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Date: 2018-07-05, Time: 7pm
Building: Town Hall Location: Conference Room
Address:- 16 Lowell-Street Session:
Purpose: Monthly.Meeting Version: Final
Attendees: Members - Present:
Heather McLean, Kyung Yu, David Clark, Josh Goldlust; Susah:Gaskell,.
Kerri Riley
Members.- Not Present:
Elaine Webb
others Present: .
Tali Shorr; Andy Friedmann, Liz Whitelam, Anna Schwartz, Janice Grant.
Menes, Cadence; Marlena.Bits; Barry Berman, Cadence Thomases
Minutes Respectfully.Submitted By:, Heather McLean
Heather calls meeting to order at 7:04pm
1. Welcome new members
a. Susan Gaskell, Kerri Riley sworn in; Josh Goldlust full member
a_nd Select Board appointee
2.. Sharing Experiences/public input
3. Student-Liaison report
a. Tali shared an update on the Unity Project at RM.HS
4. Discuss ideas for a reaction to the anti-Semitic issues in the schools/town
a. Community Event where everyone can hear from community
members who've been affected.
b. Target parents with a "toolkit" to help them talk to
students/children about these issues
c. Question for deputy chief:Is this really about kids or are there
known anti-Semitic sentiments.amongst adults in town? Answer is that it is
probably a mix of things. .
d. Look into Arlington Restorative Justice as a possible
resource/model
e. What, if any; are'the consequences for perpetratorsif found?
Need to-reach out to Elaine Webb to see if she can answer since:this would be
school's decision.-
f. The town's focus.should shift to making sure these are.taken
seriously and will not be tolerated. Almost more important to warn against
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brushing off these,events as.inconsequential than reprimand the actual,anti-
Semitic act.
g. Signs in businesses that make it clear all are welcome
h: U.pstanders instead of bystanders, perhaps or training?
i. Bottom line; We need to show.support for the_Jewish.
community, and that we won't stand for this, and we want to be upstanders
j: Make a statement about-HRAC planning ongoing events
i. What kind:of events?
ii. Short term/long term
iii. Present to Select Board?
k. Town Hall type event
I. - Bring up Human Rights Resolution again to.Select Board
m. -VOTE: Heather.makes a motion to reach.out to 3 Community._
group categories and ask if they'd be interested in participating in :
activities/training regarding diversity and/or.up'stander training: Youth
Activity:Groups, Business Groups, and Community Service Groups. Josh
seconds, motion passes,.with all 6 in favor
5. Final review of Policies and Procedures document:
a. VOTE: Heather makes motion to move forward with Policies and- .
Procedures document with thefollowing updates: .
i. Update Board of'Selectmen to Select Board and
add Advisory back into committee name
b. .Susan seconds, David abstains, motion passes with 5 in favor .
6. :Vote on.committee chair and secretary
a. Heather nominates Josh=Goldlust for Chair
i. Kyung seconds,'motion passes with all -6 in favor,
b. Kyung nominates Heather .for.Secretary.
i. : Susan seconds, motion passes with:all 6 in favor..
7. Review of upcoming action plans and establish date of next meeting .
:a. Meeting set for August 9th, 2018
8. Vote on approval of minutes from past meetings if possible
a. Heather makes motion to approve April.2018 minutes. . .
L Josh seconds, motion passes with 5 in favor
9. Adjourn
a.' David makes motion to adjourn, Heather seconds, motion
passes with all 6. in favor
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