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Gisolfi as clerk. In October 2018, Tanya Gisolfi was elected vice chair and Mona Roy as clerk. • Ms. Gisolfi read out message from chair that it has been an honor to serve as LHRC chair for 4 years. The committee officers, with whom I've had the privilege to serve, are great examples of the strength that comes through diversity of thought and background. 4. Committee Members Concerns, Comments and Liaison Reports • Ms. Gisolfi has no reports but noted as her role in liaison to the Lexington Community Coalition (LCC) that she regularly attends the monthly Steering Committee meetings as well as the subcommittee and partner meetings. She also noted that Dr. Hackett recommended White Fragility as the 2019-20 community book read. The Community Coalition asked liaisons to confirm that no one had any objections. Ms. Brodner asked if the LHRC would have any specific obligations with regard to the book read and Ms. Gisolfi answered that as of this point, none were stated and this was more of a check in to see if there were any concerns from LCC partners. Ms. Gisolfi asked if there were any concerns. No one present indicated any concerns. She also noted that Sunday June 9th was Pride Day (11-2), Race Amity Day (2-5) and that June 8th and 9th Paint the Town Purple weekend for Alzheimer's awareness. • Ms. Brodner stated that she had not checked in with SEPAC this year or been to a single SEPAC meeting in her role as liaison to SEPAC due to scheduling conflicts and suggested that someone else be given that role next year. She also stated that she felt LHRC Chair's recent email was inappropriate communication with the community. • Ms. Huang had no updates or incidents to report • Ms. Roy indicated that she had no new incidents to report and that in her role as liaison to the School Committee that she had been regularly attending meetings and in good communication with the School Committee as a whole and in regular touch with their liaison (Kathleen Lenihan and then Scott Bokun). She noted and thanked Mr. Bokun for his efforts on Race Amity Day. She also noted the importance of the Stonewall Uprising that 2019 was the 50th Anniversary. She urged the public to see the films that were being shown on this month by LexPride as well other places in the Metro Boston area. • Lt. Barry had no new incidents to report. He noted that he maintains good communication with LexPride and attends their meetings and events. • Mr. Toronto noted details of a bullying incident that happened in Bedford (Grey metallic car, Corolla). Also noted his concern and experiences on the Red Line where he has personally experienced hate speech. He noted that there is a societal issue of, profiling mentally disabled people as dangerous when in reality even though about 1/5th of the population has a mental disability, less than 1% of mentally disabled people have committed violent offenses. He requested that people learn not just to be bystanders to this injustice but rather learn to be up-standers