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4. Committee Member Liaison Reports • CC: Chamber of Commerce and Rotary Club o Chamber of Commerce has an open invitation to Chair Person Jim Shaw and Member Veronica Caira is open to attending/speaking at one of LHRC events. o Rotary Club will be meetings will begin in January of 2020 • GS: Commission on Disability Update: o Attended the November meeting of the COD and met many of the members including Chair, Victoria Buckley. At the meeting, we shared information about the No Hate November discussion on experiences of disability that the Lexington Human Rights Committee sponsored at Cary Memorial Library. o Learned about the state-wide issue of the Architectural Access Board and the administration of Charlie Baker. The AAB is tasked with making sure that new and renovated buildings meet accessibility standards. The concern of the COD is that the Baker administration is hindering the work of the AAB. As the issue is still developing and we are keeping in touch with the COD so that the LRHC can be available to them as needed. • MI: Council on Aging o Looking at the results of the Age Friendly Survey, issues include housing, transportation, social isolation, mental health. There is a work group looking at the results working on the issues. 5. No Hate November (JT, FYH) • JT: This month we had great success with our inaugural initiative No Hate November. First, we had a family friendly event organized by my co-chair Fuang Ying at the beginning of the month which included the screening of the movie Wonder and a kindness activity after the movie, where families made art and painted kindness rocks to give to others who may need a pick me up. The event was very well attended, we actually ran out of seats—a good problem to have on a sunny Saturday afternoon. • Later in the month, we presented a panel discussion on the Impact of Hate on the 18th of November. The panelists (including myself) comprised a diverse group of Lexingtonians sharing their personal stories of encountering hate. They provided personal stories and very powerful insights. I thought it was a great victory for all of us in the battle against hate in the Town of Lexington. Our event was covered by both The Minuteman and LexMedia. The links are below here in this report. Overall, No Hate November was a great success for the LHRC. Discussion continuing this as a yearly program if possible. There is more work to be done in the battle on stopping hate in Lexington. Please let me know your thoughts on this. • FYH: Commented that providing this content for families and children is important because these values need to be taught regularly from a young age. • TG: Commented that this is the first significant family event and that there is a need to continue with this kind of programming when it is so successful.