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IN SITUATIONS[*This meeting was joined in progress* Community Multicultural Commission on January 9, 2021.]
IS TO FIND SOMETHING I CAN DO TO MAKE THINGS BETTER.AND IN DOING THAT AS BEST, IF I CAN MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR SOMEONE ELSE, BECAUSE THAT REALLY HELPS ME FEEL BETTER AND IT FEELS GOOD FOR EVERYONE.
UH, THIS HAS BEEN A DIFFICULT WEEK AND I'M SURE THAT WE ARE EACH HAVING OUR OWN EXPERIENCE OF WHAT THAT DIFFICULTY LOOKS LIKE AND IS, BUT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO NOT ATTEND TO THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN OUR COUNTRY THAT DIVIDE US AND TO CONSIDER THE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COMMISSION AND OUR SMALL WORLD TO UNITE, TO BE.
SO, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M REALLY GOOD ABOUT OUR PURPOSE TODAY BEING TO COLLECTIVELY BRING FOCUS TO HOW WE CAN MAKE THINGS BETTER TOGETHER FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, I BELIEVE THIS IS THE BEST TIME EVER TO SERVE ON THE MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT GARLAND'S RICH DIVERSITY AND USE OUR APPRECIATION FOR IT TO HEAL AND TO GOOD.
EACH OF YOU FOR BRINGING ALL OF YOU TO THIS MEETING, I VALUE THAT YOU'RE BRINGING YOU YOUR IDEAS, YOUR THOUGHTS, AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITIES THAT YOU REPRESENT.
AND I THINK WE EACH CAN VALUE AND CELEBRATE EACH OTHER FOR WHAT WE BRING TO THE TABLE.
I HOPE THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU IS PLANNING TO PARTICIPATE IN A MAJOR WAY BECAUSE OUR WORK WILL BE MORE MEANINGFUL AND THE RESULTS WILL BE BETTER IF THAT'S HOW IT'S DONE.
UNFORTUNATELY, SOME MEMBERS COULD NOT JOIN US TODAY.
AND I BELIEVE THAT IF THAT'S THE CASE, THE RIGHT PEOPLE ARE AT THE TABLE.
SO WE WILL MAKE THE, WE WILL DO THE VISIONING.
WE WILL MAKE THE PLAN AND WE WILL FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO GO FORWARD AND WHAT DIFFERENCE WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IN GARLAND THIS YEAR.
WHILE WE PREPARE TO DO THIS, I WANT EACH OF YOU TO JUST CLOSE YOUR EYES FOR A MOMENT AND TAKE A COUPLE OF DEEP BREATHS IN AND IMAGINE WHAT WE, PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN SELECTED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE CAN DO TOGETHER.
OUR CITY THAT WE LOVE IN 2021 AND GET READY BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO DO A FANTASTIC JOB TODAY.
I AM SO GRATEFUL THAT YOU ARE HERE.
LET ME SEE IF I CAN, CAN I SHARE THE SCREEN? YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO LET ME GO GET IT FROM MY, BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING I DIDN'T SEND THE EMAIL.
I KNOW WHY, BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT ANYONE TO HAVE TO PRINT IT OUT.
IT'S LIKE, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO, ANDREW, YOU'RE GOING TO NEED A PIECE OF PAPER OR YOUR SCREEN.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN TYPE THIS, THAT THE EXERCISE, THE SEVEN MINUTE POEM IS ONE THAT WAS DEVELOPED BY, UM, THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK WHO WAS ALSO THE CHANCELLOR OF SPELMAN COLLEGE FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
BUT THE BOOK SHE WROTE IS WHY ARE ALL THE BLACK KIDS SITTING TOGETHER ONLINE? WHAT'S IT CALLED? WHY ARE ALL THE BLACK KIDS SITTING TOGETHER IN THE CAFETERIA? AND THE EXERCISE IS ONE TO TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO INTRODUCING AND CAUSE THINKING ABOUT WHO YOU ARE AND INTRODUCING YOURSELF TO OTHERS.
AND NOW MY COMPUTER'S FREE, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, AND HOW YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO OTHERS.
AND THE SEVEN MINUTE CALM IS, UM, IS A WAY OF DOING THAT.
THAT ALLOWS YOU TO THINK ABOUT WHO YOU ARE IN A WAY THAT YOU MAY NOT HAVE YOURSELF.
AND AT SOME POINT I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO OPEN THIS ONE.
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SO THE WAY THE SEVEN MINUTE POEM, YEAH.
YOU ARE GOING TO WRITE A POEM AND YOU HAVE SEVEN MINUTES AND YOUR POEM IS ABOUT YOU.
AND EACH STANDS A OF YOUR POEM BEGINS WITH THIS STATEMENT.
I AM FROM, I AM FROM THE FIRST STANZA IS SIGHTS SOUNDS, SMELLS, AND THINGS ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT YOU GREW UP IN.
THE SECOND STANZA ALSO BEGINS.
I AM FROM ENDURE IN EACH STANDARD.
YOU CAN HAVE UP TO FOUR LINES.
THE SECOND STANZA IS ABOUT FOODS.
BEVERAGES TREATS YOU LOVE TO EAT.
MAYBE TREATS THAT YOUR FAMILY LOVED TO EAT.
THE THIRD STANZA IS ABOUT FAMILY SAYINGS, MOTTOES RULES TO LIVE BY.
AND THE FOURTH STANZA IS ABOUT FRIENDS AND GROUPS THAT YOU BELONG TO.
WHAT WAS THIS? WHAT WAS THE FIRST THING? THE FIRST ONE, SOMETHING IN GROUPS, BRANDS.
ORGANIZATIONS AND GROUPS THAT YOU BELONG TO.
AND I'M GETTING READY TO SEND THIS ALSO IN AN EMAIL THAT GUIDELINE TOO.
CAUSE I JUST PDF DIDN'T THEN IT'S NOT THIS POINT.
UM, AND WHAT YOU DO IS YOU WRITE THIS POEM IS
UM, WHEN I WROTE MINE, THE FIRST TIME I SMILED THE WHOLE TIME I WAS WRITING IT, BECAUSE WHAT HAD HAPPENED IS I THOUGHT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, EACH OF THESE THINGS, I COULDN'T HELP, BUT SMILE BECAUSE THEY WERE WONDERFUL MEMORIES, RIGHT? AND THOSE MEMORIES ARE JUST SUCH A TRADE, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, OKAY, I AM FROWN AND YOU SHOULD HAVE JUST RECEIVED THAT EMAIL.
AND IF YOU DIDN'T YET, IT'S COMING.
HI, IT SOUNDS THE SMELLS OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
WHEN YOU WERE GROWING UP, STANDS IN NUMBER TWO IS FOODS.
BEVERAGES TREATS YOU LOVE TO EAT STANDS.
AND NUMBER THREE IS FAMILY SAYINGS AND MODELS, RULES TO LIVE BY.
YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THEM FROM YOUR MOM, YOUR DAD, YOUR GRANDMOTHER, SOMEBODY TOLD YOU SOME THINGS AND STANDS.
AND NUMBER FOUR IS FRIENDS AND GROUPS THAT YOU BELONG TO.
DID EVERYONE RECEIVE THE PDF? ALL RIGHT.
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AND I'M GOING TO START THE TIME RIGHT NOW.DO YOU WANT ME TO DO IT? YOU CAN.
RENEE, YOU I'M FROM TWO I'M THE STAFF MEMBER.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS THE WAY THAT WE ARE GOING TO INTRODUCE OURSELVES.
AND WE ARE ALL PEOPLE, REGARDLESS OF OUR ROLE, WE AREN'T PEOPLE, THE STAFF IS THE PEOPLE RIGHT NOW.
YOU'RE A VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE.
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WE HAVE ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MINUTES.YOU GOT A BUZZER THAT WOKE YOU UP.
SO HOW DID THAT FEEL? IT WAS FUN.
ONCE I GOT PAST BEING NERVOUS.
CAUSE IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, I, WHEN I, EVERY TIME I DO IT AND IT'S DIFFERENT EACH TIME, EVERY TIME I DO IT, I CAN'T HELP.
BUT SMILE BECAUSE IT'S IT'S ABOUT WHO YOU BRING THE MEMORIES.
IT'S LIKE FEELING IT AND IT'S LIKE, YOU CAN START SMELLING THE FOOD, RIGHT.
WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO READ THIS FIRST? I'LL GO FIRST.
JUST BECAUSE I WANT TO
UH, I AM FROM BOTH THE BEAUTIFUL DESERT OF ARIZONA AND THE GREEN, GREEN BY YOU OF LOUISIANA.
WE HEAR THE WIND AND SEE THE STARS.
I AM FROM THE LAND OF GUMBO AND THE LAND OF BEAUTIFUL ROCKS.
WE LIKE GREAT COLLARD GREENS AND TORTILLAS THAT ARE TOPS.
THE DRINK MAY BE TOO TEQUILA OR A SWAMP THING EITHER WAY.
I AM FROM TREAT PEOPLE THE WAY YOU WANT TO BE TREATED AND LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.
I AM FROM THE CHURCH GOD'S FAMILY AND THE TRIBE OF SOLOMON BOYD.
MY GREAT, GREAT, GREAT GRANDFATHER.
I'M NOT IN THE GROUP I HAVE NOW IN THE GROUP OF GARLAND, MIXING IT UP WITH JOY.
WHO'S NEXT? I'M NOT APPOINT MINDED.
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YOU ARE A POET.I CANNOT WAIT TO HEAR YOUR POETRY.
WELL, LIKE I SAID, I'M NOT APPOINT, I'M PERMITTED IN A FAMILY OF FOUR SISTERS AND THREE, SIX BROTHERS.
WE'VE BEEN SURROUNDED BY COUSINS AND FRIENDS WHO ALL CAME BECAUSE MY MOTHER WOULD NOT LET US GO OUT TO THEIR HOME BECAUSE WE WERE TOO MANY TO KEEP TRACK OF.
BUT WE HAD TO LAUNCH WITH A LOT OF TIME FOR PLAYING ANY KIND OF GAME.
WE WENT OUR FAVORITE THING TO DO.
WHEN WE HAD MONEY, WE WOULD GET A BIG POT AND GO TO THE SNOW CONE PLACE AND BUY A POT FULL OF SNOWCONES.
AND THEN MY MOTHER WOULD SHARE IT BETWEEN ALL OF US.
OUR OTHER FAVORITE THING WAS POPSICLES POPSICLE STICKS.
SO WE WOULD EACH AT LEAST HAVE ONE.
ALSO THE SMELL OF TAMALES AROUND CHRISTMAS TIME, WHEN ALL THE FAMILY WOULD GET TOGETHER AT MY AUNT'S HOME AND MEN AND WOMEN WOULD MAKE THE TAMALES KILL THE PIG WHILE THE KIDS ARE PLAYED AROUND.
MY MOTHER WAS A STRONG BELIEVER IN EDUCATION AND CHURCH.
WE ALWAYS HAD TO READ EVER SINCE WE WERE LITTLE, SHE TAUGHT US TO READ.
AND WHEN WE WAS SUNDAY, WE WOULD GET A QUARTER.
BUT PART OF IT HAD TO GO TO CHURCH.
SO WE ALWAYS HAD, AT LEAST A NICOLE WOULD GO TO CHURCH.
SO WE WOULD HAVE MONEY FOR THE MOVIES AND A TREAT.
UM, AND WE'RE GOING TO STATIONS THAT I HAVE CUT BACK ON, BUT I AM VICE CHAIR FOR THE REGION, 10 EDUCATION SERVICE.
I BELONG TO POLICE ACADEMY TO THE FIRE CLUB, INTO THE JOLLY GOOD SAM RB CLUB, WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF FUN WHEN WE ALL GET TOGETHER WITH OUR RVS.
I JUST, I JUST WROTE AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO WITH THIS.
WHO WANTS TO GO NEXT THIS YEAR? THIS YEAR YOU'RE MUTED.
WE CAN'T HEAR YOU DO CAN'T THIS YEAR.
I AM FROM NIGERIA 42 YEARS AGO, LAVE AND GALL.
AND FOR THE PAST 32 YEARS, I'M FROM A FAMILY WHERE EDUCATION, OUR RELIGION IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE FAMILY AND THAT'S WHY I CAME UP HERE.
OUR MOTTO FOR THE FAMILY IS HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY I LIKE TO EAT.
THE FOOD I LIKE TO EAT FROM MY COUNTRY IS, UH, RICE FOR FOOD, MEAT PIE.
I BELONG TO GARDEN POLICE ACADEMY IN A NIGERIAN MUSLIM
I AM A POLITICIAN BY, I WOULD SAY POLITICIAN BY NATURE, BUT I'M NOT A PRACTICING ONE.
UM, UH, UH, W I FEEL LOW, THE COUNTRY THAT BELONG TO THE COUNTRY, UH, ADAPTED AS MY HOME COUNTRY.
WHAT IS AMERICA THAT BEAUTIFUL.
I'M FROM 11 ACRES ON THE LAKE SUGAR HOLLOW HILL, PINEY WOODS, AND ROCKS IN THE GARDEN.
I'M FROM AN ADVENTUROUS TABLE, FOREIGN FOODS.
I HEARD THAT FROM YOU AND BARBECUE.
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BURNED COOKIES, AND WE DINED DOWN.UM, BUT EVERYONE ELSE LOVED TO COOK.
I'M FROM LEAVE WHILE YOU'RE STILL HAVING FUN.
USUALLY EARLY, GET THINGS DONE, UM, BUCK UP, BUT ENJOY THE PROCESS.
I'M FROM ALL THE PLACES WE'VE BEEN MUSIC, FRIENDS, KIDS, FRIENDS, LITERACY, WORK, AND CHURCH, FAMILY FAR AND WIDE.
WHO WANTS TO SMILE WITH US YET? NEXT? I'LL CALL ON YOU.
IF YOU DON'T VOLUNTEER YOUR CHILD'S.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE THE SHEAR FEEL GOOD.
WE JUST, WE STARTED, WE JUST START TALKING.
UH, I AM FROM A WONDERFUL PLACE CALLED LAKE TURNOUT, DRY, UH, PLACE OF FAMILY, FRIENDS, FUN IN OF MY YOUTH AND PLACE TO LEARN, EXPLORE, GROW, AND TO PLAY A PLACE OF MEMORIES THAT SUSTAIN.
I AM FROM A FAMILY THAT ENJOYS FOOD.
HOME-STYLE FOOD THAT YOU CAN GROW YOURSELF.
YOU CAN HARVEST IN FOOD THAT BINDS IN BILLS.
I AM FROM A FAMILY OF SAYINGS, THAT GUIDE SAYINGS, THAT BUILD LANES FOR YOU TO TRAVEL SAYINGS THAT HELP YOU TO BE THE PERSON YOU SHOULD BE.
I AM FROM A LIFE OF FRIENDS THAT HAVE HELPED ME BE BRANDS THAT SUPPORT AND TEACH FRIENDS THAT LAUGH AND HELP YOU DO YOUR JOB FRIENDS FOR LIFE.
DIDN'T BRING A SMILE BECAUSE WITH POETRY IS NOT MY STRONG SUIT, BUT I DO LOVE A CHALLENGE.
SO, AND YOU ARE GOING TO PROVE THAT IT IS YOUR STRONG SUIT POETRY THERE WITH ELVIA WHERE IT'S, UH, IT'S GONNA SOUND LIKE A BOOK, BUT, UH, IT'S ALL GOOD DETECTIVE.
SO, UH, LET'S LET, LET ME SEE HOW I STARTED THIS.
SO I AM FROM CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
I LOVE THAT LOVES TO HEAR THE SOUND OF CHILDREN PLAYING IN THE STREETS WITH KICKBALL, JUMP ROPE, DODGE BALL, AND HEARING THE ICE CREAM TRUCK, ESPECIALLY THE SUMMER DAYS WITH LAUGHTER FRONT STOOP, WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS, THOSE PRICES MOMENTS.
I AM FROM LOVING COMFORT FOOD, LIKE FRENCH FRIES, BUT ALSO FOODS THAT ARE REMINISCENT OF THE HOLIDAYS WITH FAMILY TIME WITH, UM, BUT GREENS AND CORNBREAD, BAKED MAC AND CHEESE, SWEET POTATO PILE, A SUTENT, A PIE.
I AM FROM THE HOUSE, UH, WHERE WE SAY WE SERVE THE LORD.
AND WE'RE IN ALL FEEL WELCOMED WHEN THEY COME.
BUT ALSO WE, UH, WE INCLUDE FELLOWSHIP, FITNESS AND FUN, ALWAYS.
I AM FROM ENJOYING BEING INVOLVED WITH ORGANIZATIONS AND GROUPS THAT SERVE, HELP, ENCOURAGE AND INSPIRE EXAMPLES WITH THE ZETA PHI BETA SORORITY, MOUNT HEBREW MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, THE NAACP, THE ATHLETICS AND FITNESS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA GROUP EXERCISE INSTRUCTOR.
UM, THAT'S THE FAMILY FITNESS AND FUN, UM, PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONALS AND THOR, A NITTY, AND JUST ENJOYING BEING INVOLVED AND HELPING OTHERS.
SO THAT'S, IT'S NOT MY BOOK, BUT OH, IT DOES.
SO EVERYONE, WILL YOU LOOK, CAN WE LET STEPHANIE KNOW THAT DOES NOT SOUND LIKE A BOOK TO US? NO, IT SOUNDS LIKE A LIFE.
NO, IT'S NOT THAT I WANT EVERYONE TO STOP JUDGING THEM BECAUSE EVERYONE LISTENING IS SMILING.
JUST REMEMBER YOU'RE NOT GETTING PAID, SO I'M GOING TO PUBLISH THIS POETRY.
UM, I AM FROM CARS, SPEEDING BY KIDS, LAUGHING AND PLAYING AND ANNOUNCEMENTS BY INTERCOM LOUD LAWNMOWERS.
I AM FROM BOBA, NO MILK, TEA, FRUIT TEAS, SLUSHIES, NO
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SUGAR, LESS ICE, KUNG FU VV AND TEA.UM, AND THEN I NEVER REALLY LIKE FINISHED THE REST.
SO I GUESS I CAN JUST TALK ABOUT THE THIRD AND FOURTH STANZA.
UM, I WAS TRYING TO FIND LIKE THE UNT AND SME MOTTOES, BECAUSE THOSE WERE THE SCHOOLS THAT I WENT TO.
SO AS THE NEWS WAS, THE TRUTH WILL SET.
AND THEN YOU AND TIM COULDN'T FIND, AND THEN, UM, ORGANIZATIONS THAT I'M INVOLVED WITH JUNIOR LEAGUE OF RICHARDSON, STATE FAIR OF TEXAS.
UM, WHAT ELSE CAN'T THINK OF ANY RIGHT NOW? THAT'S ALL GOOD.
SO IT SAYS, I AM FROM A LARGE FAMILY.
I HAD ANIMALS LIKE CATS AND DOGS.
MY FAMILY LOVES TO EAT SEAFOOD AND PIZZA.
WE DRINK MOSTLY WATER, BUT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE HAVE A SODA, WE LIKE TO ADD POWDERS TO OUR DRINKS FOR VITAMINS AND OUR FAMILY SAYINGS, WHICH IS POSTED ON OUR FRONT DOOR IS KNOW THIS, MY BELOVED BROTHERS, LET EVERY PERSON BE QUICK TO HEAR, SLOW TO SPEAK, SLOW TO ANGER FOR THE ANGER OF MAN DOES NOT PRODUCE THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD.
JAMES ONE 19 AND 20 AMEN FRIENDS.
UM, I HAVE A FEW CLOSE BRANDS AND I'M INVOLVED WITH CHURCH AND, AND FRIENDS WITH WHOM MY CHILDREN PLAY SPORTS.
WELL THEN I WILL DO MINE AND THEN I WILL INTRODUCE A WONDERFUL FACILITATOR.
SO DID EVERYONE ELSE GET TO DO THOSE? ALL RIGHT, HOLD ON.
I HAVE TO SCROLL UP TO READ MINE.
I AM FROM THE CITY AND THE COUNTRY, KIDS WHO PLAY IN THE STREET, SNOW IN THE WINTER AND COMING IN.
WHEN THE STREET LIGHTS COME ON IN THE SUMMER, THE MOM AND EVERY HOUSE COULD FEED YOU, SPANK YOU OR KISSING BANDAGE, A SCRAPE OR SCRATCH.
I AM FROM CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS, ALL THE VEGETABLES YOU COULD EVER WANT TO EAT.
LEMON, MERENGUE PIE, FRESH APPLES, PLUMS, PEACHES, AND BERRIES.
FOR MY GRANDPARENTS FARM I'M ALSO FROM ICE.
COLD IS A ROOM TEMPERATURE, RED WINE.
SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, LEAVE EVERYTHING LOOKING BETTER THAN IT DID WHEN YOU CAME HERE.
WHEN YOU LEARN, TEACH FAILURE IS NECESSARY, DOING YOUR BEST IS TO, AND TO WHOM MUCH IS GIVEN MUCH IS EXPECTED.
I AM FROM ANCESTORS ON THE JAMES MADISON, PLANTATION, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, THE BANKS AND GILL FAMILIES, CHURCH COMMUNITIES, FOUNDATION OF TEXAS DIVERSITY CREW, THE GRANTS, PRESBYTERIAN, SOCIAL JUSTICE TASK FORCE, AND THE CITY OF GUERLAIN MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION.
I THINK THAT WE NOW KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT EACH OTHER AND OURSELVES.
AND IF THAT DID NOT MAKE YOU SMILE, STEPHANIE, IT SHOULDN'T HAVE, BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, OOH, THE STREET PLAYING IN THE STREET AND THE ICE CREAM.
THEN I KNOW THAT THAT'S, THAT'S A VERY UP THERE THING.
AND I WISH I HAD THOUGHT TO GET YOUR BIO DEBORAH, BUT I HOPE YOU WILL INTRODUCE YOURSELF WITH ALL OF YOUR CREDENTIALS BECAUSE THEY'RE IMPRESSIVE.
I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF INTRODUCING OUR FACILITATOR FOR TODAY.
DEBRA AUSTIN IS, UM, AND I'M NOT GOING TO EVEN TRY TO MAKE IT UP.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE WERE VERY, VERY BLESSED IN THAT.
OUR WONDERFUL STAFF LIAISON HELPED US FIND SOMEONE WHO CAN HELP US MAKE THE BEST OF OUR DAY.
I WILL LET YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
AND I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT HAVING GOTTEN DEBORAH'S BIO SO THAT I COULD DO IT, DO IT JUSTICE.
ARE YOU LISTENING TO YOUR FARMS AND EVEN LISTENING TO YOUR MISSION? I AM SO EXCITED TO BE WITH YOU GUYS TODAY AND TO SEE WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO CREATE.
I AM, UM, MY CAREER, A BUSINESS COACH CONSULTANT, AND ALSO A FACILITATOR AND A SPEAKER.
AND I HELP A LOT OF GROUPS DO WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING IN THE DAY, WHICH IS CREATE THEIR WAY FORWARD WHEN I'VE LISTENED TO YOUR ICEBREAKER.
KIMBERLIN I WILL TELL YOU, I SAID STOLEN.
I LOVE THE IDEAL OF BEING ABLE TO SHARE WHO AND WHAT YOU ARE AND WHAT MAKES YOU, AND WHAT'S EXCITING TO ME ABOUT THAT IS THAT WHAT THAT'S, WHAT YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT TODAY, THAT MOSAIC
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AND THE MOSAIC OF YOUR EXPERIENCES THAT BRING YOU HERE.SO I'M HAPPY TO SHARE WHATEVER YOU GUYS WANT TO KNOW ABOUT ME LATER, BUT I REALLY THINK IT'S ALL ABOUT YOU.
AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU GUYS MOVING TO TALKING ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO CREATE TODAY.
OUR VERY FIRST STEP IS OUR MISSION AND THE MISSION.
AND I'M GOING TO READ THIS OF THE MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION, SHELBY TO MAXIMIZE THE INCLUSION AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL CITIZENS IN THE CITY OF GRIND.
BY INCREASING THE NUMBER OF CITIZENS, WE REACH, TEACH, EDUCATE, AND INVOLVE IN WHAT THE CITY OF BERLIN HAS TO OFFER TO ENSURE THAT EVERY CITIZEN, REGARDLESS OF ETHNIC RACIAL, RELIGIOUS, OR CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS FEELS WELCOMED IN THE COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOOD, BUSINESS, OR PLACES OF WORSHIP, THAT'S A, A LOFTY AND WONDERFUL MISSION.
AND THE WAY WE'RE GOING TO GET STARTED IS BY SAYING IN FIVE WORDS OR LESS, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU WHEN YOU HEAR IT? AND I CAN START, YOU CAN START.
DOES ANYONE WANT TO START? IF NOT, I'LL GO IN THE ORDER THAT YOU APPEAR ON MY SCREEN.
WITH RE TEACH, EDUCATE, INVOLVE.
AND WHAT WAS THE OTHER REACH, TEACH, EDUCATE, AND INVOLVE IN WHAT THE CITY OF GARLAND HAS TO OFFER FOR YOU.
TAKE YOUR MERLIN WITH YOUR PERMISSION.
I'M GOING TO CHEYENNE, JUST CUT THAT PIECE OUT AND PUT IT UP ON THE SCREEN SO PEOPLE CAN LOOK AT IT.
SO BE PATIENT WITH ME FOR A MOMENT GUYS.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO FIND.
YOU GUYS CAN BE THINKING ABOUT YOUR FIVE WORDS AS, AS YOU'RE WAITING FOR ME HERE.
SO MY FOUR WORDS ARE TO CREATE WELCOMING COMMUNITY ELVIA.
WELL, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PUT IT IN WORDS, BUT I KNOW SOME OF THE STUFF THAT I WROTE WAS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHEN WE'RE AT A, DOING A PRESENTATION OR SOMETHING TO ACTUALLY HAVE A POSTER OR SOMETHING THAT SHOWS SOME OF THE STUFF THAT IS AVAILABLE.
UM, A LOT OF TIMES WE HAVE A TABLE AND WE'RE JUST GIVING OUT STUFF.
UH, THEY DON'T REALLY HEAR WHO WE ARE OR WHAT WE ARE OR WHY WE'RE EVEN THERE.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT I WOULD, YOU KNOW, TO REACH THEM, TO EDUCATE THEM AND TO GET THEM INVOLVED.
HOW ABOUT TO REACH, EDUCATE, AND GET INVOLVED.
SO, YOU KNOW, AND THAT STARTED THINKING, YOU KNOW, GO TO PLACES WHERE THERE'S GOING TO BE PEOPLE AND NOT ONLY GIVE THEM STUFF, BUT ACTUALLY TALK TO THEM, UM, AND, AND EDUCATE THEM.
AND THAT'S WHY I THINK THE POSTER COMES IN AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A KIND OF THINGS WE DO WHEN YOU CAN GET INVOLVED FOR HOW CAN WE HELP YOU, YOU KNOW, WITH WHATEVER ORGANIZATION YOU'RE WITH, YOU KNOW, GET INVOLVED WITH THEM.
AND THEN THEY GET INVOLVED WITH YOU.
ALVIA MINDY FIVE WORDS OR LESS.
MINDY WAS ROLLED OUT THIS YEAR.
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THAT'S IT.I'M GOING TO QUIT READING AND YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ALL MY NOISE.
UM, EDUCATE, ENGAGE, EMPOWER ALL THE CITIZENS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO FIGURE IT OUT BY THE TIME WE'RE DONE.
WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE LIKE, OOH, WE ARE JUST SO GOOD AT THIS.
STEPHANIE FOR ME, I, I JUST HAD A, WHAT, FOUR WORDS TO INSPIRE, ENCOURAGE SUPPORT, AND SERVE, INSPIRE, ENCOURAGE, SUPPORT, AND SERVE AND SERVE.
I DON'T THINK THAT I COULD POSSIBLY DISAGREE WITH ANY OF THOSE WORDS, YOU KNOW, AND I'M NOT, I'M NOT ABLE TO DISAGREE WITH ANY OF THE WORDS THAT WE'VE JUST HEARD.
YOU KNOW, I THINK IF, IF WE, BASED ON WHAT, OOH, THANK YOU, DEBORAH.
YOU KNOW, IF WE THINK ABOUT WHAT EACH OF US SAID, WE'RE ALREADY ON THE SAME PAGE AND, AND WE HAVE IDEALS WITH IT AL THAT ARE THE RIGHT ONES TO LIVE UP, TO, TO SERVE IN THE ROLES THAT WE ARE IN, YOU KNOW, INCLUSION, EMPOWERMENT, ENGAGEMENT, REACHING OUT, REACHING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REACHING, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT DOING SOMETHING INSULAR, RIGHT.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW DO WE WORK WITH YOU? HOW DO WE GET INVOLVED IN WHAT YOU'RE DOING? NOT JUST, HOW DO YOU GET INVOLVED IN WHAT WE'RE DOING? LISA, DID I GET YOU? UH, NO, BUT MINE IS TWO WORDS.
WHAT DO THOSE THINGS HAVE IN COMMON? SOMEONE, ANYONE? I THINK THEY ALL SAY THE SAME THING, BUT I THINK THE MAIN THING IS WE'VE GOT TO REACH OUT TO THEM FIRST AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WHETHER MINORITIES OR WHATEVER, BUT WE REALLY NEED TO REACH OUT TO ALL OF GARLAND AND THEN WE CAN GO WITH THE EDUCATION AND INCLUDING THEM.
AND HOW CAN WE HELP YOU THAT NOT, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THEM FIRST.
WE'VE GOT TO MAKE THEM KNOW THAT THEY'RE WANTED.
I DON'T KNOW IF MAYBE GOING WELL RIGHT NOW WITH WAS WITH ZOOM IS NOT THE EASIEST THING, BUT I WAS SAYING, YOU KNOW, ONCE HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET INTO CLUBS, GO TO THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATION, SAY WHO WE ARE AND HOW WE CAN HELP YOU, OR THEY CAN HELP US OR THAT KIND OF STUFF AND HOW THEY CAN HELP GARLIC.
IT'S NOT JUST THAT WE'RE GOING TO HELP THEM, BUT THAT THEY HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE WANT.
ANYONE ELSE? SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN I LOOK AT IT AND, AND THINK ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, I, I AM THE, NOT THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION, BUT JUST THIS YEAR, I KNOW.
WELL, JUST LAST YEAR, SINCE WE ARE NOW IN 2021, MYSELF WHO CAME AFTER ME, MINDY, YOU, I THINK YOU CAME AFTER ME.
LIZ CAME AFTER ME AND LISA IS VERY ELISA HAS JUST BEEN APPOINTED.
LISA WAS JUST APPOINTED IN THE LAST WEEK.
SO, SO MANY OF US ARE VERY NEW AND ARE NOT MARRIED IN ANY WAY TO WHAT HAS BEEN DONE BEFORE.
AND THOSE WHO HAVE HAD THE HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE CAN ADVISE US AND, AND, YOU KNOW, LET US KNOW WHAT HAS WORKED, BUT WE ARE ALL ABOUT WHAT'S NEW.
AND HOW DO WE DO IT TO, TO INCLUDE PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY? ONE THING I WILL SAY IS, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, ONE OF THE REASONS I MOVED TO GARLAND
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IS BECAUSE IT LOOKED LIKE THE UNITED NATIONS TO ME, THE DIVERSITY OF THIS COMMUNITY.I DON'T THINK OF ANYONE AS BEING, UM, ONE THING OR ANOTHER.
I DON'T THINK THE WORD MINORITY DOESN'T WORK FOR ME.
AND THAT'S JUST A PERSONAL PREFERENCE.
BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT PEOPLE AND EACH PERSON IS AN INDIVIDUAL, BUT I LIKED THAT IF THOSE PEOPLE TO BE ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE, I LIKE TO SEE EVERY FAITH FOCUS.
I LIKE TO SEE THAT PEOPLE HAVE OF ALL FACE, NO FACE OF ALL RACES OR WHO SAY RACE IS A CONSTRUCT, YOU KNOW, OF ALL ETHNICITIES WORKING TOGETHER AND GATLIN HAS THAT.
IT'S LIKE BEING IN THE UN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND WHO WE ARE, SO I WOULD LOVE FOR ME TO SEE HOW WE BRING ALL OF US TOGETHER AND I'M GOING TO GET OUT OF DEBORAH'S WAY AND, AND, AND, AND LET HER DO HER JOB SO WELL, AS I, AS I LISTENED TO YOU GUYS, AND ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT TO BRING TO THE TABLE AND WANT TO MA JUST MAKE YOU MINDFUL AS WE GO THROUGH THE REST OF YOUR TIME, THIS MORNING OF, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
CAUSE YOU TALKED ABOUT WAYS TO MAKE IT HAPPEN, BUT HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE THERE? HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOU ACHIEVE THE MISSION? YOU KNOW, HE TALKED ABOUT EDUCATING AND TALKING ABOUT MAKING PEOPLE FEEL WELCOMING, UH, EQUITY FOR ALL, BUT HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE THERE? BECAUSE IF WE'RE NOT CLEAR ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, IT'S A LOT HARDER TO GET THERE.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING, ANY ROAD WILL DO.
UM, AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, GUERLAIN HAS SO MANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE DOING, DOING SO MANY THINGS.
WHAT MAKES YOU GUYS STAND OUT AND BRING THE FORCE OF THAT TOGETHER SO THAT YOU ACHIEVE YOUR MISSION, THAT YOU'RE SERVING THAT MISSION IS THAT FAIR.
AND THEN THOSE WORDS THAT YOU USE TO DESCRIBE WHAT YOU THINK THAT MISSION MEANS.
IF I NEED TO SHOW THEM TO YOU AGAIN, WE'LL COME BACK TO IT.
BUT WHAT I WANT TO DO NOW IS JUST KIND OF BRAINSTORM WHERE YOU WANT TO GO IN 2020, YOU GUYS HAD A HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT TO THINK ABOUT THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU ARE PERSONALLY CONNECTED TO.
AND THEN THE LIST GROUPS THAT YOU THINK THAT YOU GUYS SHOULD BE CONNECTED TO.
AND I, I BELIEVE, AND, AND, AND KIMBERLYN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
I BELIEVE THE GOAL IS NOT TO REPLICATE WHAT SOMEBODY ELSE IS DOING, BUT TO MAXIMIZE WHAT YOU DO.
SO WHETHER IT'S IN PARTNERSHIP OR NOT.
SO YOU MOVE CLOSER TO YOUR MISSION.
DOES, DOES THAT RESONATE? WHAT YOU GUYS WERE, WHAT YOU WERE DOING.
I MEAN, IF THIS ORGANIZATION IS ALREADY PUTTING ON A FAIR, THEN EVEN IF YOU PARTICIPATE, WHAT'S THE FLAVOR YOU BRING TO MAKE IT.
SO YOU'RE MOVING TOWARDS YOUR GOAL.
NOT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO REPLICATE WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU GUYS SHOULD PARTNER WITH, YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE.
I'M GOING TO TURN THE CAMERA BACK OFF AND WE'RE PLAYING, MAKE-BELIEVE FLIP CHART OVER HERE IN CASE YOU DIDN'T FIGURE THAT OUT.
SO IF YOU GET, IF YOU CAN'T READ IT, JUST LET ME KNOW, AND I WILL, I WILL FIX THAT.
UM, UH, I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THREE GROUPS THAT YOU THINK SHOULD BE CONNECTED WITH, THAT YOU PERSONALLY CONNECTED WITH, UM, WHERE YOU THINK YOU GUYS SHOULD BE CONNECTED WITH.
AND IT CAN BE, FAITH-BASED AN AFFINITY GROUP, A MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION, GOVERNMENT SPORTS, WHATEVER IT IS, BUT THREE GROUPS THAT YOU THINK THIS COMMISSION SHOULD BE CONNECTED TO.
AND THEN WE'LL KIND OF GO BACK AND LOOK AT WHAT THE GROUP LOOKS LIKE ALL TOGETHER.
SO KIMBERLY, IF YOU WILL LEAD THE MARCH AND WE'LL FLIP YOU BACK OVER TO MY, TO MY, UM, MY FLIP CHART OVER HERE.
W WITH, WITH ABSOLUTE PLEASURE.
SO I THINK WE SHOULD BE CONNECTED WITH THE, UM, GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL, THE OFFICE OF NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY AND PARKS AND RECREATION.
KIMBERLY, TELL US JUST BRIEFLY WHY YOU THINK THOSE ARE ONES THAT ARE KEY.
THE YOUTH COUNCIL, BECAUSE ONE OF MY GREATEST GOALS ALWAYS IS TO GET YOUNG PEOPLE INVOLVED AND TO BE LISTENING TO THEM BECAUSE IT'S THEIR WORLD.
SO WE HAVE A REALLY STRONG YOUTH COUNCIL PROGRAM IN JSD.
I MEAN, IN THE CITY OF GARLAND IS NOT A GASB THING.
I ALSO THINK THAT WE COULD INVOLVE THE NAACP YOUTH GROUP, YOU KNOW, JUST YOUNG PEOPLE,
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UH, TEENAGERS WHO ARE ALREADY DREAMING AND VISIONING THINGS TO DO THAT WE CAN SUPPORT AND, UM, PROMOTE AND PARTNER WITH THEM.YOU KNOW, IF PARTNERSHIP IS NEEDED, BUT THAT'S WHY THE YOUTH COUNCIL OFFERS HIS NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT NOW.
HE DOES INCREDIBLE WORK IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF GARLAND.
AND IT'S A BIG COMMUNITY BUILDER, I THINK, BY WORKING WITH THEM AND SUPPORTING THEIR EVENTS AND THE THINGS THAT THEY ARE DOING, WE REACH MORE PEOPLE THROUGH OUR OUTREACH.
THEY WORK WITH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, UM, AND WITH ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, BUILDING BETTER RELATIONSHIPS IN NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEN PARKS AND RECREATION BECAUSE THEY ARE THE GREAT CONVENER.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BOTH MIKE COUNCILMAN WHO'S, ROBERT, JOHN SMITH, AND THE MAYOR HAVE SHARED WITH ME AND THEIR FEEDBACK IS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE RETURN OF THE MOSAIC FESTIVAL.
THAT WILL BE A PARTNERSHIP ACROSS MANY, MANY, MANY ORGANIZATIONS, BUT PARKS AND REC IS DOING ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING DOWN ON THE SQUARE.
AND RIGHT NOW A WHOLE LOT OF VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING MEANS THAT'S WHAT COVID HAS BROUGHT US TO.
BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S ANOTHER WAY THAT WE WILL TOUCH MORE PEOPLE IN THE CITY.
I'M GONNA MOVE TO THE BACK OF THE ROOM.
I DON'T KNOW WHO PUT ME UP IN THE FRONT IN THINKING OF THE MOSAIC THERE.
I THINK THERE'S A GIRL IN THE YOUTH COUNCIL, OR SHE MIGHT'VE GRADUATED ALREADY.
I DON'T KNOW, BUT I W I W WITH MY GIRLS WITH GOLDS, I WENT TO A SESSION ONE TIME WITH A COUNCIL.
AND THAT WAS WHAT YOU WANTED TO HAVE A PLACE AT THE PARK WITH THE DIFFERENT ORGANISM, NOT ORGANIZATION, BUT ETHNICITIES DISPLAYING WHAT IT IS THAT THEY'RE HEARING GARLAND, YOU KNOW, CAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WE'VE GOT A LOT OF INDIAN, A LOT OF PAKISTAN, A LOT OF, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, HISPANIC, THAT KIND OF STUFF, BUT THAT BROUGHT IT INTO MINE, GETTING INVOLVED WITH THE YOUTH COUNCIL.
UM, I'M INVOLVED WITH THE KIWANIS CLUB OF GARLAND.
AND, UH, WE, WE ALSO HAVE THE, THE KEY CLUBS IN THE HIGH SCHOOLS, WHICH ARE LEADERSHIP GROUPS.
AND IT'S A WAY OF, OF GETTING THEM ALSO INVOLVED IN, IN, UH, IN WHAT'S GOING ON IN GARLAND AND HOW WE CAN INVOLVE THEM.
ALSO CUBANOS IS A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE CAN HELP EACH OTHER IN WHAT WE DO.
AND I KNOW YOU ALL PARTICIPATE OR WE ALL IN THE COUNCIL IN THE, IN THE MULTICULTURE, IN OUR LI UH, VOLUNTEER FAIR.
UM, BUT PLACES LIKE THAT, AND ALSO, UH, DON'T FORGET G ISD.
I THINK THE GIS D HAS DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT WE COULD, YOU KNOW, VISIT AND GET THEM INVOLVED IN WHAT WE DO OR WHAT THEY DO.
THANK YOU, LIZ, DID YOU WANT TO BE IN THE BACK OF THEM? YEAH, I DON'T MIND.
I CAN SIT ON THE FRONT ROW IF I HAVE TO.
UM, UM, I, I HAD SHARED THAT I THOUGHT, UM, WORKING WITH THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS, UM, I, I WAS STRUCK, UM, WHEN I WAS AT THE LEAKS, UM, ANNUAL MEETING LAST SPRING, UM, ABOUT HOW MANY OF THE CONCERNS THAT ARE CONTINUALLY RAISED, THERE ARE THE SAME THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
AND I THINK WE ARE A GOVERNMENT RELATED ENTITY AND THEREFORE THE POLITICAL OR ADVOCACY SPEECH, UM, ARE PART OF THE WORK THAT WE DO IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THE WHOLE EDUCATION ARM, UM, IN LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS AND IT'S ALL BI-PARTISAN.
AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT CONNECTION FOR US TO, TO USE.
UM, AND THEN, UH, I ALSO THOUGHT THAT WE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE WERE SUPPOSED TO THINK OF THINGS REGARDLESS OF COVID, BUT I COVERED WITH US, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE CAN GO BACK TO IN-PERSON STUFF COVID IS GOING TO HAVE A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO I THINK THAT WE REALLY NEED TO, UH, WORK WITH AND SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTH, UM, PHYSICAL HEALTH, UM, GETTING GOOD INFORMATION OUT ABOUT VACCINES, ALL THAT KIND OF THING AND WHATEVER THE ENTITIES ARE THAT CAN HELP US DO THAT.
LIZ, DO YOU KNOW OF ANY PERSONALLY THAT YOU CAN THINK OF OFF HAND? WELL, THE ONE THING THAT I HAD SUGGESTED, WELL, I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FAITH IN GRIEF.
SO IN ORDER TO DEAL WITH THE GRIEF OF COVID, UM, WE ARE HAPPY TO WORK WITH, UH, WITH GARLAND
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TO, YOU KNOW, BRING BRIEF SUPPORT SERVICES.SEE, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW.
AND I WENT TO THREE MONTHS OF MISERY WITH HEADACHES AND THAT I GOT A WHOLE BUNCH OF MRIS BECAUSE I HAD THIS HORRIBLE HEADACHES THAT I COULDN'T EVEN STAND BECAUSE OF THE HEADACHES.
AND I HAD, UH, NEUROSURGEONS, I HAD CAT SCANS, I HAD MRIS, I HAD BLOOD WORK.
I HAD, NOBODY COULD FIND ANYTHING THAT WAS WRONG WITH ME.
UM, IT GOT TO THE POINT TO QUIT.
THEY WERE GOING TO DO A NERVE BLOCK OR SOMETHING, AND, BUT THEY WOULDN'T PUT ME TO SLEEP OR, OR ANYTHING BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HIT THE RIGHT SPOT.
AND SO I SAID, WELL, LET ME THINK ABOUT IT.
AND THE MORE I THOUGHT ABOUT IT, THE MORE I THOUGHT THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH ME SO FAR.
SO IT'S GOT TO BE COVID, IT'S GOTTA BE THE FACT THAT I'M ALWAYS OUT THERE.
I BELONG TO DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS IN FRIENDS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I'M NOT SEEING ANYTHING.
I WASN'T EVEN DOING ZOOM CAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO DO IT.
UM, I COULDN'T VISIT MY FAMILY.
AND SO I DECIDED, OKAY, I'M GOING TO STOP TAKING ALL MY MEDICATION.
AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHO TO CALL.
I'M GOING TO STOP ALL MY MEDICATION.
AND I SEND A NOTE TO MY DOCTOR SAYING, I'M GOING TO STOP ALL THE MEDICATION.
I'M GOING TO TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
I JOINED THE GYM, MAKE SURE THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT I WAS TAKEN CARE OF AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND IT WAS A BIG CHANGE WITHIN TWO WEEKS, EVERYTHING WENT AWAY.
UM, AND THE HARDEST HARDSHIP WAS, I COULDN'T TALK TO MY FAMILY.
I HAD A BROTHER AND A SISTER THAT WERE REALLY SICK AND I HAD A BROTHER-IN-LAW THAT DIED.
AND SO A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK, WELL, YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T COLLAPSE OR WHATEVER, BUT THEY'RE STILL HAVING PROBLEMS AND WE NEED, WE NEED TO PLAY, YOU KNOW, THAT WE NEED TO LET THEM KNOW THERE ARE PLACES.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS I HEAR FROM ALL OF YOU AS, AS YOU'RE SPEAKING SO FAR, AND I'VE HEARD SINCE YOU STARTED THIS MORNING, IS THAT YOU GUYS WANT TO BE LIKE A CENTRAL HUB JUST FOR KNOWING WHAT THE AVAILABLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND LIKE YOU SAID, JUST THE PLACE TO GO, TO START TO SAY, IS THERE SOMETHING AVAILABLE? YES.
THANK YOU, LIZ, DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER GROUP YOU WANTED TO ADD OR IS THAT, ARE WE GOOD? OKAY.
NO, I REALLY CAN'T THINK OF ANY, SORRY.
UM, I'M THINKING I WOULD GOT ON, UH, INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I'M THINKING OF THAT ON INDEPENDENT TO THIS DAY.
I MEAN MYSELF, I CAN HEAR YOU.
AND, UH, WHY MTA? BECAUSE, UH, THEY DEAL WITH A LOT OF YOUTH AND THEIR PARENTS BECAUSE MOST OF THE TIME THEIR PARENTS ARE INVOLVED TOO.
AND, UH, THAT ON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BECAUSE, UH, MANY TIMES OR NOON AMY GRANT OR THE RESIDENTS AND THOSE WHO JUST MOVED TO THE CITY, THEY HAVE TO BE TOLD OF, UH, THE ECONOMICAL, UM, OPPORTUNITY THAT THEY HAVE.
AND WE GOT THIS INFORMATION PROVIDED TO BED FROM THE, UH, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
IF WE HAVE, IF WE ARE BLESSED AS WITH THEM, WE WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE CURRENT INFORMATION CORRELATE THE OPPORTUNITY THAT IS AVAILABLE IN THE CITY OF GARLAND, WHICH WE CAN AS TO THE NOON, UH, RESIDENT, UM, BLACK OR WHITE OR ANYBODY THAT JUST MOVED TO THE GARDEN BECAUSE THEY, THEY NEED THAT.
AND THAT WE HAVE THEM TO STABILIZE THEIR BUILDINGS IN THE CITY.
SO WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING WHERE YOU WOULD WANT TO SAY, IF SOMEONE WERE TO CONTACT YOU ABOUT THIS, THAT THIS IS YOUR RESOURCE, THIS IS WHERE YOU, THIS IS WHO YOU NEED TO TALK TO.
YEAH, CURRENTLY I'M INVOLVED WITH, BECAUSE, UM, I, I WOULD, THERE I'M A RETIRED TEACHER, SO I STILL GOT INVOLVED WITH, UH, GIS D SO I KNOW THE KIND OF LIKE LAST YEAR, THE PROGRAM, WE WITH THEM, WHICH WAS A LITERACY FOR LIFE.
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I'LL INPUT ON THAT PROGRAM IS TO THE, TO THE STUDENT BECAUSE A LOT OF STUDENTS LIKE IT AND THEY TALK ABOUT IT WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL, HE HAD IN THAT, UH, THOSE ARE PROGRAMS THAT THEY STILL WANTS TO CONTINUE.WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER IS THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO REPLICATE SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY THERE.
SO THINK ABOUT THE, THE COUNCIL'S ROLE IN CONNECTING PEOPLE, RIGHT? I MEAN, IF THAT PROGRAM ALREADY EXISTS AND IS RUNNING, THEN WE DON'T NEED TO DO THAT OVER, BUT YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO SAY IT'S AVAILABLE.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S, I DON'T KNOW IF THE PROGRAM IS STILL THERE RUNNING.
I THINK WE JUST DID IT ONE TIME.
I DUNNO IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT THIS YEAR, BUT IF WE CAN CONTINUE ON DOING THAT PROGRAM, A PATTERN WITH THE WOW GIZ, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING FOR US CHALLENGE THERE, THAT THE DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, WE, YES, WE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO CONNECT WITH, BUT THE DISTRICT, THE SCHOOL BOARD AND ALL OF THEIR DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS ARE UNDER A DIFFERENT UMBRELLA.
SO ANYTIME WE'RE COORDINATING SOMETHING WITH GIS, D THERE'S PROBABLY MORE BUREAUCRACY INVOLVED.
IT'S NOT IMPOSSIBLE, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S THE BEST WAY FOR US TO DEPLOY VOLUNTEERS.
IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S NOT THAT IT'S NOT VALUABLE.
IT'S THAT THE DISTRICT HAS TONS OF RESOURCES SOMETIMES MORE THAN THEY CERTAINLY HAVE A MUCH LARGER STAFF THAN THE CITY.
AND WE'RE AFFILIATED WITH THE CITY.
I DON'T KNOW, RENEE, I CUT YOU OFF.
I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK MR. UH SHIMI.
IF HE'S AWARE OF THAT ARM IN THE DISTRICT THAT HAS A, UM, I GUESS A OR COMMISSION REGARDING MATTERS OF DIVERSITY, I'M JUST KNOW ONE PERSON WHO'S BEEN ON IT.
I CAN'T THINK OF THE NAME OF IT RIGHT NOW, BUT I THINK IT TO BE SIMILAR TO CMC, BUT NOT THE SAME.
UM, AND IT'S IN, SO THERE'S A COUPLE, I KNOW THE PART, THE PARENT PART PARENT ENGAGEMENT IS, UM, HAS THE LIAISONS FOR CULTURE ARE ALL UNDER THE SAME VICE THEY'RE NOT CALLED VICE CHAIRS.
WHAT ARE THEY CALLED? VICE, UM, SUPERINTENDENT ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.
NOT, NOT TO GET TOO FAR INTO THE DETAILS AT THIS POINT.
CAUSE I GUESS YOU GUYS WANT TO LEAVE WITH LIKE, HERE'S THE MASTER UMBRELLA.
WE'RE GOING TO WORK FOR HIM FOR THE YEAR.
BUT AGAIN, BEING MINDFUL OF THAT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS YOUR ROLE IN, IN THAT MAYBE YOU'RE BRINGING COMMUNITIES AND CONNECTING THEM INTO THE PROGRAM, NOT DOING THE PROGRAM BECAUSE IF IT'S ALREADY EXISTS OR IF IT DOES EXIST, HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT THAT? RIGHT? MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO SUPPORT, BUT NOT TO REPLICATE OR, OR WORSE THAN THAT BECOME THE COMPETITION.
WELL, WE DID SPEAK TO EDUCATION AND I THINK LITERACY AND EDUCATION, UM, YOU KNOW, GONNA INVOLVE THE SCHOOLS, ALSO THE LIBRARY THAT'S TRUE.
WELL, THE LIBRARY HAS A LITERACY PROGRAM, BUT I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW THAT FUNCTIONS, BUT I USED TO BE A GIRL.
I USED TO BE ON ADULT LITERACY VOLUNTEER LONG, LONG AGO.
AND I KNOW YOU DID THAT TO LIZ AND IT, AND IT'S LIKE, YES, I WOULD LOVE TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE LIBRARY.
CAUSE I KNOW THEY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF VOLUNTEER RESOURCES EITHER.
AND EVEN, EVEN WITHIN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, MR. BASHIR, THEY HAVE A LOT OF BUSINESS RESOURCES.
YOU GUYS WANT TO THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH THEM AND MAYBE YOU DON'T WORK WITH EVERYBODY THIS YEAR.
WHAT'S YOUR PLAN IS WHAT YOU WANT TO WORK WITH DOWN THE LINE.
YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR I FOCUS MIGHT BE THESE ORGANIZATIONS, THESE, THIS YEAR, NEXT YEAR, THESE WILL BE ORGANIZATIONS WE FOCUS ON, BUT YOU'LL, YOU'LL FIGURE IT OUT.
LET'S TRY TO CAPTURE THE INFORMATION AND NOT LEAVE ANYTHING OUT THAT JUST POINT.
UM, SO I HAVE ALL HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS, SO HOPE CLINIC OF GARLAND, GARLAND PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AND THEN THE NEW GARLAND VA TO ACTUALLY GIVE NAMES TO WHAT LIVES WITH ME.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO AND SAY THAT AGAIN.
CAUSE YOU KNOW, MY ARMS, OH, SORRY.
THE HOPE CLINIC OF GARLAND GARLAND PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THEN THE NEW GARLAND VA.
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I'M THINKING ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, NOT AS MICRO AS YOU GUYS ARE.I'M A LITTLE BORED BECAUSE THE MACRO VIEW, AND THIS IS JUST MY, THAT WE HAVE TWO GROUPS, WE HAVE A TARGET GROUP THAT WE'RE TRYING TO TARGET.
AND THOSE PEOPLE ARE THE ONES WE'RE TRYING TO OPEN DOORS AND GET THEM TO REALIZE THAT THEY HAVE A VOICE AND THEY HAVE A PLACE IN GARLAND AND HELP THEM FIND THEIR PLACE.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE RESOURCE GROUP.
AND WHAT I'M SEEING ON YOUR LIST IS A LOT OF RESOURCES.
AND THEN WHAT WE DO IS WE HAVE THE TARGET GROUP CONNECT WITH THE RESOURCE ASPECTS.
AND TO ME, THAT'S SORT OF WHAT I ENVISION, UH, US DOING.
THE RESOURCE GROUP, EVERYBODY YOU'VE GOT DOWN IS GREAT.
UH, ALSO, UH, WHEN I WAS IN RICHARDSON, UH, WE HAD, UH, HER RICHARDSON REALTORS ASSOCIATION AND WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH THE CHAMBER AND THEY WERE GREAT GROUPS THAT WE COULD REFER PEOPLE TO AND USE, UH, TO HELP IDENTIFY PEOPLE THAT NEEDED SUPPORT.
UH, THOSE WOULD BE GOOD TO ADD.
THERE ARE, OF COURSE ALL THE CIVIC ORDINANCE ORGANIZATIONS, THE QUANTIS, THE ROTARY, UH, THEY'RE ALL GOOD TO THE BUSINESS GROUPS WE HAVE IN GARLAND.
WE HAVE A LOT OF STRONG GROUPS.
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT GIVES A STRONG WORD, BUT TO ME WHO ARE OUR TARGETS, WHO ARE, WHO ARE WE TRYING TO, UH, ENGAGE? WHO'S NOT BEING ENGAGED IN GARLAND.
WHO'S BEING LOST, WHO, UH, WHO FEELS LIKE THEY DON'T HAVE A VOICE OR THEY'RE NOT SURE THAT REALLY GARLAND IS INCLUSIVE.
UH, SO I WOULD LOVE, AND I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T HAVE WHO THEY ARE.
SO, SO CHARLES LAMB, LET ME SAY THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT TO THAT LEVEL.
AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT NEXT.
AND I SORT OF SEATED THIS QUESTION, SO THAT'S WHY EVERYBODY'S OFF ON THE ORGANIZATION.
AND IT WAS LIKE, WHO ARE YOU CONNECTED TO NOW? WHO DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD BE CONNECTED TO? BECAUSE THE NEXT QUESTION IS ABOUT WHAT DO YOU WANT TO ACCOMPLISH? AND I THINK YOUR, YOUR MACRO LEVEL OF HERE ARE THE PEOPLE WE WANT TO KNOW.
AND WE WANT TO CONNECT WITH, HERE ARE THE RESOURCES, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING IN THE NEXT STEP.
SO THANK YOU FOR STEPPING BACK AND SAYING THAT, BUT I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE I WROTE DOWN CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESS GROUPS.
WERE THERE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU WOULD PUT ON THAT LIST AS RESOURCES? I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A GARLAND REALTORS GROUP THAT WOULD BE THERE TO HELP PEOPLE AND ALSO BE A VOICE OF ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT'S GOING ON IN GARLAND, AS THEY'RE SHOWING HOMES, THEY'RE PROMOTING IT AND REALLY SAYING, THIS IS WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT GARLAND AND THIS IS WHY YOU NEED TO MOVE HERE.
AND WE DID THAT IN RICHARDSON.
THEY WOULD EVEN MEET AT MY HIGH SCHOOL TWICE A YEAR AND WE'D GIVE THEM BRAG SHEETS FROM DISTRICT OF, OF ALL THE GREAT STUFF GOING ON AT THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS.
AND SO, AND THEY WOULD USE THEM IN THE DIFFERENT ZIP CODES.
AND, UH, IT, IT'S JUST A GREAT WAY TO BUILD THAT SPIRIT OF CITY AND, AND SPIRIT OF ACCOMPLISHMENT.
AND IT REALLY HIGHLIGHTS THE KIDS.
BASHIR ACTUALLY MENTIONED SOMETHING IN THAT VEIN.
WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT SOMETHING FOR NEW RESIDENTS, IT'S LIKE BACK IN THE OLDEN DAYS, DOES ANYONE REMEMBER WELCOME WAGON? YOU KNOW, WHERE IT'S LIKE YOU WOULD GET ALL THE INFORMATION.
I THINK WE NEED TO GO BEYOND NEW RESIDENTS.
SO I THINK WE NEEDED TO GO TO EXISTING RESIDENTS BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S AVAILABLE.
SO IT'S REALLY LIKE, THAT'S A GREAT TACTIC FOR THE NEW ONES AND WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET IT TO THE EXISTING ONES, TOO TERABYTES.
IF I MIGHT, UM, THE CITY DOES HAVE A EXISTING RELATIONSHIP AND I KNOW SOMETHING THEY'VE BEEN DOING ANNUALLY WITH THE AREA, I THINK METROPLEX REALTORS.
SO YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO REINVENT THE CONTENT FOR THAT BECAUSE, UM, THERE'S SOMEONE IN OUR ORGANIZATION WHO'S ALREADY DOING AN ANNUAL EVENT WITH REALTORS.
UH, I THINK THEY MAY HAVE EVEN DONE IT BEFORE.
COVID GOT LIKE IT IS NOW, BUT THERE IS SOMETHING THAT EXISTS ALL READY THAT, UH, I THINK THERE HAS BEEN MENTIONING, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A PARTNERSHIP AND NOT REINVENT.
SO THAT'S ONE, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO REINVENT IT.
SO CHARLES, THANK YOU FOR THAT, RENEE.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU THINK ABOUT ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU GUYS WANT TO LOOK AT PARTNERING WITH, WHAT WOULD BE YOUR TOP THREE? WELL, WHEN CHARLES WAS TALKING ABOUT THE
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MACRO LEVEL AND IT'S BEEN ON MY MIND EVER SINCE YOU GUYS STARTED NAMING GROUPS AND WHAT HAVE YOU, CAUSE I HAVE A HEART FOR SENIORS.I JUST WANT US TO REMEMBER OUR SENIORS AND WAYS TO CONNECT WITH THE SENIOR CITIZENS.
UM, BECAUSE EVEN IN THIS ENVIRONMENT, THEY'VE BEEN THE GROUP THAT'S BEEN MOST IMPACTED BY THIS VIRUS AND THEY'RE ALWAYS THE GROUP THAT'S MOST IN NEED OF HELP WITH TEXTED.
HOW DO I DO THIS? HOW DO I DO THAT? AND SO I THINK THAT WHEN THERE IS A, WHAT DOES IT COSTING YOUR SOURCE AND SOME OTHER THINGS THAT ALREADY EXIST.
UM, BUT THESE PEOPLE NEED PEOPLE WHO ARE CLOSER TO THEM THAT THEY CAN REALLY TOUCH AND CALL NOT THE LARGE ORGANIZATIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO PUSH FIVE BUTTONS TO GET TO WHO YOU NEED.
THEY NEED SOMEBODY THEY CAN REALLY TALK TO WHO CAN HELP THEM NAVIGATE AND HAVE OUR VOLUNTEERS WHO CAN HELP THEM NAVIGATE THOSE OTHER ENTITIES.
AND SO I JUST, MY ONE THING I SAID, ALL THAT TO SAY, REMEMBER THE SENIOR CITIZENS, THAT'S A TARGET GROUP TO ME.
AND THAT'S PROBABLY THE ONLY ONE I'M THINKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW, SENIOR CITIZENS.
SO WE'VE, WE'VE GONE THROUGH, AND WE'VE LOOKED AT A LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE KNOW ABOUT THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH.
AND IN CASE YOU GUYS DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THERE'S QUITE A FEW THAT YOU CAME UP WITH AND I HEARD A LITTLE BIT OF HEART AND ALL OF THE ONES THAT YOU NAMED, UH, BASED ON WHO YOU ARE AND WHERE YOU'RE FROM THAT MOSAIC AGAIN.
LET'S TAKE ABOUT 10 MINUTES AND COME BACK AND THEN I WANT TO REGROUP AND TALK ABOUT THIS WHOLE IDEAL OF WHERE YOU WANT TO GO.
AND THEN WHAT MIGHT BE THE RESOURCES AND TARGET GROUPS YOU WANT TO PUT TOGETHER AND WHAT'S GOING TO BRING THEM TOGETHER.
IF YOU DON'T MIND, CAN I ADD MY, UM, I HAD SOME OF WHAT EVERYONE ELSE HAS SAID, BUT JUST ONE OTHER WAS SHAKING HIS HEAD.
SO I WAS OKAY WITH ESPECIALLY ELDER CARE.
SO I'M GLAD GRENADES BROUGHT THAT IN.
I THINK THE ONLY OTHER THING WAS COMMUNITY RELATIONS AND THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH, LIKE WHAT OTHER, WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT ARE NOT BEING TOUCHED AND WHAT OTHER DESIRES.
AND I THINK IN SUMMARY TO WRAP MINDS UP, I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE COMMUNITY BEEN ASKING FOR? WHAT DO THEY NEED, WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING FOR? AND EVEN WITHIN MY CIRCLE OF FOLKS THAT I ENGAGE WITH, ESPECIALLY IN THE DIFFERENT, UM, ENVIRONMENTS THAT I DO ENGAGE WITH, WHETHER IT'S IN THE FITNESS ENVIRONMENT OR IN THE SERBIAN ENVIRONMENT.
WHEN I ASK THOSE QUESTIONS, I ALSO FIND OUT THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S AVAILABLE OR HOW TO ACCESS THIS OR HOW TO GET TO IT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THOSE THREE NUGGETS ON THE PAPER TOO, AS WELL, DEBORAH, AS WE, UH, AS WE WRAP UP.
SO LET'S, LET'S TAKE 10 MINUTES.
GET THEM, GET UP, MOVE AROUND A LITTLE BIT AND WE'LL COME BACK TOGETHER.
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I'D LOVE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE YOU WERE SAYING.
UM, WE ARE AT FAITH IN GRIEF OR STARTING A PROJECT ABOUT GRIEF IN THE BODY.
UM, WE, UH, WORKING WITH STEPHANIE TOVAR, WHO'S A YOGA THERAPIST.
UM, AND, UH, SO I'D BE REALLY INTERESTED IN TALK TO YOU MORE ABOUT THAT, ABOUT WHAT YOU FOUND.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT SEMANTICS AT RETREAT HAS TO, YEAH.
ONE OF OUR WORKSHOPS IS OUT OF THERE.
WHAT DOES IT, REGINA? REGINA IS WORKING WITH US.
ONE OF OUR FACILITATORS WORLDS CONNECT.
STEPH, STEPHANIE WILL ALWAYS BE THE ONE WHO ARRIVES FIRST.
I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE ANYBODY BEHIND.
SO WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK THE COMMISSION SHOULD BE ABOUT.
AND I WANT TO PUT THIS BACK UP OR BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU TALKED ABOUT WELCOMING COMMUNITIES, SHOWING RESOURCES, REACHING, EDUCATING, INVOLVING EQUITY FOR ALL.
NOW I WANT TO TALK, TALK, UH, TAKE A STEPHEN COVEY POINT OF VIEW.
AND HE, TO ME GETS RIGHT TO THE POINT.
AND THAT IS START WITH THE END IN MIND.
SO IF YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING BACK JANUARY 20, 22, AND YOU DID THINGS THAT HELPED TO REACH, EDUCATE INVOLVED, AND YOU DID THINGS TO INSPIRE IN THE COMMUNITY AND TO OPEN DOORS, WHAT KIND OF THINGS WOULD THOSE EVENT? IT CAN'T BE JUST A WORD ANYMORE.
THIS IS LIKE SOMETHING ACTION THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO TAKE AND BE ABLE TO MEASURE TO SAY, THIS IS HOW WE MOVE CLOSER TO THIS MISSION.
SO LET'S JUST TOSS OUT SOME IDEALS OF WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND TALK ABOUT WHO IT WOULD TOUCH, HOW YOU WOULD MAKE IT HAPPEN, NOT IN DETAIL, BUT THE RESOURCES YOU MIGHT NEED.
SO IS EVERYBODY WITH ME, IT'S NOW JANUARY, 2022, AND YOU GET TO HAVE MAGIC PEN BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE WORLD.
WHAT THE TRUTH IS, WHAT COULD YOU DO THAT WAS SUPPORT THAT MISSION STATEMENT AND WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE SAID.
AND I WILL TELL YOU THE ONE WORD I'VE HEARD MULTIPLE TIMES IS EDUCATE, EDUCATE, AND EDUCATE.
AND I HEARD LETTING PEOPLE KNOW WHERE RESOURCES ARE.
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DEVELOP A RESOURCE.SO I'M GOING TO CALL THE LIBRARY, BUT THAT'S NOT REALLY WHAT I MEAN, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT CREATING, UH, UH, ANYTHING MORE THAN SOMETHING THAT CONNECTS PEOPLE TO WHAT'S ALREADY AVAILABLE.
SO MAYBE THE CMC FACEBOOK PAGE INCLUDES A BUNCH OF INFORMATION OF ADD LINKS, MORE THAN ANYTHING LINKS ABOUT WHO TO CALL FOR WHAT? AND THE CITY HAS DONE SEVERAL DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT IT'S NOT JUST THE CITY.
IT'S ALSO, YOU KNOW, JISD, IT'S ALSO THE DIFFERENT CHURCHES.
IT'S ALSO ALL THOSE THINGS THAT SOMEBODY MIGHT WANT TO SEE IN ONE PLACE THAT DON'T CURRENTLY EXIST IN ONE PLACE.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NOT, COVID DEPENDENT.
IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CAN FOLLOW LINKS FROM ANYWHERE.
CAN I CALL IT A RESOURCE CENTER AND BETTER DIGITAL OR WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE? YEAH.
WHAT ELSE, WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU WANT TO SAY? JANUARY 20, 22? THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE DONE THAT MOVES US CLOSER TOWARDS OUR MISSION.
JUST THE LAST PART OF THAT PIECE IS WE CREATED IT AND THEN WE LET PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF WELCOME SECRETS.
I LIKE THAT CREATE AND FOLLOW US AS, YES.
SO THIS MIGHT GET MOST EXCITED WHEN I'M STARTED REALLY THINKING.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS, UM, I THINK ABOUT WHAT I DO WITH, WITHIN BUSINESSES IN GENERAL, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT WHAT DOES SUCCESS SUCCESS LOOK LIKE? SO TO YOUR POINT AT THE END OF THE DAY, UM, WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THE STARTING WITH THE END IN MIND AND HOW DO WE WORK BACKWARDS AND WHAT DOES SUCCESS LOOK LIKE? AND BASED ON WHAT ALL OF THAT I'VE HEARD AROUND, OF COURSE OUR REACH TEACH, EDUCATE AND INVOLVE.
I ENVISION SUCCESS WITH WHAT LOOK LIKE THERE MAY BE MULTIPLE VENUES OF HOW IT'S EXECUTED AS FAR AS THE VEHICLE THAT IT'S DONE VIRTUALLY BIT THAT WILL ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY, COMMUNICATING WHAT IS AVAILABLE, HOW THEY CAN INTERACT, AND THEN ALSO TAKING IN INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED AND WHAT THEY WANT.
IT CAN ALSO BE BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY IS TECHNOLOGY, RIGHT.
ESPECIALLY WHEN WE THINK ABOUT OUR SENIORS, OUR ELDERS, UM, IT IS EVEN HAVING A PLATFORM WHERE THEY HAVE INFORMATION THAT IS PROBABLY MAILED TO THEM SO THAT THEY CAN READ IT AND GET ENGAGED.
SO THAT SAME VIRTUAL INFORMATION THAT'S HAPPENING WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT RESOURCES THAT WE'RE GOING TO, UH, PROVIDE WOULD BE ALSO AVAILABLE IN A FORMAT WHERE THEY CAN READ IT AND TO ENGAGE.
AND THEN WHEN WE THINK ABOUT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, RIGHT? SO OUR YOUNG ADULTS OR OUR TEENAGERS, THEY ARE VERY TECH SAVVY.
SO THEN WE GO TO THE SPACES WHERE THEY ARE READY AS TIK, TOK, WHATEVER IT IS.
BUT THAT'S MY, THAT'S WHAT I ENVISIONED WHEN WE THINK ABOUT WHAT SUCCESS LOOK LIKE TO REACH, TO TEACH, TO EDUCATE, INVOLVE, WE GOT TO GIVE THEM THE VENUES AND THEN THE INFORMATION AND THEN GET INFORMATION.
SO THAT WAS THAT'S, THAT'S MY, THAT'S MY 2 CENTS.
THAT'S NOT SO FAR AWAY FROM WHAT CAROLYN JUST SAID, BECAUSE IF YOU CREATE THAT RESOURCE CENTER IT'S RELATED.
KIND OF LIKE SUCCESS WISE IN ENVISION, LIKE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS WHAT WE, WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH AND ENVISION IT SO THAT WE CAN LIKE PUT LEGS TO IT.
SO THAT WAS WHAT I WAS THINKING THROUGH.
SO WHAT I WROTE, YES, YOU CAN'T READ IT AS A VIRTUAL WAY OF THAT.
COMMUNICATING WHAT IS AVAILABLE, MAKE IT AVAILABLE IN MULTIPLE FORMATS.
I PUT PRINT DIGITAL, ET CETERA.
DOES THAT CAPTURE IT OR DID I MISS SOMETHING THAT'S SIGNIFICANT.
WHAT ELSE? I WOULD SAY THAT, UH, UH, A SIGN THAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED, SOMETHING WOULD BE, IF NOT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PUSH STUFF OUT TO OTHER PEOPLE, BUT THAT THEY'RE FEEDING US, WE'LL BE SUCCESSFUL.
IF COMMUNITY GROUPS POST THEIR EVENTS THROUGH US, SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN GET OUT TO OTHERS WILL BE SUCCESSFUL.
IF PEOPLE, UM, HAVE ENOUGH LANGUAGE FACILITY TO BE ABLE TO INTERACT WITH, YOU KNOW, TAXES OR WHATEVER THEY NEED TO GET DONE.
UM, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO SEE SOME, UM, MULTILANGUAGE FORMATS AS WELL AS, UH, DIGITAL PRINT, ET CETERA.
SO YOU BECOME A RESOURCE FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO SHARE INFORMATION OR AN AVENUE, A WAY OF THEM CONDUIT.
HOW'S THAT, IS THAT A GOOD ONE? THAT'S A GREAT WORD.
THAT IT'S FOR COMMUNITIES TO REACH EACH OTHER.
I LOVE THAT LIZ, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THE INPUT IS SO HUGE.
AND STEPHANIE ALSO MENTIONED SERVING, YOU KNOW, IT'S CREATING IN A VACUUM IS
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ALWAYS A MISTAKE.YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
THE COMMUNITY HAS TO SAY, HERE'S WHAT WE WANT.
AND THAT'S AN ONGOING PROCESS.
IT'S NOT A POINT IN TIME THING.
AND WE MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, CREATING OUR OWN FACEBOOK PAGE OR SOMETHING.
THAT'S A WAY SOME, SOME PEOPLE MAY INTERACT, BUT WE NEED MANY, MANY DIFFERENT WAYS FOR PEOPLE TO GET INFORMATION IN SO THAT IT CAN BE SHARED WITH OTHERS.
I THINK WE ALSO NEED TO GET THEM TO NOT ONLY GET ALL THIS INFORMATION, BUT GET INVOLVED TO WHERE THEY CAN HAND IT OUT TO OTHER PEOPLE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU LEARN ALL THIS STUFF, BUT OH, NO, I DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING.
YOU KNOW, I ALREADY KNOW HOW TO DO IT, THAT'S IT, YOU KNOW, BUT IF I LEARNED SOMETHING AND IF I CAN PASS IT ON TO MY NEIGHBOR AND THAT KIND OF STUFF, THEN YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE, OKAY, I'VE DONE SOMETHING VERSUS JUST, YOU KNOW, I LEARNED FROM THE MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION, HOW TO DO IT AND THAT'S IT.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'VE GOTTEN IT CORRECT.
AND DIDN'T MISS ANYTHING IMPORTANT, LIZ AND LV.
I WANT YOU GUYS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GOOD WITH US AND YOUTUBE KIMBERLYN CAUSE YOU KICKED IN THERE.
UH, IT, YOU BECOME TO BECOME A CONDUIT FOR COMMUNITIES TO REACH EACH OTHER, PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND INFORMATION, AND THEN ALSO TO GET INVOLVED.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE I DIDN'T MISS ANYTHING IMPORTANT HERE.
YOU GUYS GOING TO BE DOING ONCE YOU DECIDE, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THIS.
WHAT ELSE? WHAT ELSE? I MEAN, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE MORE, IT CAN BE ADDED ON, BUT 20, 22.
SO REACH OUT TO, IN THE GARLAND TEXAN, THEIR WEBSITE THAT PROVIDES THEY'RE BASICALLY LIKE A LOCAL NEWSPAPER, BUT DIGITAL ONLY THEY USED TO BE PRINT.
AND MAYBE THAT RESOURCE, THE DIGITAL RESOURCE PAGE CAN BE ON THAT WEBSITE.
THERE'S A LOT OF GARLAND PEOPLE GO ON THERE AGAIN.
WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE GARLAND TEKTON OKAY.
AT THIS POINT, WE'RE JUST PUTTING IT TOGETHER.
HOW TO, AND THE STEPS TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING IN YOUR HOMEWORK THAT I HAVEN'T HEARD YET.
WHAT, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO TELL US ABOUT VOTER REGISTRATION? WELL, I LOOKED THROUGH THE, I LOOKED THROUGH THE WHAT IN PATTERN OF GARLAND MOST OF THE TIME, THE CITY ELECTION, UM, IS THE TURNAROUND IS VERY LOW.
UM, LAST NOVEMBER BECAUSE OF ACTIVITIES OF MOST OF THE COMMUNITY.
I THINK WE HAVE, UH, I TURN OUT, SO IF WE CAN ORGANIZE OR WE GET INVOLVED, LIKE WE DID ON, UH, UH, UH, SENSE OF 20, 20, A BOURBON AND A VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE THAT MY INCREASE, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE TAKING THEIR, UM, KNOWING THAT, UH, BEING THE PART OF THE CITY IS PART OF THEIR CIVIC LESSONS RELATED TO VOTE, REGISTER A LOT OF, UH, NEW, NEW RESIDENT IN TEXAS.
SOME OF THEM DON'T EVEN REGISTER.
SOME OF THEM DON'T EVEN VOTE AND THEY LEAVE IN, IN, IN GARLIC.
AND IF YOU ARE NOT WORKING, YOU WON'T GET INVOLVED.
BUT I MEAN, YOU CAN NOT BE PART OF A COMMISSION OR ABOUT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE, YOU HAVE TO VOTE IN THE CITY ELECTION.
SO PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT IF WE DO THE VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE, WE, MY INCREASED IN NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT MAY BE PARTICIPATING IN, UH, IN THIS, UH, COMMISSION BOARD AND, UH, GETTING INVOLVED AND THE GOVERNMENT AND THE CITY GOVERNMENT.
SO WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU HAVE JUST A DRIVER, WOULD YOU HAVE AN ONGOING INITIATIVE TO DO VOTER REGISTRATION AND VOTER EDUCATION? OKAY.
BECAUSE I MEAN, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT THE REGISTRATION, BUT THAT'S THIS RIGHT? WE GOTTA GET OUT THE VOTE, GET OUT AND VOTE, REGISTER AND VOTE, REGISTER AND VOTE
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ILLEGAL VOTERS DOES WONDERFUL EDUCATION.SO IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, TH THE TOOLS ARE THERE.
THE OPPORTUNITY TO INVOLVE OUR COMMUNITY IS WHAT WIN IS, WHAT WE CAN FOCUS ON BASED ON ALL OF THOSE TOOLS BEING AVAILABLE.
AND MADAM CHAIR, UM, DALLAS COUNTY WILL PROVIDE FOLKS TO EXPLAIN THINGS AS WELL.
THEY DO THAT AS LONG AS WE GIVE THEM ENOUGH TIME TO SCHEDULE, AND THEY WILL DO VIRTUAL EVENTS FOR US, AS LONG AS WE GIVE THEM TIME TO SCHEDULE.
I'M YOUR CONTACT FOR DALLAS COUNTY? SO IT SOUNDS GREAT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DOING A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT ALL THE COMMUNITIES THAT YOU REPRESENT DON'T NECESSARILY GET ATTACHED.
THINK ABOUT LOOKING AT THE COUNCIL.
THERE'S A WAY OF INVOLVING NEW COMMUNITIES ARE ALREADY INVOLVED IN COMMUNITIES THAT ARE DISENGAGED, RIGHT.
THAT WOULD BE THE POWERFUL THING, BECAUSE YOU HAVE EDUCATION GOING ON, YOU GOT REGISTRATION AND YOU GOT ALL OF THESE THINGS, BUT TO BRING IN PEOPLE TO MAKE IT MICRO.
SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, UM, IT'S AN INITIATIVE.
IT'S AN ONGOING PROGRAM, RIGHT? OKAY.
NO, WE HAVE AN ELECTION COMING UP IN MAY.
THE ELECTION STARTS, I MEAN, I'M SORRY.
THE APPLICATION PERIOD STARTS, UM, JANUARY 13TH THROUGH FEBRUARY 12TH FOR Y'ALL CAN GET THIS OFF, OFF OF MY PAGE, ON THE WEBSITE AS WELL.
BUT FOR DISTRICTS ONE, WE'RE REPLACING THE PERSON THAT RESIGNED AND DISTRICT THE MAYOR'S UP FOR REELECTION AND DISTRICTS THREE, SIX, SEVEN, AND EIGHT.
BUT ALL OF THIS IS ON THE WEBSITE AND I'LL, I'LL BE DOING A TRAINING JANUARY 20TH FOR FOLKS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN RUNNING.
SO YOU CAN START REFERRING PEOPLE IF YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO SAY, OH, I JUST WANT TO RUN FOR COUNCIL.
AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE VD ERRORS, I KNOW WE ALL KNOW THAT WE EXPIRED ON 1231, I'M ATTENDING TRAINING FOR DALLAS COUNTY.
ON NEXT SATURDAY, THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED THEIR TRAININGS TO REHAB AND I'VE GOT COLLIN COUNTY NEXT SUNDAY.
SO, UM, IF YOU ARE A VDR, THEN IT'S TIME TO RECERTIFY.
SO WHAT WE'VE CAPTURED THUS FAR, 2022, LOOKING BACK SINCE WE, WE, WE MADE A DIFFERENCE.
WE DID WHAT WE WENT ARE WE FOLLOWED THROUGH ON, I MENTIONED, WE MADE A DIFFERENCE.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE RESOURCE CENTER.
WE TALKED ABOUT IT, ANY EVENT THAT WAS PUBLICIZED THE RESOURCE CENTER, AND ALSO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.
WE TALKED ABOUT BECOMING A HUB FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO SHARE INFORMATION CONDUIT, TO REACH EACH OTHER AND TO GET PEOPLE INVOLVED IN IT.
AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT VOTER EDUCATION.
THAT'S A LOT, IT'S A WHOLE LOT.
AND THEY ASKED, WE NEED TO PUT ON THE TABLE SO YOU GUYS CAN LOOK AT IT AND CHOOSE SOMETHING THAT WE MISSED.
THAT WOULD BE REALLY, REALLY BIG BECAUSE WHAT I, WHAT I DON'T SEE, I MEAN, THESE CROSS ALL YOUR COMMUNITIES THAT YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT, YOUR YOUTH, YOUR SENIORS, ALL OF THOSE, BUT WHAT'S, WHAT'S MISSING.
IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT'S MISSING.
I THINK THE HEALTHCARE ASPECT AND MINDY SPOKE TO THAT WITH THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT SHE WANTED TO WORK WITH, I THINK WITH THE VACCINE AND WITH CONTINUED FEAR ABOUT COVID, UM, WE, WE WOULD FEEL SUCCESSFUL IF WE HAD MADE SURE THAT ACCURATE INFORMATION GOT OUT TO ALL COMMUNITIES, UM, EQUALLY, AND THAT PEOPLE FELT LIKE THEY, THERE WASN'T ANY, UM, PREFERENCE OR, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT SOME COMMUNITIES HAD IT EASIER TO GET TO THE VACCINE OR, OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, UM, FOR PEOPLE TO FEEL LIKE THEY'RE ALL, ALL BEING PROTECTED IN THAT WAY.
SO THAT MESSAGE IS, AND THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S DOING A GREAT JOB WITH TRYING TO GET THAT MESSAGE OUT THERE.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF RESOURCES ON THEIR SITE RIGHT NOW FOR GARLAND.
AND THAT EVEN HAVE A SIGN UP LIST FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE WANTING TO BE ON THE LIST TO GET THE VACCINE, BUT PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW IT'S THERE, RIGHT? YEAH, EXACTLY.
YOU'RE REPRESENTING COMMUNITIES.
SO YEAH, SO MAYBE THAT ONE IS, AND THIS IS COVID RELATED BECAUSE HEALTHCARE ITSELF CAN GO UNDER SOME OF YOUR OTHER RESOURCE INFORMATION.
UM, AND YOU CAN DECIDE WHAT YOU'RE DOING NEXT YEAR OR WHAT YOU'RE DOING THIS YEAR IN THOSE, IN THOSE BOUNDS.
BUT IF IT'S SPECIFICALLY COVID AND COVID EDUCATION FOR THE MULTI, MULTIPLE COMMUNITIES, THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT YOU SAY, YEAH, WE DID.
BUT IF IT'S THE FIRST INITIATIVE AS WELL ABOUT MAKING PEOPLE AWARE OF ALL THE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE, RIGHT.
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YEAH.AND IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY REPLICATING, BUT BECOMING A RESOURCE AND THEN SHARING THEIR INFORMATION, NOT JUST GATHERING, BUT LIKE PUTTING IT BACK OUT THERE.
SO THE ONE GO AHEAD, KIMBERLY, ONE THING I SEE THAT'S MISSING.
AND, YOU KNOW, I HAVE SAID MORE THAN ONCE SINCE I STARTED THINKING ABOUT THE MOSAIC FESTIVAL, WHICH I LOVE, WE KNOW WE CAN'T DO IT DURING COVID IN THE WAY THAT IT'S BEEN DONE IN THE PAST, BUT WHAT MOSAIC IS, OR WAS, IS A CELEBRATION OF MULTICULTURAL.
IT'S A CELEBRATION OF ALL THE DIFFERENT CULTURES THAT ARE HERE IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND WHAT'S MISSING IN WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS SOMETHING THAT CELEBRATES MULTIPLE CULTURES.
I THINK WE DON'T NEED TO LEAVE THAT ELEMENT OUT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT WE CAN DO, YOU KNOW, 22 MAY BE THE YEAR THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY DO A MOSAIC, BUT WHAT CAN WE DO TO, UM, PROMOTE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE DIFFERENT CULTURES AND HAVING OPPORTUNITIES TO CELEBRATE WHAT'S GOING ON IN EACH OF THEM? YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY TELL ME WE HAVE A CRICKET FIELD, I WAS LIKE, THERE'S A CRICKET FIELD IN GARLAND, YOU KNOW, FOR THE SOUTH ASIAN COMMUNITY.
WHAT IS CRICKET? AND EVEN IF WE CAN'T GO TO CRICKET, IT'S CRICKET ON TV OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, WHAT ABOUT ALL THE WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL, DIFFERENT FOODS AND THINGS THAT ARE CULTURALLY ORIENTED AND FAMILY RESTAURANTS AND THINGS IN GIRL.
AND WHAT ABOUT THE DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PERFORMANCE IS THAT I KNOW THEY'RE SHOWING VIRTUALLY IF THEY'RE HAPPENING AND THERE'S DIFFERENT KINDS OF ORGANIZATIONS AND DIFFERENT KINDS OF ART BEING PRODUCED, BUT THE CELEBRATION OF CULTURES, SOMEHOW WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT THAT.
AND I JUST, I WANT TO JUST LEAVE IT OUT THERE.
I'M NOT SAYING IT'S, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT I WANT PART OF WHAT WE DO TO BE CELEBRATING CULTURES CAN WORK WITH THE GARLAND ARTS COMMISSION ON THAT ONE.
THERE'S THE COMMISSION FOR THE ARTS.
ANYTHING ELSE? SIGNIFICANT THAT'S NOT ON HERE, CHARLES, ANYTHING YOU THINK, UM, CAUSE YOU BEEN A LITTLE QUIET.
I KNOW YOU'VE GOT A VERY, VERY AMBITIOUS, UH, LIST THERE AND, AND, UH, I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO PAIR IT DOWN TO A LITTLE BIT SMALLER LIST.
AND SO NOW IN, IN EVERYTHING THAT I COULD ENVISION IS THERE, UH, I'M LIKE KIMBERLIN, UH, THE CELEBRATION OF GARLAND MULTICULTURAL IS HUGE.
UH, AND THE OTHER THINGS IT'S, IT'S OPENING DOORS AND CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATION, AND THEY ALL DO THAT.
AND I THINK IF WE'RE OPENING DOORS OF COMMUNICATION, WHERE IT'S FLOWING BOTH WAYS, UH, THE OTHER PLOTS, UH, I'M A BIG BELIEVER IN THE HOW A LOT OF IMPLYING.
AND, AND THESE ARE THE, A LOT OF THE WATTS THAT WILL LEAD INTO THE HOUSE THAT WE DO, WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.
AND THEN IT MEETS OUR WIFE, WHICH IS OUR MISSION.
I'M JUST, UH, DURING THE BREAKOUT TOLD MY WIFE, I SAID, OH, HAVE YOU HEARD THIS GROUP THAT ARE AMAZING? WE ARE AMAZING.
IT STRENGTH IS, IS THE GROUP NOT THE INDIVIDUAL AMAZED THAT WHAT YOU GUYS CAME UP WITH THAT QUICKLY, THAT ADDRESSES THE THINGS YOU TALKED AT THE BEGINNING, AND THESE ARE REAL.
THESE ARE REAL THINGS YOU CAN GET YOUR HANDS ON AND THINGS YOU CAN DELIVER MEASURABLE.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE, AGAIN, I'LL, I'LL JUST RE RECAP, UM, YOU KNOW, BECOMING A RESOURCE CENTER AND THEN GETTING THAT INFORMATION OUT.
IT MAY BE YOUR VIRTUAL EVENT OR YOUR EVENT COMMUNICATING OUT BECOMES PART OF YOUR CELEBRATION.
UM, BECOMING A HUB FOR OTHER COMMUNITY GROUPS TO SHARE AND ACTUALLY BRING PEOPLE IN THE WHOLE IDEA OF LOOKING AT VOTER REGISTRATION AND COVID EDUCATION.
SO IF YOU WERE LOOKING AT ALL OF THOSE, ARE THERE ANY, YOU THINK YOU CAN MOVE OFF THE TABLE FOR NEXT YEAR, OR IT'S JUST A MATTER OF HOW FAR YOU GO DOWN THE ROAD ON EACH OF THESE IN THE NEXT YEAR.
SO I WOULD ALSO DEPEND ON THE CON UH, PANDEMIC AS TO WHERE WE CAN REACH OR DO OR WHATEVER, BECAUSE ZOOM IS NOT THE SAME THING AS WHEN YOU ACTUALLY SIT DOWN AND TALK TO SOMEBODY I THINK BEFORE AVAYA, NO, GO AHEAD.
BEFORE YOU SAY THAT, THOUGH, WHAT I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT IS NOT WHAT YOU CAN,
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BUT WHAT YOU CAN DO, BECAUSE IF WE WAITED FOR THE COVID STUFF TO GO AWAY LAST YEAR, THEN YOU LOST NINE MONTHS.WHAT I'M SAYING IS TO TRY TO NARROW IT DOWN AS TO WHICH ONES WE CAN DO AND CANNOT DO.
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT, MAYBE YOU CAN'T DO IT THE TRADITIONAL WAY WHERE YOU HAVE THERE AND PEOPLE COME THROUGH, BUT MAYBE YOU HAVE A SCHEDULE OF CULTURAL EVENTS STARTED COMING UP EACH MONTH AND THIS IS THE PLACE TO GO FIND THEM.
AND PEOPLE ARE ALREADY DOING THEM.
SO THINK ABOUT, YOU CAN DO IT, NOT WHAT, NOT WHAT YOUR LIMITATION IS, BECAUSE WHEN YOU START THINKING THAT WAY, IT EXPANDS LIKE THIS, MS. AUSTIN, I REMEMBER GOING TO AN EVENT AT, UM, THAT THEY DID A DRIVE THROUGH EVENT.
AND SO PEOPLE DIDN'T HAVE TO GET OUT OF THEIR CARS.
THERE WAS LIKE A DRIVING AND HE'LL MAYBE YOU'RE A MULTICULTURAL EVENT THIS YEAR IS THEY DRIVE IN EXACTLY THE BIGGEST FIELD IN GARLAND.
AND THEY CAN BE IN THE WILLIAMS' PARKING LOT.
MAYBE IT'S A DRIVE IN KIND OF THING.
AND YOU GET THE BIGGEST SPEAKER AND THE BIGGEST SCREEN AND PROJECT THINGS UP THERE.
I DON'T KNOW, BUT MAYBE IT'S STILL A WAY TO DO IT AND HAVE PEOPLE OUTSIDE, BUT IN THEIR OWN CARS MAYBE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IT MAY BE THAT IDEALLY, THIS IS WHAT YOU WOULD DO.
RIGHT? YOU HAVE A LIVE AGGRESSOR WHEN PEOPLE ARE THERE, BUT IT'S NOT HAPPENING THIS YEAR, BUT WHAT CAN YOU DO? AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID, I'M SORRY.
PARDON ME? NO, BUT WE DID THE SIX FOOT CIRCLES, UH, AT ONE OF THE PLACES WHERE I SERVED, WE DID THESE SIX FOOT CIRCLES.
SO MY FAMILY WAS IN THEIR OWN SIX FOOT CIRCLE, SIX FOOT AWAY FROM THE NEXT CIRCLE.
AND THE ENTERTAINMENT WAS IN FRONT OF US.
AND IT HAPPENED IN FRONT OF US AND WE JUST ALL STAYED SIX FOOT APART WHEN I'M ASKED ON AND IT WORKED AND WE DID IT FOR A WHOLE WEEK.
SO WHAT I CHALLENGE US TO DO IS FIGURE OUT WHAT THIS YEAR'S VERSION LOOKS LIKE OF WHAT WE KNOW WE HOPE WE WILL BE AT FOR NEXT YEAR.
I'M ALSO DISAPPOINTED WITH MY FIRST AND IT'S NOT A YEAR YET ON THE COMMISSION BECAUSE OF WHAT WE DIDN'T DO THAT WE DIDN'T TRY TO FIND WAYS TO DO.
THERE ARE WAYS TO CONNECT AND THOSE ZOOM IS PROBABLY NOBODY'S FAVORITE, BUT IT DOES WORK.
AND ZOOM HAS BEEN WONDERFULLY, WONDERFULLY USEFUL IN MY REAL WORK, WHICH IS ACTIVATING VOLUNTEERS IN OUR CONNECTING WITH SENIORS WHO ARE ISOLATED IN PLACES BECAUSE THAT IS THE NO ONE COULD GO VISIT THEM.
SO THE FACT THAT WE COULD DO, SOMETIMES IT WAS JUST PHONE CALLS.
SOMETIMES IT WAS VIDEO CALLS, BUT YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT SOMEONE'S GOING TO SAY, WELL, SINCE WE CAN'T GO VISIT THEM, WE'LL JUST IGNORE THEM.
AND I, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'VE LIMITED OURSELVES BY, BY SAYING, OH, WELL, THERE'S COVID IS WE DIDN'T DO EVENTS.
AND I REALLY ENJOYED THE OFFICE.
THE OPPOSITE NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITIES EVENT WAS ALL VIRTUAL THIS YEAR, THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD SUMMIT.
IF YOU TAKE IT, IT CAN'T BE AS LONG.
YOU AREN'T GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE WALKING THROUGH AND TOUCHING EACH OTHER, BUT IN AS MUCH AS WE CAN CONNECT AND COMMUNICATE, PLEASE LET'S TRY.
I, I, AND THAT'S THAT COMES BACK TO, YOU KNOW, OKAY.
YEAH, THIS WOULD, THIS WOULD BE WONDERFUL.
IF WE COULD DO THIS, WE CAN, WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO? YOU KNOW, WHAT ELSE, WHAT ELSE? MAYBE IT'S NOT THE FULL BOAT.
MAYBE THAT'S AN AVERAGE OF 20, 23, RIGHT? IN THE MEANTIME, DON'T LET TWO YEARS PASS.
AND STEPHANIE IS A PROJECT MANAGER.
SHE CAN TALK TO US ABOUT PHASES.
WHAT CAN WE DO IN, IN PHASE ONE THAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH OR, AND STUFF? WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? WELL, BEFORE WE GO THERE, I WAS TRYING TO TRY ME IN ON, UM, JUST ONE, ONE THING THAT I I'M STRUGGLING WITH, AND I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, DO WE HAVE ACCESS TO IT? SO, SO RENEE, HAVE WE DONE, HAS THE CITY DONE SOME TYPE OF SURVEY TO SEE WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS AND NEEDS AND LOOKING FOR SO THAT WE CAN EVEN JUST ZONE IN ON MAYBE THOSE TOP THREE DAYS THAT COMMUNITY-WISE, THEY MAY BE WANTING, MEETING, ASKING FOR ET CETERA, DO WE HAVE THAT ACCESS TO THAT INFORMATION? SO WE'RE NOT OPERATING IN A SILO.
KNOW WHAT, LET ME TALK TO WILL IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND TALK TO DOROTHY WHITE AND SEE IF THERE'S SOME SURVEY, THEY DO DIFFERENT SURVEYS AND EVERYBODY'S HAS DIFFERENT QUESTIONS.
SO LET ME TALK TO THE THREE DEPARTMENTS THAT I KNOW DO THOSE COMMUNITY-WIDE SURVEYS AND SEE IF THERE'S SOME DATA THERE I'LL HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU GUYS AND WHATEVER I FIND OUT I CAN, I WILL SEND YOU THE GROUP LVL.
I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP ABOUT THE WHOLE, WHAT WE CAN'T DO IN COVID.
CAUSE IT IS, AND I KNOW A LOT OF US HAVE STOPPED NOW BECAUSE THERE'S THIS WALL, BUT I'M JUST ASKING YOU TO KIND OF REIMAGINE THAT YOU CAN DO IT AND DO SOMETHING ELSE.
MAYBE IT'S NOT THE SAME, BUT IT IS SOMETHING.
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WITH THE SURVEY, I MEAN, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU HAVE TALKED ABOUT RESOURCES YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT EXISTED, RIGHT.AND THAT OTHER PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW THAT EXISTED.
SO IF YOU JUST LOOK AT THE GROUP OF YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE OF THE ONES YOU CAN WORK ON.
TRUE IS GREAT TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION THOUGH.
SO I'M ALL WITH YOU THERE, BUT THE THINGS YOU TALKED ABOUT IN THE ONE THAT I SAW THAT CHARLES AND TIMBERLANE BOTH LIT UP WAS WHEN THEY TALKED ABOUT DOING SOME KIND OF CELEBRATION OF GARLAND, ESPECIALLY THE MULTI CULTURAL COMMUNITY THAT YOU HAVE AND RECOGNIZING AND SHARING THAT.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER ONE THAT YOU GUYS KNOW IS NOT HAPPENING THAT FITS PERFECTLY UNDER YOUR COMMISSION.
IS THAT THE MOSAIC THAT YOU'RE REFERENCING? WELL, NO.
WELL, I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE MOSAIC IN THE PAST, BUT CHARLES BROUGHT IT UP AND I THINK KIMBERLY, YOU BROUGHT IT UP SOME KIND OF CELEBRATION OF GARLAND AND IT'S MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION, KIMBERLY, YOUR, YOUR MUTE IS ON, SO I'M MUTE YOURSELF.
SO MOSAIC IS THE NAME OF THE FESTIVAL THAT HAS HAPPENED.
SO IF YOU WANT TO THINK OF IT AS MOSAIC, YOU CAN, BUT THAT'S NOT REALLY, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK WE GET TO THAT.
UM, AND WE CAN CERTAINLY CALL IT THAT IF YOU WANT TO, BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING, IT IS A CELEBRATION OF THE MANY CULTURES THAT ARE IN GARLAND.
I, I DO CARE DEEPLY THAT IT LOOKS LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT IT IS, YOU KNOW, THE NAME MOSAIC REALLY DID FIT AS SOON AS THE WORD TAPESTRY, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT THREADS COMING TOGETHER TO MAKE SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL.
UM, SO THAT, THAT, THAT'S WHERE I AM.
AND I THINK CHARLES AND I AGREED THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT PART NEEDS TO BE AN ELEMENT OF WHAT WE DO.
UH, BEFORE WE GET TO THAT THOUGH, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT A VIRTUAL EVENT, THAT VIRTUAL EVENT CAN HAVE MANY FACETS THAT INCLUDE INFORMATION AND THAT CELEBRATION.
SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THAT EVERYTHING IS SEPARATE, BUT THE DIFFERENT PIECES COULD ALL HAPPEN IN THAT ONE THING, WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH ALL OF THESE.
WE MAY ONLY ACCOMPLISH ONE AND WE NEED TO BE REALISTIC, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO BE AMBITIOUS.
I BELIEVE I SEEN THIS YEAR WHERE AT MY WORK COMPANY WHERE WE USUALLY HAVE A NATIONAL EVENT THAT INVOLVES THE ENTIRE, AN ENTIRE FUNCTION, LET'S SAY SUPPLY CHAIN WHERE YOU, WHERE THERE'S 4,000 PEOPLE THAT GO TO A LOCATION TYPICALLY, BUT THEY TOOK IT VIRTUAL AND WAS ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH, UH, A BIG EVENT IN A VIRTUAL SETTING.
SO, SO TO ALL THAT, TO SAY, IT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED.
YOU JUST, WE MAY NOT GET, LIKE WE SAID EARLIER, UH, ALL COMMUNITIES AND WANT TO, IN THAT SENSE, I MEAN, UM, UH, THE ELDERLY COMMUNITY THOUGH, THOSE THAT ARE NOT TECH SAVVY, I GUESS I WOULD SAY.
UM, SO IS THERE AN ALTERNATIVE TO THAT? SO I THINK WHAT I KEEP HEARING IS THE CELEBRATION OF THE MINI CULTURES IS SOMETHING THAT IS, IS PROBABLY OURS SHOULD BE A STAKEHOLDER EVENT FOR US THAT WE LEAN IN ON.
AND MAYBE IT IS A SMALL WAY TO, UH, EXECUTE IT THIS THIS YEAR, BUT MAYBE MAKE IT BIGGER THE NEXT YEAR, YOU KNOW, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN TERMS OF PLANNING, WHEN WE THINK OF THINGS IN PHASES AND, AND THERE'S A LOT THAT WE HAVE ON THE LIST, I KNOW IT'LL PAIR DOWN EVENTUALLY.
UM, BUT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT WHAT IS IT THAT WE WANT TO BE KNOWN FOR IS THAT OUR SIGNATURE IS BRINGING THE COMMUNITIES TOGETHER.
IS, IS THAT THE ONE THAT WE SAY, NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THIS TYPE OF EVENT HAPPEN AND IT JUST MAY LOOK DIFFERENT.
SO, UM, THAT'S WHAT I WAS JUST THINKING THROUGH ON, ON THAT PIECE OF IT.
ONE OF THE THINGS, AND THIS WOULD BE FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE MULTICULTURAL, WHICH COULD BE THE GARLIC, THE GARLIC MULTI-CULTURES, UM, WE CAN START GETTING CONTACT OF THE DIFFERENT FIRST, GET A LIST OF THE DIFFERENT CULTURES THAT THE CITY KNOWS, AND THEY'D GET THE CONTEXT SO THAT WE CAN START WORKING A YEAR AHEAD OF TIME, RIGHT BEFORE THIS CELEBRATION DO A CELEBRATION.
THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, HE'S TALKED ABOUT, UM, NOT BEING ABLE TO REACH THE, THE TECH SAVVY OR WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT LITERACY AND LANGUAGES.
UM, WITH FAITH IN GRIEF, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PROCEED WITH OUR VISUAL OUTDOOR, UM, EVENT BY WE, WE HAD THE MEMORIAL ARCH IN KLYDE WARREN PARK AND WE HAD OVER, I'M GONNA, WE HAVEN'T COUNTED THE RIBBONS YET, BUT I THINK WE PROBABLY HAD OVER 3000 VISITORS.
BUT IT WAS DONE SOCIAL DISTANCING BECAUSE IT WAS DONE OVER THE COURSE OF THREE WEEKS.
THE ARCH WAS UP IN THE PARK, OPEN AIRSPACE, THREE WEEKS,
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CONTINUAL SET OF VOLUNTEERS AT THE ARCH, UM, AT ALL TIMES.AND SO PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO COME AND, UH, YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZE THEIR GRIEF BY PUTTING RIBBON ON THE ARCH, GET INFORMATION ABOUT OUR GRIEF SUPPORT GROUPS.
SO WE COULD HAVE AN ONGOING EVENT.
IT'S NOT A ONE TIME IT'S CONTINUAL OVER THE COURSE OF SEVERAL WEEKS.
AND IF WE COULD GET, YOU KNOW, EXPOSURE THROUGH K ERA OR THAT, THAT REALLY HELPED OUR, UH, OUR VISITATION AT THE ARCH THIS YEAR.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE WAYS TO DO THAT, WHERE YOU CAN GET VISIBILITY AND CONNECTION WITH PEOPLE, BUT JUST ONE AT A TIME.
AND WE HAVE ACCESS, I MEAN, DOES THE CITY HAVE A CLOSED CIRCUIT CHANNEL? SO YEAH, WE HAVE A CG TV AND THEN WE, OF COURSE, THAT'S THE PRESS.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE WEBSITE AND WE'VE GOT NEXT DOOR AND WE'VE GOT CHANNELS THAT WE USE WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO PUSH THE WORD OUT AS WELL.
SO WHEN YOU GUYS GET TO A POINT WHERE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE WANTING TO DO, MAYBE YOU ARE PUTTING UP INSTEAD OF A TAPESTRY COMPLACENT OR A PIECE OF THE TAPESTRY OR WHATEVER, THEN I'LL WORK WITH OUR INTERNAL PEOPLE TO TAP INTO THOSE AND CHANNELS.
AND YOU KNOW, ALL I CAN SAY, YOU KNOW, MY RE MY WORK, I HAVE GOT VOLUNTEERS THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING EVERY MINUTE THAT COVID HAS BEEN HAPPENING AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING AT VARIOUS PLACES, WHETHER THEY ARE PUTTING BOXES OF FOOD AND TRUNKS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE HUNGRY AND GOING TO ONE OF THE MORE THAN 600 FOOD PANTRIES THAT WE'RE VOLUNTEERING AT RIGHT NOW, OR, YOU KNOW, MAKING PHONE CALLS TO PEOPLE WHO ARE SHUT IN FOR VNA MEALS ON WHEELS, OR DOING THINGS FOR THE SENIOR SOURCES, 74 RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES, EVEN DOING THINGS WITH THE BIRTHDAY PARTY PROJECT THAT DOES BIRTHDAY PARTIES FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES DOING HOMELESSNESS, IT'S HAPPENING, IT'S ALL HAPPENING.
AND THE NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY ARE GREATER THAN EVER NOW, MORE THAN EVER WE'RE NEEDED.
AND IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, FOR US TO BE THAT AT WORK ALL DAY AND NO, MY OWN PERSONAL COMMUNITY IS SUFFERING.
AND I'M IN A ROLE WHERE I FEEL LIKE WE OUGHT TO BE DOING SOMETHING.
I'M VERY EXCITED TO HEAR IDEAS THAT HELP US MAKE THAT HAPPEN, BECAUSE THERE ARE WAYS.
AND WE DID DO A DRIVE IN THEATER, IN OUR PARKING LOT FOR THE HOLIDAYS, FOR OUR FUND HOLDERS.
WE SHOWED IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE ON A BIG SCREEN THAT WE RENTED AND EVERYONE SAT IN THEIR CARS AND WE HAD A DISTANCE POPCORN, POPPING AND DELIVERY.
SO THERE ARE WAYS WE HAVE A BIG PARKING LOT, LOTS OF BIG PARKING, LOTS TOUGH TO PULL OUT YOUR CREATIVITY HAT TO SAY, HOW CAN WE MAKE IT HAPPEN? YEAH.
SO COMING BACK TO YOU GUYS AND GOING FORWARD, WHAT'S NEXT, IF YOU HAD TO LOOK AT THE LIST OF PROJECTS THAT YOU CAME UP WITH FOR YOU GUYS FOR THIS YEAR, WHAT ARE YOUR TOP THREE? I'M GOING TO ASK EACH OF YOU TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE AND NEED ME TO RUN THROUGH THE LIST.
WHAT ARE THE TOP THREE THAT YOU THINK SHOULD HAPPEN WHEN HE'S 21? WOULD YOU RUN THROUGH THE LIST? AGAIN? I WILL.
IF IT HELPS ME TO, I CAN WRITE THEM AS WELL, BUT TO DEVELOP THE RESOURCE CENTER, THE SECOND ONE WAS TO HAVE A VIRTUAL EVENT THAT COMMUNICATES THOSE RESOURCES AND GIVES PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET, UH, VERSIONS OF IT, RATHER BE PRINTED, DIGITAL, WHATEVER.
THE THIRD ONE WAS BECOME A COMMUNITY GROUP RESOURCE WHERE PEOPLE CAN POST INFORMATION AND SHARE.
FOURTH WAS VOTER REGISTRATION OR VOTER EDUCATION.
FIFTH WAS COVID EDUCATION AND INFORMATION, DISTRICT DISTRIBUTION, AND SIX WAS THE CELEBRATION OF GARLANDS, MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITY.
SOME OF THOSE MIGHT BE COMBINED AND CHANGED TO A DIFFERENT WAY, BUT IF YOU HAD TO PICK THE TOP THREE, WHAT WOULD BE YOUR TOP THREE? SO WHO WANTS TO BE, WHO WAS THE FIRST? WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE HERE? I'LL START.
UM, I WOULD START WITH JUST BECAUSE OF THE TIMING, I'D START WITH THE COVID EDUCATION AND INFORMATION AND USE THAT AS A LEARNING TOOL FOR BUILDING THE LARGER RESOURCE CENTER.
BUT I THINK THE STEPS LEADING UP TO THE LEAD YOU HAVE TO PAY.
SO THEY'LL TRY TO SLIDE TWO TOGETHER.
SO, SO YOU GOT ONE, TWO, THREE, WHAT WAY? SO THE COVID THE, UM, THE RESOURCE CENTER AND THE DISTRIBUTION FROM THE RESOURCE CENTER.
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I'M GOING TO TAKE UP FOR LIZ AND DISAGREE A LITTLE BIT WITH YOU, DEBORAH.I SEE THE DEVELOPING THE RESOURCE CENTER AND BECOMING A COMMUNITY RESOURCE AS SOME HOUSE.
AND I SEE THE, THE VOTER EDUCATION AND COVID EDUCATION THERE, THE WATTS, THOSE HOUSES DO.
IN OTHER WORDS, THEY'RE THERE, YOU KNOW, YOU SAY, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO BE A COMMUNITY RESOURCE.
AND, AND THAT COULD BE THE BIG ONE.
AND THEN UNDERNEATH IT IS HOW ARE WE GOING TO BE A RESOURCE? WELL, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, UH, A RESOURCE CENTER AND WHAT'S THAT RESOURCE CENTER GOING TO TALK ABOUT FIRST THIS YEAR, COVID EDUCATION.
WHAT'S IT GOING TO TALK ABOUT SECOND VOTER EDUCATION? SO YOU'RE ALMOST SAYING WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO SET UP THE OPERATIONS AND THAT'S WHERE STEPHANIE WOULD BE REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL HOW I HAVE THIS OPERATION.
WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AND SOUND LIKE, AND, AND WHICH COMMUNITY DOES THIS AND THIS NOW FOR ORGANIZED, ONCE WE'RE ORGANIZED, WHAT ARE WE ACTIVELY GOING TO DO? THAT'S MEASURABLE THIS TIME NEXT YEAR.
UH, SO, UH, BUT, BUT YEAH, THE COVID EDUCATION RIGHT NOW IS, IS HUGE BECAUSE WE, WE'VE GOT TO GET EVERYBODY BELIEVING.
UH, AND IN THE ERA OF FAKE NEWS AND EVERYTHING, PEOPLE ARE VERY DOUBTFUL.
AND SO WE'VE GOT TO REBUILD BELIEF, UH, AND THIS WOULD BE WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE DOING THIS AND HOW WE WOULD DO IT.
SO I'LL SORTA MUDDY THE WATER LIKE THAT.
BUT WHAT I WILL SAY TO THAT IS THIS, SOMEBODY IS ALREADY DOING THAT.
ALL WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS SHARING WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
IT IS NOT OUR JOB OR OUR CHARTER TO HELP PEOPLE KNOW, YOU KNOW? NO, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE JUST MAKING SURE THERE'S, THERE'S PEOPLE ARE HEARING WHAT THEY NEED TO HEAR.
WE CAN ADDRESS THAT BY I KNOW FROM MY, UM, DEMOCRATIC CLUB, I JUST GOT A LITTLE DEAL THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, FOR INFORMATION ON COVID GOAT ON THIS, AND IT TAKES YOU TO THE CITY.
IT'S JUST GETTING IT TO THE PEOPLE THAT NEED TO HEAR IT.
SO WE DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO, AS YOU THINK ABOUT THIS.
SO WE DON'T HAVE THIS VEHICLE.
SO WE ALSO DON'T HAVE AN AUDIENCE.
SO THE CREATION OF THE RESOURCE CENTER ALSO NEEDS TO BE ABOUT DEVELOPING THE AUDIENCE FOR IT, BECAUSE IT'S LIKE, YOU CAN BE ONE MORE PERSON WHO HAS A TON OF INFORMATION THAT NO ONE KNOWS HOW TO GET TO, WHICH IS WHY I SAID, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST CREATING IT.
WHERE ARE THEY? THIS IS WHY I SAY YOU CAN'T MUDDY THE WATERS.
I SAID, BECAUSE YOUR RESOURCE CENTER IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S EVER EVOLVING.
ONCE YOU HAVE THE STRUCTURE OF EVERYTHING, THE THING HAS A TIMELINE ON IT AS DOES VOTER EDUCATION.
AND YOU GUYS, YOU GUYS HAVE A LIMITED RESOURCE.
SO I WANT YOU TO PICK THE THREE THAT HAVE HAPPENED THIS YEAR.
AND MAYBE AS LIZ MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE IDEA BEHIND COVID BECOMES, IT BECOMES A FOUNDATION OR PART OF HOW YOU'RE GOING TO, IT MIGHT BE YOUR PILOT RESOURCE CENTER, BUT DON'T ASSUME AS, AS KIMBERLYN BROUGHT UP, JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT IT'S BUILT INTO THE PEOPLE THAT NEED TO HAVE IT, CAUSE YOU ALL KNOW, YOU GET EMAILS THAT GIVE YOU INFORMATION, THAT PEOPLE WHO DON'T, WHO, YOU KNOW, DON'T HAVE IT AND YOU TRY TO SHARE IT, BUT THEY'RE NOT HEARING IT BECAUSE IT'S NOT COMING FROM A SOURCE THEY TRUST.
AND THAT'S A WHOLE ISSUE WITH COVID RIGHT.
JUST GATHERING THOSE RESOURCES IS GETTING THEM OUT INTO THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES FROM PEOPLE THAT THEY TRUST.
SO YOU SEE IT'S A BIGGER PROJECT THAN JUST COLLECTING INFORMATION.
AND THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING, CHOOSE YOUR BATTLES.
SO YOU CAN FOCUS ON THEM AND WIN RATHER THAN GO LIKE THIS THAT I THINK WE SHOULD CONSIDER OR THINK THROUGH THAT WE'VE TOUCHED ON.
I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU MENTIONED IT IN YOUR SUMMARY, BUT THE ELDERCARE MENTAL HEALTH, REACHING THOSE DURING THESE TIMES WHERE THEY'RE NEEDING, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF SUPPORT AND THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET IT.
AND WE DON'T KNOW ALL OF WHAT THEY NEED AS A COMMUNITY.
I THINK THE ELDER, THE MENTAL HEALTH, ALL OF THAT NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE TACKLE THIS YEAR.
AND THEN THE SECOND PIECE WOULD BE THE PREPARATION AND PLANNING, LIKE ELVIA COMMUNICATED AROUND THE COMMUNITY EVENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOWN FOR FOR NEXT YEAR.
WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE THREE THINGS, WE NEED TO GO THROUGH THOSE TOP TWO FOR ME, OF COURSE, THE RESOURCE CENTER, BUT THE, THE ELDER CARE, I JUST DON'T WANT TO LOSE SIGHT OF
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GIVEN THE TIMES THAT WERE, THAT ARE HAPPENING NOW WITH THE PANDEMIC.UM, WE DO HAVE SOME COMMUNITIES OF PEOPLE THAT, THAT NEED SOME SUPPORT AND IN GENERAL, PEOPLE THAT JUST LIVE ALONE AND THEY'RE ISOLATED RIGHT NOW AND THEY, YOU KNOW, HOW DO THEY GET HELP AND OR RESOURCE? SO THOSE ARE, I WANTED TO NOT STEER AWAY FROM THE ELDERCARE PIECE TO WHAT ELSE NEXT TO YOU IS THAT YOU CONSIDER THAT AS YOUR, ONE OF YOUR TOP ONES BEING DEVELOPED, THAT RESOURCE CENTER.
AND WITHIN THAT YOU SAY, THESE ARE THE THINGS WE NEED TO PUT IN HERE.
YOU TELL THAT THAT I CAN GO WITH, BECAUSE WHEN I GO BACK TO OTHERWISE, YOU RUN AROUND LIKE A CHICKEN WITH YOUR HEAD CUT OFF.
AND WHEN I GO BACK TO OUR MISSION, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW IS SELECTING CONSTITUENCIES TO SERVE OUR COMMISSION.
IT SAYS EVERY CITIZEN AND, AND YOU KNOW, WE EACH HAVE PRIORITIES, BUT I WANT US TO REMEMBER WHAT EVERY CITIZEN LOOKS LIKE AND MAKE SURE THAT IN SOME WAY WE ARE SERVING AT LEAST THE MAJORITY OF CITIZENS, ALTHOUGH WE SET PRIORITIES, BUT YEAH, BUT EVERYONE, ONE ELEMENT OF THE RESOURCES UNDERSTOOD.
I'M JUST SAYING, THAT'S WHERE I AM.
THAT'S WHY I SAY HERE'S THE RESOURCE CENTER AND OUR PRIORITIES FOR FILLING THIS OR THIS.
BUT THEN WHAT MAY HAPPEN IS YOUR PRIORITY MAY BE NUMBER ONE.
AND THE PERSON YOU NEED TO TALK TO IS NOT GIVING YOU INFORMATION.
THEN YOU TAKE THAT, BUT YOU KEEP FOCUSED ON IT, BUT HERE'S YOUR LAYOUT OF WHERE YOU WANT TO GO NEXT.
AND I PUT ELDER CARE IN THERE.
SO I DON'T FORGET TO GIVE THAT GUEST.
IF I PULLED YOUR MUDDY WATER APART, WHAT'S YOUR PRIORITIES.
WHAT'S YOUR TOP ONE? THE ONE THAT YOU SAY SHOULD BE NON-NEGOTIABLE FOR 2021 FOR ME THE RESOURCE.
UH, WELL, IF YOU, TO ME, IF YOU'VE GOT THE RESOURCE CENTER GOING, YOU'VE GOT A WHOLE LOT OF STUFF.
THE FIRST THING I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE GROUP, UH, DUDE THEN WOULD PROBABLY BE THE COVID AND THEN THE VOTER.
IN OTHER WORDS, YOU USE THOSE AS TOOLS TO START REACHING DIFFERENT CULTURES AND GROUPS, AND THAT'S WHAT WOULD HAPPEN.
AND STEPHANIE, YOU ONLY GAVE ME TWO.
YOU HAVE A THIRD ONE YOU WANT TO KICK IN IS THAT I GAVE YOU THE OPTION, THE SAME USING MY THREE PRIORITIES.
THE THIRD ONE WAS THE RESOURCE CENTER.
SO GIVE ME, GIVE ME ALL THREE OF YOURS.
SO IT WAS THE, SO BECAUSE WE PUT THE ELDER CARE AS A COMMUNITY UNDER THE, UNDER THE DEVELOP, THE DEVELOP RESEARCH CENTER.
SO THAT'S WHERE THE, SO IT WAS ELDER CARE.
SO RESOURCE CENTERS, NUMBER ONE, LET'S DO IT.
THE SECOND CATEGORY AND THE PREPARATION FOR THE COMMUNITY CULTURAL EVENT WHERE WE'RE BRINGING THE COMMUNITIES TOGETHER FOR THIS YEAR.
THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS THAT I WILL PUT DOWN.
LET ME, LET ME THINK OUT WHAT LIZ WAS TRYING TO DOUBLE UP ON ME AND, YOU KNOW, CHARLES STEPS BACK, WE GET ALL OF IT.
WE LIKE TO GET OUR MONEY'S WORTH YOUR, YOUR TOP PRIORITIES.
THERE'S A MOTTO THAT I HEAR ALL THE TIME AT WORK.
AND THIS IS WHAT I HAD HIS FRAME OF MIND EVER.
WHEN I SAID THAT WE CAN DO ANY AND EVERYTHING, BUT WE CAN'T, WE CAN DO ANYTHING, BUT WE CAN'T DO EVERYTHING.
SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO THINK IN THE BACK OF MY HEAD AND A BIT OF HISTORY, UH, AND, AND ELVIA WOULD KNOW THIS BECAUSE SHE'S BEEN WITH THE GROUP BEFORE.
AND ALSO FOR SURE, UH, ON OCCASION, CMC HAS TRIED TO DO TOO MUCH.
WE, WE, WE, AND, AND, AND THE RESULT HAS BEEN SOME DISAPPOINTMENTS.
SO MY, MY ANSWER IS WE CAN DO EVERYTHING, BUT WE CAN'T DO IT ALL WELL.
AND MY, MY RESPONSE IS THAT I WILL DO AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE, EXTREMELY WELL.
AND CAUSE THAT, THAT, THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S MY APPROACH.
IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO SCATTER SHOOT WHATEVER WE DO.
AS YOU THINK ABOUT THIS, THESE PRIORITIES, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN? BECAUSE THAT'S THE NEXT STEP YOU ARE GOING TO BE PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR BRINGING IT INTO FRUITION.
THAT'S WHY I'M TELLING YOU, LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR TOP THREE.
CAUSE THEN YOU GOT TO GO BACK AND THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
WHEN IS THE SUCCESS, RIGHT? SO THE RESOURCE CENTER, IT MAY NOT BE, YOU HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION, BUT YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION FOR COVID AND ALL THE ELDERCARE AND THIS THAT'S, THAT'S YOUR GOAL FOR THIS YEAR.
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WE ACHIEVED THAT.THEN WE'VE DONE WHAT WE PLANNED TO DO AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO GROW IT.
IT'S ALL IN DUMB BECAUSE THERE'LL ALWAYS BE MORE RESOURCES, HOPEFULLY.
SO IT'S NOT ALL OR NOTHING, BUT IT'S LIKE, WHERE DO YOU, WHAT ARE THE THINGS YOU WANT TO STICK A PIN IN AND SAY, WE'RE MAKING THIS HAPPEN THIS YEAR.
FIRST OF ALL, I HAVE A QUESTION.
OUR RESOURCE CENTER, ARE WE TALKING A WEBPAGE OR WHAT? WELL, HOW WOULD RESOURCE CENTER GOING TO BE? WE'LL FIGURE THAT OUT.
WELL, OKAY THEN THAT'S THAT'S OF COURSE MY FIRST ONE, MY SECOND ONE IS VOTER.
THERE IS NOT, GOD FORBID A TORNADO OR SOMETHING THAT COMES IN.
THEN I WOULD PUT THAT IN INSTEAD OF VOTER.
AND THEN THE THIRD THAT I WOULD LIKE TO GET STARTED ON THE MULTICULTURAL CELEBRATION FOR 2022, BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF WORK.
HELLO? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COULD SEE THIS.
SO COMMUNITY RESOURCE NUMBER ONE, AND THEN BELOW INFORMATION OF ALL THE RESOURCES WE'RE GOING TO PUT ON.
SO THAT'S LIKE NONPROFIT GROUPS, CIVIC, ORGANIZATION, PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATION, ELDER CARE INFORMATION, VOTING INFORMATION.
AND THEN I HAVE ANOTHER LITTLE OFFSHOOT FOR CHANNELS.
SO DIGITAL PRINT AND EVENTS TO HAVE A STEP HE WANTS TO BE IN CHARGE OF PUTTING THAT RESOURCE IN IT.
AGAIN, AS MANY AS A FRAMEWORK BUILDER EVENTS CAN BE EITHER VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON.
AND I GUESS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A KEY EVENT, WHICH IS A MOSAIC CELEBRATION FESTIVAL, WHICH COULD BE VIRTUAL OR IN PERSON TO BE DETERMINED.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE AN INTERESTING YEAR.
WHAT ARE YOUR THREE? I JUST HAVE TO IT'S YOUR COMMUNITY RESOURCE THING AND THEN THE CELEBRATION.
MINDY, CAN YOU ADD TO YOUR PLATFORMS OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO DELIVER THOSE? UH, YOU HAD DIGITAL PRINT AND EVENTS.
CAN YOU ASK SOCIAL MEDIA TO THAT? AND THEN THAT WAY WE HAVE A LIST OF THE FESTIVALS, DIGITAL SOCIAL MEDIA IS UNDER THE, OKAY.
I THOUGHT DIGITAL WAS VIRTUAL.
UH, PREPARATION FOR MULTICULTURAL CELEBRATION.
LISA CENTER AND VOTER REGISTRATION.
I BELIEVE WITH, WE HAVE A MULTICULTURAL, UH, CELEBRATION.
WE CAN AS WELL DO THE VOTER EDUCATION AND REGISTRATION DAY BECAUSE PEOPLE WOULD COME IN AND MY THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET A MORE AUDIENCE, MORE TARGET GROUP WHEN WE DO THE CELEBRATION, BECAUSE IT WILL INVOLVE MOST OF THE RESIDENT OF, UH, GARLAND.
AND AS YOU, AS YOU GUYS DEVELOP, AS, AS YOU GUYS DEVELOP THESE OUT AS TO WHAT THE STEPS ARE AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN A SUCCESS YOU CAN PULL BACK IN, WELL, WE WANT TO DO THIS VIRTUAL EVENT.
WE CAN INCORPORATE THIS IN THERE, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S OKAY TO DO, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GET REALLY CLEAR ON WHAT YOUR TOP THREE ON SO YOU CAN STAY FOCUSED.
THAT WOULD BE THE RESOURCE CENTER, THE CELEBRATION OF MULTICULTURAL AND THEN THE VOTER RIDGE.
DID I MISS, OH, RENEE, I'M SORRY.
I DON'T GET TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS PART.
I'LL BE HELPING YOU GUYS DO IT.
SO MINE ARE THE RESOURCE CENTER AND THE FRAMEWORK IS FIRST AND MINOR.
ANY ORDER OF HOW THEY NEED TO HAPPEN, NOT AS, ESPECIALLY FROM A CALENDAR PERSPECTIVE.
THE SECOND ONE IS VOTER EDUCATION AND REGISTRATION.
THE ELECTIONS IN MAY REGISTRATION FOR THAT ELECTION ENDS IN APRIL.
SO THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN FIRST QUARTER.
AND THEN THE ONE THAT IS MOST IMPORTANT
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TO ME OTHER THAN THE RE THE RESOURCE CENTER IS THE CELEBRATION OF CULTURES.BUT I SEE THAT HAPPENING MAYBE IN THE FALL, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER TIMEFRAME, PRE HOLIDAYS, POST, WE HOPE A TIME WHEN PEOPLE CAN AT LEAST GET TOGETHER A LITTLE BIT, BUT EITHER WAY IT GIVES US TIME TO PLAN.
SO YOU PREEMPTED MY NEXT QUESTION, WHICH WAS WHICH QUARTER? SO I THINK IN QUARTERS, I, I, BUT I, BUT I ANSWERED THE FIRST ONE WITHOUT TRYING TO COMBINE IT AND GIVE EVERYBODY ELSE A HARD TIME THOUGH.
CAUSE THAT'S HOW I, YOU KNOW, I LOVE TALKING ABOUT ALL THIS, BUT I KNOW GOOD AND WELL, WHAT CAN BE DONE IN WHAT TIME PERIOD? SO, SO CLEARLY VOTER REGISTRY AND THEN NOVEMBER IS NOT GOING TO HELP ANYONE THE ELECTIONS IN MAY, BUT CLEARLY THE RACIST CENTER IS HUGE FOR MOST OF, YOU KNOW, THE VOTER REGISTRATION IS BIG.
THE CELEBRATION OF GARLAND IS BIG.
NOW, WHEN IT COMES TO TIMELINESS, YOU KNOW, VOTER REGISTRATION YET IT'S OUT THERE.
BUT THE COVID THING TOO, DON'T, DON'T LOSE THAT ONE.
MAYBE THAT BECOMES SOMETHING YOU SNEAK IN BECAUSE THAT'S FOCUSED AND SHORT.
BUT IF YOU WERE LOOKING AT THE CALENDAR FOR THIS YEAR, WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN FIRST? WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN SECOND AND WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN? I THINK YOUR CHAIR JUST LAID OUT HER PLAN.
SO I THINK YOU GUYS ARE ON THE SAME PAGE, WHICH IS BEAUTIFUL.
NOBODY'S PULLING THE WAGON IN ONE DIRECTION OR THE OTHER.
SO THE NEXT STEP REALLY IS TO FOCUS IN ON HOW HAVE EACH OF THOSE HAPPEN.
AND IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE PHASED IN LIKE THE RESOURCE CENTER, WHICH PROBABLY HAS TO BE THEN WHAT ARE THE PHASES AND WHAT ARE YOUR TIMELINES FOR THAT? SO THAT BEING SAID, I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE A CLEAR PATH FORWARD.
IT'S GOT TO WORK ON HOW YOU'RE GOING TO GET THERE.
RIGHT? YOU GUYS FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT THE END IS.
YOU'D BE SOME FEEDBACK LAST TIME.
DO YOU FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SHOOTING FOR FOR 2021, AT LEAST THE HIGH LEVEL OF IT, NOT THE ACTUAL STEPS MESA, WE CAN'T SEE YOU.
THIS IS REALLY SO YOU GUYS, THIS IS REALLY CRITICAL.
IF YOU DON'T AGREE, OR IF YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT IDEA, IT'S, NOW'S THE TIME TO SHARE IT SO THAT WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO EITHER INCORPORATE IT OR PUT IT OUT IN A PARKING LOT SO THAT IT DOES COME TO FRUITION.
THIS IS NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, THIS IS HOW IT'S GOING TO BE, BECAUSE IT'S WHAT I WANT.
IT HAS TO BE WHAT YOU WANT BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
SO AS YOU LISTEN AND SHARE YOUR PRIORITIES, IF YOU FEEL THAT THEY ARE IN HERE AND HAVE BEEN INCLUDED, THEN YOU GOT TO BUY IN.
AND IF NOT, TELL US WHAT'S MISSING NOW IS THE TIME.
SO HAVE WE DETERMINED THAT THE TOP THREE EVENTS WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON IS CELEBRATION COMMUNITY RESOURCE PAGE, AND THEN THE VOTER IS THAT THOSE ARE FINAL THAT'S.
THAT WAS THE TOP THREE BASED ON, ON, ON WHAT YOU GUYS ENDED INDICATED INDIVIDUALLY.
I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THIS YEAR IS, UH, UM, THE LEGISLATURE SINCE SESSION.
SO THERE WILL BE MORE VOTER STUFF IN NOVEMBER.
SO THERE'S THE TWO OPPORTUNITIES AND THERE MAY BE RUNOFFS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, LIKE IN THE SUMMER IN JUNE.
SO WE REALLY DO KIND OF HAVE THE VOTER THING GOING ON IT'S ALL YEAR AND IT'S FOREVER.
ANYWAY, IF SOMEBODY TURNS 18 EVERYDAY, I'M GLAD ALL THE TIME I GO TO A LOT OF 80TH BIRTHDAY PARTY VALIDATIONS.
YOU BUILD, YOU'RE BUILDING A FOUNDATION, RIGHT? THAT'S PART OF WHO YOU WANT TO BE.
AND THAT'S PART OF THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT INITIATIVE THAT YOU HAVE, THERE IS LIKE, ALL OF THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE GO ABOUT DOING THE CELEBRATION OF GARLAND SO YOU CAN BUILD ON IT GOING FORWARD.
HOW DO YOU BUILD YOUR RESOURCE CENTER SO YOU CAN CONTINUE TO GROW IT? SO THE CHALLENGE FOR YOU THIS YEAR IS TO BUILD SOME FOUNDATIONS AND YOU GOT THREE SOLID ONES TO DO THAT WITH CHARLES, ARE YOU IN A GOOD PLACE WITH THIS? ARE YOU HAPPY? SO, BECAUSE I HADN'T SEEN, YOU HAD NAGGING.
LET'S I SOLD YOURS, NODDING LB.
I SAW YOURS NODDING, MINDY, YOU GOT SHEAR.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S ON BOARD.
CAUSE YOU GUYS, THIS CAN BE, THIS CAN BE AN AWESOME YEAR FOR YOU.
SO I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA STOP AT THIS POINT.
I'M GOING TO GET THESE NOTES TO KIMBERLIN Y'ALL TO USE GOING FORWARD
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IN YOUR MEETINGS SO YOU CAN GET TO THE DETAILS OF MAKING IT HAPPEN.THE IMPORTANT PART, BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR CONTRIBUTING AND GIVING ME A HARD TIME.
NOT RESPONDING TO THE QUESTION THOUGH, BUT, BUT REALLY SHARING.
CAUSE THAT'S, WHAT'S GOING TO MAKE THE DIFFERENCE FOR YOU GUYS AND SPEAKING UP.
AND THEN ALLOWING ME TO KIND OF PUSH YOU DOWN THIS ROAD TO GET TO THIS POINT.
SO DEBORAH, ARE WE GOING TO GET A COPY OF WHAT WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO DO? I'M GOING TO SHOOT ALL OF THESE.
YOU'RE GOING TO GET ALL KINDS OF STUFF.
WE HAVE A MEETING LATER THIS MONTH, SO YOU'LL SAY, YEAH, IT DOES.
AND I'VE SAID IT MORE THAN ONCE EVERYTHING YOU SAY YOU WANT TO DO, YOU WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE RECORDING.
WHAT WE DID NOT DO IS DEVELOP A PLAN FOR WHAT ANYONE ELSE IS GOING TO DO.
IF IT'S WHAT YOU CARE ABOUT, YAY, WE'LL HELP.
BUT IF IT'S YOUR INITIATIVE, GET ON IT.
MADAM CHAIR, THE RECORDING WILL GO UP NO LATER THAN TUESDAY.
SO IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO GO BACK AND REVIEW IT, THEY CAN LISTEN TO IT ON THE WEBSITE.
UNDER OTHER MEETINGS, YOU GO TO CITY COUNCIL VIDEOS, AND THEN UNDER OTHER MEETINGS, THE RECORDING WILL BE THERE.
YOU KNOW, I AM EXCITED BECAUSE THERE WAS A WHOLE LOT OF ENERGY IN THIS CONVERSATION AND THERE ARE, YOU GUYS ARE LIKE, I AM.
SO NOT ONLY ARE YOU FABULOUS POETS, YOU'RE GREAT THINKERS.
YOU'RE PASSIONATE, PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT YOU CARE ABOUT.
AND THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN.
SO, YOU KNOW, I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING AND ASSISTING WITH THE INITIATIVES THAT WE'VE ALL COME UP WITH TOGETHER AND TO YOUR SITUATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF THE AREAS THAT YOU HAVE PUT FORWARD, WE WILL MAKE WONDERFUL IMPACT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
THAT THAT WAS WHAT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR NOW.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP, BECAUSE I THINK YOU BROUGHT US TO A PLACE WHERE WE DO HAVE SOME IDEAS.
I JUST WANT TO REMIND THE GROUP.
YOU GUYS ARE THE SAME GROUP WHO WERE ABLE TO GET OVER 70% PARTICIPATION IN THE CENSUS, IN A PANDEMIC YOU DID BETTER THAN WHEN WE WERE NOT IN A PANDEMIC.
AND SO I'M JUST APPLAUDING YOU FOR WORK.
SO THIS CAN'T BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU BECAUSE EVEN IN A PANDEMIC, YOU SPREAD THAT INFORMATION AND EVERY TIME SOMETHING WAS SENT TO YOU, YOU PRESSED IT ABROAD TO YOUR GROUPS AND THE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, AND WE ENDED UP WITH, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT POSITION JUST BECAUSE THE CENSUS HASN'T TALLIED EVERYTHING, BUT WE WERE ALREADY OVER 70% INDEPENDENT.
WE ONLY DID 78% IN A NON PANDEMIC ENVIRONMENT.
SO I'M JUST SAYING Y'ALL CAN DO ANYTHING.
I'M, YOU KNOW, I'M SUPER EXCITED AND I AM GOING TO SHARE SOMETHING WITH YOU BY EMAIL, AFTER THIS, UM, THAT I JUST THOUGHT ABOUT, AND IT'S, IT'S UNRELATED TO OUR RETREAT, BUT THE SOUTH GARLAND MASCOT THING, UM, IS WHAT THE SOUTH GALLERY MASCOT CHANGED.
BOTH STEPHANIE AND I ARE ON DIFFERENT COMMITTEES.
I, MY COMMUNITY AND STEPHANIE IS SERVING AN ALUMNI AND THEY HAD PROVIDED A LIST OF MASCOTS TO CONSIDER THAT I WOULD LOVE EACH OF YOU TO PICK YOUR TOP ONES.
SO I'LL SEND THAT OUT BY EMAIL STEPH.
IF YOU CAN GIVE ME THAT RECAP THAT WE COULD SHARE WITH THE ALUMNI TEAM.
THIS MORNING, IT IS SUCH A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE WITH YOU.
I'M SO EXCITED AND I WASN'T THIS EXCITED KIMBALL AND TO SEE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE GONNA THINK.
AS SOON AS I GET THE RECAP, YOU GUYS WILL GET THE RECAP, HAVE A WONDERFUL REST OF THE DAY.