The Olympia City Council proclaimed Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, the National Day of Racial Healing, marking the second consecutive year the council has taken this action.
The proclamation emphasized Olympia’s affirmation that “all people, regardless of their racial, ethnic and religious identification, their skin color or their physical traits, deserve an equal opportunity to experience well-being in a just society and to be full participants in our democracy.”
Kyeshia Likely, the Executive Director of Community Engagement at the South Sound YMCA, accepted the proclamation on behalf of the community…