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Lynn racial-justice committee disbanded after internal disagreement

By | September 3, 2020

This article was published 2 year(s) and 4 month(s) ago.

LYNN — City Council President Darren Cyr has canceled months-long racial-justice conversations between community groups and councilors, citing confidentiality breaches and a sharp exchange between Lynn’s only Black councilor and…
Thor Jourgensen A newspaperman for 34 years, Thor Jourgensen has worked for the Item for 29 years and lived in Lynn 20 years. He has overseen the Item's editorial department since January 2016 and is the 2015 New England Newspaper and Press Association Bob Wallack Community Journalism Award recipient.

Thor Jourgensen can be reached at tjourgensen@itemlive.com

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