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Minutes for December 1, 2017 Meeting
Present:
• Members: Lieutenant James Barry, Bonnie Brodner, Fuang-Ying Huang, Sean Osborne,
Charlotte Rodgers
Liaisons: Doug Lucente (BOS), Pastor Brent Maracle (LICA), Mona Roy (SEPCA &
LexDesi), Stanley Yap (CAAL), Deb Zucker (LexPride)
Guests: Mabel Amar, Valerie Overton
Meeting called to order at 8:07 AM, Quorum was present at 8:10 AM.
Chair Report — no emails received in last month. A YouTube video of LICA reading of our Inclusion
Proclamation was sent to the group and appreciated.
Minutes from November 3, 2017 meeting were reviewed with no amendments. Ms. Rodgers moved
the minutes be accepted, Lt. Barry seconded the motion. It was passed 4,0,1 (Ms. Brodner abstained)
LPS Student Discipline Survey — The School Committee unanimously approved the goals set forth for
the survey. These goals were developed by the with the Joint LHRC-Commission on Disability
discipline survey working group. Subsequent to that the LPS Administration Council sent a letter to the
LHRC stating concerns about and objections to the survey. There were some members of the LPS
staff who were interested in attending future meetings with the Joint LHRC-Commission on Disability
discipline survey working group but were told by administration they were not currently allowed to
attend. It is not clear if LPS will ultimately be involved in the survey moving forward, although the
hope is that they will be.
Community Conversation on Race — The event will take place on Martin Luther King Jr. Day,
Monday, January 15, 2018 at Grace Chapel from 9 — 10:30 AM. Daniel J. Losen is the invited keynote
speaker and Faye Backert is the moderator. The working group for this event will begin meeting on
Wednesdays starting on December 6, 2017.
Community Conversation on Immigration — This event will take place on Sunday, February 25,
location TBD.
The Advisory Board Meeting scheduled for Wednesday, December 20 has been cancelled.
Departmental Reports and Updates — Ms. Rodgers brought up the "Not In Our Town" initiative, where
the mission is "Working together for a safe and inclusive community". She and Lt. Barry may start a
new working group after our next meeting to thoroughly vet the organization and come up with
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possible next steps. Ms. Rodgers will discuss this with Senior Management and bring update to
committee in the next few months.
Lt. Barry reported no new police incidents. They are still working on September's incident and should
be releasing a report about it in January.
No reports, updates or concerns from members.
Chair reminded committee about open meeting law basics — two people can talk about anything related
to the committee, but no more than two people are allowed to discuss anything pertaining to business
coming before the committee unless it is in a public meeting of the HRC.
Meeting adjourned at 9:35 AM
Next Meeting is scheduled for Friday, January 5th at 8:00 a.m.
Minutes submitted by Bonnie Brodner
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