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4. Committee Member Liaison Reports • CC: Chamber of Commerce and Rotary Club o Attended "Willie" film produced by Lexington Resident Bryant McBride. o Chamber of Commerce held annual Gala attended by Select Board Chair Doug Lucente. Girl Scouts were given an award for environmentalist activities. • TG: LICA o Met with Arlington Human Rights Committee to discuss March 4 I Temple Emunah will show the film Screenagers for free to the general public. • MI: Council on Aging o Council on Aging is looking at Age Friendly Needs Assessment"results and working on an action plan based on the data collected. • SB: Lexington Public Schools/School Committee o Presentations on the Equity Audit and the Discipline Disparities were given by Johnny Cole at the School Committee Meetings. o Attended screening of the film"Willie" and would like to see a program based on the movie for Lexington Public School students. o Attended a discussion hosted by ABCL on the Purpose of Education o Attended SEPAC Meeting with Dr. Hackett,no formal presentation was given. o Attended CAAL KoLex Lunar New Year celebration. 5. MLK Day Community Conversation (The Necessity of Discussing Race at Home) Workgroup Update (Swann, Roy) a. Had three expert speakers and forty trained facilitators/table reporters to capture info. b. More time to talk at the tables C. LexMedia link is live on the website d. Very successful, 200+people including more than twenty teens involved. e. Workgroup will meet at the end of February to discuss report out and feedback received, synthesis of feedback and plan for possible next steps Substantive report out on feedback will be given at the March meeting • Special thanks to Colin and Leslie Masson as well as First Parish Church of Lexington for their generous donations, as well as Melissa Interess of Human Services who supported the work and provided a budget to support the LHRC in finding high quality professional speakers. • MI: Attended multigenerational Brookhaven sponsored event. Dr. Esther Hu of Boston University was the featured speaker. Money and donations were raised for Bedford Veterans. Teens interviewed seniors who lived during MLK's era about their experience. 6. Race Amity Day Workgroup (Gisolfi, Coats) • SB: Suggests possibly tying in"Wall of Wisdom" and Conversations on Race work with Race Amity Day presentation. • TG: The Group is looking at programing, FYH will be added to the committee and Jodi Finnegan could be a potential community member volunteer.