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Town of Lexington, Human Rights Committee Meeting Friday, May 3, 2019 Lexington Community Center 8:07-10:02 Present Committee Members: Sean Osborne (Chair), Tanya Gisolfi (Vice Chair), Mona Roy (Clerk), James Barry (Police Department), Barbara Hamilton (LPS), Koren Stembridge (Town), Bonnie Brodner, Jeffrey Toronto, Fuang Ying Huang Liaisons and Guests: Julie Hackett(LPS Superintendent), Christine Lyons (LPS Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum, Instruction, and Professional Learning), Maureen Kavanaugh(Director of Planning& Assessment), Andrew Stephens (LHS Principal), Meg Collella (Bridge Principal), Jackie Dailey (Harrington Principal), Scott Bokun (School Committee), Brent Maracle (LICA), Valerie Overton (LexPride), Deb Zucker(LexPride), Mabel Amar(guest) 1. Welcome at 8:07 after repeated requests for public to take their seats 2. Public Comments on Items Not on Agenda • None 3. Chair Report(see attachment) • Noted that we do not publicly comment on any anonymous complaints • A recent ADL audit showed Lexington having 3 anti-Semitic incidents in the last year one of those incidents including one person calling another person "Jew" in an aggressive manner 1) how do we empower people to respond in the moment 2) should we count incidents where one person felt that the other person spoke to them in a disrespectful manner 3) what should and could the LHRC do about it • Noted that LHRC was contacted by Arlington LHRC to discuss programming ideas on re: hate symbols • Mr. Brodner felt that it was important to report/capture that it happens even if we cannot do anything about it; should also be tallies for anonymous reporting • Mr. Osborne agreed it was better to capture information and that as a committee, we should think about this vis a vis programming 1625 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE•LEXINGTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02420