The school board meeting ended with Connie the Coward School Board member storming out after that verbal lashing. Three weeks after the incident, Bernard, however, resigned from her position as vice president of the board. 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East Baton Rouge Parish School Board member Connie Bernard appeared in court Tuesday on misdemeanor charges stemming from a profanity-filled c, Embattled East Baton Rouge School Board member Connie Bernard has come under controversy after a video went viral oflocal firebrand Gary Cham, Those expecting Connie Bernard to quickly resign from the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board in the face of recent controversy are likely to. "Thursday evening was over 400 years of pain and hurt on display, and our colleague decided to ignore the cry of our community and totally misrepresent us as a school board.". FACTS!! "I had intended to get up here and talk about how racist Robert E. Lee was, but I'm going to talk about you, Connie, sitting over there shopping while we're talking about Robert E. Lee," said activist Gary Chambers Jr., addressing Connie Bernard at a hearing last Thursday. I stand on that. According to WAFB-TV, board members cannot legally vote to remove a member, but a voter. That needs to change in a city that is 56% Black. You should walk out of here and resign and never come back because you are the example of racism in this community, Chambers said. At a press briefing Monday afternoon, two board members joined Howard and Lanus in asking for her immediate resignation. In 2016, the board voted to remove the Robert E. from the name, but his last name remained. 1 LSU baseball completes the sweep Home on Inspiration Point Drive catches on Home on Inspiration Point Drive catches on fire; Investigators working to determine cause. You should resign You should walk out of here and resign and never come back because you are the example of racism in this community. Her term runs through 2022. EBR school board president calls for Connie Bernard to resign - WAFB We elect them to vote the will of the people. A Change.org petition urging Bernard to resign garnered more than 7,200 signatures as of Sunday afternoon. her laptop screen showed a shopping website, Louisianas first Black governor, P.B.S. (BRPROUD) The East Baton Rouge District 8 School Board election ended on a cliffhanger Tuesday night. She is white and middle aged. UPDATE: Connie Bernard has announced she's stepping down as the vice president of the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. We are either tearing down white supremacy or we arent. We play a video that has now gone viral from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where community activist Gary Chambers Jr. calls out members of the Lee High School school board for their racism during a June . Baton Rouge School Board member Connie Bernard's lost the confidence of her colleagues after she was called out for ignoring an intense discussion about race -- and that's A-OK with the guy who dragged her in the first place. NAACP Baton Rouge leaders similarly said the schools renaming was long overdue. // <! Also let Connie know its time for her to resign. In her resignation letter, she made no mention of that incident, saying instead that she left board leadership because her husband, John, had been diagnosed with cancer and has been undergoing time-consuming treatments. All politics is local, and if we get civically engaged and lean in together we can shake things up. You had every opportunity to apologize during the board meeting, but instead you chose to shop for dresses while members from our community, including parents and teachers, waited seven hours to speak on an item that concerns our students., Bernard released a statement on Friday, saying: My comments last week about the naming of Lee High School were insensitive, have caused pain for others, and have led people to believe I am an enemy of people of color, and I am deeply sorry.