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OKAY.[Community Multicultural Commission on November 17, 2022]
OH, SO THE NOMINATING AND PLACEMENT COMMITTEE HAS, UM, CHATTED WITH ALL OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, AND THIS IS OUR LINEUP OF NOMINEES.SO FIRST WE ARE GOING TO VOTE AND I BELIEVE IT IS A SECRET BALLOT, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S PAPER AROUND.
UM, SO I'LL LET YOU KNOW THE CHAIR NOMINEES AND THEN THE VICE CHAIR NOMINEES, AND THEN EVERYONE GETS TO CHOOSE WHO THEY WOULD LIKE TO LEAD US.
SO THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR RESPONDING TO MERYL JAINA AND I ON YOUR INTEREST.
AND THANK YOU MARILYN JAINA FOR BEING PART OF THE NOMINATING, NOMINATING AND PLACEMENT COMMITTEE.
I DON'T KNOW IF, DO I WAIT? YAY.
IF WE'VE GOTTA DO A SECRET BOW, WE GOTTA HAVE SOMETHING TO DO.
SHOULD I ANNOUNCE THE NOMINEES? SURE.
THE CHAIR NOMINEES ARE JENNIFER WYNN AND KIMBERLY BANKS.
VICE CHAIR NOMINEES ARE JENNIFER WYNN, ALVIA FLORES, KHAR JACKSON, LIZ HARLING, AND KIMBERLY BANKS.
SO I GUESS YOU CAN MARINATE ON THAT.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO VOLUNTEERED.
IS THERE ANYBODY WHO NEEDS A PEN? YES.
SO YOU WANT US TO WRITE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR? CORRECT.
AND I CAN REPEAT, I DON'T HAVE A PEN EITHER.
SO THE CHAIR NOMINEES AGAIN ARE JENNIFER AND KIMBERLAND, VICE CHAIR.
OH, I WROTE CHAIR AND THEN BY CHAIRS.
THEME WAS GOING SOMETHING DECADES.
SO YOU, I I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS IS.
IT'S FROM OUT OF THE CLOSET IN OAK LAWN.
IT COULD BE TWENTIES OR IT COULD BE LIKE SEVENTIES.
IT'S LITERALLY FROM A THRIFT STORE.
I WASN'T AROUND IN ANY OF THOSE DECADES, SO I DON'T KNOW.
IF YOU GUYS WILL PASS EM BACK AROUND HERE.
UM, VICE CHAIR, UM, SORRY, I'M TRYING TO DO MINE.
SO THEY'RE GONNA HAVE ON THERE IS CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.
UM, SO AGAIN, THE NOMINEES FOR CHAIR IS JENNIFER AND KIMBERLY.
VICE CHAIR NOMINEES IS JENNIFER AL KHA.
OH, I DT ABOUT, THAT'S ACTUALLY
OH, YOU TALLY CAUSE I SAW OH, YES.
YES, WE CAN DEFINITELY FINISH.
YES, BECAUSE WE WERE RIGHT THE MIDDLE AHEAD.
WE HAVE TWO MORE OVER HERE, MINDY.
I BELIEVE THE THANK YOU RECOMME.
WE DRESS UP ON OUR TRADITIONAL CLOTHING.
BUT DEPENDS ON THE WEATHER AND DEPENDS ON THAT DAY IF I FEEL UP TO WEAR OR NOT.
YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GOING, AND, AND AS WE KNOW, I, I'M, I'M, YOU KNOW, I'M AFRICAN AMERICAN.
I DON'T HAVE A TRADITIONAL DRESS.
I WAS BORN IN ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, AND I'M A 12TH GENERATION OF MY FAMILY BORN IN AMERICA.
SO IT'S, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I DO, BUT I LOVE IT.
AND I LOVE TO LOOK AT, IT'S JUST, I'M NOT GONNA, I'M NOT GONNA PUT ON A COSTUME BECAUSE THAT'S NOT REALLY FOR ME.
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SOMETHING YOU ACTUALLY WEAR.SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ACTIVATING GLOWS TOMORROW BECAUSE WE'RE BELOW FREEZING FOR THE SECOND DAY.
SO IT'S LIKE, AND IT'S NOVEMBER.
SUNDAY MORNINGS WE WILL BE HAVING A TRUCK, A PICKUP TRUCK.
SO MAJORITY OF US WILL BE WALKING.
WE CAN PUT SOME SEATS IN THERE.
SO IF, YOU KNOW, I, WE NEED A PLAN.
IF, IF WE'RE GOING TO, WHAT IF WE'RE GOING TO DO A TRUCK, WHAT WOULD WE DO THE TRUCK FOR? WOULD THAT BE TO PULL A FLOW? BECAUSE WE NEED TO PUT OUT CMC, SI OR BANDO OR SOMETHING.
OH, LIKE A MAGNET SIGN ON THE SIDE OR SOMETHING? MAGNET.
YOU'RE NOT DOING YOUR FOR I DON'T, THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING.
WHEN I WAS IN THE MARTIN LUTHER KING PARADE, IT WAS WITH A MARCHING BAND, YOU KNOW, AND WE WALKED OBVIOUSLY YEAH.
MAKE SURE, BUT, BUT WHAT DO WE, WE'RE DOING A PICKUP TRUCK TO PUT THE SIGNS ON IN TIME.
AND IF YOU GET TIRED OF WALKING, YOU CAN HOP IN THE TRUCK FOR A WHILE.
AND YOU KEEP AND WHAT IS THE ROUTE SINCE DOWNTOWN ACADEMY? OKAY.
LET'S, AND THEN GOES DOWN, UH, DIRT, DAIRY, DAIRY UHHUH.
AND THEN IT GOES FROM 66 TO TOWARDS DOWNTOWN.
DOWN THERE TO THE INTERSECTION OVER THERE.
IT'S ABOUT THE SAME LENGTH AS THE OLD ONE.
IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO WEAR THE OLD ONE.
THIS BANKS, IF YOU WANT, I HAVE IT ON MY OH, THANK YOU.
AND I, MY INTENT WAS TO PRINT IT.
BUT, UH, BUT HOW LONG IS IT? IT'S LIKE, IT'S ABOUT THE SAME THING.
DO YOU NEED A DRUM DRAW? I HAVE DRUMS. WE'RE ALL WINNERS.
WE ARE ALL, WE ARE ALL WINNERS.
AND THE PEOPLE WHO, WHO THE ROOM IS FULL OF WINNERS.
THE NEXT CHAIR WILL BE KIMBERLY LANE.
MY NUMBER ONE PRIORITY FOR THE NEXT YEAR IS GOING TO BE TO PREPARE SOMEONE TO SERVE IN THIS ROLE THE YEAR AFTER, BECAUSE I REALLY DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO DO WHAT THIS DESERVES.
BUT I AM HAPPY TO WORK WITH ALL OF YOU AND TO SUPPORT WHOMEVER STEPS UP WHEN THAT TIME COMES.
WE ARE READY FOR NEW LEADERSHIP.
WE HAVE A GENERATION BELOW THE ONE THAT I AM A MEMBER OF, AND WE HAVE TWO GENERATIONS BELOW THAT IN THIS ROOM.
AND I AM HERE TO SUPPORT WHOMEVER FOR AS LONG AS YOU NEED THAT.
BUT THIS YEAR MY NUMBER ONE PRIORITY WILL BE TO PREPARE ONE OF YOU TO LEAD BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE READY AND I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT.
SO WE HAVE A ROOT OF LIKE A MILE AND A HALF.
IS EVERYONE COMFORTABLE WALKING THERE? WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY WAS, I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BE WITH THIS GROUP.
CUZ YOU'RE DOING NAACP, RIGHT.
AND CONGRATULATIONS BY THE WAY, FOR ON BEING SECRETARY.
OH, I HAVEN'T HEARD THE RESULTS YET.
I THOUGHT THEY, THEY WERE ONLINE.
THIS IS, THIS IS THE, FROM
BUT IT'S SO, UM, IF EVERYONE IS COMFORTABLE WALKING A MILE, I AM CERTAINLY COMFORTABLE WALKING IF YOU WANT TO WEAR YOUR NATIVE ATTIRE AND IT'S WARM ENOUGH THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO COVER IT UP WITH A COAT.
AND MAYBE THAT'S THE THING, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE TO WEAR A COAT, YOU CAN STILL WEAR IT.
BUT KNOWING YOU DON'T WANNA BE UNCOMFORTABLE AND FREEZING IF IT'S, IF IT'S COLD TO WALK AFTER YOU GET UP TO DAIRY, IT WARMS UP.
AND I PROMISE
AND ONCE YOU GET TO THE TOP, YOU START TO GET MUCH WARMER.
I JUST DID THE FORT WORTH VETERANS DAY PARADE.
FORT WORTH WENT ON WITH THEIRS.
THEY HAD LIKE AN AUDIENCE OF 20 PEOPLE, BUT A LARGE PARADE ITSELF.
WELL, AND A LOT OF TIMES IT IS.
YOU KNOW, SO THE MLK PARADE USED
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TO BE ALL THE, ALL THE HIGH SCHOOLS USED TO MARCH.AND YOU KNOW, BY THE TIME MATT GRADUATED, IT WAS ONLY SELECT HIGH SCHOOLS MARCHED.
BUT IT USED TO BE ALL THE HIGH SCHOOLS MARCHED.
SO SOMETIMES IT WOULD BE WAY MORE PEOPLE IN THE PARADE THAN YEAH.
BUT THIS PAST FRIDAY, CUZ OF THE COLD DIDN'T SHOW UP BECAUSE THEIR KIDS ARE MARCHING AND YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE A MILLION CHONES.
SO IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, THERE WOULD BE SOME PEOPLE AND IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, AND, AND I DIDN'T DO IT LAST YEAR.
I WAS FREEZING COLD THIS PAST FRIDAY.
THE PARADE THAT WE WILL HAPPEN NO MATTER WHAT.
WE WILL AND IS EVERYONE THAT'S THE SAME.
AND UNLESS OBVIOUSLY JENNIFER, IF YOU'RE NOT FEELING WELL ENOUGH, YOU'RE NOT.
BUT WE, WE WOULD LIKE EVERYONE TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE AS, AS JENNIFER SAID, IT HAS BEEN A TRADITION AND IT'S IMPORTANT.
AND, UH, YOU ALL KNOW MY CONDITION.
WELL YOU WOULD, BUT THAT'S WE'LL HAVE A VEHICLE.
WE, I CAN WALK MAYBE ONE FOURTH OF MILE.
WHY WOULD YOU? NO ONE WALKED THIS PAST FRIDAY.
YOU HAVE TO THOSE COLD ROYAL WAVE.
YOU DON'T NOTICE HOW IT'S A NATURAL MOVE.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S HAVING A VEHICLE MAKES THAT POSSIBLE.
WE HAVE RESOLVED THE TWO ISSUES WE HAD.
DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? UM, THE VIDEO PEOPLE, CAN YOU EMAIL ME BACK YOUR THREE LOCATIONS THAT YOU'RE CONNECTED TO? IT COULD BE YOUR OWN HOUSE.
IT COULD BE ANYTHING THAT YOU FEEL CONNECTED THAT IS IN THE CITY OF, SO I SAID EITHER THAT MAKES SENSE.
PARK SIGN OR ANY SIZE OF CREEK.
FOR ME, I'D LIKE TO, UH, I'M TALKINGS SCHOOL CAUSE THAT WAS THE FIRST HISPANIC PERFECT.
THERE'S ONLY TWO BUILDINGS NAMED.
NOT FOR HISPANIC S WAS THE FIRST ONE MY FRIEND.
TOP THERE AND THE VALLEY CENTER IS THE OTHER ONE.
YEAH, I'M TALKING ABOUT MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO IT'S LIKE KUER CREEK OR KUER PARK.
UH, ALSO JUST ON THE TOPIC OF UH, VOTING ME FOR VICE CHAIR, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.
I HAVE SAID FOR THE LONGEST I WANTED TO GET COMPLETELY INVOLVED IN MY COMMUNITY.
A LOT OF LEADERS IN GARLAND HAVE POURED INTO ME AND THEY ARE GETTING OLDER AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO PASS THE TORCH.
AND I KNOW THEY HAVE REALLY BIG SHOES TO FEEL.
AND THIS IS NOT, UH, SOMETHING THAT COMES LIGHTLY FOR ME.
AND I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU GUYS THANK YOU AND I WILL DO MY BEST TO SERVE YOU AND THIS COMMUNITY WITH ALL MY HEART.
YOU WILL DO WELL TO DO A FABULOUS JOB.
WELL, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE LEADS FROM WHERE THEY ARE AND WE SEE YOU LEAD.
YOU'VE BEEN LEADING SINCE YOU JOINED THE COMMISSION.
YOU DIDN'T JUST START THAT EITHER.
CAN I SAY SOMETHING? MA, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME LAST YEAR AS YOUR VICE CHAIR.
YOU ALL KNOW MY WORK ETHIC AND YOU KNOW, ME WITH MY SKILL, WITH OR WITHOUT THE CMC.
I ALWAYS THERE FOR YOU FOR THE COMMUNITY.
I ALWAYS THERE ONE TELEPHONE CALL AWAY.
SO ANYTHING YOU NEED, LET ME KNOW.
YOU MIGHT NOT SEE ME AROUND MUCH LONGER, BUT I'M THERE FOR YOU JENNIFER.
AND, AND, AND WE, WE DON'T EVEN WANT TO CONSIDER THAT.
AND YOU KNOW, TO YOU, I DON'T THINK, I KNOW, I'M NOT ALONE IN THANKING YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE POURED INTO THIS AND INTO EACH OF US.
YOU HAVE TAKEN A PERSONAL INTEREST IN MAKING EACH PERSON ON THIS COMMISSION SUCCESSFUL IN THE ROLE.
YOU HAVE DONE IT SELFLESSLY AND LOVINGLY AND YOU SAID A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE AND YOU NEVER STOP.
NO MATTER WHAT'S GOING ON, YOU NEVER STOP AND THROW UP YOUR HANDS AND SAY, I DON'T HAVE THE ENERGY TO DO THIS FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
YOU ARE A BLESSING TO EACH OF US.
I WENT TO, UM, THE FESTIVAL, THE FIRST FESTIVAL THEY HAVE FOR A FUNDRAISER, FOR THE SOCCER TEAM.
I ALMOST DIED, BUT SHE WOULD RUN IT ALL OVER THE PLACE AND TALKING AND YOU KNOW, A SPEAKER AND LIKE, WHERE THE HECK DOES SHE GET THAT FROM? I WAS JUST, IT NEVER SUCKS, BUT IT WAS OUTSTANDING.
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TREASURE YOU ARE AND WE DO TREASURE YOU IN.WE ARE KEEPING YOU IN OUR PRAYERS.
SHOULD WE TAKE A GROUP PICTURE? HERE OR THERE? THERE.
JUST WITH THE LET'S GO OUT THE AND GO THROUGH THE COURT.
THANK YOU RENEE FOR GOING UP AND LETTING US IN THERE.
IT'S LIKE I'M HAVING, I'M HAVING BAD MANNERS TODAY.