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<br /> <br /> TOWN OF LEXINGTON HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES <br />Thursday, June 09, 2022 <br />Conducted by Remote Participation <br /> <br />LHRC MEMBERS PRESENT <br />Tanya Gisolfi, Chairperson (TG) <br />Mona D. Roy, Vice-Chair (MDR) <br />Christina Lin, Clerk (CL) <br />Stephanie Hsu (SH) <br />Lexington Public School District - Larry Freeman (LF) <br />Town of Lexington, Police - Christopher Barry (CB) <br />Town of Lexington, Human Services - Melissa Interess (MI) <br /> <br />GUEST PRESENTER <br />Nicole Locher - Lexington Dyslexia Parent Group, Lexington Special Education Parent <br />Advisory Council (SEPAC) /Lexington Special Education Parent Teacher Association <br />(SEPTA) <br /> <br />The minutes were taken by Christina Lin, LHRC Clerk <br /> <br />• Meeting Called to order and welcome at 8:30 A.M., Quorum was present at <br />8:30AM <br /> <br />• May 2022 Meeting Minutes - Motion to approve without additional changes by <br />MI, seconded by CC, approved by unanimous vote <br /> <br />• Update on 2022 Race Amity Video - An earlier idea to raise a banner over town <br />center has been canceled due to the ongoing construction for the center <br />streetscape project. Student artworks have been received and a video montage is <br />nearly complete. TG, SH and CL will meet to record an introduction. Will work <br />with town government entities and community organizations for promotion and <br />awareness of Race Amity Day and the video. <br /> <br />• Immigration Heritage Month Proclamation - A brief discussion around the aim <br />of the proclamation to celebrate immigrants and their descendants and <br />acknowledge the contributions of immigrants to the USA while also recognizing <br />that Indigenous peoples and cultures thrive and thrived on this land that the <br />country sits on. Approved by unanimous vote. Later - audience member asked <br />whether this proclamation would be forwarded to the Select Board and if the <br />School Committee could receive a copy to consider supporting it as well. <br /> <br />• Juneteenth/African American Music Month - A brief reminder that Juneteenth <br />is now a federal holiday, and this date is in recognition of the enslaved people in <br />Texas not learning about their freedom until June 19th – two (2) full years after