MIAMI-DADE – Chairman Oliver G. Gilbert, III sponsored a resolution that was unanimously adopted by the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners condemning false generalizations and recognizing the contributions of the Haitian neighborhood. On Tuesday, Sept. 17, after an unsubstantiated Fb publish led to false claims that Haitian immigrants have been consuming canines, cats, and different pets, Chairman Gilbert added the decision to the agenda to indicate unity for the folks of Haiti.
Vice Chairman Oliver G. Gilbert, III
“The Haitian neighborhood has made and continues to make an unbelievable affect in Miami-Dade County. We now have innovators, enterprise house owners, and neighborhood leaders who’re members of the Haitian community. With out their contributions, Miami wouldn’t be the world-class metropolis that it’s right now. We is not going to stand idly by whereas these false, divisive remarks are made about members of our superbly various neighborhood,” mentioned Chairman Gilbert.
Miami-Dade County is a majority-minority neighborhood, the place greater than half of its 2.7 million residents are foreign-born. Because the Gateway to the Americas, the Board stands in unity and condemns false insinuations that casts minority communities in a detrimental mild.
