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[ AGENDA CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZEN ACTION COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road March 7, 2024 6:00 P.M. ]
THE MEETING OR THE MARCH.CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZENS ACTION COMMISSION MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:08 PM JEFFREY, CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL WHEN YOU'RE READY.
MS. TRADA JUST THOUGHT IT'D BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT TODAY.
IT IS THE CULTURE OF DIVERSITY CITIZENS ACTION COMMISSION'S WRITE IN PLACE.
UH, WE WILL MOVE TO THE SWEARING IN OF OUR NEW MEMBER.
UH, I'M GONNA GET IT TOGETHER, I PROMISE.
SO IF YOU DON'T MIND STANDING OUT, BE LITTLE EXCUSE MEOR.
UM, RAISE YOUR, DID WE DO THAT? THAT PART.
I, I THAT DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM TO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES TO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF OHIO, THE CONSTITUTION OF STATE OF OHIO, THE CHARTER IN ALL ORDINANCES, CHARTER IN ALL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS, OF THE CITY OF HUBERT HEIGHTS.
AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY, HONESTLY.
AND IMPARTIALLY AND IMPARTIALLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF MY OFFICE.
DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF MY OFFICE TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITIES.
UM, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR, UH, FEBRUARY'S MEETINGS.
I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY HAD THE CHANCE TO REVIEW THEM.
IF NOT, WE'LL JUST, UH, POSTPONE THAT APPROVAL FOR APRIL'S MEETING.
DO WE NEED A MOTION FOR THAT? I THINK WE DO YOU NEED TO? YEAH.
UM, MADAM VICE CHAIR, I MOVE THAT WE REVIEW AND ACCEPT THE FEBRUARY 1ST, 2024 HUBER HEIGHTS CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZEN ACTION COMMISSION
MANY MINUTES FOR THE APRIL 4TH MEETING.
I WANT ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS,
UP NEXT, UH, CITIZEN'S COMMENTS? UM, I DO BELIEVE THAT MS. UH, CYNTHIA AIMI
THAT'S WAS JUST NEVER MY FRIEND.
I CANNOT SOUND THAT'S QUITE OUT VERY WELLS.
UM, GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, I HAVE TWO THINGS THAT I'M GONNA BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION.
WELL, ONE IS A, UM, A RECOMMENDATION AND ONE IS A REVISION TO YOUR NOVEMBER, THE SECOND MINUTES UNDER CITIZEN'S COMMENT.
IT SHOULD HAVE READ CYNTHIA ADAY YEMY.
AND THAT'S C-Y-N-T-H-I-A-A-D-E-Y-E-M-I.
OKAY, SO THAT'S THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS THAT I HAVE TO DISCUSS.
MY SECOND ONE IS, UM, BEING, UM, A SCHOLAR PRACTITIONER.
I HAVE, UM, A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF DIFFERENT, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICES AND HISTORY, WHICH ALL MERGES TOGETHER.
WITH THAT SAID, I'M COMING TO YOU THIS EVENING BECAUSE I DO WANNA BE A PART OF THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION OR OBSERVATION.
BUT BEFORE I BEGIN, UM, I WOULD ASK THAT ANY TYPE OF PROMOTION THAT YOU HAVE FOR JUNETEENTH
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NOT TO USE ANY PAN AFRICANNESS COLORS, WHICH ARE RED, BLACK, GREEN, OR GOLD.THE REASON BEING IS BECAUSE JUNETEENTH IS AN AMERICAN OBSERVATION.
THE FIRST JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION, THEY USE THE AMERICAN FLAG WHEN YOU USE PAN-AFRICAN COLORS OR COLORS THAT DON'T REPRESENT MY ANCESTORS.
AND MAYBE YOURS, I DON'T KNOW YOUR ETHNICITY 'CAUSE BLACK IS NOT FLAT.
BUT I AM AN AMERICAN DESCENDANT OF SLAVERY.
MY FAMILY SERVED THE MILITARY.
SO RED, WHITE, AND BLUE MEANS SOMETHING TO ME AND MY FAMILY AND MY COMMUNITY.
SO I'M ASKING THAT YOU USE RED, WHITE, AND BLUE BECAUSE IT REPRESENTS AMERICAN FLAG.
A REMINDER THAT CHATTEL SLAVES AND THEIR DESCENDANTS ARE AMERICANS USING PAN-AFRICAN COLORS MAY UNINTENTIONALLY MISINFORM.
IT ALLOWS A PATH FOR REVISIONIST SHOEHORNING AND NARRATIVES.
IT HARMS IT COULD POTENTIALLY HARM YOUNG MINDS WHO ARE IMPRESSIONABLE.
AND, UM, THE PAN-AFRICAN COLORS DO NOT CORRELATE WITH AMERICAN SLAVERY OR AMERICAN FREEDOM.
I BELIEVE, UM, IT WAS COUNCILWOMAN NEWBIE HAD, UM, EXPRESSED A NEED TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY ON JUNETEENTH.
THIS IS ONE WAY TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE'VE ALL, IF YOU'VE BEEN EDUCATED IN THE UNITED STATES, WE'VE ALL BEEN MISEDUCATED.
WE DON'T KNOW THE FULL STORY OF AMERICAN HISTORY.
WE ONLY KNOW THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG.
AND IT'S NOT PRETTY, BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS.
AND WE CAN START NOW WITH REPAIRING SOME OF THIS MISINFORMATION THAT'S BEEN OUT HERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU KNOW WHO BEN HA HEARTH IS.
BEN HEARTH IS THE CREATOR OF THE JUNETEENTH FLAG.
YOU COULD LOOK THIS UP BACK IN 1997, THIS RED, WHITE, AND BLUE.
AND IT'S BEEN, UM, FEATURED AT MANY JUNETEENTH CELEBRATIONS.
UM, AND IT WAS OFFICIALLY FLOWN IN 2000, IN THE YEAR 2000.
IN CONCLUSION, JUNETEENTH IS AN AMERICAN OBSERVATION.
THE FIRST CELEBRATION DISPLAYED THE AMERICAN FLAG.
SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS THE PEOPLE IN GALVESTON, THEIR FIRST CELEBRATION, AND YOU CAN GO BACK, IT'S ALL ONLINE ON MICROFISH, RED, WHITE, AND BLUE, EVERY CELEBRATION, RED, WHITE, AND BLUE.
UM, AND WE MUST FOLLOW OUR ANCESTORS PRACTICES AND NOT ERASE OUR AMERICANNESS BECAUSE WE'RE AMERICAN.
SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND I HOPE YOU CONSIDER THIS BECAUSE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION? DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
DID YOU LEAVE US YOUR NAME? AND I DID WITH MADAM CHAIR.
ARE YOU GONNA BE HERE THROUGHOUT THE MEETING? I WILL.
DO YOU KNOW, UM, THEREABOUTS WHEN, IF THERE WA WELL, WHEN THE TRANSITION HAPPENED, THAT IT BECAME MORE ABOUT USING THE RED, GREEN, BLACK AND GOLD IN PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS FOR JUNETEENTH? WELL, I'LL PUT IT THIS WAY.
JUNETEENTH IS A REGIONAL OBSERVATION, AND IT REALLY DIDN'T BECOME NATIONAL UNTIL IT WAS PUT INTO LAW IN 2021.
SO REGIONALLY, YOU HAD PEOPLE DOING DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO I CAN'T GIVE YOU THE PRECISE TIME WHEN THOSE COLORS WERE INTEGRATED.
AND THIS IS NO SLIDE AGAINST PEOPLE WHO ARE PAN AFRICANNESS.
I DON'T HAVE NOTHING AGAINST THEM, AGAINST YOU, BUT I AM AN AMERICAN DESCENDANT OF SLAVES.
AND IT IS AN INSULT WHEN YOU USE COLORS THAT DON'T REPRESENT MY ANCESTORS WHO HAVE BLOOD AND BONES IN THE SOIL OF THE UNITED STATES.
SO, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THE REMINDER OF THOSE THINGS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE HISTORY OF JUNETEENTH BEING CELEBRATED INITIALLY REGIONALLY IN GALVESTON, TEXAS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DID NOT REALLY KNOW THAT INFORMATION UNLESS YOU LIVED IN
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THE STATE BEFORE IT BECAME AN OFFICIAL HOLIDAY IN 2021.AND THAT IS TRUE AS FAR AS THOSE COLORS, BECAUSE AS YOU WERE EXPLAINING THAT, I WAS THINKING, YEAH, I DO REMEMBER SEEING WHEN THE HOLIDAY BECAME OFFICIAL, LIKE THE SHIRTS, YOU KNOW, BANNERS AND EVERYTHING HAD THOSE THREE COLORS OF RED, WHITE, AND BLUE.
I WILL SAY, FOR ME, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT WAS A REMINDER.
I AM NOT SURE I KNEW THAT INFORMATION.
SO I TRULY APPRECIATE THAT MOMENT.
AND I THINK THAT'S THE POINT THAT WE CONTINUE TO DRIVE THAT, THAT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS BRING THAT RICHNESS TO US.
AND THE MORE THAT WE CAN GET OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS INVOLVED, UM, THE MORE THAT IT WILL HELP US GROW AS A COMMISSION IN, IN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AS WELL.
UM, AND I WAS GONNA SAY THIS IN, IN ANOTHER CAPACITY, BUT I THINK THIS IS A GOOD PLACE TO SAY IT.
I JUST WANNA REMIND YOU WANNA NO.
UH,
I'M NOT GONNA CONTINUE TO READ OUR LEGISLATION OVER AND OVER AGAIN, BUT I JUST WAS, WAS READING, I HAD TO TURN IN SOMETHING FOR WORK AND, AND SO I HAD PULLED UP THE WEBSITE AGAIN.
AND I JUST WANNA READ, UM, THIS ONE LITTLE PIECE THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZENS ACTION COMMISSION WILL BE BALANCED TO REFLECT THE CULTURE AND DIVERSITY OF THE COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE IN, IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF COMMUNITY ISSUES THAT CREATE DISCRIMINATION AND THE ABILITY TO ADDRESS AND RESOLVE THEM.
SO I JUST WANT TO CHALLENGE US AS PEOPLE TO CONTINUE TO GROW AND TO STRETCH AND TO EDUCATE OURSELVES THAT OUR EDUCATION IS NEVER DONE.
UM, EVEN IF WE'VE SIGNED OURSELVES OUT OF COLLEGE AND SWEAR WE'RE NEVER TAKING OUT ANOTHER LOAN, UM, EDUCATION IS NEVER DONE.
AND TO SIT AND EMBRACE CULTURE AND DIVERSITY MEANS TO EMBRACE CULTURE AND DIVERSITY OF ALL PEOPLE, NOT JUST THOSE THAT LOOK LIKE US AND TALK LIKE US AND, AND HAVE THE SAME VIEWS AS US.
SO WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO CHALLENGE OURSELVES TO EMBRACE THE RICHNESS OF THIS COMMUNITY, AND TO LIVE WITH THAT OPENNESS IN OUR HEARTS AND TO UNDERSTAND THAT AT ONE POINT, MANY OF US IN OUR LINEAGE IN WE'RE DIRECTLY RECIPIENTS OF DISCRIMINATION, WHETHER IT BE IN OUR HOME COUNTRIES, WHETHER IT BE THROUGH SLAVERY, AND THE, THE HORRIBLE CONSEQUENCES OF DISENFRANCHISING PEOPLE FOR 400 YEARS THAT ARE STILL BEING SEEN TODAY.
AND THAT AS PEOPLE THAT HAVE FACED DISCRIMINATION AND, AND WOULD NEVER WANT TO RETURN TO THOSE PLACES AGAIN.
WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE VERY REAL, THERE ARE VERY REAL SHOTS BEING TAKEN AT OTHER PEOPLE'S ABILITY TO REMAIN FREE IN THIS COUNTRY.
WHETHER IT BE L-G-B-T-Q PEOPLE, WHETHER IT BE WOMEN, WHETHER IT BE OTHER MINORITY GROUPS THAT ARE BEING ATTACKED FOR JUST BEING THEM.
AND WE JUST HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT IF WE ALLOW IT TO HAPPEN TO OTHER PEOPLE, THE NEXT STEP IS IT COULD HAPPEN TO OUR PEOPLE.
SO WE HAVE TO BE CHAMPIONS FOR ALL, NOT JUST FOR THOSE THAT WE WANT TO SWING ARM IN ARM WITH.
AND SO I JUST NEED TO SAY THAT, UM, AS WE HAVE SOME NEW MEMBERS, AS WE REFRESH OUR, OUR LOOK INTO 2024, UM, THAT DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION MEANS DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION FOR ALL.
SO WE'LL MOVE ON OLD BUSINESS JUNETEENTH UPDATES.
MR. ERIC RICHARDSON, THE MAN OF THE HOUR.
SO HERE'S A QUICK UPDATE ON AS FAR AS WHERE WE ARE SO FAR.
SO WHEN WE LOOK FOR VENDORS RIGHT NOW WE HAVE FOUR VENDORS THAT'LL BE MERCHANDISE VENDORS.
SO THESE ARE PEOPLE WITH SHIRTS, JEWELRY, THAT KIND OF DEAL.
UH, WE HAVE TWO THAT'LL BE, UM, LIKE DESSERT VENDORS.
SO IT'LL BE A TOTAL OF SIX OF THEM
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SO FAR THAT WE HAVE SIGNED UP.AND, UM, WE STILL HAVE INVITATIONS OUT TO A FEW OTHERS.
SO WE SHOULD BE GETTING THOSE BACK IN HERE PRETTY SOON.
UH, WHEN WE LOOK UNDER TRUCK VENDORS, FOOD TRUCKS, WE HAVE TWO FOOD TRUCKS SO FAR.
WE HAVE TWO MORE THAT ARE COMPLETING THEIR APPLICATIONS, HOPEFULLY HERE BY THE END OF THIS WEEK.
WE'RE CUTTING OFF THAT AT SIX.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER TWO THAT WE'RE WAITING ON, UM, AN INVITE FOR THEM BACK YET.
SO HOPEFULLY WE SHOULD HAVE THAT, UH, ALL TAKEN CARE OF WHEN IT LOOKS AT ARTISTS THAT WE HAVE.
SO OUR HEADLINE GROUP, UH, THEY'VE ALREADY SIGNED THEIR CONTRACT THAT'S ALREADY TURNED BACK INTO THE CITY.
UM, THE GROUP THAT'LL BE ON BEFORE THEM, THEIR CONTRACT WENT OUT TO THEM THIS WEEK.
SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE THAT BACK HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS.
AND THEN OUR LOCAL ARTISTS THAT WE HAVE, HE'S ALREADY SIGNED HIS AND HAVE IT BACK.
SO THE THREE ARTISTS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH, TWO ARE BACK AND ONE WE'RE WAITING ON.
SO I'M GONNA REACH OUT TO A COUPLE DJS.
UM, I THINK WE MAY NEED THAT IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE GOT.
UM, MY FRIEND'S HUSBAND'S A DJ, I'LL GET THAT WORKED OUT.
AND, UM, NOT TO WHAT I TOLD HONOR COUPLE.
AND SO, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO, UH, GIVE A GOOD SHOUT OUT TO OUR GOOD FRIEND JEFFREY AND SARAH WILLIAMS AND SARAH MCPHERSON.
THEY'VE BEEN HELPING US, UH, TREMENDOUSLY.
WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF THINGS GOING.
WE'VE MET A COUPLE TIMES SO FAR, UH, TO GET THINGS GOING.
I THINK WE'RE SET FOR WHAT, NEXT WEEK, RIGHT? THE 13TH? YEP.
SO WE'LL BE MEETING, UH, AGAIN NEXT WEEK.
SO THOSE GUYS HAVE BEEN AN, UH, AMAZING BIG HELP.
UH, A COUPLE THINGS ON OUR TO-DO LIST THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE CARE OF THIS YEAR.
SO LAST YEAR'S SOUND, WE WERE KIND OF CONCERNED ABOUT, UM, THE SOUND QUALITY.
SO, UM, I GOT WHAT THE DJ, I MEAN, NOT THE DJ, BUT THE, UH, SOUND GUY.
WHAT WE'RE GONNA LOOK TO DO, BECAUSE THE WAY THAT THE EEL BERGER IS SET UP, THE STAGE IS KIND OF LOWERED THAN THE GROUND AREA UP TOP.
SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA LOOK TO DO IS GET OUR SPEAKERS ON A PLATFORM.
SO THEN NOW TO KIND OF PUSH THEM A LITTLE HIGHER, GET THE SOUND OUT, BUT THEN WE'RE GONNA REARRANGE WHERE WE PUT OUR VENDORS AT.
SO I THINK THAT'S GONNA HELP US.
UH, THOSE TWO THINGS I THINK WILL HELP US WITH THE SOUND.
UM, I'M GETTING A FLYER TOGETHER THAT WILL HAVE ALL OF OUR FOOD TRUCKS ON IT, ALL OF OUR, UH, VENDORS AND THE ARTISTS THAT'LL BE ON THERE.
AND THEN ALONG WITH THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA CONTACTS.
SO WE'LL BE PROVIDING THAT TO THEM FOR THEM TO, UH, POST OUT ON THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA.
AND I'M GONNA CHALLENGE ALL YOU GUYS UP HERE, DUST OFF YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA.
YOU LOOKING FOR CONTENT? HERE'S CONTENT.
SO WE'RE GONNA NEED FOR YOU GUYS TO, UM, PUSH THAT OUT.
UH, IN ADDITION TO US PARTNERING UP WITH THE ARTISTS, THE VENDORS, AND THE FOOD TRUCK FOLKS, UH, THAT'LL COME IN.
UH, CHRISTY, IF YOU CAN HELP US OUT BIG TIME WITH THE PRESS RELEASERS, THAT WILL BE HUGE.
SO SARAH'S COMMITTED TO, IF WE CAN GET IT PUT TOGETHER THAT SHE'LL MAKE SURE SHE GETS IT, UM, IN THE RIGHT HANDS, UH, FOR, SO IF YOU COULD HELP, HELP US WITH THAT, I'D GREATLY APPRECIATE YOU.
AND IF YOU COULD DO THAT, UH, FOR US, UM, WE STILL ARE LOOKING FOR A, UH, A FOOD VENDOR THAT CAN MAKE A DONATION FOR US.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS HAVE FOOD FOR THE ARTIST, UM, SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE SOMETHING TO EITHER EAT PRIOR TO GOING ON OR AFTERWARDS.
UH, SO WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE THAT CAN TAKE CARE OF THAT, UH, FOR US, SOMEONE THAT CAN MAKE THAT DONATION TO US.
UM, STILL ON OUR TO-DO LIST TO DO, UH, IS TO REACH OUT TO THE POLICE EXPLORERS TO HAVE THEM HELP US WITH TRAFFIC CONTROL.
SO THAT'S AN ITEM THAT WE NEED TO, UH, GET CROSSED OFF OUR LIST TO DO.
UM, AS FAR AS ADVERTISEMENT, WHAT SARAH IS GONNA HELP US OUT WITH IS OBVIOUSLY MAKE THE POSTS ON FACEBOOK, UH, FOR US.
IT'LL GO OUT FACEBOOK, IT'S GONNA GO ON INSTAGRAM.
UH, IT'LL BE ON THE KEY ADS BOARD, WHICH IS RIGHT THERE ON BRENT PIKE.
ONE THING I DID WANT TO ASK JEFFREY, DOES THAT TIE INTO THE, THE DIGITAL BOARD DOWN THERE AT TOM CLOUD? ARE THOSE THE SAME OR IS THAT DIFFERENT? I WANT SAY IT'S THE SAME.
BUT I'M NOT, WE CAN, WE CAN CLEAR THAT UP.
WE CAN CLEAR, WE CAN CLEAR THAT UP UP NEXT WEEK FOR SURE.
SO SHE'S GONNA HAVE THAT THERE FOR
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US.UH, IT WILL BE ON THE, UM, THE ADVERTISEMENT WILL BE ON THE CITY WEBSITE.
UH, SHE IS ALSO GOING TO SEND THAT OUT IN THE CITY, ENEWSLETTER THAT GOES OUT TO FOLKS.
SO WE'LL HAVE THAT, OBVIOUSLY WE'LL HAVE THE PRESS RELEASES AND THEN, UM, IT'LL BE POSTED IN THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS COMMUNITY SECTION.
I THINK THAT COMES OUT EVERY THIRD SATURDAY.
SO IT'LL BE POSTED, UH, THERE FOR US.
UM, I AM TRYING TO LOOK AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO, UM, TO GET SOME, SOME OF THE, THE LOCAL CHANNEL.
I THINK IT'S TWO, NOT SEVEN, BUT I THINK IT'S TWO.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S FOX THAT RUNS, UM, LIKE A, A LOCAL LIKE 2245 TALK SHOW OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT YOU CAN GET ON.
AND I THINK, I DON'T THINK THERE'S NO CHARGE FOR THAT.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING I'LL WORK AND GET THAT PUT ERIC.
YEAH, I THINK THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S IT.
AND DAYTON, IS IT 45? THERE'S ONE ON CHANNEL TWO DAYTON, UM, ON LIKE 11 OR 12.
YEAH, THAT'S THE ONE I WAS THINKING OF.
AND I CAN'T, LIKE DAYTON LIVE ORTON, I DON'T KNOW.
THE LIBRARY'S ON IT ALL THE TIME.
I CAN PICTURE THE SET, BUT I CANNOT GET THE NAME OUT OF MY MOUTH FOR YOU.
SO MY GOAL IS TO TRY TO SECURE US SOME TIME WITH THAT.
SO I'M GONNA NEED FOR EITHER, IF YOLANDA'S NOT ABLE TO DO IT, TARA, WE'RE GONNA NEED SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, I GUESS TRY TO HELP YOU PUT A SCRIPT TOGETHER.
BUT, UM, I'LL GET IT SET UP AND THEN LET YOU GUYS GO DO THAT
UM, SO THAT WE CAN TRY TO HAVE THAT RUNNING PRIOR TO, AND, AND, AND MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S DONE LIKE THE WEEK BEFORE.
SO, UM, IT'S GONNA TAKE THE WORK OF ALL OF US, UM, TO DO THAT.
I'M GONNA TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN DO SOME, UM, RADIO THINGS.
YOU KNOW, THE THING IS A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T LISTEN TO LIKE LOCAL RADIO.
AND SIRIUSXM AND ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS ARE KIND OF EXPENSIVE OKAY.
SO IT'S REALLY, I THINK, GONNA RELY A LOT ON WHAT OUR, THIS, THE THINGS THAT THE CITY IS GONNA DO.
AND THEN US PARTNERING UP WITH FOLKS IN SOCIAL MEDIA.
I, YOU REACH OUT TO LIKE, UM, WYSO OUT IN THE SPRINGS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE LISTEN TO THAT STATION
UM, AND WE'LL HIT ALL OF THE ADVERTISEMENTS FOR JUNETEENTH EVENTS AND DAYTON DAILY NEWS, YOU KNOW, THE NEWS BOX, THEY USUALLY, SO THAT'LL BE PART OF THE PRESS RELEASE THAT GOES OUT TO ALL THESE, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND THEN HOPEFULLY SOMEBODY WILL PICK THE STORY UP, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
UH, I THINK THE LAST THING I NEED IS, UH, I THINK THAT'S IT.
IS THIS THIRD ANNUAL, IS THIS THIRD TIME WE'VE DONE IT? OR THE FOURTH? I'M SORRY? IS THIS THE THIRD ANNUAL OR THE FOURTH? THIRD.
WHERE ARE WE ON BUDGET?
WELL, YOU WANNA KNOW THE GOOD NEWS OR THE GOOD NEWS?
SO, SO HERE'S WHERE WE ARE WHEN IT COMES TO FINANCES.
UM, WE'RE ACTUALLY IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE WHEN IT COMES TO FINANCES.
UM, I THINK WE'RE GONNA GET A LOT MORE DONE THIS YEAR UNDER WHAT WE PAID LAST YEAR.
UM, AND WE DO HAVE AN MC, UH, THAT'LL KIND OF HELP FACILITATE THINGS, UH, FOR THE SHOW.
WHO'S THE MC? HER NAME IS LATONYA VICTORIA.
UM, THE DJ, WAS THAT FOR LIKE BEGINNING, MIDDLE, AFTER, OR WHAT WERE YOU LOOKING FOR FROM A DJ? 'CAUSE WE MIGHT, I MIGHT BE ABLE TO WRANGLE ONE.
WELL, WHAT, HERE'S WHAT WE REALLY WANT WITH THE DJ.
'CAUSE HERE, HERE AGAIN, RIGHT.
WE'RE LOOKING TO, WE COULD PROBABLY FIND A DJ, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
BUT WE WANNA FIND A DJ THAT HAS A FOLLOWING.
SO IF WE'RE GONNA PAY A LITTLE, WE WANNA MAKE THIS WORTH EVERYBODY'S WHILE.
SO IF THE DJ HAS A, A FOLLOWING, YOU KNOW, CAN HELP US, YOU KNOW, FROM THE SOCIAL MEDIA ASPECT
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OF IT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE KIND OF LOOKING FOR.THAT MAY HAVE SOME OTHER TIE-INS AND STUFF TOO.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR A CERTAIN KIND OF DJ.
WE, UH, THERE'S ABOUT, OBVIOUSLY WE'LL HAVE THE DJ PLAN BETWEEN THE TWO GROUPS SETTING UP MM-HMM.
SO PROBABLY SOME LINE DANCING MUSIC AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO KINDA, UH, YOU KNOW, GET PEOPLE MOVING UP AND MOVING AROUND THAT KIND OF DEAL.
A LITTLE BIT AT THE BEGINNING.
AND THEN MAYBE CLOSE IT OUT, RIGHT? MM-HMM,
AND I HAVEN'T HEARD BACK FROM THE YOUNG MAN FOR THE SPOKEN WORD, BUT I'LL LET YOU KNOW.
HE MAILS ME BACK AND SAYS, YES.
LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN DO HERE FROM AN EDUCATIONAL STANDPOINT.
AND THEN FOR THE FOOD, FOR THE VENT VOLUNTEERS, THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MY BAG.
UM, AND I'LL FORGOT ABOUT THAT UNTIL I WAS DRIVING HERE AND I'M LIKE, AH, DID YOU SAY THOUGH THAT YOUR FRIEND? WELL, WE COULD EITHER LOOK AT, WE CAN EITHER, YEAH.
OR IF THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT YOU THINK, I THINK WE SHOULD TRY THAT ROUTE.
I JUST THINK IT'S A BETTER, UH, THEY'RE KIND OF ALREADY A CITY PARTNERSHIP IN, IN MANY WAYS.
SO I THINK WE'LL JUST STICK WITH THAT ROUTE.
PLUS IT'S NOT A LOT OF REFRIGERATED ITEMS. I WAS WORRIED ABOUT LIKE, GIVING SOMEBODY FOOD POISONING.
BY HAVING LIKE WHOLE SO AND CRAP SITTING OUT.
SO I THINK WE'D GO ROUTE THAT ROUTE.
I MEAN, THEY'RE A BIG SPONSOR, NOT THE SPONSOR OF THE CITY.
THEY'RE A BIG PARTNER OF THE CITY ANYWAYS.
AND IF ANYBODY KNOWS, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY THAT MAY WANT TO DO, YOU KNOW, SOME ADVERTISEMENT WITH US OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE DO, SARAH DID A GREAT JOB FOR US.
SHE DREW US UP A SPONSORSHIP LETTER, UM, SO THAT WE CAN SEND TO FOLKS.
SO IF THEY, YOU KNOW, WANT TO EXCHANGE IN KIND SOME ADVERTISEMENT FOR US, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THE CITY CAN DO FOR THEM, UM, WITH THE USE OF THAT SPONSORSHIP LETTER.
SO IF YOU GUYS RUN INTO SOMEBODY, UH, WE CAN HANDLE THAT THAT WAY.
UM, DID YOU SEE MAYBE DJ OSCAR FROM THE PERSON? HE'S ON MY LIST.
I MEAN, WERE YOU THE LAST THREE YEARS WE COULD HAVE JUST LET ERIC PLAN EVERYTHING AND IT WOULD'VE BEEN SO EASY.
I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER THAT YOU HAVE AN ENTIRE COMMISSION OF PEOPLE TO HELP YOU AND TO VOLUNTOLD ANYBODY THAT YOU NEED TO, TO HELP YOU IN THIS EVENT.
I'LL PROBABLY HAVE SOME, SOME ACTION ITEMS FOR YOU GUYS HERE ONCE WE GET, ONCE WE MEET HERE ON THE 13TH, YOU KNOW, SOME, UM, YOU KNOW, LOOSE ENDS TO, TO GET TIED UP.
'CAUSE REALLY WHAT I WANT US TO DO IS GET EVERYTHING FROM ALL THE CONTRACTS, THE, THE VENDORS AND ALL THAT STUFF.
LET'S GET THAT DONE AND TAKEN CARE OF SO THAT, 'CAUSE YOU OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE ALWAYS GONNA HAVE SOMETHING LAST MINUTE COME UP.
BUT I REALLY WANT US ALL TO HAVE OUR MINDSET ON HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WHEN PEOPLE COME, 'CAUSE THIS IS OUR HOME, THIS IS OUR AREA.
I REALLY, REALLY WANT YOU GUYS AS MINDSET TO BE, THESE ARE FOLKS THAT ARE COMING TO YOUR HOUSE AND YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A GOOD TIME.
SO LET'S ADVERTISE, LET'S TALK.
'CAUSE TO ME, I THINK THERE'S NO EXCUSE THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PROPERLY USE YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA.
YOU GUYS GOT MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE IN YOUR PHONE, RIGHT? I DON'T.
YOU GOT MORE THAN, YOU GOT MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE, THREE FRIENDS.
AND THAT IF IT TAKES YOU PICKING UP THE PHONE, CALLING SOMEBODY AND TELLING THEM THAT WE HAVE THIS EVENT.
CALL 'EM, TEXT 'EM, EMAIL 'EM, GO BY THEIR HOUSE, KNOCK ON THEIR DOOR.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? WE GOT 40,000 RESIDENTS HERE IN HUBER.
I THINK Y'ALL CAN GO GET 600 OF THEM TO SHOW UP FOR JUNETEENTH.
AND IT'S A NICE FAMILY FRIEND FRIENDLY FATHER'S DAY ACTIVITY TOO.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, MOTHER'S DAY IS ALWAYS SUCH A BIG DEAL AND FATHER'S DAY REALLY DOESN'T SEEM TO BE.
SO IT'S A GREAT FAMILY FRIENDLY FATHER'S DAY EVENT.
I WOULD JUST ONLY MAYBE ADD ONE SUGGESTION FOR THE FLYER, UM, IS TO INCLUDE SOMETHING ABOUT BRING TENTS, UMBRELLAS, YOU KNOW, SHADE IS LIMITED, HOWEVER YOU WANNA PUT THAT.
AND THAT WAY WE CAN BRING SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE UP OUT OF THE SHADE FROM THE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE Y PARKING LOT IS.
UM, I GUESS THAT COULD LEAD TO THE EDUCATION PIECE FOR JUNETEENTH OR, UM, WE COULD JUST KIND OF GO TO THAT TOPIC.
DO WE WANT TO, TO INTERTWINE IT? UH, THAT NECESSARILY WASN'T THE WORD I WAS
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LOOKING FOR THERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, IS IT KIND OF OUR WANTS TO DO THAT OR GO AHEAD.UM, PERSONALLY, AS WE DISCUSSED BEFORE, I BELIEVE WE SHOULD DURING THE COURSE OF THE PROGRAM.
NOW DURING LAST MONTH'S COMMISSION MEETING, I DID MENTION THAT MR. CARTER WAS GOING TO DO AN EVENT ON BASE FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
SO THEREFORE I WAS NOT AVAILABLE UNFORTUNATELY TO ATTEND MM-HMM.
BUT I DID REACH OUT TO MICHELLE MARKHAM.
DOES THAT NAME SOUND FAMILIAR TO YOU? MM-HMM.
I SENT HER AN EMAIL TO SEE IF MR. CARTER WOULD BE AVAILABLE ON THAT DAY TO DO A BRIEF 15, WELL, 10 TO 15 MINUTES.
WAS THAT OUR GOAL, ERIC? YEAH.
TO TALK ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF JUNETEENTH.
AND I LOVE WHAT YOU HAVE MENTIONED.
UM, I'M GONNA CALL YOU MISS CYNTHIA, IF I MAY.
'CAUSE I DON'T WANT TO MISPRONOUNCE YOUR NAME.
WHAT YOU JUST MENTIONED AS FAR AS THE COLORS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO INCORPORATE.
SO I'M JUST WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM HIM AS FAR AS HIS AVAILABILITY.
NOW, I DID MENTION IN OUR, UM, I'LL SAY OUR GROUP CHAT EARLIER, IF WE WANT TO JUST USE THAT AS OUR EDUCATION FOCUS FOR THE WEEK INSTEAD OF HAVING A FORUM.
BECAUSE AS YOU ALL KNOW, WHEN WE HAVE THESE FORUMS, WE TRY TO GET TOPICS OF INTEREST, NOT ONLY FOR US, BUT FOR CITY COUNCIL AND ALSO RESIDENTS OF HEBREW HEIGHTS.
AND AS YOU KNOW, ATTENDANCE HAS NOT ALWAYS BEEN THAT GREAT.
NOW, IF MR. CARTER IS AVAILABLE TO COME TO JUNETEENTH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM THEN TO TALK ABOUT THE BOOK READ.
AND MAYBE WE CAN SCHEDULE SOMETHING FOR THAT LATER IN THE YEAR IF WE ALL COME TO A CONSENSUS FOR THAT.
SO THAT'S MY, UM, RECOMMENDATION TO THE COMMISSION FOR THAT.
IS THERE A PLAN B? WELL, THIS IS WHY I WANNA TALK TO YOU ALL.
WHAT IS YOUR, YOU KNOW, FEEDBACK ON A PLAN B? THERE'S NO TASK GROUP FORMED FOR THIS PART.
SO AGAIN, ANY SUGGESTIONS WHERE WE ARE WORKING SMART, NOT HARD.
'CAUSE WE HAVE WORKED HARD IN THE PAST FOR THESE FORUMS AND WE DON'T WANT TO OVERWHELM OURSELVES.
IT WAS GONNA BE MY SUGGESTION IF MR. CARTER IS AVAILABLE, UM, TO ALSO PERHAPS WITH HIS VAST COLLECTION.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MOVING WHERE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MOVING THE VENDORS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MAYBE GIVE HIM A VENDOR SPACE OR AN AREA, UM, TO WHERE I WAS KIND OF THINKING, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S ABOUT LIBERATION.
IT'S ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE END OF SLAVERY.
ALTHOUGH IT'S, IT'S ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TEXAS, TEXAS' VERSION.
BUT I, I WOULD MAYBE ASK MR. CARTER IF HE COULD BRING SOME PIECES OF SIGNIFICANCE TO SHOW FROM YEAH.
THE BEGINNING OF SLAVERY UNTIL JUNE AND NOT TO RIGHT.
I ALSO MENTIONED THAT IN MY EMAIL TO MS. MARKHAM, IF HE CAN HAVE A DISPLAY TABLE.
UM, I WOULD SAY IF NOT DURING JUNETEENTH, MAYBE DURING THE CULTURAL FESTIVAL, EITHER ONE'S FINE, BUT IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE IT FOR JUNETEENTH.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I MEAN, I'M SURE HE COULD BRING US CAR LOADS OF STUFF, BUT JUST A YEAH.
SOME VERY, YOU KNOW, IMPACTFUL PIECES.
HE HAD JUST SUCH AMAZING THINGS AT SINCLAIR.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, ERIC, I KNOW YOU'RE TRYING TO MAP OUT AVAILABILITY FOR THE VENDORS, FOR INSTANCE.
SO WHERE WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE PLACE? WILL THERE BE ROOM FOR HIM TO HAVE A SMALL DISPLAY WHERE THE VENDORS ARE YEAH, HE CAN HAVE, UH, WE'LL HAVE SPACE FOR, UM, VENDORS.
THERE'LL BE, SO IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THE EEL BERGER CENTER, UHHUH, UM, KNOW WHERE THE RESTROOMS ARE.
RIGHT NOW THE GOAL IS TO SET UP A U-SHAPE FOR THE VENDORS RIGHT THERE.
THE FOOD TRUCK FOLKS WILL BE IN THE PARKING LOT IN THAT PARKING BLACKTOP AREA.
BUT THIS WILL BE THAT GRASS AREA THAT'S RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF THE, IN THE U-SHAPE WILL BE FACING THE STAGE.
SO THAT AS PEOPLE ARE LISTENING
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TO THE MUSIC AND WHATNOT, WHAT HAVE YOU, IF THEY WANT TO GO AHEAD AND WALK BACK, THEN THEY'RE WALKING BACK INTO A U-SHAPE.AND THEN THEY CAN JUST GO AROUND AND SEE THE DIFFERENT VENDORS OR WHATEVER THAT ARE THERE.
NOW GOING BACK TO YOUR QUESTION.
SO IF HE, IF YOU NEED A TABLE FOR HIM OR IF HE NEEDS A TABLE, UHHUH
AND GOING BACK TO YOUR QUESTION, AS FAR AS THE PLAN B
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, UM, MS. CYNTHIA, CAN YOU REMIND ME HOW TO PRONOUNCE YOUR LAST NAME AGAIN? DR.
SO BASED AGAIN ON THE BRIEF, UM, HISTORY THAT YOU SHARED WITH US THIS EVENING FOR JUNETEENTH, WOULD THERE BE ANY, UM, RESOURCES THAT YOU CAN SHARE WITH US THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE AS A PLAN B? JUST IN CASE MR. CARTER WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE TO DO A BRIEF, UM, SUMMARY ON THE HISTORY OF JUNETEENTH THAT YOU CAN THINK OF? EVEN YOURSELF, COUNCILWOMAN.
YOU JUST HAVE TO GET WITH ME SO I CAN DO THE, UM, NECESSARY PREPARATIONS.
AND UM, ALSO TOO, I WANNA THROW THIS OUT TO YOU.
UM, HAS ANYONE EVER HEARD OF THE RANDOLPH FREED PEOPLE? MM-HMM.
YOU'VE HEARD WE'VE HAD AN EXHIBIT AT THE DAY MATERIAL LIBRARY.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN TIE INTO JUNETEENTH.
AND WHAT THAT IS, IS THAT THERE WERE, FREEDOM IS NOT FREEDOM, AT LEAST FOR, UM, AMERICAN DESCENDANTS OF SLAVERY AND CHATTEL SLAVERY.
YOU HAVE RESTRAINED FREEDOM AND UNRESTRAINED, THE RANDOLPH FREED PEOPLE JUST UP THE WAY ON 75 IN MERCER COUNTY AT 1848, THEY WERE EMANCIPATED BY JOHN RANDOLPH OUT OF, UH, VIRGINIA.
HE PURCHASED OVER 3000 ACRES OF PRIME FARM LAND.
THEY WERE STOPPED BY ANGRY CITIZENS THAT LIVED IN THAT AREA AND THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED TO SETTLE.
SO THAT CAN ALSO BE TIED IN TO JUNETEENTH.
BECAUSE LIKE I SAID BEFORE, THERE'S UNRESTRAINED FREEDOM AND RESTRAINED FREEDOM.
I WOULD LIKE TO GET YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION.
SO A PLAN B COULD POSSIBLY BE REACHING OUT TO, UM, THE NATIONAL AFRO-AMERICAN MUSEUM AND CULTURAL CENTER.
THEY HAVE A TRAVELING EXHIBIT OF THE RANDOLPH.
IT'S THE RANDOLPH FREE PEOPLE.
NATIONAL AFRO-AMERICAN MUSEUM AND CULTURAL CENTER.
THEY'RE RELATIVELY, SOMEWHAT LOCAL.
I WANNA SAY THEY'RE MAYBE MORE OUT IN GREEN COUNTY.
IS THAT THE ONE IN WILBER FOREST? MAYBE? YEAH, I THINK SO.
I KNOW WE'VE HAD A COUPLE EXHIBITS THAT THEY'VE HOSTED, UM, OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.
THAT WOULD BE, I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE IT IS VERY, I MEAN, THE EXHIBIT'S JUST WONDERFUL IN TERMS OF EDUCATION AND HISTORY.
WELL THAT WOULD BE, UM, I WOULD SAY C IN THIS CASE, BECAUSE MR. CARTER B, NO, BA MS. CYNTHIA B AND C, BUT NO, BUT THAT, THAT'S A GOOD SUGGESTION.
UM, OR EVEN HAVING SOMEONE FROM THE CULTURAL MUSEUM.
OBVIOUSLY I PASS THE MUSEUM EVERY DAY TO GO TO MY OFFICE.
SO, AND IT'S, TO YOUR POINT, THEY DO KEEP CERTAIN THINGS ON ROTATION, BUT THEY'RE ALWAYS CHANGING IT OUT.
SO THE MUSEUM IS NEVER THE SAME.
THAT'S WHY IT'S KIND OF, IT CAN STAY KIND OF SMALL BECAUSE EVERY SIX MONTHS IT'S A DIFFERENT
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EXHIBIT THAT'S ON DISPLAY.WELL THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR YOUR SUGGESTIONS.
I MEAN, THIS IS WHAT COLLABORATION, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A GOOD EVENT.
NOW, IN SAYING THAT, DOES THAT CHANGE THE TIME OF THE EVENT, ERIC, TO, ARE WE STILL STICKING WITH FIVE TO NINE OR ARE WE GONNA SWITCH TO FOUR TO NINE? 'CAUSE IF WE'RE GONNA TIE IN A WHOLE EDUCATION PIECE AND TWO PEOPLE IN DANCING IN BETWEEN, WELL, THE EDUCATION PIECE SHOULD NOT TAKE THAT LONG.
AS FAR AS JUNETEENTH STILL FIVE TO NINE.
I THINK WE SHOULD STILL BE GOOD WITH FIVE TO NINE.
I THINK WE'RE GOOD WITH FIVE TO NINE.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT, BUT WE CAN MAKE FINAL DECISION PRETTY SOON.
HOW MY WIFE SAYS WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT, BUT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT.
THAT'S KIND OF HOW THAT I'M SORRY.
THAT'S WHAT DID SOMEBODY TELL YOUR KIDS OR WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT LATER OR I'LL THINK ABOUT IT.
UH, ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE EDUCATION PIECE, MY DEAR? UM, NO, NOT THIS TIME.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE FOR JUNETEENTH? I KNOW POOR, POOR MR. CARTER.
WE'VE GOT HIM ALREADY DOWN ON LOCK.
I THINK HE'S GONNA, WELL, WE JUST ADD PEOPLE TO THE MIX.
WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANNA BE IN IT.
IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE MIX THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.
WE'RE ALL TRYING TO WORK TOWARDS THE SAME GOALS IN LIFE, I THINK.
AND THAT'S A, A MORE EQUITABLE PLACE FOR ALL.
UM, MULTICULTURAL, WE HAVEN'T REALLY GOTTEN TOO FAR ON.
WE'RE GONNA OF COURSE HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT MULTICULTURAL AFTER THIS.
UM, BUT I DID WANNA SAY, I HAVE LOOKED INTO BOUNCE HOUSES AND RENTING GENERATORS.
UM, ONE LARGE BOUNCE HOUSE WITH THE GENERATOR PLUS PICKUP AND DROP OFF AND ALL THAT'S GONNA RUN US ABOUT $800.
UM, BUT THAT'S FOR THE WHOLE DAY.
UM, FACE PAINTING IS BY DONATION.
UM, BUT A FACE PAINTER WOULD USUALLY BE PAID 75 TO A HUNDRED DOLLARS AN HOUR.
UM, I HAVE THE CONTRACT FOR THE SAME FACE PAINTERS WE USED LAST YEAR.
UM, SO IT WAS GONNA BE MY SUGGESTION THAT WE PAY THEM $300.
UM, AND UH, CHRISTIE, I DON'T KNOW IF THE LIBRARY, IF YOU'D HEARD, I KNOW THERE WAS A CHANGE IN COMMAND ABOUT IF IT, LIKE SOMEBODY WAS GONNA BE ABLE TO COME OR LIKE THE, I KNOW THE BOOKMOBILE PROBABLY WASN'T AVAILABLE, BUT IF SOMEBODY WAS GONNA BE ABLE TO COME AND LIKE, DONATE BOOKS OR ANYTHING, JUST KEEP US IN THE LOOP.
SO YEAH, I MEAN, WE'LL, I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH THAT.
I, I BELIEVE THEY'RE STILL LOOKING FOR A BRANCH MANAGER.
IF THEY HAVE AN ASSISTANT BRANCH MANAGER.
IF I CAN TRY TO, I'LL, I'LL EMAIL HER NEXT WEEK AND ASK WHEN I CAN POP IN ON MY OFF TIME TO CHAT WITH HER, UH, TO SEE IF, UM, CAROL LEFT ANY INFORMATION OKAY.
UM, WHEN YOU SAY DONATING BOOKS, I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S GONNA BE, WE TALKED ABOUT WAS IT LIKE A BOOK CORNER? LIKE A READING CORNER? LIKE A STORY TIME? YEAH.
UM, JUST SOMETHING TO KIND OF, SO I'LL GIVE YOU MY GENERAL KIND OF IDEA OF HOW I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MULTICULTURAL SETUP WHEN IT COMES TO THE VENDORS.
WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE THE, THE KIDS AREA OR KIND OF THAT BIG SAME GRASSY AREA WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR, BY THE BATHROOMS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE LIKE EXHIBITS FROM THE CULTURES MIXED IN WITH THE CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES.
SO WE WOULD HAVE AN AREA, YOU KNOW, FOR THE FILIPINO SOCIETY TO, TO PRESENT, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR CLOTHING, OUR CULTURE, YOU KNOW, THINGS IN A DISPLAY AREA AND THEN, YOU KNOW, LIKE A KID'S ACTIVITY AND THEN THE BOUNCE HOUSE OR WHATEVER.
BUT HAVE THAT ALL INTERMINGLED TOGETHER TO REALLY LINK THAT EDUCATION PIECE BACK.
SO BOOK CORNER STORY TIME, IF WE CAN DO IT GRAVY.
IF WE CAN'T, WE'LL WORK AROUND IT.
UM, I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN MAYBE FIND A KIDS CULTURALLY MULTICULTURAL TYPE OF BOOK, LIKE A LITTLE PAPERBACK THAT MAYBE WE COULD BUY AS A COMMISSION AND GIVE THE KIDS AND THEN HAVE LIKE A LITTLE COLORING
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TABLE LIKE WE HAD LAST YEAR WITH THE, THE MULTICULTURAL CRAYONS AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS WHEN IT COMES TO, WE CAN ALL LOOK AND REPORT BACK, BUT LIKE, LITTLE CHEAP, NOT CHEAP, BUT CHEAP.
'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA BUY 'EM IN BULK.
BUT LITTLE PAPERBACK BOOKS ABOUT CULTURE, ABOUT MULTICULTURAL, ABOUT EMBRACING OTHER CULTURES.
SO WHAT WOULD BE THE BUDGET FOR THAT? I DON'T KNOW.
SO, SO FAR
IT WOULD BE MY HOPE TO KEEP EVERYTHING UNDER $1,500.
I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF OTHER PURCHASES OUTSIDE OF CRAYONS IN THOSE COLORING SHEETS.
SO WE COULD SPEND A COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS ON BOOKS.
EVEN IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED OF THIS KIND AND A HUNDRED OF THAT KIND.
UM, YOU KNOW, AMAZON STARTED AS A BOOKSELLER, SO THERE'S AN AN OPTION THERE AS WELL.
UM, BUT JUST KIND OF LOOK OUT THERE, SEE IF YOU CAN FIND ANYTHING, AND THEN WE'LL ALL KIND OF REPORT BACK.
UM, IF NOBODY MINDS, IF YOU DON'T WANNA DO IT, DON'T DO IT.
WELL, I CAN, UM, PUT OUT A FRIENDLY EMAIL TO SOME CHILDREN'S LIBRARIANS.
AND JUST, YOU KNOW, TELL THEM THIS, JUST FOR MY OWN PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE, HEY, YOU KNOW, IS THERE ANYTHING LIKE THIS THAT EXISTS? UM, THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC.
THEN MAYBE I CAN GO ON AMAZON AND FIND OUT IF IT'S AVAILABLE.
SO WE GET A COUPLE HUNDRED OF THOSE AND THEN THE KIDS CAN HAVE SOMETHING TO TAKE HOME WITH THEIR FACE PAINTING.
UM, AND THEIR, THEIR BOUNCE HOUSE EXPERIENCE.
I THOUGHT ABOUT BALLOON ANIMALS, BUT THAT'S GONNA BE ANOTHER PERSON WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY TO DO THAT.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAS A HOOKUP ON SOMEBODY THAT DOES BALLOON ANIMALS.
I CAN MAKE A WHOLE BUNCH OF SNAKES.
HE'S GONNA GET A, A SHARPIE FOR THAT.
I MADE A WHOLE BUNCH OF SNAKES.
UM, I DON'T FEEL THAT THAT'S VERY ARTISTIC.
JOHN
I THINK WE SHOULD PUT THAT DOWN.
WE SHOULD MAKE HIM MAKE NO, NO.
YEAH, I WAS SITTING MY FOR I'M SORRY.
SO, UM, OTHER THAN THE KIDS AREA, AFTER THIS WE'LL DO A BIG PUSH FOR VENDORS.
UM, WE'LL GET THESE CULTURAL, UH, WE'LL STILL DO THE PERFORMANCES, BUT I WOULD LIKE THE PEOPLE THAT DO THE PERFORMANCES TO ALSO HAVE A DISPLAY.
BUT I DON'T WANNA CHARGE THEM TO DO THE DISPLAY.
I JUST WANNA HAVE IT INTERTWINED.
AND I'M NOT THE ONLY PERSON THAT'S COMMISSIONED.
SO TELL ME IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS OPINIONS ABOUT THAT OR FEELS LIKE THAT WOULD BETTER HIT THE MARK FOR WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
HOW MANY, UM, PERFORMANCES THAT VENDORS LIKE THE, 'CAUSE YOU MENTIONED LIKE A, A SUBGROUP.
I, I DON'T, UM, LIKE HOW MANY OF THOSE DO YOU THINK ARE, WERE THERE LAST YEAR FOR THE FOOD TRUCKS OR THE MERCHANDISE? UM, NO.
SO YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT LIKE, LIKE A, LIKE A DISPLAY.
SO THE, SO WE HAVE PERFORMANCES.
YOU EVER BEEN TO THE CULTURAL FAIR? NO.
SO WE HAD PERFORMANCES, LIKE THE TURKISH GROUP DOES THEIR CULTURAL DANCES AND STUFF.
SO THERE WAS, THAT EVENT IS 11 TO FIVE.
SO I THINK WE HAD PERFORMANCES, WE HAD FIVE SPOTS, SLOTS.
WE HAD A MUSIC PERFORMER LAST YEAR.
I DON'T NECESSARILY WANNA DO THAT THIS YEAR.
I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE JUST FIVE CULTURAL GROUPS, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE VENDOR AREA, THE MORE, THE BETTER.
IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO COME AND DO A, AN EXHIBIT, A PRESENTATION ABOUT THEIR CULTURE WITHOUT HAVING A PERFORMANCE.
YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, WE HAVE SUCH A BROAD DIVERSITY IN HUBER HEIGHTS, SO IF WE COULD FIND A WAY TO CONNECT WITH AS MANY COMMUNITIES AS POSSIBLE, THAT WOULD BE IDEAL.
AND, AND IN KIND, YOU KNOW, JUST HERE'S THE OFFER.
YOU KNOW, COME AND, AND TEACH US ABOUT YOUR CULTURE.
IS THERE, UM, IF I GIVE YOU LIKE A CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS, IF YOU CAN REACH OUT TO 'EM? I TRIED TO GET 'EM LAST YEAR WAS, UH, THE DAYTON ARAB AMERICAN FORUM.
I KNOW THAT THEY WERE INTERESTED IN COMING LAST YEAR, BUT REALLY, UM, CONNECTED
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A LITTLE TOO LATE.THEY WERE INTERESTED IN, UM, MAYBE HAVING A TABLE AND THEN DOING, LIKE YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THEIR CULTURE.
AND THEN THEY ALSO RECOMMENDED THE LEBANESE.
I HAVE TO BACK THROUGH MY EMAILS.
AND WE'LL DO SOME, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, NANCY BURGE, WHEN I PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL, BROUGHT UP THE WELCOME DAYTON INITIATIVE, WHICH I DIDN'T SAY AT THE TIME, BUT WHEN WELCOME DAYTON STARTED, UM, I WAS STILL IN COLLEGE, BUT WELCOME DAYTON IS AN IMMIGRANT FRIENDLY INITIATIVE.
AND IT WAS TO BE OPEN ARMS WELCOMING OF IMMIGRANTS IN DAYTON.
AND IT WAS PART OF THE REASONS THAT WE HAVE SUCH A LARGE REFUGEE REFUGEE SETTLEMENTS IN DAYTON BECAUSE OF, UM, JUST LESSENING THE STIGMAS WITH THAT WELCOME DAYTON INITIATIVE.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER GROUP THAT WE CAN CONNECT WITH.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF THESE GROUPS OUT THERE THAT WE CAN CONNECT WITH TO, TO DRAW IN, UM, AND JUST CELEBRATE THE RICH DIVERSITY.
BUT I THINK IT'S ALSO THE EDUCATION PIECE OF THE STRUGGLE.
A LOT OF THESE GROUPS, IT'S, IT'S NOT ROSES AND BUTTERFLIES ON HOW WE GOT HERE.
AND I THINK THAT REAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE STRUGGLE AND THE STRIFE THAT THAT REAL HUMAN BEINGS ARE STILL GOING THROUGH TO THIS DAY IS, IS, IS TRULY IMPORTANT.
SO, YOU KNOW, TO CAPTURE THE RICHNESS OF THE, THE CULTURE, BUT ALSO TO SHARE HOW WE GOT HERE, YOU KNOW, SO THAT WE CAN ALL MOVE FORWARD.
UM, SO VENDORS WISE, WE WILL HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE CULTURAL REPRESENTATIVE, REPRESENTATIVE, NOT VENDORS, BUT GROUPS.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE FOOD TRUCKS AND MERCHANDISE VENDORS.
THE MORE THE MERRIER HOW WE THOUGHT ABOUT CONTACTING SOMEONE FROM WELCOME DAYTON.
NO, UH, JUST AS I WAS SAYING THAT OUT LOUD WAS ONE, I MADE THAT CONNECTION BACK TO MYSELF.
LIKE, OH, THAT WAS A GOOD GROUP TO CONNECT WITH.
SO WE WILL CONNECT WITH WELCOME DAYTON.
I HAVE, UM, I KNOW THE CHAIR OF THE WELCOME DAYTON.
AND INVITE HER TO ONE OF OUR MEETINGS OR JUST WE CAN DO THE, OR SET UP A MEETING WITH HER.
WE GO SET UP A MEETING ON THE SITE AND, UH, YEAH.
I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
HAVING ONE OF A TABLE WITH ONE OF THEIR BANNERS.
OH, AND INVITE WELCOME DAYTON TOO.
I WAS JUST GONNA USE 'EM AS A RESOURCE TO CONNECT US TO THE GROUPS, BUT
UM, I WILL SHARE THAT WE SHARED OUR UPDATE AT CITY COUNCIL.
UM, I FEEL LIKE, UH, CITY'S VERY RECEPTIVE, UM, FOR US, UH, CONTINUING OUR GOOD WORK.
UM, AND ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, LOOKING FORWARD TO MAKING SOME CHANGES AND, AND MOVING FORWARD, UM, WITH A CONNECTION WITH THE COMMUNITY.
AND AGAIN, I JUST WANT THAT TO KIND OF BE OUR FOCUS FOR 2024, UM, IS BUILD THOSE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS AND, AND REALLY START WEAVING ALL OF THIS TOGETHER COHESIVELY SO THAT WE CAN MOVE TOGETHER STRONGER AND AS A LARGER, A LARGER GROUP WITH THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
IF I CAN MAYBE JUST TOSS OUT SOMETHING JUST SO IT'S NOTED SOMEWHERE SO WE CAN COME BACK TO IT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY UTILIZE THE FARMER'S MARKET.
YOU KNOW, AND THE IDEA OF PEOPLE'S MINDS THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE, YOU KNOW, EVENTS ARE GONNA BE HAPPENING.
UM, AND THEN I WOULD JUST, THAT'S JUST FROM, YOU KNOW, EXPERIENCE OF PASSING OUT A FEW LAST SUMMER, PEOPLE WERE VERY SUSCEPTIBLE TO TAKING THEM AND WERE VERY INTERESTED IN KNOWING THAT THOSE THINGS WERE GOING ON.
AND I WOULD PLANT MY BUTT UP THERE EVERY MORNING ON A SATURDAY TO SIT AND PASS OUT FLYERS IF THAT'S WHAT IT TOOK.
SO IT COST ME MONEY EVERY TIME I WENT TO PASS OUT FLYERS.
'CAUSE I WAS LIKE, OOH, PLANTS, FOOD
I CAME OUT THERE WITH HUGE HANGING BASKET.
ONE YEAR I WILL CREATE A SCHEDULE FOR US TO VOLUNTEER TO GO TO THE FARMER'S MARKET TO DO THAT.
ONCE THE FARMER'S MARKET'S READY.
ONCE WE HAVE FLYERS READY, WE'LL JUST CREATE LITTLE AND WE CAN ALSO, SARAH HAS ALWAYS BEEN WILLING TO JUST THROW THOSE IN THE BAG FOR US.
BUT I'LL TELL YOU, I MEAN, I WILL SAY IT IS JUST THAT PERSONAL CONNECTION.
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BUY THEIR GREEN BEANS OR WHATEVER,BUT YEAH, I, I AGREE WITH THAT IDEA BECAUSE, UM, THE FARMER'S MARKET, IS THAT MORE OF A FALL OR THE FALL TIMEFRAME THAT THEY ARE OUT? IT SHOULD START LIKE JUNE, MAY, JUNE? NO, THEY START IN LIKE APRIL.
DO THEY REALLY, I THINK PRETTY EARLY.
THEY START HARVEST SEASON GONNA CLUE WITH IT.
I MEAN, MOST FARMERS STANDS DON'T OPEN UNTIL JULY.
THE REASON WHY I ASK IS BECAUSE GOING BACK TO WHAT YOU WERE SAYING AS FAR AS SAY THE DATE, IF WE HAVE OUR DATES FOR ALL OF OUR EVENTS FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR, HAVE LIKE, YOU KNOW, A FLYER, LIKE, HEY, THESE ARE THE ACTIVITIES THE COMMISSION WILL BE SPONSORING IN 2025 AS, UM, AN EXAMPLE TO GIVE THE COMMUNITY A HEADS UP.
SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT IN THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, TO DO THAT.
OR EVEN HAVING OUR OWN LITTLE TABLE AT A FARMER'S MARKET.
BUT YEAH, A LOT OF OUR EVENTS, YOU KNOW, WE DEFINITELY WANNA PLAN A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, SOONER MM-HMM.
ANYTHING ELSE? OH, I SENT YOU GUYS A FORM FOR THE MLK UNWINDING.
FILL THAT OUT WHEN YOU HAVE TIME.
YOU DON'T HAVE ONE, YOU DON'T NEED ONE.
SO IT'LL GO, I'LL, I'LL, UH, YOU KNOW, GET THE RESULTS AND THEN I'LL, I'LL BRING THAT BACK FOR, UM, APRIL, AND THEN WE'LL GET PLANNING FOR NEXT YEAR FOR MLK.
ANYTHING ELSE? UH, YEAH, JUST WANTED THAT, OH, DID YOU HAVE GO, GO AHEAD.
I DIDN'T SEE, I DIDN'T TURN TO THE LEFT.
I SHOULD HAVE TURNED TO THE LEFT.
KNOW, I KNOW EVEN ON A ONE WAY STREET, IT IS, UM, SOMETHING TO, UM, RECOGNIZED, UH, ABOUT, UH, IF YOU REMEMBER WE TALK ABOUT ON, UM, NOVEMBER 14TH, UH, FOR NOVEMBER 14TH FOR, UH,
UH, IT WAS, UM, UH, DEPART, LIKE THEY DEPART US, UH, FROM OUR HOMELAND, UH, IN 1944 MM-HMM.
AND, UH, WE WANT THIS, UM, LIKE RECOGNIZED IN THE CITY YES.
THAT DAY, LIKE MEMORIAL DAY FOR AHA.
TURKISH, UH, COMMUNITY AND DO THE, UH, SOME KIND OF EVENT LIKE WE, UH, DOING LIKE, UH, MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY OR, UH, JUNETEENTH YES.
I JUST WANNA, UH, TELL YOU OR LIKE GIVE YOU A HEADS UP SO THAT WAY WE CAN TALK ABOUT, UH, FOR NEXT, UH, MEETING.
SO YOU GUYS HAVE SOME THOUGHTS AND WE CAN, UM, ME AND IBRAIN CAN, UH, BRING YOU MORE, UM, LIKE, UH, INFORMATION ABOUT THIS AND UH, SEE, UH, HOW WE CAN, UM, WE CAN GET RECOGNIZED IN THAT DAY SO THAT WAY LIKE SCHOOL SNOWS SO WE DON'T HAVE TO CALL US SCHOOLS TO GET, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, SO THE KIDS, THE SCHOOL CLOSING IS FEDERAL, SO WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO LIKE DO THAT PART OF IT.
I THINK BRING US A RECOMMENDATION BACK NEXT MONTH ON LIKE WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
WE VOTE ON IT AND THEN IT GOES TO CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE AND THEN, I MEAN, WE CAN DO AN EVENT THOUGH.
SO LET'S DO A RECOMMENDATION FOR AN EVENT.
AND THEN LET'S FIND A WAY OF DOING A SECOND OR PART OF THAT RECOMMENDATION TO GO TO CITY COUNCIL FOR CITY COUNCIL TO RECOGNIZE IT AS A CITY.
SO AS A COMMISSION WE CAN DO THE EVENT LIKE MLK YES.
AND JUNETEENTH AND ALL OF THOSE.
AND THEN LET'S GET A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL TO FIND A WAY TO RECOGNIZE THAT, UM, AS A CITY.
THAT'S, THAT'S ANOTHER EDUCATION PIECE WE WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN ABOUT.
FOR NEXT MEETING, WE WILL PREPARE.
AND I WILL SHARE, UH, HERE WITH YOU GUYS AND, UH, WE'LL DISCUSS YEAH.
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YOU.PLEASE, PLEASE TEACH US HOW WE CAN, UM, NOT CELEBRATE THAT DAY BECAUSE IT'S A MEMORIAL DAY.
BUT HOW WE CAN BE CULTURALLY RESPECTFUL, UM, AND, AND DO THAT DAY JUSTICE.
SO, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY YOU'RE TAKE THE LEAD AND, AND JUST LET US KNOW HOW WE CAN ASSIST.
AND IF I MAY ADD TO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD RECOMMEND A PROCLAMATION ABSOLUTELY.
AND, UH, WE DID ONE, UM, LAST YEAR WITH, UM, IN OUR PLACE AT OMAN GAZI MOSQUE.
UH, WE DID, UM, THE MAYOR OF, UH, DAYTON, UH, JEFF MIMS. YES.
HE'S, UH, HE GIVE US A PROCLAMATION HE RECOGNIZED AS YEAH.
SO WE WANNA DO THE SAME THING WITH THE HUBER HEIGHTS, BECAUSE MAJORITY OF OUR, UH, PEOPLE LIVING IN HUBER HEIGHTS AS WELL.
AND DO THE KIND OF A BIG EVENT TO INVITE, UH, EVERYBODY, LIKE ALL THE CITY LEADERS, LIKE BOTH CITY LEADERS, UH, TO THE EVENT AND, UH, GET KNOWN LIKE MORE.
AND I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S THE POINT.
WE, WE HAVE A HUGE TURKISH COMMUNITY HERE.
WE HAVE A, A HUGE TURKISH COMMUNITY IN DAYTON, BUT HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN TELL SOMEONE HOW YOU GOT HERE? HONESTLY, NOT MANY.
I, I ONLY KNEW BECAUSE OF MY LAST JOB.
UM, AND I DID SOME RESEARCH AND, AND I WANTED, THAT'S JUST, I'LL GOOGLE ANYTHING YOU GIVE.
SO I, I DID SOME RESEARCH AND, AND TO FIND OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, YOUR PEOPLE WERE NOT ONLY REFUGEES FROM YOUR ORIGINAL COUNTRIES, BUT ALSO TO THEN BECOME REFUGEES FROM RUSSIA AS WELL WHEN YOU WERE, YOU KNOW, KICKED OUT OF, OF THAT COUNTRY.
AND, AND TO COME HERE IN THE WAYS THAT YOU DO SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WE HAVE A LARGE COMMUNITY, BUT THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE STRUGGLE AND THE STRIFE.
SO THAT'S THE POINT OF THE EDUCATION.
SO PLEASE HELP US TO, UH, HAVE THAT UNDERSTANDING.
'CAUSE I ALWAYS SAY, ESPECIALLY NOW, BECAUSE I KNOW RAMADAN YEAH.
SO YEAH, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO, YOU KNOW, PUT THAT PIECE IN THERE AS WELL.
UH, JUST, I WAS IN TOO MANY MEETINGS TODAY WITH THE OHIO ATTORNEY GENERAL.
UM, BUT ANYWAY,
UH, RIGHT NOW ALL STATE UNIVERSITY HAVE, HAS, HAVE, HAVE HAD TO PAUSE RACE-BASED SCHOLARSHIPS.
UM, AND SO OBVIOUSLY I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE AGENDA OVERALL IS, BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE IS OBVIOUSLY SOME ATTACK ON DEI.
UM, NO ONE REALLY KNOWS WHAT THE POLITICAL AGENDA IS RIGHT NOW, BUT OBVIOUSLY, UH, THAT IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT TOO, I MEAN, BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL THESE EDUCATIONAL FORMS, BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE EVEN MORE IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT IS SEEMING LIKE, UM, WE'RE MOVING IN A, IN A VERY UNIQUE SPACE IN THE STATE OF OHIO.
UM, AND IT'S NOT, I'M NOT GONNA SAY IT WAS OUTLAWED.
I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA GO AS FAR AS FLORIDA HAS DONE THE OUTLAW DEI AND REMOVE ALL DEI OFFICES AND TITLES AND TRAINING TRAININGS.
UM, BUT, UH, IT DOES SEEM LIKE SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS STARTING TO, TO SEEP INTO THE STATE OF OHIO.
SO IF WE, WHEN WE HAVE OUR JUNETEENTH FESTIVALS, WHEN WE HAVE OUR MULTICULTURAL FESTIVALS, WE CELEBRATE, YOU KNOW, NOVEMBER 14TH, IT'S GONNA BE CRITICAL THAT WE, TO YOUR POINT, THAT WE MAKE SURE WE DO IT RIGHT, THAT WE GET PEOPLE OUT, THAT WE SHOW THAT THERE IS UNITY AND WHAT WE DO NOT TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, SLIDE THE OHIO STATE LEGISLATURE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
BUT I MEAN, IT, IT'S GOING TO, AT SOME POINT, IT'S GONNA TAKE NOTICE.
AND IF WE DO IT RIGHT, IT'S PROBABLY GONNA MAKE A LITTLE NOISE.
SO JUST FYI, TESTING THE WATERS, TESTING THE WATER
WHEN WE START STRIPPING RIGHTS AWAY FROM PEOPLE, IT'S JUST A START.
IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT A A FINISH LINE, IT'S THE START SO THAT THEY'RE TESTING THE WATERS TO SEE WHAT WE CAN STRIP AWAY WITHOUT PEOPLE MAKING TOO MUCH NOISE.
WELL, I MEAN, I, AND I SAID, BECAUSE I KNOW I WAS SITTING IN ON, UM, SEVERAL OF MY COLLEAGUES THAT ARE AT OTHER INSTITUTIONS WHO ARE ACTUALLY HAVING TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THEIR COURSES.
LIKE YOU HAVE TO TAKE DIVERSITY OUT.
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MEAN, IT'S JUST COMING.SO I JUST THINK THAT AS A COUNCIL, AS A COMMISSION, WE SHOULD BE AWARE OF THAT JUST BECAUSE I DON'T, JUST, RIGHT NOW IT'S HAPPENING MAYBE ON A, ON THAT SIDE, BUT IT, ALL IT TAKES IS A COUPLE VOTES AND IT'LL IMPACT US SITTING HERE, RIGHT HERE AS WELL.
AND YOU HAVE TO WONDER WHY WE WANNA ERASE HISTORY
WHY DO YOU NOT WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED? RIGHT.
WHY DO YOU NOT WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND DIVERSITY AND EQUITY AND INCLUSION? AND IT'S BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I GUESS I SHOULDN'T SAY THIS OUT LOUD, BUT, YOU KNOW, RICH WHITE MEN ARE LOSING THEIR POWER GRAB AND IT'S MAKING THEM A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE.
SO LET'S KEEP DOING THE GOOD WORK.
UM, I APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
WE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS TO GET TO THESE JUNE EVENTS.
I WILL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, I WILL NOT, WILL BE AT BOTH OF THEM, BUT I HAVE TO LEAVE MULTICULTURAL EARLY.
SO I'M GOING TO CREATE A, A, AN EXCEL, UH, A SPREADSHEET FOR THAT TOO, WHERE I WOULD LIKE PEOPLE TO TAKE SHIFTS JUST TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE IT COVERED FRONT TO BACK.
I CAN'T BE THE ONE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE END HAPPENS, BUT I WILL MAKE SURE THAT THE BEGINNING IS FLAWLESS.
WITH THAT, I THINK WE'RE DONE.
WE'RE GONNA ADJOURN THIS PORTION AT SEVEN 14.