This is the list of documents available for the submission By Councillor Graham Campbell:- "Council understands and shares the deep concern and horror that many feel about racism and racial injustice in the US and across the world as highlighted by the Black Lives Matter movement and others campaigning for justice. Council expresses and shares the sympathy, grief and anger at the associated deaths and stands in solidarity with the campaigners. Council acknowledges the anger, frustration and heartfelt anguish of our own BME citizens who are experiencing racism in their daily lives and who expressed that through joining in their tens of thousands on Black Lives Matter protests and in online teach-ins across Scotland this summer. Council acknowledges 3 central demands coming from those demonstrations were to 1. tackle access to employment and opportunities by removing discriminatory barriers; 2. take more serious action against racism and racial hate crime incidents in Glasgow schools; and 3. recognise the historic legacy of chattel slavery based on the exploitation of Enslaved Africans by removing or amending street names and statues celebrating figures associated with slavery through the tobacco, sugar and cotton trades. Council commends the successful interventions of its cross party BME Employment Working Group, in monitoring, evaluating and adjusting our employment procedures (for example with more inclusive shortlisting and interview procedures) thus helping to double the BME Council family workforce from 1.6% in 2017 to 3.3% by 2019. Council further notes other progress made since 2017: - establishment of a Senior Arts, Music and Diversity Manager at Glasgow Life and an agent for change model to tackle racism and inequality; - establishing jobs fairs targeted at BME communities; - setting up an autonomous BME Employees Staff Network; - appointing Equalities Champions throughout the Council family's workforce and established in each department; - establishing a Glasgow Black Voluntary Sector network; - having a BME Task Group as part of our Covid-19 Strategic Recovery Plan; - developing greater BME Voluntary sector involvement in Community Planning Partnerships; - Hosting official Black History Month events in City Chambers for the first time alongside exhibitions; and - Working in partnership with Dr Stephen Mullen and Glasgow University in addressing slavery links and increasing understanding regarding the university and the city with the transatlantic slave trade. Council recognises - despite these important developments and interventions - its own role, that of the Glasgow Family and of our citizens in continuing to address institutionalised racism in all its forms. Council believes that it is not enough to be against racism, and that there is a responsibility on us all to identify and dismantle barriers of structural racism that exist in our society and institutions - to be actively anti-racist. Council further believes that the Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights (CRER) has been a valuable stakeholder in raising awareness and mobilising action. Council notes that it works closely with CRER and co-chairs an existing group exploring the feasibility of a national museum dedicated to illuminating colonialism and imperialism and slavery. Council further notes its call for more action on racial equality in Scotland, these include: - annual targets to support achievement of the existing commitment on fair representation for minority ethnic people in the workforce; - ensuring that teachers, through continuous professional development and the provision of adequate resources, are fully equipped and confident in supporting learning and teaching for all Curriculum for Excellence capacities and levels; - mandatory recording and analysis of racist incidents in Scotland's schools; - ensure gathering and analysis of data on racial disparities within all progress reporting on the National Performance Framework; and - join CRER and Glasgow City Council in a scoping study regarding the establishment of a national museum. Council commits to working with CRER to realise these aims in Glasgow and welcomes the opportunity to celebrate the contribution of Black and Minority Ethnic communities; and continue to have an unwavering voice that amplifies the idea that Black Lives Matter. Council also commits to holding a public consultation over this legacy answerable through a special Cross-Party Working Group - convened by Councillor Campbell; resolves to write to the Scottish Government in support of all of these actions.".

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