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TOWN OF LEXINGTON HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES Thursday, May 12, 2022 Conducted by Remote Participation LHRC MEMBERS PRESENT Tanya Gisolfi, Chairperson (TG) Mona D. Roy, Vice-Chair (MDR) Christina Lin, Clerk (CL) Stephanie Hsu (SH) Cleveland Coates (CC) Lexington Public School District - Larry Freeman (LF) Town of Lexington, Police - Christopher Barry (CB) Town of Lexington, Human Services - Melissa Interess (MI) The minutes were taken by Christina Lin, LHRC Clerk 1. Meeting Called to order and welcome at 8:30 A.M., Quorum was present at 8:30AM 2. April 2022 Meeting Minutes - Motion to approve without additional changes by MI, seconded by CC, approved by unanimous vote 3. Vote for Clerk - Discussion on possible candidates to assume Clerk role from SH to better distribute responsibilities and workload. CL and CC are the only possible candidates to volunteer and other committee members are Town representatives and/or employees. CL accepts the opportunity to step into the Clerk role. TG motions to approve, Mona seconds, approval for change in clerkship by unanimous vote. 4. Race Amity Update from SH - work has begun on reaching out to community organizations, community cultural groups, town entities to collect photos for a slideshow reflecting on examples of race amity in the events hosted by Lexington based organization, groups, and committees throughout the year. CL is helping. SH is hoping to have a slideshow ready by next meeting in June and encouraged every committee member to contribute to the slide deck with photos from any other town groups/organizations they are a member of. Jonas Clarke Middle School is offering to contribute student artwork again as they had the previous year. The slideshow will be posted on the LHRC website. The slideshow format is designed in consideration of time. CL noted that the Race Amity video from 2021 is not easily found and will reach out to Sharon Gunda about elevating the link on the LHRC home page while Race Amity is an upcoming event. 5. Co-Sponsorship Requests from LexPride 1. Listening to Asian Voices event- CL raised a question about “who the intended audience is for the Listening to Asian Voices event.” LF responded that while he was not able to attend the LexPride planning meeting, the event is for everyone and to specifically highlight the LGBTQIA+ community within the AAPI community. The LHRC is partnering with the multiple AAPI events ongoing in the Month of May for AAPI Heritage Month. MDR pointed out that the event request includes