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Report Type: Informational Report Meeting Date: 9/16/2019
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Summary Title: Proclamation Establishing September 13 -22, 2019 as
Welcome Week in Palo Allto
Title: Proclamation Establishing September 13 -22, 2019 as Welcome Week in
Palo Alto
From: City Manager
Lead Department: Community Services
See attached proclamation
Attachments:
Attachment A: Proclamation Establishing September 13-22, 2019 as Welcome Week
Proclamation
Establishing September 12-22, 2019 as Welcome Week
WHEREAS, Palo Alto’s success depends on making sure that all residents feel welcome here. New residents
are a vital part of our community — bringing fresh perspectives and new ideas, starting businesses, and contributing
to the vibrant diversity that we all value; and
WHEREAS, this week, we honor the spirit of unity that is bringing neighbors together across Palo Alto during
Welcome Week, an effort of Welcoming America, a nonprofit, nonpartisan national organization which believes that
all people, including immigrants, are valued contributors who are vital to the success of our communities and shared
future; and
WHEREAS, I invite all residents of Palo Alto to join this movement of communities nationwide by
renewing our commitment to our core American values and by acting in the spirit of welcoming. By working
together, we can achieve greater prosperity and deepen our community as the kind of place where diverse
people from around the world feel valued and welcome; and
WHEREAS, regardless of where we are born or what we look like, we are Palo Altans, united in our
efforts to build a stronger community. By recognizing the contributions that we all make to create a vibrant
culture and a growing economy, we make our community more prosperous and more inclusive to all who call it
home. Let us continue to come together to build a community where every resident can contribute their best;
and
WHEREAS, a local coalition including the Palo Alto Family YMCA, Palo Alto History Museum, Mid-
Peninsula Community Media Center, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto City Library, Avenidas, Palo Alto Adult
School, Palo Alto Human Relations Commission, and interested citizens have planned a variety of events in
celebration of Welcome Week to be found at paloaltowelcomeweek.org; and
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Eric Filseth, the Mayor of the City of Palo Alto, do hereby proclaim September
13-22, 2019, as Welcome Week, and call upon the people of Palo Alto to unite and continue to build a stronger
community together.
Presented: September 16, 2019
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Eric Filseth
Mayor