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Saturday, November 2, 2019, 7:30pm Follen Church, 755 Mass. Ave. Lexington, MA <br /> htt-ps-Hfollen.org/deeper than skip/or h11.p5.-.//d��per�hant�eskin.com� <br /> c. Reading White Fragility with the Lexington Community Coalition,November 3, 2019 <br /> and November 7, 2019 ( uoorg/twhite--fragilit:y) <br /> d. LICA Interfaith Thanksgiving, Tuesday,November 26, 2019 at 7:30 PM— 9:30 PM <br /> at St Brigids <br /> e. November 9°,2:30-4:30 Embracing Diversity: Gaining Insight— <br /> Dr. Karen Suyemoto <br /> f. The Cherokee Word for Water, Saturday, November 9 7:30 pm, Christ <br /> Revolution Church <br /> g. Transgender Day of Remembrance, Sunday,November 17, 2019 <br /> 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM,First Parish in Lexington <br /> 4) Encourage community to apply for co-sponsorship of community events for interesting <br /> events <br /> 5) LHRC acknowledges recent anti-Semitic incidents in Framingham and stands with the <br /> people of Framingham against hate. <br /> 6) LHRC also acknowledges recent suicides of transgender persons in surrounding <br /> communities and wishes to encourage members of the community to stand up to hate and <br /> intervene in any hateful behavior they encounter. <br /> Committee Members Reports and Liaison Updates <br /> • Vice Chair and Johnny Cole note success of the Tommy Orange event which they <br /> both attended <br /> Update: Joint Meeting with Board of Selectman and School Committee on Diversity <br /> Task Force 10/29/2019 <br /> • The published charge of the Diversity Advisory Task Force included the task to <br /> advise the Town Manager and Superintendent of School regarding the <br /> recommendations of the Subcommittee on Asian Communities report, Lessons on <br /> Integration of Residents of Asian Ancestry Offered by California and New Jersey <br /> Communities (December 16, 2016) and identify 1-2 priority actions for the <br /> coming year. The charge also noted that the Task Force will seek the advice of the <br /> HRC cI t 7s( xi <br /> • During the joint meeting with BOS and SC, Dr. Hackett noted the work of the <br /> Diversity Advisory Task Force (DATF) originally was specific to Asian <br /> populations, it was later broadened. Plans detailed in Dr. Hackett's letter in the <br /> packet. Task Force will sunset June 2020. <br /> • TG: Noted her membership on the Subcommittee on Asian Communities; while <br /> estimated statistics on the demographics of residents is comparable to the <br /> demographics of those employed by the town in most categories the most obvious <br /> disparity was between the number of Asians living in Lexington vs the number of <br />