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HUMAN RELATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING <br />November S, 2001 <br />Reading Police Station Community Room MASS. <br />7:30 p.m. <br />Present: Robin D'Antona, Paul Kelley, Emily Maughan, Margaret Soli, Sum Sinnatairi y <br />1. Meeting called to order by Margaret S. <br />2. Minutes of October 11 approved. Emily M. to call Phil M. re: minutes from Sept. 13th <br />meeting. <br />3. Carol R. reported on Conflict of Interest speaker. State Ethics Commission bulletin <br />available to anyone interested. Margaret S. passed around thank you from Ron <br />Boucher, PFLAG, a guest at our last meeting. <br />4. Need to determine three interviewing questions. Possibly acquire input from <br />Reading clergy and Metco Coordinator. <br />5. Discussed last meeting's guest presentations. Positive feedback. Robin D'Antona agreed to <br />serve as liaison to Birch Meadow re: bullying program. Barrows Elementary is in Year 2 and <br />Birch Meadow is in Year 1 of state grants for bullying programming. <br />6. Where do we go from here? Committee. decided to proceed with three items. <br />a. produce a Resource and Referral booklet including the committees operating information from <br />the town, a brief synopsis of civil rights law, hate crimes bill, etc. Paul Kelley to draft legal <br />portion. Emily M. will research similar guides from Anti-Defamation League, other towns <br />with similar committees, etc. for ideas on content. Sumi S. will discuss same with contacts in <br />Winchester and Melrose as well as invite speaker from Winchester to our January meeting. <br />b. Reinstate "Dialogues" in Reading. Topic: Tolerance. Robin D. will call the Justice <br />Department (needs names and phone numbers from Carol R.). June Kilmarx, a facilitator for <br />the dialogues will be contacted as needed. Time frame: refresher for trainers will be in <br />February, 2002. Dialogues themselves will be in March, 3-5 sessions. Emily M. and Sumi S. <br />to find meeting spaces, including large space for first and last meetings. <br />c. Emily M. and Carol R. to investigate how we can hold a competition for a logo for HRAC. <br />Will use on resource book, press release about MLK Breakfast, etc. <br />7. Martin Luther King breakfast discussed. Margaret S. suggested we ask Selectmen to issue <br />proclamation in support of the event. HRAC to collaborate with Reading clergy and in some <br />way. Possibly prepare press release for event. <br />NEXT MEETING December 13th, 2001. <br />Meeting adjourned at 9:20 p.m. <br />Respectfully submitted, <br />Emily Maughan, Secretary <br />