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I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER TONIGHT'S MEETING
[ AGENDA CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZENS ACTION COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road October 7, 2021 7:00 P.M. ]
OF THE CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZEN ACTION COMMISSION AT 7:03 PM.AKINS AS HANUKKAH MS. NEWBIE PRESENT MS. PURVIS, MR. RAMIREZ, MR. RICHARDSON, PRESENT MR. STEVENS, MS. STEVENS PRESENT MS. SOMEONE.
THANK YOU, MS. HONAKER, MS. PURVIS IN MS.
WE WILL MOVE TO APPROVAL OF THE SEPTEMBER 2ND MINUTES.
ARE THERE ANY UPDATES OR REVISIONS TO THE MINUTES FOR SEPTEMBER 2ND? MADAM CHAIR, I HAVE ONE CORRECTION TO THE MINUTES.
ON PAGE FOUR UNDER THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE REPORT, LAURA, IT SAYS DR.
HIS LAST NAME SHOULD BE SPELLED D U L U N D U L A N.
ANY OTHER CHANGES, MODIFICATIONS, RIGHT.
LOU SEEK APPROVAL OF THE SEPTEMBER 2ND MINUTES PENDING THE UPDATES, THE CHANGES TO THE NAME, UM, FOR DOCTOR DULIN ALL IN FAVOR OF ACCEPTING THE AMENDED MINUTES WITH THE FOUR MENTIONED MODIFICATION.
THEN THE MINUTES WILL BE APPROVED WITH THE ONE CHANGE BUSINESS.
WE HAVE NOTHING ON THEIR OWN BUSINESS, BUT WE DO HAVE OUR, OUR, UM, COMMITTEE REPORTS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH, DOES YOUR COMMITTEE HAVE ANYTHING MR. CBS REFORM COMMITTEE DID NOT MEET LAST MONTH.
THERE WERE, UH, PERSONAL MATTERS, UH, WHERE WE COULD NOT MEET, UM, AS MUCH.
SO WE'LL RESCHEDULE IT FOR NEXT MONTH.
ANYTHING FOR OUTREACH? OF COURSE, OF COURSE THE OUTREACH COMMITTEE DID MEET, UM, SEPTEMBER 22ND HERE AT THE POLICE OR THEY'RE AT THE POLICE STATION.
UM, LET ME FROM READING THE EIGHT MINUTES OUTREACH REACH.
IT'S LIKE A FULL-TIME JOB TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THESE MINUTES.
UM, WE DISCUSSED THE HUMAN RIGHTS, CULTURAL FESTIVAL, JUNE 25TH, 2022, THAT EICHELBERGER, UH, WENT OVER, UH, A FEW OF THE, UH, THE PARTICULARS FOR THAT, THAT, THAT EVENT, DJ COMMITMENT, ORDERED MATERIALS, ALL OF THAT.
AND THAT IS, UH, STILL, UH, WORKING ON THOSE ON THAT EVENT.
UM, WE DISCUSSED A JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION AGAIN AND WORK, AND AGAIN, WORKING OUT SOME DETAILS FOR THE FATHER'S DAY FUNK FESTIVAL.
I DID TALK WITH BRIAN AND HE TOLD ME THAT THEY WOULD BEGIN AFTER THIS, UH, AFTER THIS MONTH OF THE CONCERT SEASON TO START LOOKING FOR ACTS FOR NEXT YEAR.
AND, UH, I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH HIM AGAIN, UH, JUST TO KEEP THAT FRESH IN HIS MIND THAT WE WANT TO GET A PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC, GEORGE CLINTON.
THOSE KINDS OF GROUPS ARE HERE FOR A FATHER'S DAY FUNK FESTIVAL ON JUNE JUNETEENTH.
AND, UM, AFTER WE BOOKED IN THAT, THAT WEEK, WE'RE GONNA PUT SOME OTHER ACTIVITIES IN THERE FOR THE OUTREACH COMMITTEE AND WE'LL HIT SOME CULTURAL EVENTS EACH DAY THAT WEEK SOME EDUCATIONAL, SOME INFORMATIONAL, UH, AND WE WERE JUST KICKING IDEAS AROUND FOR THAT.
AND, UH, THE MARTIN LUTHER KING, UM, CELEBRATION IS ON THE CALENDAR AND WE'LL BEGIN PLANNING FOR THAT AS WELL IN THE UPCOMING FEW WEEKS.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE FOR THE OUTREACH
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COMMITTEE.YEAH, SO THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE ALSO MET ON SEPTEMBER 22ND AT THE HEBREW HEIGHTS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND THESE FOLLOWING ITEMS WERE DISCUSSED.
THE FIRST ITEM WAS PREPARATION FOR THE OCTOBER 13TH FORUM WHERE THE TOPIC AGAIN IS WHY DECLARING RACISM AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS MATTERS.
AGAIN, OUR GUEST PANELISTS ARE GOING TO BE DR.
AKINS FOR PROVIDING THE PANEL.
WELL, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU KUDOS WHERE IT'S DESERVED.
UM, THE PANEL HAS BEEN GIVEN, UM, A SET OF QUESTIONS IN ADVANCE TO PREPARE FOR DISCUSSION AND ALL OF THE LOGISTICS PRETTY MUCH HAVE BEEN FINALIZED.
I DID MEET WITH JOSH CANE ON THE SAME DAY AS OUR MEETING TO GO OVER THE ROOM AND FACE MADAM CHAIR FOR THAT RECOMMENDATION, IT SAVES US SOME MONEY FOR THE CITY MONEY, WHICH IS GOOD, AND THE ROOM WHICH SHE HAS SENT A RECORDING OF IS GOING TO BE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HOLD THE FORUM.
SO I AM GOING TO MEET WITH JOSH AGAIN, EITHER NEXT TUESDAY, AFTERNOON OR WEDNESDAY BEFOREHAND, TO KIND OF GET EVERYTHING SET UP FOR OUR PROGRAM.
I DO NEED A VOLUNTEER ON THE COMMISSION AS BEFORE TO RECORD ON FACEBOOK LIVE.
SO I'LL HAVE AGAIN, MY IPAD AND THE TRIPOD.
SO FOR THOSE OF US THAT WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE.
NOW I NEED THAT EXTRA HAND THAT'D BE APPRECIATED.
UM, WE ALSO DISCUSSED AS FAR AS NEXT YEAR, POSTING TO FORUMS, AND AGAIN, WE WANT TO COLLABORATE WITH THE REFORM COMMITTEE TO DO A JOINT SESSION.
SO AFTER NEXT WEDNESDAY, GET THROUGH THIS FIRST, WELL, NO, TALK TO YOU, MR. STEVENS, AS A COMMITTEE WITH YOUR COMMITTEE TO, UM, DISCUSS THOSE DETAILS.
CAUSE WE WERE ENCRYPTED IF RIGHT OR WRONG.
AKINS, WE WERE GOING TO CHECK WITH CHIEF LEITNER TO SEE IF HIS AVAILABILITY FIRST.
SOMEWHERE AROUND THAT FIRST OR SECOND WEEK IN JANUARY, THAT'S RIGHT.
BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO CONFLICT WITH THE MLK EVENT AS WELL.
SOMETIMES, BUT THAT IS ALL THAT I HAVE TO REPORT FOR THIS EVENING.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION WEREN'T PRESENT, UM, JUST TO HELP WITH, IF WE NEEDED ROOM TO PUT THE CROWD OR HANDOUT LITERATURE, OR MAYBE HELP FACILITATE QUESTIONS AND RESPONSES LIKE THAT.
AND THEN I'M SURE THE PANEL CAN THAT, BUT THE MORE REPRESENTATION WE HAVE, I THINK THE, UH, THE, THE BETTER LOOK IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, ADDRESSING THAT, ESPECIALLY FOR THIS TOPIC IN A, WHICH, YOU KNOW, THE CITY DID, YOU KNOW, CONCUR ON THE RESOLUTION.
AND I FEEL THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET ALL THE SUPPORT POSSIBLE AND REPRESENTATION AS WELL.
I THINK I'VE ONLY HAD ONE COMMISSION MEMBER WHO'S TOLD ME THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT.
SO, AND THAT'S THE EXPECTATION EXPECTATION IS THAT WHEN WE'RE NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT TO OUR EVENTS, TO LET SOMEONE ELSE EITHER THE CHAIR COMMITTEE LET ME KNOW.
WELL, I WASN'T INFORMED OF, WELL, I THINK I KNOW WHO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT YES, THAT'S FINE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS. NEWBIE, LAST OUR COMMITTEE REPORTS WE'LL MOVE ON
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TO NEW BUSINESS.WE HAVE THE PROCLAMATION FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY, WHICH, UM, I HAVE THAT ON THE AGENDA JUST FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES, EVERYONE HAS REVIEWED THAT AND THERE WERE NO MODIFICATIONS.
SO, UM, MR. ROGERS IS GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT AND MOVE THAT TO COUNCIL FOR MONDAY'S MEETING FOR APPROVAL.
AND SO THEY WILL HAVE A PROCLAMATION ON MONDAY OR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE STAY.
SO IF WE CAN BE PRESENT FOR THAT MEETING, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
JUST UP THAT PROCLAMATION, THE 10 IT'S AT THE 10TH MONDAY.
IS THAT MONDAY STATE OR 11TH IS THE MEETING THAT THE 11TH, YES.
I WILL ACTUALLY BE IN, UM, ROUTE TRAVELING BACK I'M OUT OF TOWN, SO I MIGHT NOT BE ALL RIGHT.
AND, UM, WE HAVE ALSO ON THE AGENDA PROCLAMATION FOR THE RECOGNITION OF LUCILLE DALE.
THIS DID COME UP A FEW MONTHS BACK AND I BELIEVE THAT WE TABLED IT.
UM, BUT WE PUT THIS ONE BECAUSE WE WOULD LIKE A PROCLAMATION, THE CITY FOR CITY COUNCIL TO, UM, DO A PROCLAMATION FOR MISS LUCILLE DALE.
SHE WAS ACTUALLY THE VICE MAYOR, THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN FEMALE VICE MAYOR, I BELIEVE.
UM, FOR THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS AND A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HER, SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE HUBER HIGH SUPPORT OF EDUCATION, A MEMBER OF HUBER HEIGHTS, CITY COUNCIL, RETIRED HUBER HEIGHTS, CITY SCHOOLS WITH 32 YEARS OF SERVICE, UM, CHEER LADY FOR THE COUNSELING DEPARTMENT AT WISE AND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
SHE CREATED PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND THEIR HERITAGE AND BLACK HISTORY AT THE SCHOOL SHE CREATED AND ESTABLISHED THE DARK DR.
MARTIN LUTHER KING HOLIDAY CELEBRATION, UM, WITH SOUL FOOD DINNER, WHICH USED TO BE REALLY BIG IN HUBER HEIGHTS BACK IN THE DAY WHEN SHE WAS, UM, WORKING THERE.
AND SHE TAUGHT STUDENTS THE BLACK NATIONAL ANTHEM IN HUBER HEIGHTS, CITY SCHOOLS ORGANIZE THE BLACK AWARENESS CLUB UNDER RACIAL DISTRESS.
WHEN WE HAD RACIAL DISTRESS IN HUBER HEIGHTS, UM, SHE TAUGHT AND COUNSELED IN EUROPE FOR 10 YEARS AT A HIGH SCHOOL THERE, SHE, HER EDUCATION THAT SHE HAS A MASTER'S FROM CENTRAL STATE UNIVERSITY.
UM, SHE ALSO ATTENDED SHE'S NO, SHE'S A CERTIFIED COUNSELOR CERTIFIED IN RACE RELATIONS.
UM, SHE WAS WITH THE U S AIR FORCE WORKED FOR THE US AIR FORCE, DLD EUROPE.
SO SHE HAS DONE A LOT AND HAS DONE A LOT IN OUR COMMUNITY AND, UM, IS SO WORTHY OF A PROCLAMATION FROM OUR CITY COUNCIL.
UM, SO I'VE PUT THIS IN, UH, THANK YOU, MISS NEWBIE FOR BRINGING THIS BACK TO OUR ATTENTION THAT WE VOTE ON A PROCLAMATION MOVING FORWARD TO COUNCIL TO DO A PROCLAMATION FOR MS. LUCILLE DALE.
SO I WILL PUT IT FOR A VOTE ON THE FLOOR.
IS THERE ANYONE RECOMMENDING THAT WE THAT'S A COUNCIL PROCLAMATION? I THINK THAT WE WERE MOVING, WE MOVED IT TO THE, UM, WE MOVE IT TO ADVOCACY.
I THINK WE MOVED INTO ADVOCACY AND WE DIDN'T HAVE BACKGROUND ON HER.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS REQUESTED BY SENDING MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, BECAUSE SOME OF, SOME OF THE, SOME OF US DO NOT KNOW, UM, MS. DALE'S, YOU KNOW, HISTORY IN TERMS OF THE CITY.
SO THAT WAS THE REASON WHY IT WAS KIND OF TABLED PUSHED BACK TO LATER.
IF WE TAKE A BOAT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF MOVING TO CITY COUNCIL TO ISSUE A PROCLAMATION FOR THE RECOGNITION OF MS. LUCILLE, DALE.
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I HAVE A VOTE CALL MS. STEPHENS.MR. RICHARDSON, MR. STEVENS, DR.
SO IT IS APPROVED THAT WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH A SUGGESTION TO CITY COUNCIL THAT THEY ISSUE A PROCLAMATION FOR MISS LUCILLE DALE.
THAT WAS OUR LAST ITEM OF BUSINESS.
THEN YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO MAKE IT BACK TO THE