[ AGENDA CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZEN ACTION COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road May 4, 2023 7:00 P.M. ]
[00:00:03]
SO I CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER OF THE CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZEN ACTION COMMISSION.
TODAY IS MAY 4TH, AND WE ARE GOING TO BEGIN WITH A ROLL CALL KAI.
AND KAI, PLEASE LET THE RECORDS REFLECT THAT YOLANDA STEVENS, CARLA STALE, ERIC RICHARDSON, ALL ARE EXCUSED FROM TONIGHT'S MEETING.
HOWEVER, WE DO NEED A MOTION, UM, TO BE ABLE TO EXCUSE THOSE ABSENCES.
I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE EXCUSED ABSENCES FOR MRS. YOLANDA STEVENS, MRS. CARLOS STALE, AND MR. ERIC RICHARDSON.
SO THEN THOSE THREE ABSENCES WILL STAND AS EXCUSE FROM THIS MEETING.
NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE APRIL 6TH MEETING.
HAS EVERYONE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THOSE MINUTES? HAS EVERYBODY RECEIVED THE MINUTES? I HAVE, YES.
AND HAS EVERYBODY REVIEWED THOSE MINUTES? YES.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION? DO WE NEED ANY CHANGES? UM, I DO HAVE TWO ITEMS, MADAM CHAIR.
PERTAINING TO ITEM B2 AND B3 PERTAINING TO CULTURE WEEK REGARDING THE BUDGETS FOR THE JUNETEENTH MUSIC FESTIVAL AND THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
AFTER THAT MEETING, I KNOW THAT YOU AND I HAD SPOKEN AS FAR AS REVISIONS MM-HMM.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE SHOULD BE ANY CHANGES REFLECTED BECAUSE WE MADE THAT DECISION THEN TO APPROVE THE BUDGET AS IT WAS STATED.
SO, SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS WHEN WE GET TO THAT TOPIC, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND REQUEST THAT THE BUDGET BE AMENDED WITH THAT NEW AMOUNT.
UM, AND THAT SHOULD, THAT SHOULD BE OKAY.
DO YOU THINK THAT THAT'LL BE FINE? BECAUSE WHEN WE APPROVED THE BUDGET LAST TIME, IT WAS FOR ONE AMOUNT, AND THEN AFTER WE WENT THROUGH AND RE REVISED SOME THINGS, THE, THE BUDGET WAS DIFFERENT.
UM, WE'RE STILL WITHIN OUR BUDGET OVERALL, BUT THE, THE BUDGET IS DIFFERENT FROM WHAT IT IS REFLECTED IN THE MINUTES.
SO THE, THE BUDGET'S THE SAME, BUT JUST, UH, A PARTICULAR AMOUNT HAS CHANGED.
YEAH, WE CAN, WE CAN AMEND THAT AND THEN IT SHOULD BE FINE.
AND WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? UM, NOT, UM, FROM ME, NO.
THOSE WERE THE ONLY TWO ITEMS. OKAY.
DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO THE MINUTES? OKAY.
AND SO IF THERE ARE NO OTHER CHANGES, THE MINUTES WILL STAND AS RED.
UM, OTHER THAN THOSE CHANGES THAT WE WILL MAKE TODAY THE AMENDMENT, WE WILL MAKE THOSE MINUTES FROM APRIL 6TH.
AND THE NEXT ITEM, WELL, I GUESS WE DO NEED TO VOTE ON THAT.
SO, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MINUTES? A MOTION? YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
SO IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED THAT WE ACCEPT THE APRIL 6TH MINUTES AS READ.
UM, MINUS THOSE CHANGES THAT WE'RE GOING TO AMEND, UM, THOSE MINUTES WILL STAND AS APPROVED.
AND THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CITIZENS COMMENTS.
DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZENS COMMENTS THIS
[00:05:01]
EVENING? OKAY.ONE THING I WILL SAY, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE EVERYONE TO KAI GANT.
UM, KAIYA STANDING IN TONIGHT FOR SARAH KAI IS THE ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER, RIGHT? SO HE IS THE ASSISTANT TO BRIAN.
UM, SO JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO SAY HELLO TO KAI.
THE CITY ABOUT FIVE GOING ON SIX MONTHS.
UH, IT'S BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE.
UH, PRIOR TO MY ROLE HERE AT THE CITY OF HUB HEIGHTS, I WAS WITH THE CITY OF DAYTON FOR 18 MONTHS.
AND PRIOR TO THAT I WAS WITH THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE FOR EIGHT AND A HALF YEARS.
IT'S ACTUALLY WHAT BROUGHT ME HERE TO OHIO.
UH, MY FAMILY AND I HAVE LIVED HERE SINCE 2014 UNTIL IT'S BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE.
WE'RE RAISING OUR FAMILY HERE.
UH, WE'VE BEEN PLANNING IN THE COMMUNITY.
UH, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING SOME REALLY GREAT THINGS.
SO KAI HAS BEEN WORKING WITH US ON JUNETEENTH AND MULTICULTURAL, GETTING PEOPLE CONTRACTED, AND SO THEY'RE VERY SUPPORTIVE.
ALL RIGHT, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, SPECIAL PRESENTATION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
DID SARAH GIVE YOU THAT VIDEO? KAI, DID SARAH PROVIDE YOU WITH THE VIDEO? NO.
THERE WAS ONE EMBEDDED ONLINE, BUT I DON'T HAVE ONE.
SO THERE WERE TWO ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
ONE IS FOR ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER, UM, HERITAGE MONTH.
UM, THERE WAS A VIDEO THAT I WAS GONNA PLAY.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH.
AND, UM, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS FOR MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH THAT I JUST WANTED TO MENTION.
UM, AND BASICALLY JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO, FOR BOTH OF THOSE, UM, FOR ASIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH AND FOR MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH, TRY TO REALLY BE INTENTIONAL THIS MONTH ABOUT VISITING AN ASIAN AMERICAN OWNED BUSINESS.
UM, YOU KNOW, EATING IN A RESTAURANT, UH, READING A BOOK, DOING SOMETHING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ASIAN AMERICAN CULTURE.
AND THEN FOR MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH, IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT.
I KNOW A LOT OF THE TIMES WE TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES LAST, SO LET'S JUST REMEMBER BECAUSE WE'RE ALL BUSY PEOPLE.
LET'S PRIORITIZE SELF-CARE, NOT JUST THIS MONTH, BUT EVERY MONTH.
UM, MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE GETTING THE, THE REST THAT YOU NEED, THAT YOU'RE MANAGING YOUR STRESS, THAT YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING FOR YOURSELF TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE A PRIORITY.
WE'VE GOT A LOT GOING ON THESE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, SO IT'S GONNA BE EXTRA IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE READY TO TAKE ON THESE FESTIVALS.
AND SO, EXTRA SLEEP, EXTRA SELF-CARE.
GET A MASSAGE, GO GET A MANI PATTY.
DO SOMETHING FOR YOUR MENTAL WELLBEING.
READ A GOOD BOOK, YOU KNOW, PAY FOR
WELL, YOU KNOW, I CAN
BUT, BUT DEFINITELY LET'S, LET'S, LET'S JUST DO SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR OURSELVES, ESPECIALLY THIS MONTH, UM, SINCE IT'S MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH.
ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT? YEAH, ADD A REAL QUICK, JUST MY UNPLUG, I GUESS.
UM, DAVE METRO LIBRARY IS HAVING A TON OF, UM, THE AAPI PROGRAMS GOING ON THROUGH YEAH.
LITERALLY THE END OF THE MONTH.
SO YOU CAN GO ON THEIR WEBSITE.
THERE'S THE CALENDAR SEARCH FOR EVENTS, AND IT'S, YOU CAN SELECT THE PROGRAM TIED THAT IT'LL PULL UP ALL OF THE, THE PROGRAMS. THEY'RE FOR KIDS, ADULTS, THERE'S LIKE DRUM TROOP THAT'S GONNA BE SOMEPLACE OHANA DOING SOME DANCE LESSONS.
IT'S, YEAH, SO JUST PROBABLY THROW THAT OUT.
AND ALSO JUST REMINDING US OF THE GREAT WORK THAT WE DID.
WAS THAT BACK IN 2020 WHEN WE DID THE STOP ASIAN HATE RALLY? MM-HMM.
YEAH, I WAS LOOKING AT THAT ON FACEBOOK.
SO WE'VE DONE SOME, SOME GREAT WORK IN THAT SPACE.
THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS OLD BUSINESS.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE FESTIVALS.
[00:10:02]
AND SO FOR, FOR JUNETEENTH, UM, WE'LL TALK ABOUT, I GUESS, VENDORS AND FOOD TRUCKS.TARA, I DON'T HAVE MY COMPUTER.
CAN YOU KIND OF UPDATE US ON WHERE WE ARE WITH FOOD TRUCKS FOR JUNETEENTH? I WANNA SAY WE HAVE 1, 2, 3, 6.
I WOULD SAY PROBABLY A STRONG SEVEN OR EIGHT.
UM, WELL, WE HAVE EIGHT THAT HAVE REGISTERED THROUGH OUR FORM, BUT HAVEN'T PAID.
UM, I THINK WE HAVE THREE THAT HAVE REGISTERED AND PAID MM-HMM.
SO IT COULD BE MORE OF A BOOTH THAN, IT WOULD BE PROBABLY A FOOD TRUCK, BUT PROBABLY SEVEN SOLID FOOD TRUCKS AND A COUPLE LIKE SWEETS DESSERTS, UM, AND DIAMOND DERY.
SO FIVE ACTUAL FOOD, FOOD TRUCKS.
SO WE'RE STILL LOOKING TO MAYBE GET A COUPLE MORE JUST TO ENSURE, UM, THAT WE DON'T RUN INTO THE SAME ISSUES WE HAD LAST YEAR WITH NOT HAVING ENOUGH FOOD FOR THE EVENT, OR NOT THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH FOOD, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
UM, SO I THINK WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE FOR MAY 4TH.
SO WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE FOR FOOD TRUCKS TO, TO PAY AND GET REGISTERED, CORRECT? YEAH, THEY ARE.
THEY'RE REGISTERED, BUT THEY HAVEN'T MADE PAYMENT.
ARE WE IN THERE? THIS IS FOR JUNETEENTH.
OH, JUNETEENTH NOT MULTICULTURAL.
I DON'T, I WAS KIND OF TRYING TO FIND THE MULTICULTURAL SPREADSHEET REAL QUICK, BUT I CAN'T, CAN'T FIND IT REAL QUICK.
BUT, UM, SO WE'RE IN, WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE FOR, UH, MUL, FOR JUNETEENTH, FOR FOOD AND FOR VENDORS FOR JUNETEENTH.
WE HAVE TWO THAT HAVE REGISTERED AND PAID, BUT WE HAVE OTHERS THAT ARE INTERESTED.
AND SO THE DEADLINE FOR THAT IS ALSO MAY 18TH.
SO THE HOPE IS THAT WITH THE FESTIVALS AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON THIS WEEKEND, UM, I'M GONNA GO TO THE, UM, INDULGE EVENT AND THE, UM, WORLD AFFAIR.
AND THE GOAL IS TO GO THERE AND PICK UP SOME ADDITIONAL VENDORS AND FOOD TRUCKS.
SO I AM VERY ASSURED THAT WE WILL HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH FOOD TRUCKS FOR JUNETEENTH AND VENDORS.
AND THIS IS OUR FIRST YEAR FOR VENDORS.
SO I THINK IT'LL JUST BE A NICE ADDED BONUS.
IN TERMS OF OUR BANDS, THEY ARE ALL CONTRACTED.
UH, WE'VE GOT, UH, DEFUNK, RICK, SEXTON AND SHAY, BUT, UH, ALL CONTRACTED SOUNDS AND LIGHTS, THEY'RE CONTRACTED.
HE WON'T BE AT JUNETEENTH, BUT WE'VE GOT EVERYBODY CONTRACTED FOR JUNETEENTH.
SO OUR ONLY FOCUS AT THIS POINT IS, UM, TO GET MORE FOOD TRUCKS A FEW MORE AND TO GET A FEW VENDORS.
WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF VENDORS FOR THE FIRST YEAR BECAUSE SORRY, SORRY.
HOW MANY
SO IN CASE ANY FALL OFF, WE DON'T END UP WITH A SITUATION LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR.
SO IF WE COULD GET A SOLID 10 REGISTERED AND PAID, UM, SAY A COUPLE FALL OFF AND WE HAD EIGHT FOOD TRUCKS BECAUSE WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE MORE PEOPLE THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING THREE VANS AND THEY ALL HAVE A FOLLOWING.
SO, UM, I WAS WONDER TWO, BUT, OKAY.
I JUST WANT, YOU KNOW, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE VENDORS WITH A SURE.
WHILE, SO YOU MEAN FOOD, FOOD TRUCKS OR VENDORS? YOU SAID, YOU SAID WHAT? 10.
WE WANT TO GET AT LEAST 10 REGISTERED IN CASE A COUPLE FALL OFF.
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE OVER PROMISE AND UNDERDELIVER SOMETIMES THEY MAY RUN OUT OF FOOD FROM A NIGHT BEFORE, SO IT'LL REALLY BE FIVE TO SEVEN WHEN YOU INCLUDE THE DESSERTS.
THERE'S TWO THAT ARE LIKE DESSERTS AND ONE IS DAIQUIRIS.
SO IT REALLY IS PROBABLY FIVE FOOD TRUCKS IF WE LOSE TWO.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE A EXORBITANT AMOUNT.
I THINK IF WE KEPT A FIVE TO SEVEN REALLY
[00:15:01]
A SHOOTING FOR SEVEN, IF TWO DROP OFF, THEN WE'RE STILL LEFT WITH FIVE.I JUST, YEAH, JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD, CUZ WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE TIME PERIOD AGAIN? WHAT'S THE TIME PERIOD AGAIN? IT'S, IT'S FIVE TO 10.
BUT EVERYBODY HAS A DIFFERENT MENU AND EVEN IF A COUPLE HAVE BARBECUE, THAT'LL BE OKAY BECAUSE IT'S JUNETEENTH AND YOU KNOW, PEOPLE PROBABLY DON'T WANT TO STAND IN LINES.
WE'VE GOT THREE BANDS, SO IF PEOPLE CAN GET THEIR FOOD AND GET BACK TO LISTEN TO THE BANDS, I DON'T THINK PEOPLE WOULD BE TOO UPSET ABOUT THAT.
AND I JUST WANTED, IF WE, WE DID HAVE 10, LIKE ACTUALLY 10 THAT SHOWED UP.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE ALL, I MEAN BUSY, BUSY AND PROFITABLE.
I MEAN, SAY WORTHWHILE, THAT'S ALL.
YEAH, I'D RATHER HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH THAN NOT ENOUGH.
CUZ LAST YEAR THAT WAS SCARY TO ME WHEN WE HAD TO ASK SOMEONE TO LEAVE AND, YOU KNOW, WE WERE DOWN TO, WHAT TWO, WAS IT TWO TRUCKS? IT WAS BARELY, IT WAS, IT WAS TWO.
I MEAN, YOU HAVE, WE HAVE TO FEED THIS YEAR WE'RE HAVING A BEER GARDEN.
WE NEED MAKE SURE THERE'S PLENTY OF FOOD FOR PEOPLE TO EAT.
WE'RE TALKING BUY HOLE RIGHT FROM TWO TO 10.
I, I THINK, I THINK WE'LL WE'LL BE GOOD AND IF WE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE'LL DO AN EVALUATION AND WE'LL LOOK AT IT AGAIN LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR.
AND IF WE NEED TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS, WE'LL MAKE ADJUSTMENTS FOR NEXT YEAR.
SO, UM, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT JUNETEENTH? DO WE NEED, UM, ON AN UPDATE ON OUR SHIRTS? DO YOU NEED OUR SIZES? YES.
OR WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR THAT? YES.
CAN YOU RECORD THOSE, TARA? YEAH, I'LL JUST, I'LL 'EM SEND AN EMAIL.
UM, AND JEAN, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, CAN YOU GIVE US THE BUDGET, THE NEW, THE FINAL BUDGET FOR JUNETEENTH, JUST SO WE CAN PUT IT ON THE RIGHT HAND RIGHT NOW? YES.
I'M GONNA MENTION THE SUBTOTAL FIRST AND THEN I'LL JUST BREAK DOWN INDIVIDUAL LINE ITEMS AND MAKE UP THAT SUBTOTAL.
SO AS OF THIS MONDAY, MYSELF AND MADAM CHAIR DID HAVE A MEETING TO GO OVER THE BUDGET AS FAR AS REVISIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE IN ADDITIONS.
SO THE TOTAL FOR JUNETEENTH IS $6,975, AND THAT AMOUNT CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING LINE ITEMS. SO FOR THE DEFUNK BAND, THE PROJECTED COST IS $2,300 FOR THE SHAA BUTTER.
AND I CAN PROVIDE YOU THE EXACT SPELLING FOR THESE.
UM, MR. GRANT CAN, IF YOU NEED IT FOR SHAA BUTTER AND HOT TO DEATH BAND IS $800 FOR THE RICK SEXTON THREE PIECE BAND IS $550 LIGHTS AND SOUND, WHICH WILL BE PROVIDED BY PREMIUM BLEND IS $2,100.
THEN WE HAVE A LYING ITEM FOR MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE ADVERTISING, WRISTBANDS, TICKETS, DOOR PRIZES, AND TWO JUNETEENTH BANNERS, WHICH WAS SOMETHING THAT WE BRIEFLY DISCUSSED AT THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING.
AND THE OVERALL COST, PROJECTED COST FOR THAT IS $1,000.
AND THEN FINALLY T-SHIRTS IS 225
[00:20:04]
KAI, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, CUZ I'M, I'M HEARING 2300.DID WE CONTRACT DEFUNK FOR 2300 OR 2,500? I WANNA SAY 2,500.
UM, I REMEMBER THIS AFTERNOON KIND OF GOING THROUGH SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS AND I HAD 25.
UH, BUT I WANT, I WANNA SAY 25.
CUZ I REMEMBER ASKING HIM TO DO IT FOR 23, BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER WHETHER WE CONTRACTED HIM FOR 23 OR 25.
SO THAT MAY NEED IT, WE MAY NEED TO ADJUST THAT.
WELL I WOULD JUST HIGHLIGHT THAT OKAY.
SO, UM, WE MAY NEED TO ADD ANOTHER 200 TO THAT.
ANYTHING ELSE FOR JUNETEENTH?
YOU SAID, UH, THIS YEAR IS GONNA BE MORE PEOPLE.
HOW WE GONNA MARKETING, I MEAN, HOW WE GONNA CALL PEOPLE THERE? SO IT'S ALREADY ADVERTISING.
SARAH ALREADY HAS IT OUT ON, UM, KEY ADS.
DOES SHE HAVE IT AT TOM CLOUD YET? DO YOU KNOW? I CAN'T CONFIRM IF SHE HAS IT AT TOM CLOUD JUST YET.
UM, BUT JUST DOUBLING BACK TO THE, THE DEUN CONTRACT, THAT WAS FOR 2,500.
SO WE'RE GONNA DO KEY ADS, THE ROSE BOARD, TOM CLOUD LIKE WE NORMALLY DO, AND THEN ALL OF US, WE'VE GOTTA PUSH IT OUT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA LIKE WE DO FOR EVERY FESTIVAL.
AND THEN WE CAN GET A FEW FLYERS FOR PEOPLE THAT WANNA CARRY AND CARRY SOME FLYERS.
WE CAN GET SOME OF THOSE MADE.
WHAT ABOUT, UH, MR. ERIC WAS MENTIONED LAST TIME, LIKE, UH, WE HAVE, UH, SCIENCE FOR, UH, JUNE.
YEAH, THE BANNERS AND UH, PUT ON, ON THE CORNERS YES.
SARAH IS, I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S ORDERED THOSE YET, BUT SHE'S GOING TO ORDER THOSE FOR JUNETEENTH AND MULTICULTURAL.
WE'LL HAVE TWO FOR JUNETEENTH AND TWO FOR MULTICULTURAL.
SO A TOTAL OF FOUR FOR OUR FESTIVALS.
HOW ARE WE, ARE WE PUTTING LIKE ONE OF EACH ON EACH CORNER? OR LIKE, I THOUGHT WE WERE DOING BANNERS THAT HAD LIKE BOTH, UM, I DON'T, I THINK, I DON'T KNOW.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SARAH WILL HAVE TO CONFIRM, BUT I KNOW WE JUST, CAUSE THEY'RE LIKE, CAUSE THEY'RE LIKE TWO 50 BACK TO BACK EVENTS.
SO, YOU KNOW TO HAVE LIKE ONE FOR EACH.
UNLESS, YOU KNOW, UNLESS WE DID FOUR OF BOTH.
WELL THEY'RE TWO 50 A PIECE, SO RIGHT.
SPLIT IN HALF AND PUT JUNETEENTH AND THEN MULTICULTURAL ON ONE SIGN AND THEN WE HAVE FOUR.
I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT SHE WAS GONNA WELL YEAH, WE COULD JUST GET GTOS TWO ON EACH.
PUT 'EM ON, PUT BOTH BANNERS, EVENTS ON THE BANNERS.
OR ARE WE HIGHLIGHTING THE FORUM AS WELL? OR JUST THE BOOK END? MAYBE YOU JUST, I'M PICKING THE BOOK.
I THINK THE BOOK ENDS TOO, BUT CAN'T, CAN'T PUT PUT LIKE ONE, THE BOOKENDS ARE PROBABLY THE BEST, THE BEST.
BUT YOU KNOW, A WAY TO HIGHLIGHT THAT IT'S A MULTICULTURAL WEEK AND WE'LL DO THE FLYER LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR WITH THE THREE EVENTS.
INFORMS GONNA PUT SOMETHING, PUT SOMETHING ON THE FLYER.
SO MAYBE GO TO THIS WEBSITE AND GET MORE INFORMATION.
MAYBE I DON'T, CAUSE THERE'LL BE A FLYER ON OUR, ON THE, UM, ON THE PAGE, RIGHT? YEAH.
UM, YEAH, MAYBE YOU ADD THAT TO THE BANNER SO PEOPLE CAN ALSO SEE THE, YOU KNOW, SEE THE POEMS, THE CROSS BACK.
AND I THINK THAT, UM, JUST LIKE LAST YEAR, SHE'LL HAVE THAT CULTURE WEEK FLYER THERE.
AND ON THAT FLYER IT DOES SAY GO
[00:25:01]
TO THE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION.WELL WE ARE GONNA DO, ARE WE GONNA PUT TOGETHER I GUESS SOME SMALL FLYERS TO LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, TO TAKE TO THE YMCA OR WHETHER MAYBE LIBRARY AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT, RIGHT? YEAH.
ANOTHER WAY DO THAT IN ADVANCE, ADD, YOU KNOW, UH, SET, YOU KNOW, STACK OF FLYERS, THE LITTLE SMALL FLYERS LIKE THIS SIZE.
I MEAN I THINK WE DID IT BUT WE WAITED LATE.
I THINK LIKE AT THE YM C WE DID IT LIKE THE DAY OF, BUT MAYBE WE GET SMALL FLYERS PLACES, CERTAIN LOCATIONS.
YEAH, DEFINITELY THAT AND THE NEW LIBRARY WILL BE OPEN.
SO WHAT DOES THE, UM, FARMER'S MARKET, UH, YEAH, FARMER'S MAY SIX IS, IS IT THIS WEEKEND? YEAH.
SO WE MAYBE HAVE, IF WE CAN GET FLYERS AND MAYBE ADD THOSE AT THE, AT THE FARMER'S MARKET EVENT.
CAN, CAN YOU HELP ME GET SOME FLYERS DONE FOR THE WEEKEND? ABSOLUTELY.
WE HAVE OTHER EVENTS THAT WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FINALIZE, SUCH AS THE FORUM.
WHICH NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED ON A FLYER.
SO WE MAY HAVE TO JUST UPGRADE THE FLYER.
I, I, I DID ONE FLYER AND THEN I UPGRADED IT.
SO I DO WANNA GET A JUNETEENTH FLYER AND A MULTICULTURAL FLYER OUT THERE.
AND THEN WE, ONCE WE FINALIZE YOUR EVENT OR YOUR FORUM, THEN WE CAN OUR FORUM
THEN WE CAN ADD THAT TO A LY WEEK FLYER.
THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST THING TO DO IN MY OPINION.
SO YEAH, WE DEFINITELY NEED TO GET THAT OUT.
SO IF I COULD GET WITH YOU, UM, AND I'LL JUST, BASICALLY THE SAME FORMAT WE USED LAST YEAR FOR THAT FLYER.
WE JUST CHANGED THE DATES AND I CAN GET THAT TO YOU AND GET, IF I COULD GET SOME COPIES FOR FARMER'S MARKET THIS WEEKEND.
BECAUSE FOR THE FORM WE DO HAVE THE DATE AND LOCATION SOLIDIFIED.
AND I'LL MENTION THIS DURING THE FORM DATE.
WE ARE JUST IN THE PROCESS OF FINALIZING OUR SPEAKERS.
AND WE'RE STILL GONNA DO NEWS RELEASES TOO, RIGHT? YOU STILL WANT THAT DONE.
AND I DID REACH OUT TO DANIELLE KIRK, I THINK I HAD TOLD YOU THAT I MET HER, THAT SHE'S LIKE THE OPERATIONS DIRECTOR FOR FIVE RADIO STATIONS.
SO SHE SAID SHE WANTED TO WAIT TILL CLOSER TO THE EVENT.
SO I MESSAGED HER TODAY, SAID WE NEED TO GET SOMETHING SET UP SO THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT OUR CULTURE WEEK.
SO WHENEVER SHE SAYS IT'S A GO, THEN WE CAN TALK WITH HER AND FAITH DANIELS AND SEE WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.
UM, WE DO HAVE A BUDGET IF WE WANTED TO DO, AND BECAUSE IT'S A FREE EVENT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WOULD BE A COST, MAYBE NOT.
I KNOW THEY, THEY WILL ALLOW FREE EVENTS.
THEY WILL DO SOME TYPE OF IN KIND PROMOTION OF FREE EVENTS.
BUT WE DO HAVE IT IN OUR BUDGET.
IF WE WANTED TO GET A SMALL SPOT.
UM, I THINK, I MEAN WE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE TO DO IT AT OUR JUNE MEETING.
UM, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO VOTE ON TONIGHT, UM, TO POSSIBLY ALLOW FOR SOME TYPE OF A RADIO SPOT OR WE CAN WAIT LET'S, WE CAN WAIT TILL OUR JUNE MEETING CUZ I'LL HAVE TO DO SOME RESEARCH.
BUT WE'VE GOT THE BUDGET FOR THAT.
UM, SO ANYTHING ELSE FOR JUNETEENTH? UM, AT OUR JUNE MEETING WE DEFINITELY WILL FINALIZE TIMES WE NEED TO BE AT THE FESTIVAL.
UM, WHAT TIME? OUR FOOD TRUCK, WHOEVER'S WE WILL FINALIZE ALL THE LOGISTICS AT OUR NEXT MEETING WHEN EVERYBODY IS HERE.
UM, SO ANY QUESTIONS? ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY, SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
AND MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL IS SHAPING UP VERY NICELY.
UM, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF, LET ME SEE, FOR FOOD TRUCKS.
HOW MANY FOOD TRUCKS? I CAN'T FIND THAT.
[00:30:01]
SPREADSHEETI HAVE THE ONE FOR JUNETEENTH.
SO I'M FIRST PULL UP THE FORM AND I'LL PULL IT UP ON THE BACK END VENDORS FOR, UM, MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
WE HAVE QUITE A FEW VENDORS FOR MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
THAT NUMBER I DON'T HAVE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT THERE ARE QUITE A FEW VENDORS FOR MULTICULTURAL FOOD TRUCKS PAID.
I THINK WE HAVE RIGHT AROUND EIGHT AID FOOD TRUCKS FOR MULTICULTURAL.
WE HAVE UM, SAME NUMBER IF, I MEAN IF WE COULD GET 10, 11 FOR MARIGOLD, THEY NORMALLY, WELL LET ME GO BACK FOR STAR SPANGLED HEIGHTS, THEY HAVE 25 FOOD TRUCKS BUT THE CROWD IS MUCH LARGER OBVIOUSLY.
SO I MEAN IF WE DID FOUND IT, YOU FOUND IT.
THERE'S A LOT OF FOOD TRUCKS ON HERE.
ARE YOU LOOKING AT THE FORM, THE GOOGLE FORM? NO, I'VE ACTUALLY GOT THE SPREADSHEET UP.
SO I'M PRETTY SURE WE HAVE EIGHT TO 10 THAT HAVE PAID.
I GOT A COUPLE MORE TODAY ACTUALLY YOU CALL RIGHT? PROBABLY RIGHT AROUND 12 IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.
I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT NUMBER.
I MEAN TOTAL VENDORS YOU NEED OR FOOD TRUCKS, TRUCKS, FOOD TRUCKS, FOOD TRUCKS.
I FELT LIKE WE HAD ABOUT 12 LAST YEAR VENDORS.
WE WILL DEFINITELY HAVE MORE VENDORS THIS YEAR.
AND WE WERE A LITTLE MORE FOCUSED THIS YEAR.
WE HAD TWO OF SOME VENDORS, LIKE TWO AVON REPS, TWO
UM, WE GET, UH, ARE THE VENDORS OKAY, SO THE VENDORS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP AND PAID, ARE THEY THE SAME ONES OR ARE THEY DIFFERENT? ONE, ACTUALLY THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE THE SAME AND SOME THAT ARE DIFFERENT.
THE GOAL WAS TO GET MORE CULTURAL VENDORS CUZ I MEAN WE HAD A LOT OF VENDORS THAT SOLD THINGS, BUT NOT NECESSARILY CULTURAL VENDORS.
SO THAT'S STILL A GOAL TO GET MORE CULTURAL VENDORS.
AND EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT CULTURAL VENDORS, WE WANT THE EXPERIENCE TO BE CULTURAL FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ATTEND.
SO I TOLD ONE LADY, EVEN THOUGH YOU DON'T, YOU'RE NOT SELLING A, ANY CULTURAL TYPE OF ARTIFACTS OR MERCHANDISE, JUST MAKE YOUR BOOTH LOOK NICE, MAKE IT LOOK LIKE
SO, SO WHAT'S THE OBJECTIVE AS FAR AS NUMBER OF VENDORS? WHAT'S THE NUMBER? UM, 26 IS WHAT WE HAVE MAPPED OUT.
WE KNOW WHEN WE DID OUR MAP THAT WE CAN HAVE 26 VENDORS.
SO AND THUS FAR WE HAVE HOW MANY THAT SIGNED UP AS IF, UM, REGIS? AS FAR AS WHAT'S REGISTERED, WHEN I LAST LOOKED AT THE REGISTRATIONS, WE HAD 26 REGISTERED.
BECAUSE I, WELL, I, I THINK I DID MENTION THIS TO YOU.
I DO HAVE, YOU KNOW, A VENDOR WHO'S INTERESTED AND I WILL STILL SEND HER THE INFORMATION THAT I SENT YOU.
SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE NUMBER.
AND SO PRETTY MUCH THE WAY THAT THE MAP IS SET UP, WE DID IT SO WE COULD HAVE MORE VENDORS SO THAT THEY WOULD BE ON A HARDER SURFACE.
CUZ WE DID, WE, WE HEARD SOME FEEDBACK ABOUT THAT TOO LAST YEAR.
UM, BUT WE CAN HAVE MORE VENDORS AND THEY'LL ALL BE IN A, IN A SPACE KIND OF LIKE HOW FARMERS MARKETS SET UP.
UM, FOOD TRUCKS WILL ALL BE IN THE GRASSY AREA AND WE DO HAVE LIKE A OVERFLOW SPACE FOR FOOD TRUCKS ON THE PAVEMENT.
ANY FEEDBACK WHERE THE FOOD TRUCK, UH, VENDORS LAST WHERE THEY YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, I HEARD THAT.
AND I THINK WE HAD A VARIETY OF FOOD TRUCKS.
UM, WE'VE GOT SOME NEW ONES THIS YEAR, SO THAT'S EXCITING.
UM, BUT YEAH, WE HAVE A VARIETY OF FOOD IN TERMS OF PERFORMANCES.
WE HAVE SOME COOL PERFORMANCES THIS YEAR.
WE'VE GOT THE LOVE LOCKS BAND.
I THINK WE'RE WAITING ON THEM TO,
[00:35:03]
OH, THEY GOT EVERYTHING TURNED IN YESTERDAY ACTUALLY, SO.THEY'VE GOT THEIR, THEIR CONTRACT, THEY'RE W NINE, SO THEY'RE GOOD TO GO.
SO WE'VE GOT LOVE LOCKS COMING.
THEY'RE GOING TO, UM, FILL UP TWO SLOTS.
THEY'RE GONNA DO A PERFORMANCE FROM, UH, THREE 15 TO FOUR 15.
UH, WE DO HAVE THE PANAMA DANCE GROUP.
WHAT IS FILIPINO? THE FILIPINO GROUP.
UH, WE DO HAVE A JAPANESE DRUM AND DANCE GROUP THAT'S COMING.
UM, I'M FORGETTING SOMETHING OBVIOUSLY.
YES, THEY'RE COME, THEY'RE GONNA CLOSE US OUT.
UM, AND THERE'S ONE OTHER GROUP.
SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE ONE SLOT LEFT FOR PERFORMANCE, BUT I'M, I'M SURE WE'LL FILL THAT.
AND, UM, THIS YEAR THEY'RE NOT DOING AN HOUR PERFORMANCE.
THEY DON'T HAVE AN HOUR, SO IT'S 30 MINUTES AND ON THE HOUR.
SO WE'LL HAVE A PERFORMANCE ON THE HOUR AND THE DJ WILL FILL IN IN BETWEEN.
UH, ONE THING WE DID NOT TALK ABOUT IS WHAT SHIRTS WE WOULD WEAR FOR MULTICULTURAL FESTIVALS.
SO I THINK LAST YEAR EVERYBODY KIND OF DID THEIR OWN THING AND WE WORE LANYARDS.
UM, I'M TOTALLY FINE WITH THAT, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU ALL WANT TO DO.
I THINK SOME OF US DID WEAR, IN ADDITION TO THE LANYARDS ARE COMMISSION SHIRTS.
SO YOU, WHAT DO YOU ALL WANT DO? UM, FOR MULTICULTURAL? IT IS A HOT DAY.
I'M JUST TELLING YOU IN ADVANCE, CHRISTIE.
BASH YOU, YOU PROBABLY DON'T HAVE A COMMISSIONED SHIRT EITHER.
SO, AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE MY COMMISSION SHIRT IS.
I SURPRIS STILL KNOW WHERE MINE IS.
SO WHAT DO YOU, DO YOU ALL WANT TO JUST WEAR THE LANYARDS? DO YOU WANNA WEAR SOMETHING CULTURAL? UM, WITH THE LANYARDS, I THINK IT'S PROBABLY SIMPLE ENOUGH JUST TO WEAR LANYARD.
THE LANYARDS SHIRTS, I'M IN AGREEMENT.
SO WE'LL DO LANYARDS FOR MULTICULTURAL AND UM, JUST DRESS.
SO, UM, ANYTHING ELSE FOR MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL? JEAN, IF YOU WOULD GO THROUGH THAT BUDGET FOR MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL? YES.
UH, FOR, UH, KIDS STATION, ARE WE GONNA DO ANYTHING? YES.
I MEAN I'M, I WAS THINKING, UH, WE CAN GET SOME, UH, MAKE, I MEAN SPACE FOR A PLAYGROUND AND DO LIKE HORSESHOE OR JUMPING ON THE BAGS OR CARRY LIKE SOME KIND OF BALLS ON THE SPOON, YOU KNOW, FUNNY STUFF.
SO ARE YOU GONNA BE IN THE KIDS' AREA? I MEAN I CAN'T HAVE SOMEONE THERE.
THAT'S A NO, RIGHT? THAT'S A NO NO.
I MEAN NO, I'M GONNA BE THERE.
SO, UH, THE KIDS AREA IS ACTUALLY GONNA BE UP NEAR THE PLAYGROUND.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
UM, AND SKULL DOS FACE PAINTING IS GOING TO COME AND FACE PAINT FOR US FOR THREE HOURS.
UM, DO YOU KNOW IF SARAH GOT THAT CONTRACT? CAN YOU, UH, CAN YOU SEE IF SHE GOT THAT CONTRACT TAKEN CARE OF? OKAY.
UM, SO THEY ARE COMING TO FACE PAINT FOR THE KIDS, BUT WE STILL NEED OTHER ACTIVITIES.
SO YOU AND TARA ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT AREA.
SO IF YOU ALL WANT TO GET TOGETHER, THE CITY ALSO HAS SOME GAMES.
WE EMAILED THAT, THAT YOU EMAILED THAT ONE LADY TOO, SHANNON.
SO WE WERE TRYING TO OUTSOURCE THAT WHOLE AREA.
[00:40:01]
TO, WE DEFINITELY NEED TO TIE THAT UP.I THINK IT'S GONNA BE, UH, SO MANY KIDS.
SO WE NEED TO KIND OF, UH, YOU KNOW, MANAGING VERY WELL SO THAT WAY NOBODY GET HURT, NOBODY GET UPSET, BULLYING AND STUFF BY OTHER KIDS.
SO PARENTS DO HAVE TO BE IN THE AREA WITH THEIR KIDS.
UM, ALSO ONE OF THE THINGS THE SKULL DOLES MENTIONED IS IN PREVIOUS FESTIVALS WHEN THEY'VE PAINTED, KIDS WILL COME AND GET THEIR FACE PAINT DONE AND THEN THEY'LL GO OVER TO THE AQUATIC CENTER AND THE FACE PAINT WILL COME OFF AND THEN THEY'LL WANNA COME BACK AND GET IT DONE LIKE OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
SO THEY DID SAY THAT IT WILL BE ONE AND DONE, ONE AND DONE.
SO IF THEY GET THEIR FACE PAINT DONE, YOU GUYS HAVE TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT A WAY THAT WE'RE GONNA PUT LIKE A RED PERMANENT MARK ON THEIR HAND OR SOMETHING LIKE AN X OR A STAMP OR SOMETHING SO THAT THEY CAN'T COME BACK THROUGH AGAIN.
BUT I THINK WE DEFINITELY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT LIKE, IT'S NOT IKEA WHERE YOU DROP YOUR KIDS OFF AT THE DOOR IN THE FUN AREA AND GO KICK IT FOR A COUPLE HOURS AND COME BACK LIKE, UM, SO AN AREA WITH LIKE COLORING, FACE PAINTING, COUPLE LITTLE GAMES, STUFF LIKE THAT.
BUT NOTHING WHERE IT'S LIKE TAKES THE FOCUS AWAY FROM THE VENDORS AND THE PERFORMERS AND THE THINGS LIKE THAT.
I MEAN, WE ARE NOT, IT'S AN EXTRA THING BUT IT'S NOT THE FOCUS.
WE ARE NOT GONNA BE BABYSITTING THEM.
WE JUST GONNA BE HELPING THEM TO KIDS GET UH, HAVE FUN.
UM, SO WE NEED JUST A LITTLE TO-DO LIST FOR THERE.
SO WE STILL NEED TO DEVELOP THE SIGN EDGE AND THEN WE'LL NEED TO, DOES THE SKULL DOLLS, DO THEY NEED TABLES AND CHAIRS AND STUFF LIKE THAT? IS THAT ON US? SO THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO BRING THEIR TABLES OKAY.
SO WE'LL JUST NEED TO VERIFY WITH RACHEL THAT THAT IS STILL THE CASE.
UM, BUT KUDOS TOOLD DOS FOR COMING AND DOING THAT FOR US FOR THREE HOURS.
CUZ I KNOW THE AVERAGE COST OF A FACE PAINTER IS ABOUT $75 FOR ONE HOUR AND THEY'RE DOING THREE HOURS FOR US.
SO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE TIP JARS OUT YEAH.
FOR THEM TOO, FOR SO WE'LL, WE'LL GET TOGETHER.
UM, I HAVE DO, DO YOU HAVE ONE, UM, QUESTION? MM-HMM.
SO DO WE HAVE ENOUGH EMT SUPPORT? YOU KNOW? YEAH, NO CUZ IT WAS HOT FOR ONE.
IT SURE WAS ON THAT AFTERNOON.
SO WE DID MEET WITH CHIEF LEER.
UM, WE DID NOT HAVE FIRE SERVICE THERE.
SO, UM, KAI, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL NEED SARAH TO LOOK INTO CUZ THAT, THAT EXPERIENCE WAS A LITTLE SCARY LAST TIME.
UM, DID HE PASS, DID HE PASS THAT OR? UM, HIS WIFE DID.
SO YEAH, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT, UM, EMT SUPPORT.
NOW CHIEF LEER DID SAY THAT WE MAY HAVE AN ADDITIONAL OFFICER FOR JUNETEENTH, SINCE WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE BEER GARDEN, BUT MAYBE NOT FOR, FOR MULTICULTURAL SINCE WE'VE GOT THE BEAR GARDEN.
SO WE MAY GET THE EXTRA SUPPORT FOR JUNETEENTH, UM, BUT NOT THE EXTRA OFFICER FOR MULTICULTURAL.
UM, AND THEN, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S NICELY OR REGINA THAT WE WOULD NEED TO EMAIL FOR, UM, EMT SUPPORT.
WOULD THAT BE CHIEF NICELY? PROBABLY.
SO THE TOTAL FOR THE, UM, MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL AS A DATE IS $4,700.
AND THE LINE ITEMS THAT CONSIST OF THAT BOTTOM LINE NUMBER ARE LIGHT AND SOUND FOR $1,200 FOR THE WHOLE DURATION OF THE EVENT
[00:45:01]
FOR SIX HOURS.DJ SIX HOURS, $600 FOR THE KIDS' BOOTH FOR, FOR SIX HOURS.
FACE PAINTING FOR, IS IT SKULL DOLLS? IS THAT THE NAME? MM-HMM.
$150 FOR MISCELLANEOUS, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE ADVERTISING, SIGNAGE, MARKETING, AND TWO MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL BANNERS.
THAT TOTAL, LET'S SEE, I, I HAVE 1000 FOR THAT.
AND THEN FOR THE BAND, WHICH IS LOVE LOCKS EXPERIMENT FOR 600.
SO TARA, I WILL REACH OUT TO, UM, SHANNON BY PHONE AND SEE I'M, I'M A LITTLE SHOCKED WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM HER.
UM, IF NOT, THEN I GUESS IF, IF THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO HOST THE KIDS AREA, UM, WE CAN ALSO CHECK WITH THE Y AND SEE WHAT THEY MIGHT BE WILLING TO DO SINCE THEY'RE HANDLING PARKS AND REC FOR THE CITY NOW.
UM, AND THEN I GUESS LAST RESORT WOULD BE WE GET THE GAMES AND ITEMS THAT SARAH SAID THE CITY HAS AND JUST SET UP SOME SPACE NOW WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE VOLUNTEERS IN THAT AREA.
UM, AND THOSE VOLUNTEERS WOULD, WELL COULDN'T BE ANY OF US BECAUSE WE'LL BE EVERYWHERE ELSE.
SO, UH, WE DO HAVE SOME VOLUNTEERS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP ON THE FORM.
SO, YOU KNOW, REACHING OUT TO THOSE VOLUNTEERS, ASKING MEMBERS OF OTHER COMMISSIONS TO COME OUT AND HELP.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING SARAH CAN HELP US DO.
SOURCE THE POLICE EXPLORERS TOO.
SO CHRISTIE, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD PASSIONATELY LIKE TO HELP WITH VOLUNTEERS? NOT LIKE DURING MY, IT WAS MY FIRST, MY FIRST MEETING, UM, I HAD VOLUNTEER TO, CAN I TRY TO DO SOMETHING WITH VOLUNTEERS.
UM, AND I TOUCHED BASE WITH YOLANDA FOR A LITTLE BIT HERE AND THERE, BUT NOT SOLIDIFIED ANYTHING.
SO I GUESS I KIND OF NEED TO KNOW WHAT TOOLS I CAN UTILIZE AND THEN I CAN GO TO IT.
SO I ASKED TARA, I SENT IT TO YOU TONIGHT.
YEAH, SHE JUST SENT ME, UM, THE FORM.
SO I GUESS THERE'S PEOPLE TO REACH OUT TO.
AND THEN IN WHAT CAPACITY IS THE BEST WAY THAT YOU GUYS USUALLY DO THAT? UM, SO YOU CAN EMAIL MM-HMM.
WE ALSO HAVE A LIST OF ALL THE COMMISSION MEMBERS THAT WE CAN GET YOU.
KAI, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO GET AN UPDATED LIST OF ALL THE COMMISSION MEMBERS? YES.
AND THEN THAT WAY YOU CAN REACH OUT TO OTHER COMMISSION MEMBERS, UM, ESPECIALLY LIKE YOUR ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION, PARKS AND REC, MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION.
MAYBE NOT SO MUCH LIKE YOUR WATER SEWER WELL, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW.
THEY MAY WANT TO VOLUNTEER, BUT I WOULD DEFINITELY HIT YOUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
WE'LL KEEP YOU IN THE LOOP ON WHAT WE'RE GONNA NEED 'EM FOR.
TWO, NOT THAT SOURCING VOLUNTEERS IS EVER A BAD THING, BUT WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHO'S GONNA DO IT, THE AREA FIRST.
AND THEN OF COURSE WE CAN GET VOLUNTEERS TO HELP WHOEVER'S IN THAT AREA.
[00:50:03]
HELLO? UM, SO SARAH WILL BE BACK ON MONDAY.OR KAI, DO YOU KNOW WHO THE CONTACT IS FOR THE POLICE EXPLORERS? YES.
SO SARAH, SHE CAN DEFINITELY GET YOU THAT INFORMATION.
UM, AND I REMEMBER SOMEBODY SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM OR SOMETHING, A COACH SOMEBODY OR THE MOM AND I HAVE TALKED TO HIM AT, UH, WAS THE RIGHT BEFORE SCHOOL THING LAST YEAR.
WE DID TALK TO THE COACH AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE LIKE CURRENTLY BEEN IN TALKS WITH, BUT YEAH, DEFINITELY CAN.
UH, YOU TALKING ABOUT COACH BAKER, NATHAN BAKER, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? OR HE'S THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR.
UM, I CAN GIVE YOU HIS CONTACT NUMBER.
AND ALSO I WAS THINKING ABOUT NJ EIGHT, NATIONAL JUNIOR HONOR SOCIETY AND NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY.
I KNOW THEY HAVE COMMUNITY SERVICE REQUIREMENTS.
UM, IF WE CAN REACH OUT TO THE PRINCIPAL AT WAYNE, MR. BURKE, HE CAN TELL US WHO IS THE ADVISOR FOR NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHO THE PRINCIPAL IS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, BUT THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO CONNECT US WITH THE NATIONAL JUNIOR HONORS SOCIETY ADVISOR.
AND SO PHONE CALL, EMAILS, EITHER ONE.
UM, JUST BASICALLY I AM WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING FOR MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL? ALL RIGHT.
THE EDUCATIONAL FORUM UPDATE, WE'RE PASSIONATELY AWAITING.
YES, I'M A VERY HARD WORKING COMMISSION MEMBER.
SO PER THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING, THERE WAS A CONSENSUS ON THE TASK GROUP TO WORK ON THE FORUM, WHICH INCLUDES MYSELF, JEAN NEWBY, MR. ERIC STEVENS, MS. CHRISSY TROTTER.
AND FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AND RESOURCES, MS. TARA PURVIS AT UN VOLUNTEERED.
SO MYSELF, MR. STEVENS AND MS. TROTTER.
WE, UM, MET BRIEFLY LAST THURSDAY AND THE TOPIC THAT WE DECIDED ON, AND PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M RIGHT OR WRONG, IS ALLEVIATING HEALTH AND WEALTH DISPARITIES AFFECTING MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITIES.
SO THE OBJECTIVE FOR THIS FORUM TOPIC, AND AGAIN THE FORUM WILL BE JUNE 23RD, 2023 AT THE HUBER HEIGHTS COMMUNITY CENTER FROM 6:00 PM UNTIL 8:00 PM THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO MENTION THAT.
BUT THE OBJECTIVE FOR THIS FORUM IS TO HAVE PANEL EXPERTS TO DISCUSS THE MENTAL, PHYSICAL, AND FINANCIAL DISPARITIES THAT AFFECT DIVERSE MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITIES SUCH AS HUBER HEIGHTS AND THESE EXPERTS.
WERE IN THE PROCESS OF CONTACTING DIFFERENT EXPERTS IN THESE AREAS FROM OUR PERSONAL NETWORKS AND OTHER RESOURCES, WHICH I'LL GO INTO DETAILS IN A MINUTE.
BUT WE EXPECT THESE EXPERTS TO TALK ABOUT THESE DISPARITIES WITH FACTS, STATISTICS, COURSES OF ACTION AND RECOMMENDATIONS NOT ONLY TO OUR COMMISSION, BUT TO THE CITY TO ALLEVIATE THESE DISPARITIES.
BECAUSE WHO'S NOT TO SAY THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT HUBER HEIGHTS MAY FACE.
AND IT'S GOOD TO BE PREPARED FOR THAT.
SO AS I MENTIONED AT THE PRESENT TIME, OUR TASK FORCE IS IN THE PROCESS OF COMMUNICATING, CONTACTING WITH POTENTIAL SPEAKERS.
AND THE GOAL IS TO FINALIZE THESE SPEAKERS
[00:55:01]
BY FRIDAY, MAY 19TH.SO WE WANT TO HAVE OUR SPEAKERS TO PRESENT AT LEAST 20 MINUTES ON THEIR CONTENT AND IF THEY HAVE MATERIALS TO PASS OUT WOULD BE FLYERS, BROCHURES THAT WILL BE HELPFUL AS WELL.
AND IN REGARDS TO THOSE THREE DISPARITIES, AND I'LL GO INTO DETAILS WITH THOSE.
FOR THE PHYSICAL DISPARITIES, WE WANNA FOCUS ON FOOD AND NUTRITION INSECURITIES.
SO MS. TROTTER HAS VOLUNTEERED TO CONTACT A POC FROM THE FOOD BANK TO POTENTIALLY SPEAK.
I'M ALSO GOING TO FIND A POC FROM THE DAYTON GYM CITY MARKET AS WELL.
AND IF ANYONE FROM THE COMMISSION HAS ANY INSIGHT ON THAT AS WELL, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO LET ME KNOW OR ANYONE ELSE ON THE TASK FORCE REGARDING MENTAL DISPARITIES.
I CONTACTED ONE OF MY PROFESSIONAL NETWORKS WHO IS A CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST AT THE DAYTON VA.
AND ONCE I GET CONFIRMATION, IF SHE IS AVAILABLE, UM, I WILL DEFINITELY LET THE TASK FORCE KNOW.
AND ALSO AS A BACKUP, UM, WE NEED TO SEE IF THERE IS A P O C FROM THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY ALCOHOL, DRUG AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
SO MS. TROTTER, IF YOU CAN CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT AND MS. PURVIS, SINCE YOU KIND OF WORK IN THAT FIELD AS WELL, IF WE CAN FIND SOMEBODY TO, UM, AGAIN, JUST IN CASE YOU KNOW, THE OTHER POCS WON'T BE AVAILABLE.
AND THEN REGARDING FINANCIAL DISPARITIES, MR. STEVENS HAD VOLUNTEERED TO CONTACT, UM, THROUGH HIS NETWORK, SOMEONE TO DISCUSS SAVING AND INVESTING, UM, INFORMATION.
SO, UM, WELL JUST FINANCIAL LITERACY, FINANCIAL HEALTH, YES.
BUT ACTUALLY I DID, CAUSE I HAD SPOKEN, HAD THAT MEETING, BUT I DID CONTACT WITH, UH, FINANCIAL SPECIAL, HE'S AVAILABLE AND VOLUNTEERS TO UM, PARTICIPATE OUR, OUR FORM.
JUST, WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE SOME FOLLOWING CONVERSATIONS JUST OH YEAH, IN TERMS OF WHAT SPECIFICS? SUPPORT.
SUPPORT AND ALSO, UM, REACHED OUT TO REGARDS TO MENTAL HEALTH.
I KNOW THAT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT OH, THAT'S OKAY.
SO I HAVE ANOTHER FRIEND OF MINE ABOUT, BRUCE ACTUALLY IS A MENTAL HEALTH SPECIALIST IN OFFICE, UH, YOU KNOW, MENTAL HEALTH.
SO HE, I SPOKE WITH HIM OVER THE WEEKEND AND HE SAID HE SHOULD BE AVAILABLE AS WELL.
SO I KNEW YOU WERE REACHING OUT TO SOMEONE, BUT OBVIOUSLY IT'S GOOD TO TRY AND HAVE, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE OPTIONS.
SO, UM, SO HE DID TELL ME THAT HE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THAT, BUT AGAIN, WE'LL I TOLD HIM THAT WE WERE OKAY.
YOU KNOW, MORE THAN ONE BACKUP BASED ON AVAILABILITY IS GREAT.
AND UM, I WAS THANKING THANKS TO MADAM CHAIR BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT YOU SENT TO MYSELF, MR. STEVENS AND TROTTER, PERTAINING TO THE FINANCIAL DISPARITY PIECE.
I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE SOMEONE TALK ABOUT HOUSING EQUITY DISPARITIES.
AND BASED ON THAT, UM, FORM THAT YOU ATTENDED, I'M GOING TO REACH OUT TO DR.
SO IF SHE IS AVAILABLE, I THINK IT'S GOOD TO HAVE BOTH YOUR POC TO TALK ABOUT FINANCIAL LITERACY AND THEN HAVE HER TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOUSING, UM, INEQUITIES, WHICH I THINK IS A VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC TO FOCUS ON.
AND AGAIN, UM, I THINK IT'S PROBABLY RIGHT.
[01:00:01]
THREE FRIENDS MAY REPORT DIFFERENT TOPIC, BUT FINANCIAL HEALTH AND FINANCIAL HEALTH.SO FOR LEAST HAVE WHOEVER THE PERSON THAT POLICE TO DO, IT'S ALSO HAVE, HAVE A BACKUP FROM EACH ONE.
SO I WOULD SAY FOR NOW, BASED ON, YOU KNOW, YOUR SUGGESTION, WHICH I AGREE, HAVE TWO.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE TWO FOR THE FINANCIAL DISPARITIES, TWO FOR MENTAL, MAYBE THREE
UM, AND DEFINITELY TWO FOR THE PHYSICAL.
I JUST NEED THE NAME OF A CONTACT FROM THE DAYTON GYM CITY MARKET.
I LOVE THAT YOU, YOU MENTIONED THEM.
THEY WERE SOMEONE I TRIED TO REACH OUT TO.
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT THEM, BUT I DIDN'T GET ANYWHERE DIRECTLY WITH THE MARKET, I THINK.
BUT I FOUND THAT IF YOU GO WITH YOUR CO-OP DAYTON, THAT'S ONE OF THEIR PROJECTS IS THE GEM CITY MARKET.
CAUSE I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT MORE AFTER WE HAD OUR CONVERSATION LAST WEEK AND THEN THE INFORMATION THAT YOU SENT MADE ME THINK ABOUT IT MORE.
COULD YOU ALL SEE THE INFORMATION I SENT YOU THE BINDER.
SO FROM WHAT YOU WERE JUST REFERENCING AS FAR AS I GUESS INFORMATION TO GET IN CON IN CONTACT WITH SOMEONE FROM THE DATE, I JUST SENT EMAILS AND I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT FROM ANYBODY.
SO MAYBE I WASN'T REACHING THE RIGHT PERSON.
I DON'T KNOW, I WAS JUST KINDA BLINDLY, YOU KNOW, CAUSE I WAS THINKING ABOUT FOOD DESERTS AND I WAS LIKE THINKING ABOUT, OKAY, WELL DAYTON, PARTS OF DAYTON ARE CONSIDERED FOOD DESERTS, YOU KNOW, WELL WHAT'S THERE? I THE PARKING JUST RECENTLY UP THERE.
AND THEN I WAS LIKE, UH, THERE'S ANOTHER, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE COMMUNITY OWNED.
SO THERE'S SOMEBODY ELSE BEHIND.
CAN I, YEAH, SO IF YOU REACH OUT TO MR. SOLAI, HE WAS ON THAT, THAT, UH, FLYER.
WERE, WERE THERE EMAIL, THEIR EMAIL PHONE NUMBERS? I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THEIR EMAILS WERE, BUT YOU CAN, YOU CAN LITERALLY CALL JIM CITY MARKET AND ASK FOR HIM.
HE'S ALSO, IF YOU GO TO THE JIM CITY MARKET WEBSITE, I DO BELIEVE THERE IS A, A PLACE TO EMAIL MM-HMM.
UM, BUT HE WOULD BE GREAT TO TALK ABOUT, UH, FOOD INSECURITY.
WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT FOOD, RIGHT? YEAH.
TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF FOOD NUTRITIONIST.
HE, HE WAS, HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE, THE WHOLE GYM CITY MARKET THAT WAS HIS BABY.
SO, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE CAN DO, BUT I KNOW HE'S A RE A VALUABLE RESOURCE AND HE DOES SIT ON THE BOARD.
SO, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WITH DISENFRANCHISED POPULATIONS, UM, HE COULD SPEAK TO THAT AS WELL.
AND HOW FOOD INSECURITY AFFECTS, UH, YOU KNOW, DISENFRANCHISED COMMUNITIES, MINORITY COMMUNITIES, BLACK COMMUNITIES, HE CAN SPEAK TO ALL OF THAT.
SO I WOULD DEFINITELY REACH OUT TO LET HIM BE A RESOURCE FOR YOU.
EVEN IF YOU DON'T USE HIM AS A PANELIST, HE DEFINITELY CAN BE A GOOD RESOURCE FOR YOU.
UM, AS WELL AS MS. RAUL AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, THE ADDITIONAL BACKUPS AND THE UM, KNOW TASK GROUP WILL, YOU KNOW, BE IN TOUCH, YOU KNOW, WITH EACH OTHER.
19 HAVE A PROBABLY FOLLOW MM-HMM.
WE'RE GONNA NEED TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, ONE, UM, CUZ DEFINITELY WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, ADVERTISEMENT AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, THE FLYER WITH THE
[01:05:01]
PICTURES, UM, BIOS, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE THAT WILL BE SPEAKING AND UM, I'M NOT TECH SAVVY, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A QR CODE AS FAR AS THE SIGN IN SHEET FOR THOSE THAT COME.AND ALSO TO PROVIDE THEIR FEEDBACK.
I CAN HELP YOU WITH THAT, WITH THE QR CODE.
UM, AND IF ANY OF OUR SPEAKERS, I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BRIEFLY, IF THEY NEED LIKE ANY, UM, I WANNA SAY YES.
LIKE POWERPOINT, I THINK THE CITY PROVIDES THAT AS FAR AS LIKE OVERHEAD PROJECTORS.
CAUSE NO, WHEN WE, WHEN WE TALKED, I THINK YOU MENTIONED ERIC WHEN YOU GAVE YOUR PRESENTATION, THEY PROVIDED THAT YEAH, WE HAD, I KNOW WE DID OUR, UM, LAST MINUTE DID THE, THE NUTRITION, THE HEALTH HEALTH I THINK OVER AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER THEY HAD A, I HAD A, I JUST, I BROUGHT MY LAPTOP BUT THE TV WAS THERE.
KYLE, I DO HAVE A QUESTION CUZ THEY'RE RENOVATING THE COMMUNITY CENTER, CORRECT? YES.
UM, I KNOW THAT THEY'VE HAD A BUILDING ASSESSMENT DONE TO GET, UM, PROJECTIONS AND COSTS OR NOT, BUT I DON'T THINK THERE'S LIKE A DATE SET WHERE THEY'RE ACTUALLY GONNA START.
I THINK SOME OF THAT STUFF HAS TO GET APPROVED AS FAR AS NUMBERS.
SO IT, IT SHOULDN'T IMPACT CULTURE WEEK IN ANY WAY THEN.
I WOULDN'T THINK THAT'S ON, UM, MAY 19TH, UM, JUNE 22ND.
IS THAT THE, THE 22ND? THAT'S A THURSDAY.
AND JUST, SO MY NOTES ARE FIRST JUNE 23RD FROM, UH, 6:00 PM JUNE 22ND.
UM, AND AS WITH PAST FORUMS, UM, WE DO HAVE A BUDGET, UM, ALLOTTED FOR THAT AS WELL.
AND I'LL QUICKLY GO OVER THAT.
UM, SO THE BUDGET THAT WE, YOU KNOW, HAD ALREADY SUBMITTED PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR FOR THE FORUM IS $1,030.
AND THAT CONSISTS OF FOUR ITEMS, HONORARIUMS FOR THREE PANELISTS AT $250 EACH, CERTIFICATES AND HOLDERS $50.
WHICH, UM, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER IF THE CITY HAD PRINTED THOSE OUT.
YEAH, I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT'S DONE IN THE PAST.
UM, REFRESHMENTS, WATER AND SNACKS FOR $30.
UM, WE MAY BE ABLE TO DONATE THAT OURSELVES, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT.
UM, PUBLICITY ADVERTISEMENT, $200.
SO THAT WAS THE BUDGET ALREADY SET FOR THAT.
SO AT THIS POINT, UM, THE TASK GROUP WE WILL COMMUNICATE AS FAR AS UPDATES, I WOULD SAY, I'LL SAY BY NEXT FRIDAY, JUST A BRIEF CHECK-IN AS FAR AS WHERE WE STAND WITH THE SPEAKERS THAT WE WILL BE GETTING IN TOUCH WITH.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, BY THE 19TH, YOU KNOW, WE'LL CONFIRM AND WE'LL GET TOGETHER AND START FINALIZING ADVERTISEMENT, UH, MAKE SURE I HAVE THE BIOS AND EVERYTHING SO THAT WAY WE CAN START PUBLICIZING IT BY THE END OF THIS MONTH.
AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT, SO, BUT, UM, BY ANY CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS.
SO WE'LL GET A GENERAL, SAVE THE DATE OUT AND THEN AS YOU UPDATE THEN WE'LL JUST UPDATE THE FLYER AND AT LEAST THE SAVE THE DATE WILL BE OUT.
AND THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF RACISM AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS? IS THIS OR IT'S IT'S NOT.
SO AT LEAST I WILL, CAN WE HAVE, SO I SAW THE NAME OF THE FORM
[01:10:01]
OR THE TOPIC, UM, BUT IF WE WANTED TO JUST GRAB THE ATTENTION OF A POTENTIAL ATTENDEE, WHAT ARE WE GONNA CALL IT? SO WE HAD RACISM AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS.WHAT ARE WE GONNA CALL THIS FORUM? I KNOW YOU SAID WELL YEAH.
UH, YEAH, I, I GAVE THE TITLE.
IS IT HEALTH AND WELLNESS? YEAH, THE TITLE.
HEALTH AND WELLNESS DISPARITIES AND MULTICULTURAL.
SO THE TITLE IS, YEAH, I THINK YOU GOT IT HERE.
LET ME STATE AGAIN FOR THE RECORD.
IS THAT THE, IS THAT THE TOPIC? NO, THE, THE TOPIC OR THE TITLE.
ALLEVIATING HEALTH AND WEALTH DISPARITIES AFFECTING MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITIES.
YEAH, I'VE GOT, YEAH, I'VE GOT THAT.
I WASN'T SURE IF THAT WAS WHAT WE WERE GONNA PUT ON THE FLYER.
SO WELL, DO WE AGREE SOMETHING DIFFERENT OR NO, THAT'S FINE.
I'M JUST, YOU KNOW HOW WE KIND OF HAD THE SERIES RACISM AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS? YEAH, I THINK WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
I WOULD SAY OFFLINE BECAUSE IN MY OPINION WE HAD THAT FORUM.
NOT EVERYBODY I FELT THAT NEEDED TO BE THERE.
WAS THERE NUMBER ONE MEANING LEADERSHIP OR, YES.
BECAUSE THE OBJECTIVE FOR THAT FORUM WAS BASED ON THE PROCLAMATION.
THAT'S CURRENTLY STILL POSTED ON THE CITY WEBPAGE.
MM-HMM
AND THE GOAL WAS TO HAVE DIALOGUE FROM THAT FORUM WITH THE CITIZENS, THE COMMISSION, CITY LEADERSHIP AS FAR AS IDEAS, RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON SECTIONS OF THAT AND PUT FORTH ACTION BEHIND IT.
UM, I THINK THERE MAY NEED TO BE A ONE-ON-ONE DISCUSSION WITH CITY, THIS IS MY OPINION.
AS FAR AS WHAT ACTIONS DO YOU WANT US TO RECOMMEND TO YOU TO TAKE PLACE FOR THAT PROCLAMATION MM-HMM.
BECAUSE IT'S JUST THERE BUT THERE'S NO ACTION BEHIND IT.
SO I JUST ASKED BECAUSE I WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S PUT ON THE FLYER BECAUSE I AM GONNA PUT SOMETHING ON THE FLYER SO THAT IT CAN GRAB THE ATTENTION OF PEOPLE WHEN THEY SEE THE DATE.
SO IT'S NOT JUST US SAYING IT.
THEY WANTED TO, WHICH I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT.
AND I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S NEEDED.
UM, SO I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION.
THE ONE MY ASK IS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AFFECTING MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITIES, WHAT, I MEAN MULTICULTURAL IS A BIG WORD.
WHAT ARE WE REALLY, WHAT COMMUNITIES ARE WE LOOKING AT? CUZ WE KNOW THERE ARE SOME COMMUNITIES THAT ARE AFFECTED MORE THAN OTHERS.
SO BASED ON OUR LEGISLATION, WHEN WE SAY MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITIES, WHAT COMMUNITIES ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? CUZ WE KNOW THE TWO MOST DISENFRANCHISED COMMUNITIES ARE THE BLACK COMMUNITY AND THE ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
SO WHEN, WHAT, WHAT WERE YOU ALL THINKING WHEN YOU WERE SAYING MULTICULTURAL? WELL, ME PERSONALLY, I WAS THINKING ABOUT HEBREW HEIGHTS CUZ YOU HAVE BLACK, ASIAN, ASIAN AMERICANS, UM, LATINO AMERICANS GOT THE TURKISH COMMUNITY.
SO THEN WE MAY NEED TO SAY WITHIN THE HUBER, THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS, THEN ISN'T THAT AS ASSUME CAUSE IT'S RIGHTS? WELL, BUT DO WE WANT, DO WE WANT IT TO BE AN ASSUMPTION THOUGH?
TITLE GETS REALLY LONG THOUGH.
I MEAN, YOU WANT TO, CAUSE YOU WANT TO BE MORE FOCUSED RIGHT
[01:15:01]
ON THAT TOO.THAT'S EVERYBODY, RIGHT? IT'S EVERYBODY.
AND YOU KNOW, LET'S JUST BE REAL.
HEALTH AND WEALTH DISPARITIES ARE NOT HAPPENING IN EVERY COMMUNITY.
SO DO WE WANNA FOCUS ON IF, IF, IF IT'S ABOUT THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS, THEN LET'S CALL IT THAT, LET'S SAY MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS.
BUT IF IT'S FOR PEOPLE THAT MAY COME FROM DAYTON OR VANDELLIA OR CENTERVILLE, WE MAY HAVE PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES ATTEND THE FORUM.
SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
BUT YOU DO THAT FOR WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE, THE OTHER FORUMS, RIGHT? YOU TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS'S.
WE DIDN'T USE THOSE TERMS EITHER, SO, BUT WE, WE DIDN'T SAY MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITIES EITHER.
SO, YOU KNOW, RACISM IS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS.
WE KNOW WHAT, WE KNOW WHAT COMMUNITY RACISM IMPACTS.
UH, ALLEVIATING HEALTH AND WEALTH DISPARITIES AFFECTING MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITIES.
WELL YOU ALL, YOU ALL THINK ABOUT IT IN YOUR GROUP.
AND I WOULD SAY FOR THE RACISM AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS, REALLY IT WAS FOCUSING HUBER HEIGHTS.
BUT RACE, BECAUSE WE WERE FOCUSING ON THAT LEGISLATION, WE WENT BY CERTAIN ITEMS IN THAT LEGISLATION.
WE HAD QUESTIONS FOR OUR PANEL MM-HMM.
BUT RACISM IS A PUBLIC, I MEAN, WE KNOW RACISM.
WE KNOW THAT AFFECT, WE KNOW THAT WE AFFECT US EVERYWHERE.
WE KNOW THAT THERE'S NO DOUBT FROM MINORITY COMMUNITIES, UH, OR, YOU KNOW, MINORITY, MINORITY COMMUNITIES.
I MEAN, YOU ALL, YOU ALL COULD DETERMINE.
YOU DETERMINE, DETERMINE WHAT YOU WANT IT TO BE.
BUT JUST, I JUST WANT TO BE, I WANT US TO BE MINDFUL WHEN WE SAY MULTICULTURAL MANY CULTURES.
I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT THERE.
I'M JUST SAYING IF YOU SAY MINORITIES, THEN THAT'S MORE FOCUSED, RIGHT? I MEAN, UNLESS YOU WANT TO DEFINE SPECIFICITIES MINORITY, BUT WE KNOW WHAT THE MINORITY NUMBERS ARE, RIGHT? WE KNOW WHAT THE DEMOGRAPHICS ARE THAT ARE CONSIDERED THE MINORITY.
AND IF YOU SAY MINORITY, YOU'RE LOOKING AT VETERANS, DISABLED WOMEN, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE ALL OF THE MINORITIES, DIS DISABLED COMMUNITY? VETERANS.
THERE'S SEVERAL COMMUNITIES WHEN YOU SAY MINORITIES.
SO YOU WANT TO SAY RA UH, RACE MINORITIES? IS THAT WHAT WE WANT TO FIND? RACIAL MINORITIES? I MEAN, UH, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE BE, UM, UM, WELL, I MEAN, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT, YEAH, WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT DEMOGRAPHICS.
I THINK THEY'RE BASED ON MM-HMM.
THAT'S WHAT IT'S GONNA BE, I THINK.
SO WE CAN SAY, YOU WANNA SAY RACE, RACE MINORITIES, AND THAT'S FINE.
CAUSE WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT IT FROM PERSPECTIVE OF VETERAN VERSUS OTHER DIFFERENT TYPES, BECAUSE WE DEFINITELY WANT THIS TO BE WELL ATTENDED.
WE WANT THIS TO BE WELL ATTENDED.
WE WANT PARTICIPATION AND EVERYONE TO GET SOMETHING OUT OF IT AND DO SOMETHING.
LET'S THINK ABOUT, PLUS I THINK PEOPLE, IF WE SAY MINORITY GROUPS, AND YOU LOOK AT THIS COMMISSION ON WHAT THIS COMMISSION, WHAT ITS FOCUS IS, RIGHT? I KNOW I'M SAYING ASSUME, RIGHT? BUT I'M, WE'RE CULTURE UNIVERSITY, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
SO I'M THINKING MOST PEOPLE ARE GONNA LOOK AT IT FOR THE PERSPECTIVE OF, WE'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY RACE, YOU KNOW, RACE AND CULTURE, RIGHT? SO IT'S NOT GONNA BE MM-HMM.
SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE ARE GETTING TO THE REALLY THE ROOT OF WHAT, WHAT ARE WE REALLY FOCUSED ON? SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE, NOW, WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT THE NUMBERS AND THE STATISTICS, SO THOSE MAY BE FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON MAYBE RACE, BUT YOU COULD INCORPORATE, YOU COULD INCLUDE SOME OF THESE OTHER TYPES OF WORDS.
BUT I THINK WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT THE, THE, UH,
[01:20:01]
THINGS THAT PEOPLE NEED TO DO TO HOLD THOSE GAPS, RIGHT? ADDRESS THOSE DISPARITIES.I MEAN, ALL THOSE GROUPS, ALL THOSE, UH, GROUPS ARE GOING TO BE, UH, HELPED.
RIGHT? YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? THINGS YOU DO, WHETHER FROM NUTRITION OR FINANCIAL, WELL, I MEAN FINANCIAL LITERACY, I MEAN, WHETHER YOU, YOU KNOW, REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOUR RACES, OR REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOUR HANDICAP IS, YOU KNOW, THEY ALL GONNA BENEFIT FROM, UM, HEARINGS WITH THOSE, UM, BENEFITS BRING TO THE TABLE.
RIGHT? WERE YOU, CHRISTIE YOU WERE TAPPING.
DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD?
YOU COULD SAY SOMETHING LIKE, UM, DISPARITIES WITHIN OUR RACE AND ETHNIC GROUPS WITHIN HEIGHTS.
BUT I THINK, I DON'T KNOW, I WAS JUST THINKING IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, I GUESS, THAT WE DO NARROW IT DOWN BECAUSE THE INFORMATION OUR SPEAKERS HOME WITH ARE GONNA REFLECT, YOU KNOW, THE DATA AND THE STATS AND THE INFORMATION.
WELL, THAT'S WHY I SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU WANTED TO BE FOCUSED.
I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, USING THE, USING THE TERM AFFECTING, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE WOULD CALL IT A MULTI MULTICULTURE, RIGHT? THAT, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
SO IF YOU WANNA BE FOCUSED, YOU'D SAY, WE TALK ABOUT RACIAL MINORITIES, RIGHT? OR THAT'S THE RIGHT TERM, RIGHT? UM, WHEN I SAY A MINORITIES, I'M THINKING MORE FROM A RACE PERSPECTIVE, GIVEN WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT OUR FOCUS HAS BEEN IN, IN LARGE PART OR RACE.
BUT I GUESS THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA CONSIDER, BUT, UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO, I DON'T KNOW IF IT HAS TO BE THAT COMPLICATED, BUT, UM, COULD WE TAKE AN ALL INNCLUSIVE CIVIL APPROACH? WELL, TO INFORMATION THAT WE, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST NOTE, I MEAN, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HEALTH AND WEALTH DISPARITIES, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE WORD AFFECTING THAT WE'RE FOCUSING IN, IN ON, IF WE WENT TO, WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY OR IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FOOD DESERTS AND HEALTH DISPARITIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THERE'S A SOCIOECONOMIC LINE THAT, THAT IS, IS RIDING ON.
AND THAT SOCIOECONOMIC LINE, IT DOESN'T MATTER.
I KNOW WHAT OUR FOCUS IS, BUT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THOSE TYPE OF DISPARITIES, IT'S A POVERTY ISSUE MORE THAN IT IS A RACIAL ISSUE.
AND SO WE NEED TO BE COGNIZANT IN UNDERSTANDING THAT TO DELINEATE SOMETHING ON A RACIAL LINE HERE, IS WALKING A, A LINE THAT YOU MAY NOT WANNA WALK WHEN THESE ISSUES ARE SOMETHING THAT AFFECTS EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT IS WITHIN A, A SOCIOECONOMIC LINE THAT, YOU KNOW, HEALTH DISPARITIES OR FOOD DESERT ISSUES ARE AN ISSUE OF ACCESS.
IT'S AN ISSUE OF HAVING TRANSPORTATION TO GET TO THE GROCERY STORE.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT TRANSPORTATION TO WALK, YOU KNOW, HOW IS YOUR CLOSEST GROCERY STORE? IT'S THE ISSUE OF, IF YOU THINK OF GERMANTOWN STREET, YOU KNOW, IN THAT AREA, THAT IS ONE OF THE, THE BIGGEST FOOD DESERTS IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, BECAUSE WHEN KROGER LEFT, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T GET NEW, NEW GROCERY STORES BACK IN THERE.
BUT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE HEALTH DISPARITIES THAT COME FROM THAT, IT'S ACCESS TO FOOD.
IT'S, I'M SHOPPING AT FAMILY DOLLAR FOR MY GROCERIES, I'M SHOPPING AT THE CORNER STORE FOR MY GROCERIES, AND DO I HAVE ACCESS TO FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES AND FRESH MEAT IN THOSE TYPE OF PLACES? SO I THINK TO PIGEONHOLE THIS CONVERSATION AS WE WOULD, RACISM AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS WOULD BE DIFFERENT.
I THINK WE NEED TO BE JUST COGNIZANT THAT THIS CONVERSATION IS MORE OF A MULTICULTURAL CONVERSATION WHEN IT COMES TO HOW WE ARE INTERACTING WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA BE PROBABLY WITHIN THAT 133% OF YOUR POVERTY LEVEL.
AND, AND TO THEN A ATTRIBUTE THAT TO RACE, I THINK IS WHEN WE START HAVING A, A CONVERSATION.
THAT ONE DOESN'T HAVE TO DO WITH THE OTHER, IT HAS
[01:25:01]
TO DO WITH ACCESS.IT HAS TO DO WITH OUR EDUCATION SYSTEMS. IT HAS TO DO WITH HOW WE ARE KEEPING PEOPLE UNDER THAT POVERTY LEVEL, AND THEN WHAT THAT MEANS FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE TRYING TO ACCESS THESE SYSTEMS. SAME THING WITH HEALTHCARE.
YOU KNOW, IF I HAVE TO TAKE THREE BUSES TO GET TO THE HEALTH CLINIC, THAT'S GOING TO SERVE ME UNTIL JUST RECENTLY THE ONE ON CHAMBERSBURG, WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT ACCESS TO A CLINIC TYPE SITUATION.
ARE WE GOING TO SAY THAT ONLY PEOPLE OF THIS RACE AND, AND THIS PREED CAN WALK IN THOSE DOORS? NO.
SO I, I STILL THINK THE ALLEVIATING HEALTH AND WEALTH DISPARITIES IN WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY ARE WITHIN, IN MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITIES OR AFFECTING MULTICULTURAL.
I JUST, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD PIGEONHOLE THIS.
I THINK IF WE ENDED IT AT ALLEVIATING HEALTH AND WEALTH DISPARITIES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY OR SOMETHING.
BUT I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
IT'S A, IT'S A, A GROUP THAT, AS YOU BRING THAT GROUP UP, WILL BETTER AFFECT YOUR COMMUNITY WHEN YOU HAVE BETTER HIGH, YOU KNOW, BETTER HEALTH OUTCOMES, BETTER GENERAL HEALTH IN, IN ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE EATING BETTER FOODS, YOU FEEL BETTER, YOU'RE GONNA, YOU KNOW, GO TO THE DOCTOR LESS, YOU FEEL LIKE GOING TO WORK MORE, WHATEVER.
BUT I, I DON'T THINK THAT FOR THE FOCUS OF THIS CONVERSATION, I THINK WE CAN PIGEONHOLE IT IN THE CONVERSATION WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE VA CONTACT, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSES HOW MENTAL HEALTH IS AFFECTING THE PEOPLE OF THESE COMMUNITIES.
BUT THE VETS ARE A VERY BIG PART OF THAT, YOU KNOW, TO, TO PULL THAT PIECE OUT OF A MINORITY GROUPING, I THINK WOULD NOT BE DOING THIS JUSTICE.
AND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU THINK ABOUT LIKE THE, LIKE THE FOOD ASPECT OF IT TOO, LIKE HUBER HEIGHTS, WE'RE NOT A FOOD DESERT.
THERE IS FOOD INSECURITY, ABSOLUT.
AND I'LL SPEAK FIRST END OF THAT DURING COVID.
I DON'T KNOW HOW I, I COULD SPEAK TO AS WELL, YOU KNOW, LORD, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I, YEAH.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE DRAWN AWAY FROM EXPERIENCING SOME SORT OF FOOD INSECURITY.
WHICH LEADS TO MENTAL CRISIS, WHICH LEADS TO A FINANCIAL CRISIS.
SO, YEAH, I THINK IT DEPENDS ON WHAT, AND YOU'RE RIGHT, AND I DON'T WANT TO, I DON'T THINK CROSSES, SO WE WANT TO EXCLUDE ANYONE, RIGHT? CAUSE YOU SAID THESE THINGS ARE AFFECTING WITH ALL PEOPLE.
I THINK I JUST MAKE IT JUST CLASSES, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, THOSE THAT HAVE, WILL HAVE MORE ABSOLUTELY.
LESS, YOU KNOW, WILL HAVE LESS OPPORTUNITIES OR LESS ACCESS TO CERTAIN THINGS.
THAT'S JUST, I MEAN, THAT'S EVERYWHERE.
THAT'S NOT JUST, THAT'S ALL OVER, RIGHT? MORE RESOURCES TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, UH, THE ECONOMIC STATUS YOU HAVE, THEN YOU'RE ABLE TO, TO DO MORE, HAVE MORE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, BUT THEN AGAIN, EACH GROUP HAS FOCUS AREAS, RIGHT? SO AS THIS GROUP, WE HAVE A PARTICULAR FOCUS, AGAIN, DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE EXCLUDING ANYONE.
IT'S JUST SAYING THAT, OKAY, WE HAVE A FOCUS FOR THIS COMMISSION.
AND SO WITH THAT, THEN WE GOTTA FIND, LIKE IN THIS CASE, RIGHT? WHAT, WHAT TOPICS ARE WE GOING TO COVER GIVEN THE SCOPE OF THIS COMMISSION, RIGHT? SO IN THIS CASE, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT OUR FOCUS HAS BEEN ON, AGAIN, CULTURE, RIGHT? AND I GUESS CULTURE AND RACE.
AND SO, UM, AND IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE A POINT TO TALK ABOUT DISPARITIES, WE GOTTA, WE HAVE TO DEFINE IT SOME WAY, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE TO DEFINE IT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE ALL SAY YEAH, YOU KNOW, THOSE THAT, YOU KNOW, MAKE A CERTAIN INCOME LEVEL, RIGHT? YEAH.
THEY'RE GONNA LIKELY HAVE, YOU KNOW, ACCESS, THEY CAN BREW OUT BIO ORGANIC FRUIT AND VEGETABLES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, VERSUS THOSE THAT MAKE LESS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO BUY THAT, RIGHT? THEY'RE PROBABLY GONNA GO TO THE FAST FOOD RESTAURANT AND, YOU KNOW, MORE STUFF.
I MEAN, THAT'S JUST, AGAIN, WE ALL KNOW THAT.
SO IT'S HARD TO, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN TO DO STATISTICS ON THAT.
AND THEN WE DO, I THEY PUT CLASSES, NOT WE DO THAT.
BUT IS THAT WHAT THE FOCUS OF THIS GROUP IS? UM, THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING.
SO THIS IS A, THIS IS JUST A FOCUS AREA, YOU KNOW, IN THIS CASE TO SAY, ALL RIGHT, HERE ARE THE, HERE ARE THE DISPARITIES FROM A, FROM A RACE PERSPECTIVE, RIGHT? UM, EDUCATIONAL FORUM.
DO WE WANNA EDUCATE ONE GROUP? AND IF SO, WHAT IS THAT GROUP? AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY, RIGHT? WE COULD, I MEAN, THERE'S A NUMBER, NUMBER DIFFERENT WAYS WE CAN DO IT.
I'M JUST, I'M TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO DEAL WITH THE FOCUS.
HAVE YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO READ OUR PROCLAMATION
[01:30:01]
YET, CHRISTIE, THAT WAS DONE FOR THE COMMISSION.WHICH ONE? THE RESOLUTION, I SHOULD SAY, IF YOU HAVEN'T, IT'S ON THE CITY WEBSITE, BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ IT SO THAT YOU KIND OF KNOW, UM, EVEN OUR LEGISLATION.
HAVE YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY READ OUR LEGISLATION? TO LOOK, I'VE LOOKED AROUND.
BECAUSE IT SPEAKS TO THAT, IN, IN THE RESOLUTION IT TALKS ABOUT SOME OF THESE THINGS.
AND IT IS RACIAL AND IT'S SOCIOECONOMIC.
OH, WE CAN JUST, OR ONE WAY TO THE THING IS, WE, WE WOULD HAVE TO MOVE AWAY, MOVE AWAY CHINESE DISPARITIES.
IF WE JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT, WE JUST WANNA HAVE A FORM THAT JUST TALKS ABOUT, UM, FINANCIAL LITERACY, FINANCIAL HEALTH.
WE CAN JUST DO THAT AND OFFER THAT TO THE COMMUNITY, RIGHT? IT'S JUST THIS GROUP IS DOING THAT.
UM, OR WE COULD TALK ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR PHYSICAL, PHYSICAL HEALTH, RIGHT? CAUSE THAT BENEFITS EVERYONE, RIGHT? I'M JUST SAYING WE MAY NEED TO CHANGE THE TILE IF WE WANT TO.
WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE, YOU KNOW, HAVE A CONVERSATION TO TALK ABOUT THE SPECIFIC ISSUES THAT AFFECT EVERYBODY.
YEAH, BECAUSE I WILL NOTE, TO PIGGYBACK TO THE FORM THAT WE HAD ON RACISM IS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS.
WE DID HAVE QUESTIONS THAT FOCUS ON THE SOCIAL EFFECTS, ECONOMIC AND PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND IT SPECIFICALLY CENTERED ON THE BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES.
AND I'M JUST LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WAS PROPOSED THEN.
AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, CAUSE I REMEMBER
MAYBE IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE TOPIC TITLE, BUT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN AN EXCUSE, YOU KNOW? BUT I THINK BASED ON WHAT YOU JUST SUGGESTED, ERIC, MAYBE BETTER FOCUS ON EITHER ONE OF THOSE AREAS WHERE EVERYONE CAN, YOU KNOW, RELATE AND BENEFIT.
BECAUSE WE ARE SUPPOSED TO, OF COURSE, FOCUS ON THOSE GROUPS, UM, THAT HAVE THOSE CHALLENGES, BUT BE INCLUSIVE AS WELL.
WHAT I'M, SO LIKE WHEN WE, LAST YEAR WHEN WE DID THE, UM, WHAT WE CALL IT, IT WAS THE, WHAT WE DID THE HEALTH FAIR, RIGHT? YEAH.
IT WASN'T, IT WASN'T, IT WASN'T, UH, IT WAS JUST MORE OF A, IT WAS A HEALTH FAIR.
IT WAS OPEN EVERYBODY IN AND EVERYBODY, RIGHT? I KNOW I GAVE PRESENTATION ON HEALTH, RIGHT? IT WAS, IT WAS NOT SPECIFIC.
I DIDN'T TALK ABOUT STATISTICS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
IT WAS JUST MORE A PRESENTATION THAT EVERYONE COMMITTED ABOUT.
AND WE CAN DO A SIMILAR THING.
I JUST, BUT WHEN WE STARTED HAVING THIS CONVERSATION A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, WE SAID WE WEREN'T TALK ABOUT DISPAR.
SO THAT WAS THE TOPIC, AND THAT'S THEN, OKAY, THEN THAT'S THE FOCUS, RIGHT? WELL, WE CAN'T COVER EVERY MINORITY, RIGHT? WE CAN THOSE B, LGBTQ Q UH, THOSE THAT ARE VETERANS, THOSE THAT HAVE GOOD, I MEAN, YOU, YOU CAN'T, YOU JUST CAN'T DO IT ALL RIGHT? YOU HAVE TO NARROW IT DOWN IF YOU WANNA START TALKING ABOUT PROBLEM AREAS, RIGHT? YOU JUST CAN'T COVER EVERY, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY ARE, THEY'RE GONNA BE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING FOR ONE AND TWO, YOU KNOW, CITY COUNCIL.
SO THAT'S WHERE I THINK WE HAVE TO DETERMINE OUR FOCUS CUZ IT'S SO BROAD.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT IS IT THAT WE REALLY WANT TO ACCOMPLISH? SO BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND.
DO WE WANT TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY? WE WANT TO EDUCATE LEADERS.
DO WHO, WHO ARE WE EDUCATING? SHE, MOE YES, IT WAS, IT SHOULD EDUCATE EVERYONE REGARDLESS OF YOUR BACKGROUND, RIGHT? UM, EVEN IF YOU WERE FOCUSED IN ON JUST THE, IF YOU, IF YOU'RE JUST SAYING, I'M GONNA FOCUS ON MINORITIES PER SE, RIGHT? I THINK IT'S, IT'S STILL EDUCATION FOR EVERYONE TO, TO UNDERSTAND THERE'S DISPARITIES, THEIR RIGHT.
AND HOW THEY MAY BE ABLE TO HELP ADDRESS THAT SITUATION.
IF THAT'S, IF WE WANNA TALK ABOUT DISPARITIES, BUT WE JUST TAKE OUT DISPARITY PIECE ALL TOGETHER AND JUST FOCUS IN ON, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE IMPACTING EVERYONE, RIGHT? WE ALL ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH.
MENTAL HEALTH HAS AFFECTED EVERYONE RIGHT? ABOUT SINCE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAD COVID AND WE'RE ALL ABOUT IN THE HOUSE AND HOW THAT AFFECTED PEOPLE AND, AND UH, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE KNOW, WE ALL, OF COURSE WE KNOW ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FOLKS STRUGGLING FINANCIALLY, VARIOUS REASONS.
I MEAN, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT AFFECTING EVERYONE.
SO WE CAN, IF WE JUST WANT TO JUST TOUCH ON, YOU KNOW, GET AWAY FROM THE STATISTICS AND JUST TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT SHOULD BE DOING RIGHT TO STRENGTHEN YOURSELF MENTALLY, PHYSICALLY, AND FINANCIALLY.
[01:35:01]
YOU CAN JUST DO THAT.I MEAN, WHEN WE DID THE FINANCIAL PIECE LAST YEAR, RIGHT? WE DID, WHAT WAS IT CALLED? AND IT WAS JUST, IT WAS SPORTS, UM, FINANCIAL LITERACY, COURSE LITERACY.
YEAH, IT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED.
AND THAT'S THE THING, YOU KNOW, SO, SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS WE CAN MOVE, I'M GOOD WITH THAT.
WE CAN MOVE AWAY FROM TALKING ABOUT DISPARITIES.
BUT THAT WAS WHAT WAS BROUGHT UP BEFORE THAT, RIGHT? THE GROUP WANTED TO DO THAT.
SO IF YOU DO THAT, THEN YOU GOTTA FOCUS IN ON A GROUP, WHERE'S THE DISPARITY THAT YOU WANT TO FOCUS? UM, BUT AGAIN, IF WE WANT TO, I'M GOOD WITH BEING ALL INCLUSIVE.
SO LET'S JUST MOVE AWAY FROM TALKING ABOUT STATISTICS.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT STATISTICS IN GENERAL, LIKE TALKING ABOUT THE AMERICAN DIET, RIGHT.
YOU KNOW,
SO, AND I GET WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM BECAUSE I DO AGREE WE NEED TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY ON THOSE MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES.
I MEAN THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR APPROACH UNFORTUNATELY HASN'T BEEN RECEPTIVE OR SUCCESSFUL UNFORTUNATELY.
BUT WE STILL NEED TO KIND OF OVERCOME THAT BARRIER.
AND I WANNA TELL YOU ALL THAT WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS NOT, IS NOT ABNORMAL.
I'VE ATTENDED MANY CONFERENCES LATELY.
ATTENDANCE IS NOT GREAT AT ANY OF THESE CONFERENCES BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T WANNA TALK ABOUT RACE, THEY DON'T WANNA TALK ABOUT CULTURE.
I MEAN, THINK OF THE HOUSE BILL, HOUSE BILL 83.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT SEEN AS A POPULAR SUBJECT.
SO I DON'T EVER EXPECT WE'RE GONNA HAVE STANDING ROOM ONLY, BUT I THINK THAT WE STILL HAVE TO PUT THE INFORMATION OUT THERE IF THERE'S FIVE IN THE ROOM OR IF THERE'S 55 IN THE ROOM, WE STILL GOTTA PUT THE INFORMATION OUT THERE.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO GET AWAY FROM THE WORD DISPARITIES.
THE ONLY THING I WAS SUGGESTING IS IF IT'S HUBER HEIGHTS COMMUNITY THAT WE WANT TO FOCUS ON, BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY WHO WE ARE HERE TO SERVE, THEN LET'S, LET'S SAY THAT, LET'S SAY AFFECTING THE HUBER HEIGHTS COMMUNITY, AND LET'S GET AWAY FROM THE WORD MULTICULTURAL.
BECAUSE WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT MANY CULTURES AND THEN YOU TALK ABOUT DISPARITIES, THEN YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE.
SO IT MAYBE IT'S JUST THE WORD MULTICULTURAL THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO GET RID OF.
SO YOU WANNA CHANGE THAT TO HUBERT HEIGHTS, HUB RIGHTS COMMUNITY.
AFFECTING THE HUBERT HEIGHTS COMMUNITY.
NOW THAT BEING SAID, THEN, THEN YOU HAVE TO GET SPECIFIC TO WHAT IS GOING ON.
WHO, WHAT MAKES THE SAME DIFFERENCE? I'M SORRY UNCLE, GO AHEAD.
WHAT MAKES US UNIQUE WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT FINANCIAL, MENTAL, AND PHYSICAL, RIGHT? IS THERE A UNIQUE SITUATION IN HUBER THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM ANY OTHER CITY? I MEAN, THERE MAY BE SOME DIFFERENCES, BUT IS IT, WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT BIG PICTURE WISE, IS THERE ANY BIG DIFFERENCE? UM, THERE PROBABLY IS SOME DIFFERENCE, BUT OUR PANELISTS WON'T REALLY BE AWARE OF IT PROBABLY.
AND I THINK A LOT OF THAT NOT, SO LIKE, I THINK THE ISSUES WE HAD WITH SOME OF THE OTHER FORMS IS WE'RE TALKING AT PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO BE INTERESTED IN ALLEVIATING.
I THINK THAT'S THE STRUGGLE FOR ME IS LIKE, WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO ACTUALLY ALLEVIATING THESE THINGS? YOU KNOW, IS IT, IS IT A FORUM ON THESE ARE THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS DISPARITIES, OR IS THE CONVERSATION, WHAT CAN HUBER DO TO MOVE FORWARD ON SOME OF THESE THINGS TO ALLEVIATE THESE ISSUES? WE ALL KNOW THOSE ISSUES.
THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, WE INSTITUTING A BACKPACK PROGRAM.
WHAT'S THE SOLUTION SCHOOLS FOR KIDS THAT ARE FOOD INSECURE TO BE TAKING HOME IT.
AND IT'S NOT EVEN ABOUT LIKE THE, THE ABILITY TO GO OR BUY ORGANIC FOOD OR FOOD BETTER THAN THAT.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, DOES LITTLE JOHNNY HAVE A CAN OPENER TO OPEN THAT OLD CAN OF CORN THAT HE HAS TO EAT AT NIGHT? OR YOU KNOW, DO THEY HAVE A LITTLE BREAD FOR THE KIDS TO MAKE PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY OVER THE WEEKEND? THOSE ARE THE KIDS THAT ARE, THERE ARE LITERALLY KIDS IN THESE SCHOOL SYSTEMS THAT GO HUNGRY FROM FRIDAY TO MONDAY OR HAVE VERY LITTLE FOOD.
SO THAT'S WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HEALTH AND FOOD DISPARITIES, THAT'S WHAT THAT MEANS.
[01:40:01]
PANTRIES OR DON'T HAVE THE TRANSPORTATION AND IT, AND IT'S THAT HOLISTIC VIEW OF HOW THESE SYSTEMS CAN WORK TOGETHER TO BETTER THE COMMUNITY INSTEAD OF THE FOOD PANTRY WORKING SEPARATE FROM THE SCHOOLS AND HOW ARE THE SCHOOLS WORKING SEPARATE FROM THE HEALTH CLINICS.IT IS A HOLISTIC VIEW OF HOW ARE WE WORKING TO BRING OUR MOST VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY TO A STATUS QUO WITH WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT SOMEBODY IN A SUBURBAN AREA TO LIVE.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT TALKING, THIS IS THE SUBURBS, YOU KNOW, OUR ISSUES ARE GOING TO BE SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SEE IN THE, THE URBAN CENTERS, BUT THEY'RE NOT THE SAME.
YOU KNOW, IT'S SIMILAR BUT IT'S NOT AS DEEP.
FOCUS, THIS SHOULD BE VERY LITTLE FOCUSED.
WHAT THE DISPARITIES ARE, WHAT THE ISSUE IS.
BUT I THINK THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME SPENT DURING THE FORM SHOULD BE ON THE EDUCATIONAL MEETING.
YOU ARE THE SOLUTIONS, YOU'RE THE THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO BE DOING.
UM, YOU KNOW, SO THAT YOU CAN, SO THAT YOU CAN IMPROVE, RIGHT? FINANCIAL AID OR ANY OTHER CATEGORY ABOUT IT.
THE SOLUTIONS KIND OF REGROUP.
YEAH, WE NEED TO REGROUP, UM, WITHIN THIS NEXT WEEK.
BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE MORE RELATABLE, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS THE COMMUNITY TALKING ABOUT THE SPECIFIC ISSUES AND WHAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DO TO CLOSE THE GAP, YOU KNOW, TO RESOLVE IT.
SO YEAH, WE NEED TO RECONVENE WITHIN THIS WEEK AND MAYBE JUST INCLUDING THAT WORD SOLUTIONS TO ALLEVIATE YEAH.
HEALTH AND WEALTH DISPARITIES AFFECTING MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITIES.
BECAUSE NOW YOUR TOPIC SAYS WHAT YOUR OUTCOME IS, YOU'RE, YOU'RE COMING TO A FORUM TO ADDRESS SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES.
SO WILL WE AGREE, I KNOW WE'VE BEEN ON THIS SUBJECT FOR A WHILE.
THE TOPIC SHOULD BE ALLEVIATING HEALTH AND WEALTH DISPARITIES AFFECTING THE HUBER HEIGHTS COMMUNITY.
NO, I THINK THAT THE MATTER WAS, WE WEREN'T GONNA SAY HUBER HEIGHTS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE DATA, SO, OKAY.
I THINK THE SOLUTIONS PART IS WHAT WAS MISSING.
COMMUNITY CONVERSATION ABOUT ALLEVIATING HEALTH AND WELLNESS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, I DUNNO UTILIZE SOLUTIONS.
I THINK, YEAH, LET'S JUSTING OFFLINE, UM, WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK.
SAVE THE DAY FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE WILL BE TOUCHING BASES THROUGHOUT, YOU KNOW, THIS MONTH, GET EVERYTHING FINALIZED AND THEN AT THE JUNE 1ST MEETING IT'LL BE A VERY, VERY BRIEF UPDATE.
HOPEFULLY WE'RE NOT GONNA WAIT TILL JUNE 1ST TO GET THE TOPIC FINALIZED.
I'M JUST SAYING AT THE JUNE 1ST MEETING IS GONNA BE A VERY BRIEF UPDATE.
EVERYTHING WILL BE FINALIZED BY THE END OF THIS MONTH.
SO ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE FORM? WE GOOD WITH THAT? UM, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE 2022 BREAST CANCER AWARENESS DRIVE, BAG, ASSEMBLY AND DISTRIBUTION.
UM, SARAH WAS SUPPOSED TO GET ME SOME DATES, KAI, THAT THE COMMUNITY CENTER WAS AVAILABLE.
SO CAN YOU JUST REMIND HER THAT WE NEED A COUPLE OF DATES THAT WE CAN GO OVER AND ASSEMBLE THE BAGS, UM, SO THAT WE CAN GET THOSE DISTRIBUTED.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE WHOLE ENTIRE COMMISSION.
WE JUST NEED A FEW PEOPLE THAT CAN BE AVAILABLE TO ASSEMBLE THE BAGS.
UM, THE ANTI-RACISM CONFERENCE, I ATTENDED THAT ON APRIL THE 29TH.
UM, IT WAS A GREAT CONFERENCE.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS NOT WELL ATTENDED.
UM, BUT I DO WANNA LET YOU ALL KNOW THERE IS SOME INFORMATION THAT I AM GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU.
I DID SHARE BIOS WITH THE THREE OF YOU ALL AND THERE
[01:45:01]
ARE SOME AMAZING RESOURCES IN THE, THE INFORMATION THAT I SHARED WITH YOU.UM, ALSO IF YOU'RE MY FRIEND ON FACEBOOK, YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK, LISTEN TO SOME OF THE SPEAKERS.
UM, BUT THE WHOLE TOPIC WAS HOUSING INSECURITY, RACISM AND HOUSING INSECURITY.
SO, UM, TAKE A LISTEN, TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE RESOURCES THAT I SHARED WITH YOU.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE BOOK OF THE MONTH, YEAR OF THE TIGER AND ACTIVIST LIFE BY ALICE WONG.
UM, I DID PUT THE ISV N NUMBER IN THERE.
UM, I WAS A PART OF THE Y W C A RACIAL JUSTICE CHALLENGE.
I INVITED ALL OF YOU TO DO THAT.
DID ANYBODY GET TO DO THAT? UM, NO.
UH, BUT ALICE WONG IS ONE OF THE, UM, ACTIVISTS THAT TALKS A LOT ON ABLEISM.
SO IF YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, TAKE A LISTEN TO ANY OF HER PIECES IN THE RACIAL EQUITY CHALLENGE, SHE'S AMAZING.
UM, SHE PROBABLY DOES MORE IN THE ACTIVISM SPACE WITH HER DISABILITY THAT SHE'S HAD SINCE SHE WAS A CHILD THAN MOST PEOPLE WITHOUT A DISABILITY.
SO GREAT INFORMATION, GREAT BOOK TO ADD TO YOUR COLLECTION.
AND IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THIS EVENING? ANYBODY? NEXT MEETING IS JUNE 1ST.
AND IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE, WE WILL ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT 8:48 PM.