Americans (43% of Trump voters express support). In other words, majorities of Biden and Trump voters express support for several other elements of the infrastructure and reconciliation bills currently being debated in Congress, although Biden voters express stronger support for these issue statements than Trump voters do. Table 1 shows these findings.

Table 1: Center for Politics/Project Home Fire poll findings on Biden/Trump voter support for various issues being debated as part of bipartisan infrastructure and reconciliation bill negotiations

Note: For the statements listed in Table 1, respondents were asked how much they agreed or disagreed with the statement on a 0-100 point scale (0 was categorized as disagreeing completely, 1-25 means strongly disagreeing, 26-50 was disagreeing somewhat, 51-75 was agreeing somewhat, 76-99 was strongly agreeing, and 100 was agreeing completely). So the percentage of people who at least somewhat agreed with the statement selected 51 or above on the scale for the given statement, and the percentage of those who at least strongly agreed selected 76 or above.

In the study, the idea that the “government should work for people” surfaces as a potential compromise corridor for starting a conversation and finding common ground. The opportunity is to leverage this consensus to realize the positive change and action many Trump and Biden voters want.

But these positives are offset by the fact that Biden and Trump voters do not see how working with the other side fits into a bigger picture or translates into benefits for them. If anything, they view compromise as contrary their own priorities. They are convinced that the other side is pursuing an agenda that is contrary to their interests, principles, and values. They are convinced they will suffer personally if the other side has their way, despite the fact that many Biden and Trump voters want many of the same things from government.

Illustrating the extent of the underlying divide, nearly 90% of voters on both sides agree that people like them won’t belong in America anymore if the “other side” has its way, and more than 1 in 5 say they “agree completely” that such is the case.

Table 2 shows a series of questions in which majorities — often large majorities — of both Biden and Trump voters express some form of distrust for voters, elected officials, and media sources they associate with the other side. That includes about three-quarters of both Biden and Trump voters expressing support for censoring extreme media on the left (Trump voters) or right (Biden voters), as well as more than three-quarters of each side’s voters believing elected officials from the other side represent a clear and present danger to American democracy.

Table 2: Poll findings on fear and distrust among Biden and Trump voters

Note: The same 0-100 point scale described in the note under Table 1 is also used here.

Many Trump and Biden voters believe the deck is stacked against them, and their commitment to democracy is wavering

Widespread disillusionment with the other side, and perceptions of a system that is rigged to favor the wealthy and powerful, has undermined faith in our representative democracy:

— On one hand, roughly 80% of Trump and Biden voters view democracy as preferable to any non-democratic kind of government.

— On the other hand, more than 6 in 10 Trump and Biden voters see America as less a representative democracy and more a system that is run by and rigged for the benefit of the wealthy.

— Overall, more than two-thirds support — and one-third strongly — emboldening and empowering strong leaders and taking the law into their own hands when it comes to dealing with people or groups they view as dangerous.

— And their willingness to consider violating democratic tendencies and norms extends beyond the hypothetical and to a dangerous and alarming finding: Roughly 2 in 10 Trump and Biden voters — or more than 31 million Americans — strongly agree it would be better if a “President could take needed actions without being constrained by Congress or courts” (as extrapolated from the results of this survey). Roughly 4 in 10 (41%) of Biden and half (52%) of Trump voters at least somewhat agree that it’s time to split the country, favoring blue/red states seceding from the union.

Table 3: Center for Politics/Project Home Fire poll findings on commitment to democracy among Biden and Trump voters

Note: The same 0-100 point scale described in the note under Table 1 is also used here.

How this project will address this divide

To achieve understanding that can empower effective compromise, deeper insights into the political and social-psychological motivations that animate each side of the political spectrum are needed. Toward those ends, this Center for Politics/Project Home Fire study aims to:

— Provide a deeper understanding of the dangerous divide that threatens America’s pursuit of universally representative democracy.

— Uncover the politically and psychologically motivated “compromise receptive” subgroups that exist among Biden and Trump voters.

— Identify compromise corridors (the policy and issue areas both Biden and Trump voters care about) and compromise clusters (those groups of compromise receptive Biden and Trump voters who both care about a particular policy or issue area and express less dissimilar opinions).

— Reveal the specific pathways to persuade Americans on both sides of the divide to open their minds to mutually beneficial compromise that accrues to the bigger goal of preserving, protecting, and expanding America’s universally representative democracy.

“Our hope is that, by employing the tools of modern behavioral science, Project Home Fire can develop a deep, data-driven understanding of the fears and concerns animating the increasingly dangerous political and cultural divide in America. The first step toward effectively solving a problem is to accurately understand its causes and we believe Project Home Fire can provide such understanding,” said Robert “Mick” McWilliams of Project Home Fire.

“The logical conclusion then, is that it is in the long-term interest of the country to pursue a series of strategies and tactics that encourage bridge-building and constructive dialogue and re-affirm America’s reputation as the world’s leading representative democracy. Simply put — we need a real plan to heal our fractured democracy. In our research, we have uncovered some pathways to help do that,” said Project Home Fire’s Larry Schack.

 

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Durango 9-R Board of Education Resolution on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

 

Durango 9-R Board of Education Resolution
on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

WHEREAS, Durango School District 9-R (the “District”) strives to be an equitable, inclusive educational system
and community - a place where all students, staff, and family members feel valued, safe, and welcome; and

WHEREAS, the District currently includes culturally diverse students, families, and staff representing many
countries and territories, including approximately 21% of students who are Latino, 6% who are American
Indian or Alaska Natives, 1% who are African American, and 1% who are Asian; and

WHEREAS, the District recognizes the importance of immigration that indigenous peoples and populations in
general have carried out for thousands of years, which has led us to be a community collectively rich in
knowledge and cultures; and

WHEREAS, the District acknowledges the presence of harmful injustices that extensive research has shown to
exist at the intersections of race, class, religion, gender, sexuality, and abilities; and

WHEREAS, the District encompasses land originally inhabited by and taken from Indigenous people; and

WHEREAS, the District, despite past efforts, continues to have significant opportunity gaps as evidenced by
disproportionate rates of discipline, drop-out, and achievement among various subpopulations; and

WHEREAS, the District is committed to mitigating social and economic barriers that limit the academic and
social growth of minority students, ensuring that all students, staff, and families benefit from equitable
educational opportunities in a safe and healthy environment; and

WHEREAS, the Durango School District 9-R Board of Education (the “Board”) is committed to leading and
facilitating positive change at the systemic level within the school district; and

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board apologizes to the community, particularly to our students, families, staff, and alumnae, for not yet effectively identifying and addressing diversity, equity, and inclusion across the district in a systemic way.

THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board will work to address inequities and their negative
effects within our district and schools through our budget, priorities, policies, inclusive language that values
and respects differences, and by creating a culture that values, understands, and practices equity, diversity,
and inclusion with intercultural competency.

THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board will establish a committee, made up of diverse
community members and stakeholders, charged with identifying and addressing systemic inequities within the
district and recommending solutions.

THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board will engage third-party subject matter experts
specializing in diversity, equity, and inclusion for the purpose of identifying systemic racism and injustices
throughout the district and providing unbiased recommendations and actions to ensure we are equitably
serving all our stakeholders.

THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board commits to taking recommended and proven actions
toward meaningful, intentional, equitable and enduring systemic change and continually working toward
greater equity for all in our district.

THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that all formal district business will commence with the following
official land acknowledgement, which will also be published on the district homepage and displayed
prominently in district offices to recognize the Indigenous peoples on whose land our schools are built.

“We respectfully acknowledge that Durango School District 9-R is located on lands and territories taken from
the Núuchiu (Ute) people. This land is also the ancestral home of or served as a site of trade, gathering, or
healing for Apache, Pueblo, Diné, and other Nations. We recognize and honor these peoples and nations as
traditional stewards of this land and water and respect their enduring relationship with it.”



_________________________________________ Andrea Parmenter, Board Secretary
_________________________________________ Kristin Smith, Board President



Adopted and approved by the Durango School District 9-R Board of Education at a board meeting held on the
26th day of January 2021.

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