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o LF & MR shared a desire for more awareness and publicity of the goals and mission of the LHRC, so the community knows how best to engage with the committee. Also, regarding incident reporting, a lack of public feedback/reporting on submitted incidents makes it hard for the committee and public to understand the purpose of incident reporting as well as the trends of issues being reported in Town and possible recommended steps to mitigate them. Also, an emphasis on outreach to cultural groups in town with intentional effort to establish and/or reaffirm the LHRC support of cultural groups. A member shared that attempts to establish formalized relationships with cultural groups through mutual attendance of meetings failed in the past and recommended developing alternative approaches for build ing the relationship. Additionally, they shared a continued interest in building stronger connections and lines of communication to support incident reporting from all institutions in town as well as enhancement of working collaboratively across town organizations and entities. Also, they expressed concerns about not hearing any reporting about one of the most vulnerable groups in town which is the special education community even though stories are often heard from external conversations. Would like the committee to work more intentionally in building the relationship with the special education community. o SH & AI expressed a desire to provide youth leadership opportunity and possibly consideration of a peer reporting system. The LHRC have explored the possibility of including HS students in the past, but the timing of the meeting makes that impossible or very difficult. Echoed interest in building relationship with cultural groups and possibly utilize the Chief Equity Officer to support the connection. Expressed concern on the bandwidth of the committee. A key role of supporting and showing concern for the human and civil rights of all citizens. Supports continued work in educating the community and figure out what educational pieces should be addressed. Support continued examination of incident reporting. o CL & SJ pointed out a lot of overlap in ideas and encouraged the use of paired discussions to facilitate developing, processing, and progressing ideas. Added a point on defining an appropriate expectation of the committee for receiving, investigating, and reporting of incidents given the nature of the volunteer committee that does not necessarily have adequate training or experience in handling sensitive matters. That said, the LHRC can provide an important avenue for the community to document incidents. Also discussed uplifting marginalized voices through the lens supporting human connections. Also added the lack of education to the public around what the LHRC does and clarity around the how this differs from the work of the Chief Equity Officer. Also, SJ added interest for the LHRC to consider providing feedback on key pieces of legislation under consideration by Town Meeting and possibly take a role in supporting DEI education for Town Meeting Members as well as community members. Could the LHRC help lead or hos t a discussion about the goals of the town. o CD & TG, tried to figure out how the LHRC reports incidents back to the committee, community and/or other relevant town entities (i.e., Police, Chief Equity Officer), discussed updating the form and possibly renaming. Discussed including youth from LHS or middle school. Also talked about