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AHEAD AND START.[ AGENDA CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZENS ACTION COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road December 1, 2022 7:00 P.M. ]
CALL TO ORDER THE MEETING OF THE HUBER HEIGHTS CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZEN ACTION COMMITTEE COMMISSION.AND WE HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE, DR.
MS. PER PRESENT? MR. RICHARDSON? PRESENT.
WE'LL MOVE TO APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, LIKE TO MOVE THE MINUTES, UM, FORWARD FOR APPROVAL.
DO WE HAVE ANY AMENDMENTS OR CHANGES TO THE MINUTES? SO EVERYONE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THOSE? DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO, TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS WRITTEN, MA'AM? CHAIR, I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE NOVEMBER 3RD, 2022 CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZENS ACTION COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES AS READ WITH NECESSARY CORRECTIONS.
SHOULD THERE BE SO ANY I SECOND? IT'S BEEN SO MOVED.
AND SECOND, WE WILL, THE MINUTES HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR THE NOVEMBER 3RD MEETING.
WE'LL MOVE TO, UM, WELCOMING OUR GUESTS.
THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TODAY TO OUR MEETING.
UM, DO YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? DO I HAVE TO? YOU DON'T HAVE TO.
WE WILL MOVE TO OLD BUSINESS CITIZEN'S COMPLAINT REVIEW BOARD MR. ERIC STEVENS.
SO WE, UM, WE HAD OUR LAST MEETING ON, UH, NINE NOVEMBER, UH, WITH THE, WITH THE CITY, UH, WITH THE CITY MANAGER, UH, KATIE AND, UH, CHIEF LEER.
AND, UH, DURING THAT TIME, UM, BASICALLY, I KNOW AT LA I THINK LAST MONTH I PRESENTED THE, BASICALLY THE FRAMEWORK, THE OVERVIEW OF THE, THE PROCESS.
AND SO, AND I, AND I THINK AT THE TIME I MENTIONED THAT WE WERE WORKING ON FILLING UP THE DETAILS, GETTING EVERYTHING DOWN ON PAPER AND ALL THE PROCEDURES AND HOW THE, UH, THE, THE PROCESS WOULD WORK.
SO WHEN WE MET LAST MONTH, IT WAS, AGAIN, JUST TAKING ANOTHER LOOK AT, UM, UM, AT THE, AT THE FRAMEWORK, LOOKING AT THE PROCEDURES.
AT THAT TIME, UH, THE CITY MANAGER, BRIAN HAD STARTED DRAFTING UP THE, SOME OF THE DOCUMENTATION AND SOME OF THE LANGUAGE.
AND SO TO THIS POINT, PRETTY MUCH JUST HAVE, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFIED, KIND WHAT THE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE PURPOSE IS.
UM, SO WHAT, WHAT THE, UH, WHAT THE AUTHORITY THAT, THE AUTHORITY THAT THE CCRB HAS, UM, CAPTURED.
UM, WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT, LIKE THE MEMBERSHIP, UM, IN TERMS OF WHO WOULD SIT ON THAT BOARD.
AND THEN, UM, AND AGAIN, HE STARTED DRAFTING UP, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT FLOW CHART THAT I PRESENTED LAST TIME, YOU KNOW, FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE BLOCKS, YOU KNOW, EACH, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE WHEN THE, THE CITY, UH, THE LAW DIRECTOR GETS THE, THE PACKAGE, RIGHT? THERE'LL BE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS YOU'LL HAVE TO, TO CARRY OUT, YOU KNOW, AND THE CCRB IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY'LL DO.
SO, SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF JUST PUTTING, TAKING THOSE, UH, THOSE BLOCKS ON THAT BLOCK DIAGRAM AND WRITING DOWN EACH STEP AND WHAT SPECIFICALLY EACH ONE OF THOSE BOXES WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCOMPLISHING.
SO, UH, SO RIGHT NOW, THE, UM, I THINK WE'VE ESTABLISHED, UH, UH, THAT HE'LL HAVE THOSE PROCEDURES PROBABLY, I GUESS BUTTON UP MAYBE AROUND THE FIRST OF, UH, THE NEW YEAR OR MAYBE AROUND THE, I CAN'T REMEMBER, WAS IT DECEMBER? OR WAS IT, I CAN'T REMEMBER.
SO JUST AFTER, AFTER THE NEW YEAR.
AND SO ONCE, ONCE HE HAS, UH, THAT, UH, COMPLETED, THEN WE'LL, WE'LL CIRCLE BACK TOGETHER, REVIEW, UM, REVIEW THE PROCEDURES, AND THEN, UM, WE WILL BRING THAT, AGAIN, THE COMPLETED PACKAGE BACK TO THE COMMISSION.
UH, IF, I GUESS, MAYBE NOT, I GUESS IT'LL BE THAT FEBRUARY, THE FEBRUARY MEETING, UH, WE'LL BRING THAT TO THIS BODY, REVIEW IT, SEE IF WE'RE ALL, ALL IN AGREEMENT, AND, AND, UH, VOTE ON, UM, I GUESS ACCEPTING THE, THE, THE PACKAGE FOR THE CCRB.
AND THEN AFTERWARDS, UH, THE PLAN IS TO TAKE IT TO, TO CITY COUNCIL, UM, FOR, FOR THEIR APPROVAL.
UM, SO I ASSUME THAT MAYBE IN THE, EITHER THE FEBRUARY OR MARCH TIMEFRAME.
UM, AND THEN ASSUMING THAT THAT GOES WELL, WE GET APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH STANDING IT UP, UH, THEN WE'LL START THE PROCESS OF, OF FILLING THE, UH, POSITIONS.
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AND THEN THE, THE, THE GOAL IS TO, AND I TALKED TO BRIAN ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY, JUST TO, TO FIRM IT UP.YOU KNOW, THE GOAL IS TO TRY AND HAVE THE, THE BOARD UP AND RUNNING, UM, JULY, OR BY JULY 1ST, I THINK IS AT THE LATEST IS WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE TARGETING.
SO, UM, SO THAT'S, SO THAT, SO THAT'S WHERE IT STANDS.
UM, ALSO YESTERDAY I DID, UH, SO IF YOU RECALL, UM, RICHARD SHAW HAD, UH, COUNCILMAN SHAW SET UP A, A, UM, A MEETING, UH, OR PUT US ON THE AGENDA FOR THE, WAS THE FIRST SUBURBS OF MEETING FIRST YEAR, I'M SORRY, FIRST YEAR SUBURBS, UH, MEETING WITH THE, WHERE YOU HAVE THE MULTIPLE MEMBERS FROM THE VARIOUS, I GUESS, OR MEMBERS FROM THE VARIOUS CITIES.
SO, UM, SO THEY HAD US ON THE AGENDA.
SO I, I WENT THERE, UH, LAST NIGHT AND GAVE A, A PRESENTATION, UH, BASICALLY AN OVERVIEW OF THE CCRB.
UM, BUT THE PURPOSE WAS IN WHICH I SHARED WITH THEM, IT WAS, WAS TO SHARE, SHARE THIS INFORMATION ONLY, UM, SO THAT IF THEY WANTED TO, UM, USE THIS AS A OPPORTUNITY TO ADOPT A SIMILAR PROCESS, UM, LIKE THEN WE, AGAIN, THAT WAS THE WHOLE PURPOSE, TO SHARE THAT WITH THEM.
BUT IT WASN'T, LIKE I MENTIONED AT OUR LAST MEETING, YOU KNOW, UM, THERE WAS NO, AT LEAST ON MY PART, RIGHT, NO DESIRE TO HAVE ANYONE OUTSIDE OF, UH, HUB HEIGHTS BE RESPONSIBLE FOR, UH, EXECUTING THIS CCRB, RIGHT? SO AGAIN, OUR PREFERENCE IS TO KEEP THAT IN HOUSE.
UH, BUT AGAIN, I JUST, I BROUGHT IT TO THIS, TO THE, UH, TO THAT MEETING JUST SO THAT THEY HAD SOME INSIGHT SITUATIONAL AWARENESS ON WHAT WE WERE, WHAT WE WERE, UH, STRUCTURING.
AND, UH, WITH THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE A MISS, IS YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS.
AGAIN, I WANNA THANK THE, UM, THE REFORM COMMITTEE FOR ALL THE HARD WORK AND THE MEETINGS THAT YOU PUT PUT IN PLACE TO KEEP PUSHING THIS FORWARD WITH THE CCRB.
UM, THANK YOU MR. STEVENS FOR PRESENTING AND PUTTING THAT PRESENTATION TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST YEAR SUBURBS.
SOME DID A GREAT JOB ON THE PRESENTATION.
ALL RIGHT, WE WILL MOVE TO, THAT WAS THE SECOND ITEM.
UM, WE WILL MOVE TO OUR EDUCATION FORUMS. OKAY.
UM, HAS MENTIONED THAT THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING, IT WAS DECIDED TO TABLE THE YOUTH POLICING FORUM UNTIL EARLY NEXT YEAR.
AND WE WERE GOING TO HAVE FIVE MAIN TOPICS DISCUSSED, WHICH WAS ALREADY MENTIONED AND HIGHLIGHTED IN LAST MONTH'S MINUTES.
SINCE THAT TIME, WE HAVE INITIATED CONTACT WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT THANKS TO MS. TYLE FOR SENDING THE EMAIL TODAY.
AND WE WANT TO VERIFY WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT TO HAVE THE FORM TAKE PLACE EITHER IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY OF NEXT YEAR ONCE WE GET OFFICIAL FOLLOW BACK FROM THEM.
THEN THE NEXT STEP, WHICH MR. RICHARDSON IS GOING TO TAKE THE LEAD ON, IS TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE SROS TO DISCUSS, AGAIN, THOSE FIVE MAIN KEY AREAS.
SO THIS IS STILL IN THE INITIAL PLANNING STAGES, SO DEFINITELY, UM, HAS THINGS PROGRESSED AND UPDATES ARE GIVEN BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT SOON THE STUDENTS WILL BE ON THEIR HOLIDAY BREAK.
SO WE MAY NOT HEAR ANYTHING UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF NEXT MONTH.
SO IF THAT'S THE CASE BEFORE THE MEETING FOR THIS COMMISSION IN JANUARY, WE'LL PROVIDE AN UPDATE AS NEEDED.
BUT ANY COMMENTS FROM ANYONE ELSE ON THE, UM, TASK FORCE BASED ON WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AT THIS POINT? NO COMMENT.
ARE WE, SO WE ARE WAITING FOR WORD BACK FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT ON DATES, OR THE GOAL FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT IS TO FIND OUT HIS MAIN CONTACT, WHO HE WANTS US TO COORDINATE WITH ON HIS TEAM.
UM, WE WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT IT NEEDED TO BE SUPERINTENDENT AND PRINCIPALS FIRST, THEN WE WOULD GO TO SRO.
SO WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE WE CLEAR THAT WITH HIM.
DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT, DO WE ASK FOR A TIMELINE FOR HIM TO GET BACK WITH US, OR ARE WE JUST, ARE WE GONNA SHOW UP AT HIS OFFICE, UM,
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THEY CLOSE THE, THAT'S DAY BEFORE SCHOOL LETS OUT.IT'S COMING UP REALLY QUICKLY, SO I THINK THE SOONER WE CAN GET WITH HIM AND SOLIDIFY THAT DATE.
CAUSE I THINK CARLA, YOU KNOW, IT IS BEST TO, SINCE YOU SENT THIS EMAIL TODAY, YOU KNOW, FOLLOW UP THE PHONE CALL, GO IN PERSON THAT WAY IT WOULD BE ON MR. ENEX, IS THAT HOW YOU SAY HIS NAME? MM-HMM.
YEAH, I COPIED HIS ADMIN, SO I WAS GONNA REACH OUT IN ABOUT A WEEK, CHECK WITH HER AND JUST IF CLEAR'S CALENDAR, MAKE SURE HE SAW THE EMAIL.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT WE WILL HAVE THE MLK EVENT IN JANUARY, SO WE SHOULD PROBABLY LOOK TO FEBRUARY.
SO WE'RE NOT TRYING TO COORDINATE TWO EVENTS IN ONE MONTH.
UM, AND ALSO SELFISHLY, I'M IN THE TASK GROUP AND I'M NOT GONNA BE AVAILABLE UNTIL LATE JANUARY.
SO AGAIN, THOSE ARE TWO GOOD POINTS.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP, TARA.
SO I WOULD SAY AT THE EARLIEST, DEFINITELY FEBRUARY AT THE EARLIEST.
WELL, LET'S GET A DATE SOLIDIFY IN FEBRUARY AND IT WOULD BE OFFER, UM, AN INCENTIVE FOR BEING THERE FOR THE YOUTH.
WELL, THE TASK GROUP, YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT.
WE CAN COME UP WITH THE INCENTIVES.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE, I THINK IT'S ALSO, UM, VERY MUCH WONDERFUL TIMING ON OUR PART FOR THESE FORUMS. IF YOU HAVE KIDS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, UM, THERE HAVE BEEN ONGOING EMAILS AND, UH, TEXT MESSAGES AND STUFF ABOUT A PUSH FOR THE SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING.
AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIVE TOPICS THAT, UM, WE WERE LOOKING TO DISCUSS AT THESE FORUMS. SO I THINK TO INCENTIVIZE THE SCHOOLS AS WELL, IS THIS PROGRAMMING DOES FEED INTO THIS SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING INITIATIVE THAT IS BEING PUSHED FORWARD RIGHT NOW? ABSOLUTELY.
I WOULD, UM, ALSO LOOP THAT IN WITH MR. ENOCH TO LET HIM KNOW THAT THIS HELPS DRIVE THAT MESSAGE THAT THEY'RE SENDING OUT RIGHT NOW, SO THAT HE CAN UNDERSTAND THE URGENCY OF IT.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER TASK GROUP REPORTS TONIGHT? NO OTHER TASK GROUPS? OKAY.
THIS KIND OF STAYS ON OUR, UM, AGENDA.
WE HAVE TALKED, UH, CONSISTENTLY ABOUT REALLY FOCUSING ON EDUCATION, WHICH IS WHY WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THE QUARTERLY EDUCATION FORUMS AND REALLY WORK ON THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SCHOOLS.
UM, AND ALSO WORK WITH OUR PART, THE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THEIR DIVERSITY GROUP AT THE SCHOOL AS WELL.
WE'VE MADE SOME CONNECTIONS THERE, SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON THAT.
UH, WE WILL ALSO HAVE MORE OF OUR, SOME OUTREACH EVENTS WITH OUR CULTURE WEEK AND OUR JUNETEENTH FESTIVAL.
AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR MLK EVENT COMING UP, WHICH ACTUALLY RUNS UNDER NEW BUSINESS.
BUT AS I SHARED, UM, AS WELL AS WE DISCUSSED IN OUR PREVIOUS MEETING, WE REALLY WANT TO BE VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING IN 2023, UM, AND NOT EXTEND A SUPER HEAVY LIFT
SO WE WILL FOCUS ON THOSE INITIATIVES FOR 2023.
UM, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY COMMENTS TO THAT? I, I DO.
JUST FOR THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL MM-HMM.
SO NOW WOULD BE THE TIME TO GET THE TASK GROUP AND TO START THIS PLANNING PROCESS SO THAT WE'RE NOT RUSHING, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S TIME.
IT'S IMPACTFUL, BUT IT'S A LOT OF WORK.
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SO WHO IS WORKING ON THE TASK GROUP FOR THAT? FRED'S GONNA STAY ON JUST TO DO THAT.I'M SORRY, WHAT? YOU'RE STAYING TO PLAY AT THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL, RIGHT? I'LL BE READY
CHIEF VOLUNTEER CEO OF, I'LL SIT ON THAT TASK FORCE AS WELL.
LIKEWISE FOR ME, BECAUSE DEFINITELY, UM, AS ONE OF THE OTHER FORUMS FOR THE YEAR MM-HMM.
ONLY ONE FORUM, BECAUSE LAST YEAR WE HAD LIKE BACK TO BACK TO BACK ACTIVITIES ALMOST EVERY SINGLE DAY.
AND THAT WE CAN ALL SAY WORE EVERYONE OUT, SO.
I WAS GONNA BRING THAT UP BECAUSE YEAH.
WHEN WE HAD THIS EVENT LAST YEAR, RIGHT.
THERE WAS A LOT GOING ON THAT WEEK.
AND SO I KNOW I THOUGHT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT AFTERWARDS WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING LIKE, LESSONS LEARNED, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY SPREADING OUT SOME OF THOSE EVENTS.
SO I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT ALL WE PLAN TO HAVE DURING THAT WEEK, BUT JUST WANNA KEEP THAT IN MIND AND MAKE SURE WE, MAYBE WE MAKE IT MORE LIKE A MONTH THAN A THAN A WEEK, IF YOU WILL, BUT THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER.
PERHAPS INSTEAD OF TASK GROUPS FOR THAT WEEK, WE CAN ALL JUST WORK ON THAT WEEK SINCE IT'S SUCH A HUGE UNDERTAKING.
AND THEN TASK OUT DAYS OF THE WEEK.
UM, IT WAS ALSO GONNA BE MY SUGGESTION THAT WE HAVE THE BEER GARDEN ON THE JUNE 10TH EVENT INSTEAD OF THE MULTICULTURAL DAY.
I THINK WE WOULD HAVE BETTER SALES ON THE NIGHT FOR THE MUSIC AND THE SITTING AROUND AND THE, YOU KNOW, THE FATHER'S DAY FUNK FESTIVAL.
I THINK WE WOULD'VE HAD A BETTER PROFIT FROM THE BEER GARDEN AT THAT EVENT VERSUS THE A HUNDRED DEGREE DAY
SO, SO, UM, WE WILL DEFINITELY HAVE OUR TASK GROUP MEETING IN JANUARY AND WE WILL ALL BE WORKING TOWARD THAT EVENT.
SO BE PREPARED,
I WILL TRY MY BEST TO BE HERE FOR JANUARY, BUT I CANNOT MAKE THAT GUARANTEE.
WE'RE NOT GONNA, NO, WE NEED YOU TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF.
SO, UM, WE'VE GOT, AND REMEMBER OUR TASK GROUPS ARE, UM, THEY'RE NOT PUBLIC GROUPS AND NO DECISIONS CAN BE MADE NO QUORUM.
WE CAN'T HAVE A QUORUM REPRESENTED A TASK GROUP, RIGHT? NO.
SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT TASK GROUP REPORTS AND THINGS, WE REALLY NEED TO BE CAREFUL THAT THESE TASK GROUPS, YOU'RE JUST GIVING, YOU'RE DIVIDING TASKS OUT, NOT NECESSARILY HAVING GROUP MEETING MM-HMM.
SO IT'S, IT'S, UM, TONY WANNA ME MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE AWARE THAT WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL OF THOSE GROUPS GETTING TOGETHER AND HAVING MEETINGS.
MADAM CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE MEET INITIALLY FOR THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL AND THEN DO TASK GROUPS BECAUSE IT IS A HUGE UNDERTAKING AND WE PROBABLY NEED TO HAVE A SIT DOWN MEETING TOGETHER RATHER THAN TRYING TO TASK STUFF OUT WITHOUT AN INITIAL MEETING.
FRAMEWORK IT SO WE CAN ADD A MEETING FOR JANUARY.
WE'RE GONNA, I THINK WE NEED TO YEAH.
SO WE'LL GET A MEETING ON THE CALENDAR FOR JANUARY AND START WORKING AS A GROUP TO HAVE DEEPER DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.
AND WE ALL, WE DO HAVE OUR LESSONS LEARNED.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE THAT TYPED OUT SOMEWHERE.
SO WE HAVE THAT TO REVIEW AS KIND OF A STARTING GROUND FOR THAT.
WE WILL MOVE TO NEW BUSINESS MLK DAY.
UM, SO MLK DAY IS JANUARY 16TH, 2023, I BELIEVE.
CORRECT? I'M PRETTY SURE THAT'S CORRECT.
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SO TRADITIONALLY WE'VE BEEN DOING THE MLK UNITY WALK AND WE HAVE ALSO DISCUSSED HAVING A SERVICE PROJECT, UM, OF SOME SORT.SO WE NEED TO DECIDE AS A BOARD, UM, IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION THAT WE WANT TO GO IN, UM, IF WE WANT TO DO A SERVICE PROJECT.
UM, AND IF SO, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
I THINK THE SERVICE PROJECT WOULD BE MEANINGFUL, UH, TO DO.
UM, BUT WE JUST NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT AND WHERE.
UM, WE HAVE OUR COMMUNITY CENTER THAT'S AVAILABLE.
UM, IF WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING FROM THE COMMUNITY CENTER OR IF WE WANT TO, I THINK WE DID A FOOD DRIVE.
UM, IS THAT WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR? DIDN'T WE HAVE PEOPLE BRING, I THINK THEY BROUGHT IN NON-PERISHABLE ITEMS. UM, IT'S WINTER, WE COULD DO SOME HATS, GLOVES, SCARVES, COATS.
THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS WE COULD DO, BUT WE JUST NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S A MEANINGFUL SERVICE PROJECT AND HOW WE WANT TO HANDLE THE, THE PROGRAM, THE WALK, WHAT DO WE WANT TO LEAVE OUT? WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO? UM, I LIKED THE FACT THAT LAST YEAR WE HAD A PROGRAM AND A WALK BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T WANNA WALK COULD STILL COME TO THE PROGRAM AND VICE VERSA.
UM, DO WE STILL HAVE THE WALK? YEAH.
IT WAS CANCELED BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER.
SO I MEAN, DO WE WANNA HAVE THE WALK? DO WE WANNA JUST DO A PROGRAM AND ADD A SERVICE PROJECT COMPONENT? UM, UM, I MEAN THIS IS THE THIRD YEAR WE'VE DONE.
LAST YEAR WAS THE THIRD YEAR, SO THIS WILL BE THE FOURTH YEAR.
I THINK LAST YEAR WE DISCUSSED NOT DOING THE WALK BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER AND JUST DOING THE PROGRAM.
AND DO WE KNOW WHETHER DAYTON WILL BE HAVING THE MLK WALK AS WELL ON THAT DAY? I THINK DAYTON, I THINK THEY'RE MOVING WHETHER THE WEATHER IS GOOD OR BAD.
YOU KNOW, THEY MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
SO I MEAN, THAT WILL GIVE US AN OPTION TO GO TO THEIR WALK IF WE WANTED TO DO THAT.
MAYBE WE COULD START OUR PROGRAM A LITTLE LATER IN THE DAY.
UM, USING, UM, I THINK IT WAS LAST YEAR WHEN WE, THE SEASON.
SO LOOKING AT MAYBE RECONVENING OVER PARTNERING WITH THEM AGAIN.
CUZ IT DIDN'T TAKE MUCH TIME ANYWAY FOR THE PROGRAM PORTION ANYWAY.
SO JUST HAVE TO CONFIRM AVAILABILITY AND NEW SEASONS, THE TIME AND ALL THAT LOGISTICS STUFF.
DOES EVERYBODY, IS EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THAT? THE PROGRAM AND MM-HMM.
WE'RE IN AGREEMENT WITH THE PROGRAM ONLY.
SO WE PROBABLY NEED TO VOTE ON THAT EACH.
THERE, DO WE, UM, ONE WITH NEW SEASON, IF THEY ARE OKAY.
SO CAN YOU CHECK ON THAT, YOLANDA? I'LL CHECK.
AND WE WOULD JUST NEED TO FIRM UP THE TIME AND WE HAVE SOME COMMUNITY REPRESENTATION HERE.
WHAT ARE YOU ALL'S THOUGHTS ABOUT THE UNITY WALK AND NOT DOING IT SINCE WE'VE DONE IT? I MEAN, WE'VE DONE IT FOR THREE YEARS.
DO YOU HAVE THOUGHTS ON THAT? PROS? CONS.
JUST LIKE IN GLEN WITH YOU BEING ON COUNCIL? YEAH.
I WOULD SAY, UM, ULTIMATELY, I MEAN, IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS.
YOU KNOW, IN MY, IN MY MIND THE UNITY WALK IS KIND OF KEY WHEN YOU THINK OF MARTIN LUTHER KING.
I MEAN, THAT WAS, THAT WAS, THAT'S WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THE MARCHES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
BUT I GET THE WEATHER COMPONENT TOO, CUZ IT'S ALWAYS, WE'RE OUT THERE AND IT'S JUST BITTERLY COLD IN THE MIDDLE OF JANUARY.
SO, UM, I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
UM, BUT, UH, BUT THAT WOULD BE MY GENERAL THOUGHT ON THE WALK ITSELF IS I, I GET THE WEATHER AND WHATNOT, BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT COIN, THAT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S KIND OF A BIG PART OF IT AS WELL, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
CUZ LAST YEAR I BELIEVE YOU WERE AT THE, UM, PROGRAM MM-HMM.
SO WHAT, WHAT WAS YOUR OVERALL, UM, FEEDBACK AND PERCEPTION OF THE PROGRAM AS A COUNSELOR MEMBER? IT WAS GOOD.
IT MOVED THROUGH WELL, I MEAN, OFTENTIMES,
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YOU KNOW, CUZ SOMETIMES YOU GET, YOU GOTTA GO TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS AND SOME OF THESE THINGS JUST LIKE DRONE ON THAT ROLLED THROUGH VERY WELL.I THINK IT FLOWED WELL AND IT, IT MOVED, IT WAS INTERESTING AND, AND IT, IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE IT WAS JUST SITTING THERE FOR A LONG TIME.
I MEAN, WE'VE DONE IT AND THE ONLY ISSUE LAST YEAR IS BECAUSE IT WAS A BLIZZARD, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND WE COULDN'T WALK, THE SIDEWALKS COULD WALK THE STREETS.
SO IT'S MUCH SHORTER THAN THOSE, THE WALK.
UH, YEAH, IT WAS SO THAT, CAUSE I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST CAME TO THEN HE USED TO WALK FROM, WAS IT WEST, WEST, WEST, WEST, LONG WAY TO
SO LITTLE SHORT WALK THAT WE DO HAVE.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS HAS BEEN EXPLORED BEFORE, UH, BUT SINCE YOU'RE GONNA BE HAVING CONTACT WITH SUPER SUPERINTENDED ENIX, MAYBE WE COULD COORDINATE SOMETHING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL TO DO THE MLK, DO THE WALK AROUND THE TRACK AND THEN IN THE CAFETERIA AREA DO A PRESENTATION OR A PROGRAM THERE SO IT'S ALL IN ONE SPOT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE A GOOD PROGRAMMING.
PLUS YOU WOULD HAVE THE KIDS AVAILABLE.
YOU'RE STILL, YOU KNOW, UH, EDUCATING.
SO IT'S STILL IN SUPPORT OF, YOU KNOW, SOME OF YOUR, UM, UH, YOUR FORUMS, YOUR EDUCATION FORUMS. IT, IT JUST KIND OF TAKES CARE OF MULTIPLE LEVELS, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPOSURE.
IT'S, BUT I, I DON'T KNOW IF THE SCHOOL COULD HANDLE SOMETHING LIKE THAT OR WANT, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT PARTNERSHIP WOULD GO, BUT SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
SO YOU KINDA DO A LAP AROUND THE, THE SCHOOL AND OR THE, THE TRACK AND THEN END UP AT THE I LIKE THAT.
THAT'S, THAT'S A, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
IT'S A, IT WOULD BE A BIG ASK ON A HOLIDAY OF COURSE.
BUT THAT SHE WAS KIND OF READING MY MIND
I WAS GONNA TRY TO FIND A WAY TO LINK IT BACK TO THE CHILDREN AND THAT WAS KIND OF OUR, OUR FOCUS AND, AND WORKING WITH THE YOUTH AND, AND MOVING THOSE THINGS FORWARD.
AND UM, WHEN, WHEN I WAS IN SOCIAL WORK SCHOOL, WE LEARNED ABOUT THE CHILDREN'S CRUSADE AND HOW THAT WAS, UM, PARAMOUNT IN, YOU KNOW, JFK'S DECISION TO DESEGREGATE SCHOOLS IN THE SOUTH AND EVENTUALLY LEADING TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964.
BUT IT WAS CHILDREN THAT FOR DAYS ON END, BECAUSE THEIR PARENTS COULDN'T HAVE THE TIME OF GETTING ARRESTED AND BEING PUT IN JAIL, THE CHILDREN WOULD, WERE THE ONES THAT LED THIS WHOLE MARCH IN CRUSADES.
AND THE CHILDREN WERE BEING PUT IN JAIL.
UM, AND THEY WOULD GET OUT, THEY'D GO RIGHT BACK INTO THE MARCH AND THEY WOULD GET OUT AND THEY'D GO RIGHT BACK INTO THE MARCH.
SO SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO LINK BACK TO OUR YOUTH AND HOW THEY WERE SO PARAMOUNT IN HOW WE GOT TO HERE, I THINK WOULD BE A GREAT LENS FOR THE PROGRAM THIS YEAR.
IT WAS A HUNDRED YEARS AGO, I'M NOT GONNA SAY PROBABLY 15 YEARS AGO.
IT'S ANYTHING, THE PEACE MUSEUM'S STILL THERE ANYMORE.
UM, BUT IT WAS A VERY IMPACTFUL PROGRAM.
SO IF WE COULD FIND A WAY TO MAKE THE PROGRAMMING LINKED BACK TO THE YOUTH AND BE ABLE TO DO IT AT THE SCHOOLS, IT WOULD BE AMAZING.
AND THAT'S TRUE BECAUSE EVEN DURING THAT TIME WITH DR.
KING, UM, I'M SURE SOME OF YOU HAD HEARD OF, UM, SCLC MM-HMM.
SO THAT WOULD BE A GOOD WAY TO EDUCATE THE STUDENTS THAT MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT THAT PIECE OF HISTORY, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
DURING, YOU KNOW, MODERN TIME.
IT MAY LEND AN INSPIRATION TO KIDS TO GET MORE INVOLVED.
AND MAYBE HELP WITH THE MULTICULTURAL WEEK AND HELP WITH THE JUNETEENTH AND YOU KNOW.
BECAUSE THERE'S KIDS OUT THERE THAT WANT TO SERVE.
THERE'S KIDS OUT THERE THAT WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
THEY JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START.
THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE IT'S AVAILABLE, WHERE IT'S POSSIBLE.
THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD EXPOSURE FOR A STEP.
AND THAT WOULD ALSO TAKE CARE OF THE DAY OF SERVICE PIECE AS WELL.
THANK YOU ANDY OTTO, VERY MUCH.
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DO WE HAVE ANOTHER COMMENT? YEAH, SOMEBODY WILL MAKE A MOTION.THE MLK PROGRAM TO HOLD THE MLK PROGRAM AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
I CAN EXPLORE THAT AS A, AS AN OPTION.
SO WE WANNA CHECK THAT AS AVAILABLE.
WE ALSO CHECK THE HIGH SCHOOL, UNLESS WE JUST VOTING ON HAVING VOTING ON THE EVENT.
WE'RE VOTING ON THE, ON THE DETAILS.
HAVEN'T WE ALREADY VOTED ON THAT? NO, DON'T THE SECRETARY.
I SHOULD KNOW THESE THINGS, BUT I DON'T.
DID WE VOTE ON IT? I DON'T THINK WE VOTED.
LET'S VOTE AGAIN JUST IN CASE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO HOLD THE MLK EVENT WITH DETAILS TO FOLLOW FOR 2023 ON JANUARY THE 16TH? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION HOLD THE MLK EVENT ON JANUARY 16TH WITH DETAILS TO FOLLOW.
ANY OPPOSITION? THAT SECOND ERIC, GIVE IT TO HIM.
SO THE, THE MOTION PASSES, IT WILL BE HELD JANUARY 16TH MLK PROGRAM WITH DETAILS TO FOLLOW.
JUNE, MV C M V R P C, REGIONAL EQUITY INITIATIVE PROGRAM MANAGER.
UM, I'M SURE YOU ARE RECALL, AND YOU RECEIVED AN EMAIL ON THIS AS WELL, THAT, UM, THERE WAS DISCUSSION WITH CITY COUNCIL ABOUT THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND MAYBE SOME OF THE, THE CONTENT OR WORDING THAT IS, WAS IN THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
AND NANCY BERG RECOMMENDED THAT WE MEET WITH FRE JUNE FROM THE N V R P C.
UH, WE HAD INITIALLY MET WITH CARLTON ELY AND RECEIVED HIS FEEDBACK BEFORE PUTTING THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT TOGETHER.
UM, HOWEVER, I AGAIN MET WITH M V PRC WITH FOR BRUCE JUNE
SO WE HAD A VERY DETAILED CONVERSATION ABOUT THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND HIS FEEDBACK ON THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
AND AS IT STOOD, THERE REALLY ARE NO MODIFICATIONS TO MAKE TO THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT, EXCEPT FOR, TO ADD BELONGING WOULD BE ONE KEY PIECE.
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND BELONGING.
UM, BUT THE OTHER THING THAT CAME UP WITH THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT IS LOOKING FORWARD, RIGHT? ONCE WE COMPLETE THIS NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND WE GET THIS DATA, WHO DOES SOMETHING WITH THAT DATA? WHO'S GONNA BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR DOING SOMETHING WITH IT? WILL THAT FALL ON THE COMMISSION OR WHO WILL DO THE LIFT OF THAT? SO THAT WAS A DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD, UM, AND ALSO LED INTO SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I'LL BRING FORTH LATER IN OUR AGENDA THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE TO CITY COUNCIL.
UM, BUT THAT WAS HIS FEEDBACK ON THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT IS THAT THERE MAY BE SOME PRECURSOR WORK THAT WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT BEFORE EVEN COMPLETING THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANNA GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS, GET THE DATA, AND THEN IT JUST SIT THERE.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? ABSOLUTELY.
SO THE, SO THE, UM, PERSON OR THE ENTITY NEEDS, THEY JUST PROVIDE THE DATA.
THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T PROVIDE ANY SORT OF RECOMMENDATION OUT OF IT, UH, FROM THE, THE DATA THAT THEY PRODUCE? THEY DO.
GIVEN THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD PROVIDE THE DATA, THEY WOULD PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON THE DATA, BUT THEN WHO DOES SOMETHING WITH THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS? MM-HMM.
I MEAN, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE, ASSUME THAT'S WHERE THE, I GUESS THE WOULD POTENTIALLY, I GUESS, TAKE ACTION BASED ON WHAT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE.
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RIGHT.RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTING ANY OF THOSE, ANY OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO, SO THEN THAT'S, THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE WE, AND THAT'S WHERE IT GOES, RIGHT? WE GET THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM, FROM WHAT'S PRODUCED FROM THE REPORT.
AND MAYBE WHAT WE DO IS MAYBE BASED ON THOSE, WE LOOK AT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN WE AS A COMMISSION MAYBE PRIORITIZE AND SAY, THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WE THINK ARE MOST IMPACTFUL OR, OR MAYBE THE MOST IMPORTANT FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE.
AND SHARE THAT WITH, WITH THE, UH, WITH THE CITY.
AND THEN, UM, CUZ AGAIN, RIGHT, WE ARE RECOMMENDING BODY, RIGHT? SO MAYBE THAT'S THE APPROACH THAT WE TAKE.
WELL, WE HAVE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.
I HAVE, UM, THREE, FOUR RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING THAT CAME OUT OF THAT MEETING WITH MR. JUNE.
UM, SO WE CAN PROBABLY TALK, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT UNDER THE RECOMMENDATIONS FURTHER.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT? RIGHT.
THAT WAS JUST, AND THAT TIED IN THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
SO WE CAN ACTUALLY, UH, MOVE TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS THEN.
SO BASED ON THE MEETING WITH MR. JUNE, I HAVE DRAFTED RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL THAT EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF THAT OUTLINE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT READ IN ORDER TO SERVE AN INCREASINGLY DIVERSE COMMUNITY.
THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS NEEDS TO BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT PRIORITIZING DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND BELONGING, AND ITS POLICY MAKING AND OPERATIONS AS A STEP TO OUR PRIORITIZATION OF D E I B, THIS HUBER HEIGHTS CULTURE AND DIVERSITY SYSTEM ACTION COMMISSION MAKES THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, AND THESE CAME OUT OF THE DISCUSSION.
THE FIRST ONE IS TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE COUNCIL MEMBER ATTEND COMMISSION MEETINGS AS A CONDUIT TO CITY COUNCIL.
A COUNCIL MEMBER WILL ATTEND COMMISSION MEETINGS, PARTICIPATE IN COMMISSION DISCUSSIONS, AND ACTIVELY REPRESENT THE CITY, THE COMMISSION ON CITY COUNCIL.
THIS WILL ALLOW A CONNECTION BETWEEN DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, EQUITY, AND BELONGING INITIATIVES OF THE COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL INITIATIVES.
THE SECOND RECOMMENDATION IS, WELL, LET ME STOP THERE WITH THE FIRST ONE.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT RECOMMENDATION? I, I JUST NEED CLARITY ON ONE THING.
SO WITH THAT, WOULD THERE BE A DESIGNATED CITY COUNCIL MEMBER? OR AS LONG AS ONE IS HERE TO REPRESENT CITY COUNCIL, I WOULD ENVISION A DESIGNATED PERSON SO THAT THERE'S CONSISTENCY.
DO WE GET TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FOR WHO THAT PERSON SHOULD BE?
I DON'T KNOW THAT I'M OPENING THAT.
IT MIGHT, IT MIGHT BE TO ASK THERE'S ANY VOLUNTEERS FROM COUNCIL THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SERVING IN THAT CAPACITY? I WONDER IF THERE ARE ANY VOLUNTEERS THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SERVING IN THAT.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? WELL, YOU KNOW, I JUST OVERHEARD THIS CONVERSATION AND I THOUGHT I WOULD STEP UP AND SAY THAT I WOULD BE THRILLED TO, TO WORK IN THAT CAPACITY WITH YOU FOLKS.
NOW, I, I DO WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE HISTORY THOUGH.
WE, WE DID, UH, I HAD REQUESTED, UM, A COUPLE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAD REQUESTED SEVERAL YEARS BACK THAT WE ESTABLISHED COUNCIL LIAISONS TO OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
WE DID IT FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, AND THEN MAJORITY OF COUNCIL DECIDED THAT WASN'T WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO, SO THEY ENDED THAT.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR THIS WILL GO.
I THINK IT'S THE, THE BEST WAY FOR US TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING, YOU GUYS, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING.
BUT I, I WILL STAND BEHIND YOU ON THIS, ON THIS IDEA.
I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA, BUT, UH, OKAY.
APPRECIATE IT IN, OKAY, SO I HAVE ADDED THE WORD DESIGNATED A DESIGNATED COUNCIL MEMBER.
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THAT? OR ANY CLARITY OR ANY ADDITIONS, SUBTRACTION.THE SECOND RECOMMENDATION
IS THAT THE COMMISSION WILL HAVE SHARED DECISION MAKING POWER IN THE SELECTION OF THE CONTRACTED ORGANIZATION THAT WILL CONDUCT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
THIS ALLOWS THE COMMISSION TO NOT JUST DO THE WORK, BUT ALSO OWN THE WORK, WHICH WILL HELP WITH RETAINING THE IMPACTFUL AND WELL CONNECTED MEMBERS CURRENTLY AT THE TABLE AND WILL AFFIRM THE LEGITIMACY OF THE COMMISSION TO THE LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
THIS WILL ALSO HELP ENSURE THAT A SELECTION ISN'T MADE THAT MISSES THE MARK ON WHAT THE COMMISSION HAS IDENTIFIED AS PRIORITIES FOR THE CALLS.
CITY COMMITMENT TO HIRE ONE PART-TIME OR FULL-TIME STAFF PERSON A, A DIVERSE CANDIDATE WHO HAS EXPERIENCE IN D E I B SPECIFICALLY TASKED WITH COORDINATING, MANAGING, INITIATING, AND OVERSEEING CITYWIDE D E I B INITIATIVES AND ASSISTING WITH COMMISSION EFFORTS.
ONE OF THE BARRIERS TO PROGRESS THAT THE COMMISSION IS EXPERIENCING IS THAT ITS MEMBERS SOLELY INCLUDE THOSE VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME.
THIS LEAVES THE COMMISSION VULNERABLE TO DISJOINTED WORK MEMBER TURNOVER, BURNOUT, AND UNSUSTAINABLE SUCCESSION.
RELIANCE OF A VOLUNTEER COMMISSION ON A CRUCIAL IMPERATIVE AND HEAVY TASK SUCH AS LEADING AND MANAGING ALL CITYWIDE D E I B INITIATIVES.
LEAVE THE COMMISSION MEMBERS VULNERABLE AS STATED ABOVE, AND CAN ALSO LEAD THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT VULNERABLE TO A DELAYED LACK OF PROGRESS TOWARDS ADDRESSING ITS FINDINGS.
CAPACITY IS LIMITED WHEN RELYING SOLELY ON VOLUNTEERS AND CAN IMPACT THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT DUE TO CAPACITY CHALLENGES AND ISSUES.
A DESIGNATED STAFF PERSON PROVIDING ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND ENSURING THAT THE COMMISSION'S WORK MOVES FORWARD, PREVENTS STAGNANCY AND INCORPORATES A LEVEL OF CONSISTENCY IN THE ROLE THAT THE COMMISSION IS PURPOSED FOR.
SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, THIS PERSON WOULD OVERSEE, WOULD BE A KEY ACCOUNTABILITY PERSON TO OVERSEE DIVERSITY INITIATIVES WITHIN THE CITY SO THAT IT IS NOT JUST A COMMISSION DOING THE WORK FOR THE CITY.
SO IT'S, SO THIS INDIVIDUAL WOULD NOT ONLY BE, I GUESS, SUPPORTING OR SUPPORTING ANY OF THE INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE, BUT ALSO INITIATIVES OR HE, THAT PERSON WOULD BE MAYBE CREATING OR DEVELOPING INITIATIVES FOR THE CITY.
SO KIND OF IN KIND OF SUPPORTING BOTH, BOTH ACTIVITIES OR BOTH ORGANIZATIONS, IS THAT WHAT YOU MEAN? YES.
THEIR PRIMARY, THEIR PRIMARY ROLE WOULD BE FOR THE CITY.
AND THROUGH THAT ROLE, THEY SUPPORT THIS COMMISSION.
IS THAT A FULL-TIME OR A PART-TIME? WE JUST, WE PUT FULL OR PART-TIME.
NOW, MADAM CHAIR, WOULD THIS PERSON ALSO DO POSSIBLY D I TRAINING AS WELL? I WOULD ENVISION THAT, YES.
I WAS GONNA ASK YOU WHAT, SO WHAT, AND WHEN YOU SAY DNI, THE, WHAT IS IT?
CAUSE I THINK THAT'D BE HELPFUL.
UM, IS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THIS PERSON BE A SENIOR LEVEL POSITION OR, UH, AS IT IS WRITTEN,
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IT SAYS, UM, DIVERSE CANDIDATE WHO HAS EXPERIENCE IN D E I B? IT DOES NOT STATE LEVEL.I GUESS THE REASON I ASKED THAT QUESTION IS BECAUSE IF IT WAS A LATERAL POSITION TO MAYBE A CITY MANAGER POSITION, UM, BECAUSE I, I FORESEE THAT A DEI PERSON WOULD HAVE INFLUENCE OVERALL DEPARTMENTS SO THAT IT'S EMBEDDED IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE ORGANIZATION.
AND I'M WONDERING IF THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO HAVE A NON-MANAGEMENT DEI PERSON WHAT TYPE OF INFLUENCE THEY WOULD HAVE AT ALL LEVELS.
AND MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN POSE TO FOR BRIEF TO KIND OF SEE WHAT HIS THOUGHT IS ON THAT.
UM, I'M THINKING ABOUT, I'M THINKING ABOUT IT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF LIKE HR TOO.
SO, BECAUSE HR OVERSEES ALL CITY HR ISSUES.
SO IF STRUCTURALLY, I DON'T KNOW, WOULD IT BE A LATERAL TO HR OR, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT BECAUSE IF IT'S A NON-MANAGEMENT POSITION, THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE THE DECISIONS THAT THEY NEED TO MAKE.
LIKE I SAID, MAYBE LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF JOB DESCRIPTION THEY, THEY HAVE.
UM, SEE, YOU KNOW, SEE IF WE CAN ADOPT.
I'D BE WILLING TO DO THAT TO KIND OF CHECK AROUND TO SOME LOCAL CITIES.
AND IF THEY DON'T, WE CAN BE THE FIRST.
SO INCLUDES SAMPLE JOB DESCRIPTION, UM, LEVEL PROPOSED LEVEL MANAGEMENT.
ALSO, THIS PERSON WOULD SERVE AS A, IN THE CAPACITY TO CITY, CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AS CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS TO PROVIDE AN EQUITABLE INCLUSIVE VIEW OF CITY MATTERS.
SO THOSE ARE THE THREE RECOMMENDATIONS.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THE RECOMMENDATION THREE, WE MIGHT NEED TO DO A LITTLE MORE WORK ON BEFORE SUBMITTING THAT.
THE OTHER TWO, UM, DO WE WANNA HOLD OFF ON A VOTE ON THIS AND VOTE FOR ON ALL THREE OR NEXT MEETING? WE CAN DO THAT.
SO WE AT LEAST HAVE THOSE ON OUR PURVIEW, AND WE'LL COME BACK NEXT MONTH, HOPEFULLY READY TO VOTE ON MOVING THIS FORWARD.
WE HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO REVIEW MS. PURPOSE.
UM, AS WE KIND OF DISCUSSED OR HOW I KIND OF GOT ON MY SO BOX LAST, UH, MEETING, I DO HAVE TWO RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, TO FORMALLY ASK OF THE CITY, CITY COUNCIL.
UM, THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION, I'M GONNA DO THE LONGER ONE.
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ONLY BECAUSE I DELINEATED THE HERITAGE MONTHS.UM, THE HUBER HEIGHTS CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZENS ACTION COMMISSION, UH, WOULD LIKE TO FORMALLY RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS ADVANCEMENT INITIATIVE TO RECOGNIZE, UM, THE FEDERAL HERITAGE MONTH STARTING IN 2024.
UH, THE CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZENS ACTION COMMISSION WILL DEVELOP AN EDUCATIONAL POST FOR EACH OF THE FEDERAL HERITAGE MONTHS NOTED BELOW IN MY, UH, RECOMMENDATION THAT WILL SERVE FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING CULTURAL AWARENESS AND EDUCATION TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, THIS INFORMATION WILL BE SHARED ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO GET INTO THE HISTORY AND THE, YOU KNOW, HOW PEOPLE HAVE BEEN OPPRESSED OR HOW WE CAME TO HAVE THIS HERITAGE MONTH, YOU KNOW, IS THE, THE REASONING BEHIND WHAT OUR POST WILL BE ABOUT.
UM, IT IS THE REQUEST THAT EACH OF THE ELECTED WARD REPRESENTATIVES WORK WITH MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, UM, OF THE HERITAGE MONTH THEY'RE WORKING ON, UM, IN ORDER TO CREATE A CULTURALLY RESPECTFUL AND IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UM, WE FEEL THAT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL TO BE THE ONES TO PLAN AND IMPLEMENT THESE EVENTS, UM, WITH MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO FOSTER A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT FOR THE WONDERFUL DIVERSITY THAT IS PRESENT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, WE WILL CONTINUE TO HOLD, UH, THE MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY EVENT, WHICH IS IN JANUARY.
UM, BUT THE MONTHS THAT I HIGHLIGHTED, UM, THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME TYPE OF CITY EVENT OR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THESE MONTHS ARE STARTING, UH, FEBRUARY IS AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH.
UM, AND MY RECOMMENDATION JUST, UH, GOES UNDER THE EXECUTIVE ORDER AND HOW THESE MONTHS WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
SO FOR FEBRUARY AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH, MARCH NATIONAL WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, APRIL, UM, THIS ONE WAS JUST ADDED TO THE CALENDAR LAST YEAR, SO I HAD TO DO A LITTLE PIECING IN THERE.
UM, APRIL IS ARAB AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH, MAY ASIAN AND PACIFIC AMERIT AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH.
UM, JUNE, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE A PRIDE EVENT HELD BY THE CITY.
UM, AND THEN SEPTEMBER, WHICH IS HOW WE ACTUALLY GOT TO THIS CONVERSATION, IS NATIONAL, UH, HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, AND FINALLY IN NOVEMBER, UM, NATIONAL AMERICAN INDIAN NATIVE, OR ALASKAN NATIVE HERITAGE MONTH.
UM, I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND, IT KIND OF BLENDS INTO MY SECOND RECOMMENDATION AS WELL, IS, YOU KNOW, WE TOUT THIS COMMUNITY AS THE MOST DIVERSE COMMUNITY IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY OR SURROUNDING AREAS.
AND THAT, UM, THERE WAS THIS IDEA THAT SOMEHOW US NINE PEOPLE WERE EXPECTED TO BE THE CULTURAL REPRESENTATION FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.
UM, AND, AND IN A LINE OF QUESTIONING, YOU KNOW, IT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THAT THIS WAS, FELT THAT IT WAS A NEED IN THE CITY.
UM, AND SINCE WE ARE RECOMMENDING AS A COMMISSION, UM, WE'RE GONNA MAKE THIS RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT ONE? SO, I DO HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
SO WOULD IT BE TO HOLD EVENTS FOR EACH OF THESE, OR RECOGNIZING THEM IN SOME ASPECT? I, I DON'T WANNA, I DON'T WANNA DELINEATE HOW OTHER PEOPLE PLAN OR, YOU KNOW, GO ABOUT RECOGNIZING THESE MONTHS.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME TYPE OF AN EVENT, SOME TYPE OF CITYWIDE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT I TOOK MYSELF OUTSIDE OF MY COMFORT ZONE.
I REACHED OUT TO A MEMBER OR MEMBERS OF THAT COMMUNITY, AND THROUGH CONVERSATION AND INTERACTION, WE PLANNED AN EVENT.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT ANYONE IN CITY COUNCIL BY THEMSELVES IS ABLE TO CULTURALLY, RESPECTFULLY, OR CREATE AN IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE WITH BEING CULTURALLY RESPECTFUL.
PATRICK'S DAY? NOBODY THAT'S IRISH.
LIKE, SO THAT'S WHAT I MEAN BY CULTURALLY RESPECTFUL.
IT'S THE SAME THING FOR, FOR, UM, LATIN PEOPLE OR, OR PEOPLE FROM SOUTH AMERICA, UH, TO TALK ABOUT CINCO DE MAYO.
THAT'S ALMOST A, A SLUR TO YOUR CULTURE.
SO THAT'S WHAT I MEAN BY BECOMING CULTURALLY IMMERSIVE AND CULTURALLY AWARE,
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IS THAT WE ARE NOT GOING WITH STEREOTYPES.WE ARE NOT JUST GOING WITH WHAT WE THINK WE KNOW ABOUT THAT CULTURE.
JUST LIKE WHEN BYRON AND I HAD A CHANCE TO SIT DOWN AT THE VOLUNTEER DINNER, I QUESTIONED HIM ABOUT WHAT I HAD CAME TO RESEARCH AND UNDERSTAND ABOUT HIS CULTURE AND HIS PEOPLE AND HOW THEY CAME HERE.
AND I WAS JUST TRYING TO BE, I WAS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE COMMUNITY A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
AND, AND THAT'S WHAT I MEAN BY, BY DOING THESE EVENTS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S A NO WAY SHAPED FORM OR FASHION THAT ALL OF US ARE SO EDUCATED OR CULTURALLY DIVERSE TO BE ABLE TO PULL OFF ANY ONE OF THESE EVENTS.
WE AS OURSELVES, WITH THESE EDUCATIONS AND WITH THESE, THESE, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING OF DEI INITIATIVES WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO THESE EVENTS.
SO IT'S REALLY A, A CHALLENGE AND A, AN EXERCISE IN GETTING OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE AND LEARNING ABOUT A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT.
AND, AND WALKING AWAY FROM THIS SAYING, WELL, GOSH, I REALLY JUST DIDN'T KNOW THAT THAT GROUP EXPERIENCED THAT.
SO FOR ME, THAT'S WHAT THAT'S ALL ABOUT.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT IN 2024.
I'M NOT GONNA DELINEATE ANYTHING, UM, SPECIFICALLY, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME TYPE OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FROM THE CITY EVENTS, ESPECIALLY GAY PRIDE MONTH.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A BIG, BIG PRIDE EVENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC, UH, AMERICAN HAIR, OR EXCUSE ME, UM, THE RALLY THAT WE HELD WHEN THERE WAS ALL OF THAT.
SO IT, IT'S JUST, IT, IT'S OVERDUE.
UM, IT REALLY IS OVERDUE TO BE QUESTIONED ON WHAT WE WERE DOING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THESE EVENTS INSTEAD OF WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THESE THINGS AS A CITY.
SO THIS WOULD BE A RECURRING EVERY YEAR, RIGHT? I WOULD, RIGHT.
IF THE MOST DIVERSE CITY, LET'S CELEBRATE IT.
LET'S CELEBRATE IT FOR PETE'S SAKE.
LET'S LET THIS BE THE REASON PEOPLE WANT TO MOVE HERE.
I'M TRYING TO DIFFERENTIATE WHAT WE'RE ASKING FROM THE ELECTED WARD REPS VERSUS FROM THE CITY AS A WHOLE.
I WOULD REALLY LIKE THIS NOT TO BE SOMETHING, TO BE PUSHED OFF ON CITY STUFF.
THIS IS SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, NOT TO KEEP YOU'RE HERE, I'M SORRY,
AND THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS JUST THAT INVESTMENT INTO A COMMUNITY THAT'S NOT OUR OWN.
BECAUSE WE KNOW FROM THE DISCUSSIONS WITH CITY COUNCIL AND SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT THEY POSE TO US, THAT THEY'RE DEFINITELY, I GUESS, PASSIONATE ABOUT CERTAIN GROUPS OR MM-HMM.
UM, CAN WE ADD A, LIKE THE OVERALL, I GUESS, GOAL MM-HMM.
KIND OF STARTING OUT THERE, SO I CAN ADD THAT AND I'LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU GUYS.
YOU GUYS FEEL FREE TO VOTE ON THIS IN MY ABSENCE NEXT MONTH, OR HOLD IT TO FEBRUARY.
IT'S NOTHING THAT HAS TO BE DONE, LIKE RIGHT THIS SECOND, BUT, UM, I CAN SEND IT TO YOU IN ADVANCE OF JANUARY, BUT I WON'T BE HERE.
AND, AND WE CAN SUBMIT ALL VOTE ALL OF THIS.
UM, REASON WHY YOU WANNA WAIT UNTIL 2024 TO STARTED, BECAUSE I, I, I'M A PLANNER.
I'M NOT SOMEBODY THAT LIKES TO DO SOMETHING, UM, AND, AND DOESN'T HAVE IT TURN OUT WELL.
SO I'M NOT GONNA TELL YOU AT THE END OF 2022 TO GET SOMETHING TOGETHER FOR 2023.
I'M GIVE YOU A YEAR, YOU KNOW, HOW AMAZING EVENTS YOU COULD PLAN IN A YEAR.
I MEAN, IT'S SO IT'S GONNA TAKE TIME TO CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S GONNA TAKE TIME FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO WELCOME YOU INTO THEIR COMMUNITY.
SOME COMMUNITIES ARE VERY CLOSED OFF.
SOME COMMUNITIES HAVE A LOT OF MISTRUST FOR WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED MAYBE THE STATUS QUO.
I HAD ACTUALLY HEARD A COUNCIL PERSON SAY, I WENT THERE ONCE OR TWICE AND THEY DIDN'T WELCOME ME.
WELL, BECAUSE YOU REALLY NEEDED TO BE THERE THREE OR FOUR TIMES BEFORE YOU WERE WELCOMED WITH OPEN ARMS OR IT, SO THERE IS SOME EBB AND FLOW WITH THIS.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AS EASY AS, YOU KNOW, YOU FOUND YOUR ARAB NEIGHBOR AND YOU ASKED HIM TO HELP YOU PLAN AN EVENT.
THIS IS AN EXERCISE IN GETTING TO KNOW A COMMUNITY AND TO BE ACCEPTED WITHIN THAT COMMUNITY.
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NOT ACCEPTED, BUT ACCEPTED ENOUGH THAT THEY ARE GONNA TRUST YOU TO PLAN THESE EVENTS.AND TO, IF YOU ASK ANYBODY ABOUT THEIR CULTURE THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN OUR CULTURE, THEY'RE USUALLY SO WILLING TO SHARE IT.
IF YOU'RE NOT COMING WITH A VEILED LENS, IF YOU'RE NOT COMING WITH THE STEREOTYPICAL LENS MM-HMM.
THEY'RE GOING TO TEACH YOU THEIR CULTURE.
THEY, THE PEOPLE LOVE TO EXPLAIN TO YOU WHY THEIR CULTURE IS SO AMAZING, BECAUSE IT'S THEIR CULTURE.
SO I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE THE, THE HARDEST PART IS THAT INITIAL GETTING THERE AND, AND FINDING PEOPLE TO CONNECT WITH, TO PULL OFF THESE EVENTS IN A FASHION OR A FORM THAT ARE JUST DO IT JUSTICE.
MS. TARA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EXPLANATION AND EVERYTHING.
I WAS GONNA ASK YOU IF WE CAN ADD, AND THAT NOVEMBER MONTH, UH, WITH OUR, UH, DEPARTURE, UH, DATE IN NOVEMBER 14, UH, 1944.
NO, I'M SORRY, 1945, YOUR DEPARTURE DATE.
YOU MEAN WHEN YOUR, UM, YOUR PEOPLE IMMIGRATED HERE? UH, NO.
THERE WAS DEPART FROM, UH, GEORGIA.
IT WAS A SOVIET UNION UHHUH, UH, THAT TIME.
AND THEY DEPARTED, UH, AFTER SECOND WORLD WAR.
AND, UH, WE'VE BEEN DEPARTED FROM, UH, NOVEMBER 14 AT NOVEMBER 14 TO, UH, ASIA.
AND THAT WILL BE, UH, GOOD NOVEMBER MONTHS WITH OUR, UH, COMMUNITY TO CELEBRATE SOMETHING LIKE, UH, NOT, NOT SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE, SOMETHING TO MEMORY.
UH, THERE WAS, THE TRAIN WAS MOVING.
UH, I'VE BEEN TOLD FROM MANY, MANY OLD PEOPLE WHO WAS THERE IN THE TRAIN ABOUT 40 DAYS THAT TRAIN WAS MOVING.
AND, UH, ON THAT, LIKE YOU THINK LIKE LATIN, ARABIC AND OTHER ASIAN PEOPLES, I THINK WE HAVE TO DO LITTLE BIT MORE WIDER GROUP TO HIRE.
I MEAN, NOT HIGHER TO HIRE OR, OR HAVE THEM, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH US YES.
UH, TO, YOU KNOW, EXPLAIN ABOUT THE COMMUNITY AND ABOUT THIS CELEBRATES AND HOLIDAYS AND EVERYTHING, SO THAT WAY WE KNOW THEM BETTER AND THEY KNOW US BETTER, WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO, UH, FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UH, THIS ONE, AND I WANNA BRING UP, UH, SOMETHING ABOUT, UH, I'M SORRY.
I MEAN, UH, ABOUT, UH, JUNE MONTHS, I MEAN, IF YOU ARE GONNA PLAN, UH, WHAT, WHAT KIND OF, UH, THINGS YOU PLANNING FOR JUNE FOR GAY AND LESBIAN? WE WILL NOT, I'M ASKING THE CITY.
SO FOR US, WE HAVE THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL IN JUNE.
SO OUR FOCUS IN JUNE WILL ALWAYS, AND AT THIS TIME, WILL REMAIN THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
SO AS A COMMISSION, I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE WILL ADVANCE ANYTHING, UM, FOR, UM, GAY PRIDE MONTH, BUT I FEEL STRONGLY AS A SOCIAL WORKER AND AS A HUMAN, UM, THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, ABSOLUTELY LINKS BACK TO DIVERSITY AND SHOULD BE CELEBRATED BY THE CITY IN SOME CAPACITY.
SO AT THIS POINT, AND, AND WE HAVE BEEN QUESTIONED MANY TIMES BY CITY COUNCIL ON THAT SPECIFIC FACT OR THAT SPECIFIC MONTH.
SO FOR US, UM, WITH OUR MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL AND THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO THAT, YOU WERE ON THE TAIL END OF IT AND PUT IN SO MUCH WORK FOR THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
SO FOR US, I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE WILL DO ANYTHING.
I THINK THAT IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT THE CITY HOLD SOME TYPE OF A GAY PRIDE EVENT.
I, IT'S JUST MY, UH, YOU KNOW, KNOWLEDGE.
AND I IMAGINE THAT BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE, UH, TOO MUCH, UH, LIKE GIVING TO LGBTQ PEOPLE, UH, THEY ARE, THEY ARE AT THE SCHOOL, AT THE HOSPITAL, AT THE STREET, AT THE STORE BY, I, I CANNOT RESPECTFULLY ALLOW YOU TO CONTINUE THAT ON THIS COMMISSION.
YOU ARE ALLOWED TO HOLD YOUR OWN OPINIONS.
AS A MUSLIM MAN, IT IS ABSOLUTELY AGAINST EVERYTHING THAT YOU BELIEVE IN.
BUT ON THIS COMMISSION, IT IS CULTURE AND DIVERSITY.
AND IT IS A PROTECTED CLASS OF PEOPLE.
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SO I THINK RESPECTFULLY, WE ARE NOT GONNA CONTINUE TO SHARE OUR PERSONAL VIEWS ON SOMEBODY ELSE'S SEXUALITY.I DON'T, I WASN'T, I WASN'T MEANING, UH, STUFF LIKE THIS.
I I WAS GONNA, I WAS GONNA JUST SAY, I MEAN, IF YOU GONNA, UH, DO IT SOME KIND OF EVENT LIKE WE DID MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL OR, UH, SIMILAR OR SIMILAR, THIS KIND OF EVENTS, IF YOU'RE GONNA DO LIKE THIS, AND, UH, I'M JUST NOT THINKING ONLY ABOUT A MUSLIM PEOPLE.
I'M THINKING FOR EVERYBODY, WE GONNA HAVE A BECOMING GENERATION.
I MEAN, WE GONNA HAVE VERY BAD, VERY BAD BECOMING GENERATION AFTER US.
I MEAN, THAT'S JUST MY, YOU KNOW, SAY VERY BAD.
I MEAN, YOU SAID VERY, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU, I DON'T THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR US TO BE SITTING ON A CULTURE AND DIVERSITY.
SO WE HAVE THESE, BUT WE'RE GONNA VIEWS, WE'RE GONNA NOT LIVE RIGHT NOW.
SO, UM, THE PURPOSE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION IS ABOUT BEING INCLUSIVE OF EVERYONE DESPITE, YOU KNOW, OUR PERSONAL USE OR PERSONAL THOUGHT, WHATEVER.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ARE ALL HUMAN BEINGS.
WE SHOULD ALL LOVE ONE ANOTHER AND SHOW LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER.
SO WE HAVE TARA'S GOING TO MODIFY OR MAKE SOME AMENDMENTS AND CHANGES TO THE RECOMMENDATION.
I, I APPRE THANK YOU FOR SHARING, BYRON.
PEOPLE WILL NOTE THE, UM, THE, THE WELL I WAS LOOKING UP.
I MEAN, I JUST WANNA CLEAR MYSELF.
I'M NOT, I'M NOT AGAINST THEM.
JUST, JUST CLEAR I'M NOT HATING THEM.
I MEAN, IF YOU, IF THEY DOING SOMETHING LIKE THEY OWN THING, I MEAN, JUST DO IT A PRIVATE PLACE, NOT IN PUBLIC.
UM, WELL FIRST OF ALL, TARA, THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS INFORMATION TOGETHER.
I DO WANNA SAY THAT I DO AGREE WITH YOUR, UM, SUGGESTION AS FAR AS ENGAGING THE VARIOUS COUNCIL MEMBERS TO BE INVOLVED AND ACKNOWLEDGING THESE MONTHS AS ONE IDEA MAYBE EVERY MONTH THAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE VARIOUS GROUPS.
HAVE A PROCLAMATION ACKNOWLEDGED AT EVERY CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR THAT MONTH, AND HAVE THE CHOSEN WARD REP INVITE ONE OF THEIR CONSTITUENTS THAT'S PART OF EITHER THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH FOR, UM, WHAT IS IT, OCTOBER FOR NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH TO COME TO A CITY COUNCIL MEETING, SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE AS BEING PART OF THAT MINORITY GROUP IN THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS.
SO I THINK DEFINITELY THAT SHOULD BE DONE.
I'LL ADD, DO YOU WANT ME TO ADD THAT? UM, IF I WOULD LIKE COMMISSIONS IN AGREEMENT TO IT? YES.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST A RECOMMENDATION.
SO, I'M SORRY, JUST TWO AS WELL.
SO ARE WE, YOU'RE NOT, ARE YOU SPECIFYING, UM, CAUSE I KNOW YOU'VE MENTIONED LIKE AFRICAN AMERICAN, YOU MENTIONED, UM, BLACK LATIN AMERICAN.
SO ARE YOU, DOES IT SPELL OUT EACH AND EVERY RACE GROUP, UH, OR DIFFERENT TYPE OF DIVERSE GROUP? OR DO WE WANT TO MAKE IT MORE GENERIC JUST TO MAKE SURE WE WE'RE COVERING, THEY'RE THE FEDERAL HERITAGE.
SO I'M NOT JUST LIKE, THESE ARE, THESE ARE FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED HERITAGE MONTHS WITH THE EXECUTIVE ORDER OR THE PROCLAMATION, UM, THAT STOOD UP THOSE MONTHS.
THANK YOU, TARA, VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT.
SO WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO THE, UM, THE REVISIONS AND WE'LL VOTE ON THAT NEXT MONTH WITH THE REVISIONS.
WE HAVE A SECOND RECOMMENDATION.
UM, I ATTENDED THE JOINT SCHOOL BOARD, CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN OCTOBER.
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PART OF THAT CONVERSATION IT WAS HIGHLIGHTED, UM, THAT WE HAVE RESIDENTS, THAT STUDENTS AS WELL AS RESIDENTS, UM, THAT SPEAK 19 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES AND DIALECTS IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS. THE MAJORITY OF WHICH WERE K TO THREE LEARNERS.UM, AND I THINK IT'S PERFECT TIMING.
UM, THOSE OF US THAT WENT TO THE DIVERSITY TRAINING LAST NIGHT, UM, WE LEARNED ABOUT EQUITY AND, AND THE DEFINITION OF EQUITY AND EQUITY IS DEFINED, UM, IN MY RECOMMENDATION BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES AS THE PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING AND REMOVING BARRIERS THAT CREATE DISPARITIES IN THE ACCESS TO RESOURCES AND MEANS IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF FAIR TREATMENT AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES TO THRIVE.
SO GIVEN THAT WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT SPEAK 19 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES AND DIALECTS, UM, WE HAVE NO ABILITY TO TRANSLATE THE CITY'S WEBSITE OR THE CITY SCHOOL'S WEBSITE INTO LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH.
UM, THERE ARE NO FORMS AVAILABLE.
UH, THE CITY, CITY FORMS, POLICE FORMS OR SCHOOL FORMS THAT I'M AWARE OF, UM, IN ANY OTHER LANGUAGE THAN ENGLISH.
UM, SO THE CULTURE AND DIVERSITY COMMISSION RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY OF HEBER HEIGHTS ADVANCEMENT INITIATIVE.
GUESS THAT LITTLE PHRASE RIGHT THERE? UM, TO AN ADVANCED INITIATIVE TO BRING THE CITY TO A MORE EQUITABLE PLACE, EQUITABLE PLACE FOR ALL RESIDENTS, BY ENSURING THAT FORMS AND WEBSITES ARE AVAILABLE FOR TRANSLATION.
UM, IT IS A RECOMMENDATION THAT THIS PROCESS IS ADVANCED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
UM, THERE IS NO EQUITY IN HAVING FORMS AVAILABLE ONLY IN ENGLISH.
IT IS CREATING UNNECESSARY AND SOMEWHAT XENOPHOBIC BARRIERS FOR MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY THAT ARE NOT NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKERS.
UM, IN MY RECOMMENDATION, I TOOK TWO LITTLE, UH, SCREENSHOTS.
THE FIRST ONE IS FROM THE CITY SCHOOL'S WEBSITE.
I HIGHLIGHTED A LITTLE BOX THAT WOULD BE USED FOR TRANSLATION SERVICES.
YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH IT.
UM, AND THEN TAKEN FROM THE CITY'S WEBSITE, THE ACCESSIBILITY PAGE JUST MENTIONS A COUPLE THINGS.
BUT AGAIN, THERE'S NO ABILITY TO TRANSLATE FORMS. SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO TO A JOB IN FAMILY SERVICES AND NEED A FORM, UM, IT CAN BE TRANSLATED INTO PRETTY MUCH EVERY LANGUAGE AVAILABLE BY MAN.
SO IF WE REALLY, REALLY MEAN IT WHEN IT COMES TO THESE DEI INITIATIVES AND THINGS, THIS IS STEP ONE.
IF YOU ARE SENDING INFORMATION HOME TO STUDENTS THAT HAVE NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING PARENTS, THEY'RE NOT GETTING THE INFORMATION.
IF YOU HAVE PEOPLE COMING HERE THAT ARE NOT ENGLISH SPEAKING PEOPLE, THEY ARE NOT GETTING THE INFORMATION.
SO EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE THE SAME ACCESS TO INFORMATION THAT I DO AS A MIDDLE CLASS WHITE WOMAN THAT SPEAKS ENGLISH AS A NATIVE SPEAKER.
AND THAT'S THE LENS WE SHOULD BE LOOKING THROUGH.
IT'S NOT, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THEM, IT'S LET ME PUT MY FEET IN THEIR SHOES.
NOT ONLY DID YOU HAVE TO, YOU HAVE TO COME HERE, YOU HAVE TO NAVIGATE SCHOOL SYSTEMS AND, AND GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS AND HOUSING SYSTEMS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND WE JUST DO NOTHING TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE.
IT JUST IS MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT.
I COULDN'T IMAGINE HOW DIFFICULT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE TO TRY TO GET A PAPER SENT HOME FROM THE SCHOOL.
THEN YOU GOTTA FIND SOMEBODY THAT SPEAKS ENGLISH TO TRANSLATE THE FORM TO YOU AND HOPE THAT THEY'RE GETTING IT CORRECT.
IT'S LITERALLY THE LOST IN TRANSLATION.
SO FOR ME, THIS IS, THIS IS A BIG DEAL.
AND AS A CITY THAT IS SO DIVERSE, 19 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES AND DIALECTS.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I COULD NAME 19 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES AND WE DON'T HAVE NOT ONE FORM AVAILABLE EVEN IN SPANISH.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS? NO.
SO WE'LL MOVE, UH, ALL OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS TOGETHER FOR OUR NEXT MEETING AND BE PREPARED TO VOTE ON THOSE.
OTHER ITEMS? NO OTHER ITEMS. IT'S NOT EVEN POSSIBLE.
WELL, OUR MEETING IS ADJOURNED.