Demand for change: What you need to know Tuesday

The Huber Heights City Council on Monday night voted to equip the city’s police officers with body cameras. The council also created the city’s first commission that will focus on diversity and fighting inequality.

The Modern College of Design in Kettering on Monday joined 37 local businesses and organizations in supporting the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce’s declaration against racism, which supports the passage of the city, county and state resolutions declaring racism as a public health crisis.

“As the tragic events of the past month–including the killing of George Floyd–exposed the undercurrent of systemic racism and injustice in our country, we are angered by the ongoing racism and other forms of discrimination that our Black students, faculty, staff, and alumni are enduring” President Jessica Barry said in a prepared statement.

The Modern administration is developing initiatives to help students, faculty and staff understand diverse perspectives, identify unconscious biases, and develop skills to make The Modern a more welcoming and inclusive environment.

Ongoing training will be provided that targets awareness, communication, attitudes, and behaviors.

These actions are among the things you should know today about the demand for change, in the aftermath of the Memorial Day death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police:

• In Minneapolis, changing police department means taking on union
• Hundreds show to pay final respects to Rayshard Brooks

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