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Town of Reading <br /> ,o <br /> = Meeting Minutes a� <br /> �'•,.,,Ma.°� OEC 3: 41 <br /> Board - Committee - Commission - Council: <br /> Human Relations Advisory Committee <br /> Date: 2020-11-18 Time: 7pm <br /> Building: Town Hall Location: Town Zoom Call <br /> Address: Remote Session: <br /> Purpose: Monthly Meeting Version: Final <br /> Attendees: Members - Present: <br /> Kern Perry, Josh Goldlust, David Clark, Kyung Yu <br /> Members - Not Present: Jordan Serpone, <br /> Others Present: Amy Lannon <br /> Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Josh Goldlust <br /> Josh calls meeting to order at 7:04 pm <br /> 1. Sharing Experiences <br /> a. Election is over. <br /> 2. Additional Item-Library Update from Amy Lannon who shared Reading Public <br /> Library's Equity Initiatives Update for November 2020. Anyone who wants to get <br /> involved, they can reach out to Amy Lannon via the library. <br /> a. Pulse of Reading Conversation 'Let's Talk About Race' in Jan 2020 facilitated <br /> by Deborah Gilburg, Monique Gnanaratnam, Amy Lannon <br /> b. Lives Lived Unfree: Authors of articles from The Reading Times Chronicle <br /> c. Grounded Knowledge Panel: The Black Experience in Reading <br /> d. Several other programs in planning process <br /> e. RPS partnership with Grant Hightower and Chris Kelly <br /> i. Work with 'We The Youth' to develop Story Corps <br /> ii. Diverse American Voices program. (12) hours of content taught over <br /> (6) sessions <br /> iii. 'Day in a Life of a Metco Student' story/ video <br /> f. Other partnerships with Coalition of Us (CATO) <br /> 3. Police Readout: <br /> a. There was a report about jogger who was called racial slurs out a car window <br /> while driving. Car registered in Tewksbury. Local police went and no one <br /> answered. No response to Reading Police follow up calls. Confirmed it was <br /> younger kids and car registered to parents. Issue was filed in database. <br /> b. Swamped with other domestic issues in the town <br /> c. Lots of hands on training being canceled due to Covid-19. Example is de- <br /> escalation training. <br /> d. Education about'mask up Reading' -> assist with education <br /> i. Following CDC guidelines <br /> Page I 1 <br />