HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009-12-04-LHRC-min Lexington Human Rights Committee
Meeting Minutes
December 4, 2009
Present Joseph O'Leary, Leona Martin, Hank Manz, Melissa Buttaro, Bob Kent, Linda
Vine, Fuang-Ying Huang, Emily Lavine, Deborah Jackson, Gerald McLeod, Albert
Zabin, Richard Capron, and Puran Dang
Meeting at Selectmen Meeting Room was called to order at 8 OOAM
Al expressed concern about the lack of progress and suggests the following agenda for
the next meeting
• Review of ideas
• Assign responsibilities
• Weekly progress reports
Bob updates on inviting Senator Kerry to our event and reiterates that Representative Jay
Kaufman suggest that we approach Kerry before we set a date for the event to ensure
Kerry's availability Linda will check the availability of Carry Hall to coordinate with
Kerry's schedule
Connie Rawson, director at Carry Library recommended Satchel The Life and Tines of
an American Legend By Larry Tye for Lexington Read.
The committee viewed the following films during the meeting
Struggle for the Green, On Memorial Day Weekend of 1971, the Vietnam Veterans
Against the War (VVAW), led by John Kerry was denied their request by the Lexington
Board of Selectmen to camp at the Battle Green. The veterans decided to stay at the
Green as planed and many Lexington residents show up in support of the veterans As a
result, 458 veterans and townspeople were arrested the next morning.
Unfinished Symphony, shows various events and VVAW protest that lead to the protest
and arrest in Lexington's Battle Green in May of 1971
The next meeting of the HRC is scheduled for Friday, January 8th 2010 at 8 00 a.m. in
Selectmen Meeting Room.
The meeting adjourned at 10 00 am.