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Cultivating Community Through Social Justice
MINUTES
Monday, January 10, 2022
6:00 pm —7:30 pm
Virtual Meeting
Via Zoom
MEMBERS PRESENT STAFF
Frances Castillo Sharron Hinton, Interim Director
Ellis Driver Melvyn Blackwell, Civil Rights Specialist
David La Barre Courtney McLaughlin, Intake Specialist
Allison Mahaley
Samantha Beecham
Ana Garcia Turner
Dion Graham
MEMBERS ABSENT
Stephanie Harrell (excused)
I. Call to Order
A. Commissioner&Chair, Frances Castillo
i. Called meeting to order at 6:03 p.m.
II. Minutes Approval—13 December 2021
A. Approval
i. Motion by Commissioner Garcia-Turner
ii. Second by Commissioner Driver
iii. All were in favor of approving the December 131"meeting minutes
III. County Updates
A. Civil Rights Specialist, Melvyn Blackwell
i. The Eviction Diversion division is no longer within the Human Rights & Relations
Department and has been moved into the Housing & Community Development
department.
ii. The request to change Human Relations Commission (HRC) meeting dates to the fourth
Thursday of the month will be heard by the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) on
Tuesday, January 181n
IV. Executive Committee Report
A. Commissioner&Chair, Frances Castillo
i. No executive committee updates at this time
V. Annual Report&Work Plan
A. Commissioner&Chair, Frances Castillo
i. Annual Report and Work Plan presented. Commissioner Castillo request feedback and
edits be submitteed to her by Wednesday,January 121n
VI. HRC Events&Committee Reports
A. Committee Reports
i. Communications Committee
1. Commissioner, LaBarre
a. Promotion of Community Book Read continues. Consideration for Black
History Month and Pauli Murray Awards being discussed.
b. Will follow-up with Commissioner Harrell regarding any additional
updates.
ii. Board Diversity Committee
1. Commissioners, Garcia-Turner &Graham
a. Recommondations have been made to the proposed questionnaire for
current Commssion and Board representatives. Will submit questionnaire
to HRC for review and feedback by January 20t", 2022.
i. Interested in accessing data from previous Board applicants and
holding discussion with previous Board members about their
experiences.
iii. Community Board Read Committee
1. Commissioner, Castillo
a. Caste flyers have been distributed and shared.
b. Awaiting a response from the community facilitators.
c. Greear Webb has agreed to facilitate the youth book read of The Black
Panther Party:A Graphic Novel History
d. Public library has had to order more copies of Caste
e. Committee is working to determine the timeframe for when the youth
read will occur(concurrently or consecutively).
f. Human Rights & Relations (HR&R) staff will submit to have event
promoted through the Daily Tarheel twitter feed.
iv. Pauli Murray Awards Committee
1. Discussion
a. There has not been a keynote speaker consider or secured at this time.
b. Commissioners will identify speakers that they would like to invite to be a
keynote for the the Awards ceremony and submit their names to the
HR&R staff.
c. HR&R staff will identify the allotted budget for speaker allocation.
VI 1. Other Business/Announcement/Upcoming Events
A. Interim Director, Sharron Hinton
i. GARE team has prsented the the BOCC and other commission meetings to decide on the
finalized racial equity framework.
ii. GARE training sessions will occure on January 131" and January 151". Local Board members
and current Commissioners are welcomed to attend.
VIII. Adjourn
A. Motion to adjourn by Commissioner Castillo at 6:42 p.m.
B. NEXT VIRTUAL MEETING: Monday, February 8t", 2022 via Zoom