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n of Reading <br />eting Minutes <br />Board - Committee - Commission - Council: <br />Human Relations Advisory Committee <br />Date: 2022-05-12* Time: 7:00 <br />Building: Location: <br />Address: Session: <br />Purpose: Monthly Meeting Version: <br />Attendees: Members - Present: <br />KECEI.VED <br />TOWN CLERK <br />READIN!3 MA. <br />2022 AUG -8 PM 5: 02 <br />Sherilla Lestrade, Sgt. Patrick Silva, Ally Dowds, Ashley Gross, <br />Carolyn Whiting, Carolyn Johnson <br />Members - Not Present: <br />Kyung Yu, Danielle DeVirgilio <br />Others Present: <br />Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Carolyn Johnson <br />Topics of Discussion: <br />Meeting of the Human Relations Advisory Committee, May 12, 2022, 7:00 PM Via Zoom <br />Called to order at 7:18 PM by Chair Sherilla Lestrade. Meeting called to order late due to <br />Zoom link issues. <br />Library Report - Ally DOwds <br />Ally reviewed upcoming events sponsored by the RPL, including: Chalk the Walk on 6/4, <br />Pride Car Parade on 6/12, Pride Rainbow Run on 6/16 at 3:30, Wee the People event <br />(Anatomy of a Protest) for grades 6-12, and Summer Reading kick-off with outdoor picnic <br />and live music on 6/24. <br />Police Report - Sgt. Silva <br />Sgt. Silva and Chief Clark recently met with the town's Catholic churches and a local Rabbi <br />to discuss updating security systems. They also spoke with law enforcement from Texas <br />about how they handled security situations in their town. They determined that proper <br />planning and preparation is essential. Sgt. Silva also recently participated in an FBI training <br />program. <br />Sgt. Silva reviewed results from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey given to students by the <br />Coalition. He stressed that a lot of great information can be gleaned from the survey results <br />including information about race, gender identity, and feelings of safety (or lack of safety). <br />Rephrasing some questions will be discussed for future surveys in order to clarify them for <br />middle school students. <br />Sgt. Silva also brought up the recent graffiti incident in a Joshua Eaton student bathroom. <br />Although most words weren't legible it did include the word "black". At the time of this <br />Page I I <br />