Confederate Monument at Courthouse

Expressed concerns about the Confederate monument outside the courthouse, urging leadership to choose unity and remove the symbol.

Addressed equity in permitting for recent courthouse gatherings and called for the relocation of the Confederate monument to a museum.

Questioned how maintaining a Confederate monument aligns with leadership's stated Christian and American values.

Stated that many Gaston County residents support relocating the monument and urged the board to find a way to move it.

Spoke on behalf of the NAACP Gastonia Branch about how the monument undermines the principle of blind justice at the courthouse.

Called the recent court ruling a moral failure and urged commissioners to use their authority to remove the monument immediately.