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Board - Committee - Commission - council: E611 DEC 10 PM 5: 02
Human Relations Advisory Committee
Date: 2018-10-30 Time: 7pm
Building: Town Hall Location: Berger Room
Address: 16 Lowell Street Session:
Purpose: Monthly Meeting Version: Final
Attendees: Members - Present:
Josh Goldlust, Kerri Riley, Elaine Webb, David Clark, Kyung Yu, Heather
McLean
Members - Not Present:
Susan Gaskell
Others Present:
Gina McCormick
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Heather McLean
Josh calls meeting to order at 7:19pm
Gina had to leave at 7:45pm and Elaine did not arrive until 8:20pm
1. Sharing Experiences
a. RED Rally: Event went very well, —300 people attended
b. Another Swastika graffiti incident occurred at the high school on Friday, 10/26
c. Homophobic graffiti found Monday
I. There is more information and a better timeline for this Incident
ii. Town Manager and police issued a joint press release
iii. Investigation is ongoing
d. Members feel a regular cadence of activities would be advantageous so that
we don't have to just appear reactive, rather than proactive
2. Student Liaison report: skipped, no students present at meeting
3. Police Readout: none
4. Reaction/Feedback from RED rally on 10/21
a. Gina reports it was successful in getting new contacts for RED
b. The town was very accommodating and waived many permits, etc to allow
the event to be planned swiftly
c. HRAC lacks that ability to move fast
1. Members are frustrated that we couldn't move faster to help and
participate
5. Kam moves to allow the chair or secretary to make decisions and speak on behalf of
HRAC, when scheduling a meeting is impossible due to time constraints, on matters
which reflect the spirit of the committee's purpose and any decisions will be
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discussed with the full committee, and added to the agenda of, the next open
meeting. This motion to be reviewed annually as well as upon the occasion that
either the chair or secretary roles are changed.
a. Kyung seconds, 5 vote in favor, motion passes
6. Review and vote on past meeting minutes
a. Heather moves to approve the September minutes, Josh seconds, 5 vote in
favor, motion passes
b. Kerr! moves to approve October 4 minutes, Dave seconds, 4 vote in favor,
motion passes
7. Reviewed statement for Josh to read at SB meeting this same evening
8. MLK Planning
a. Reading Community Band and METCO and Friends Choir are confirmed
b. Josh moves to vote to make the theme"Raising Voices to Silence Hate”
!. Elaine seconds, S vote in favor, motion passes
c. Josh to reach out to RMHS Drama Club, Girl Scouts, and Karen K and the
Jitterbugs to see if they are interested in participating
d. Heather to post on HRAC Facebook page to gather volunteers
e. Need outreach to gather additional photos of community events for the
slideshow
f. Heather to reach out to the band to confirm the Star Spangled Banner, We
Shall Overcome, and one additional piece for their program
9. Next meeting confirmed as 12/6
10.Meeting remained in session as some members left to join the Select Board meeting
for the Yes on 3 support advisement
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