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AGENDA THIS[Community Multicultural Commission on March 16, 2023]
EVENING, AND WE DO NOT AS FAR AS I KNOW.HAVE ANY SPECIAL GUESTS COMING? DO YOU? OKAY, GREAT.
SO LET'S BEGIN WITH APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
HAS EVERYONE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE MINUTES? DO WE HAVE ANY EDITS OR UPDATES? I MOTION TO APPROVE.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
ANYONE OPPOSED? THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED AS SUBMITTED.
ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
I DIDN'T READ OUR MISSION BECAUSE IT'S SMALL AND I'M NOT WEARING MY GLASSES.
THE MISSION OF THE COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION IS TO MAXIMIZE THE POTENTIAL INCLUSION AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL CITIZENS IN THE CITY OF GARLAND BY INCREASING THE NUMBER OF CITIZENS WE REACH, TEACH, EDUCATE, AND INVOLVE IN WHAT THE CITY OF GARLAND HAS TO OFFER TO ENSURE THAT EVERY CITIZEN, REGARDLESS OF ETHNIC, RACIAL, RELIGIOUS OR CULTURAL BACKGROUND, FEELS WELCOMED IN THE COMMUNITY, NEIGHBORHOOD, BUSINESSES, OR PLACES OF WORSHIP.
NOW, ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
OH, WE CAN WELCOME TRACY, OUR NEW ASSISTANT CITY SECRETARY.
IS THAT THE RIGHT TITLE? DEPUTY CITY.
OH, MUCH HIGHER THAN ASSISTANT.
OUR NEW DEPUTY CITY SECRETARY.
WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU'RE WITH US.
WHAT'S UP MINDY? UM, SO NICK'S A LITTLE BIT BEHIND DUE TO THE FREEZE WHERE CITY HALL CLOSED DOWN AND THEN, UM, CHANGE THE MEDIA RELATIONS DEPARTMENT.
HE WENT AND GOT A DRONE SHOT THIS WEEK AND THEN ALSO A SHOT OF THE CITY OF GARLAND SIGNS.
THERE'S STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS.
AND THEN HE SAID HE'LL SEND A FIRST REVISION OR FIRST DRAFT FOR US TO LOOK AT AND THEN SEE WHERE WE NEED TO GO FROM THERE.
SO IS THAT LIKE THIS MONTH OR IT SHOULD BE THIS, YEAH.
GREAT DRAFT FOR REVIEW IN FEBRUARY.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING IT.
HOW LONG DOES IT, IT SHOULD BE 90 SECONDS, BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY FORM OF THE VIDEO.
JUST A LITTLE BIT DELAYED DUE TO WEATHER AND LIFE.
BE COOL IF WE COULD SEE IT AT THE RETREAT.
THAT'S A, THAT'S A, THAT'S THE NEXT ITEM.
UM, YES, IT WOULD BE REALLY COOL IF WE COULD SEE IT AT THE RETREAT AND I THINK WE PROBABLY WILL BE ABLE TO.
WELL, MINDY, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR SHEPHERDING THIS PROJECT.
SO YOU HAD, YOU HAD YOUR PROJECT MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES AND REALLY MADE IT HAPPEN AND KEPT MAKING IT HAPPEN THROUGH ALL KINDS OF OPPORTUNITIES AND I'M REALLY GLAD THAT YOU DID.
DO YOU GUYS WANT TO DO SOME TYPE OF LIKE, PREMIERE FOR THE VIDEO OR JUST HAVE IT COACH LINK AND THEN AFTER WE SEE IT? I, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
I'M NOT GONNA ANSWER THEIR QUESTION.
I THINK WE WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA, BUT IT'S 90 SECONDS.
SO WHAT WILL WE DO FOR THE REST OF THE TIME? I WAS PONDERING UPON IT AND IF WE DO DECIDE TO DO SOME TYPE OF PREMIERE, I THOUGHT MAYBE WE COULD JOIN IN WITH, UM, THE CITY OF GARLAND, DOWNTOWN GARLAND, UH, MOVIE NIGHTS SOMETHING.
AND THEN PEOPLE COULD SAY, WATCH THE MOVIE OR IF THEY COULD LEAVE AND THEN I I LIKE THAT IDEA.
ANYONE ELSE? THOUGHTS ON GOOD? YEAH.
ANY BIG PUBLIC EVENT WE COULD TAG ONTO TO, YEAH, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO DO THAT JUST ONCE.
I THINK WE COULD DO IT ANYTIME THEY'RE, THEY'RE SHOWING 'EM WOULD BE OVER THERE.
I DUNNO IF THAT'S THE, THE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION.
NOW THE COUNCIL MEETINGS OR TELECAST, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
MAYBE SHOW IT AT A COUNCIL MEETING THAT WAY.
THAT'S ANOTHER, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA, CHARLES.
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PLAZA EVENTS.I I WILL REACH OUT TO DANA ON THE PLAZA MOVIES.
COURTNEY CAN WHAT? IS IT POSSIBLE TO SHOW IT AT A COUNCIL MEETING? UM, I'M NOT SURE.
SORT OF AS A REPORT FROM US TO THEM.
IT COULD WORK THAT WAY IN A, IN A WORK SESSION? YEAH.
IT COULD BE A VERBAL, A VERBAL REPORT.
UPDATING YOU ON WHAT? ON WHAT'S GOING ON.
SO CAN YOU HELP US GET THAT SCHEDULED OR NOT YET? CUZ IT'S NOT DONE, BUT I'LL PUT A BUG IN RENEE'S EAR.
IS THAT IT, MINDY? UM, THAT IS IT.
I HAVE A QUESTION THAT IS NOT RELATED TO THE VIDEO PROJECT.
WELL, WE'LL GET, WE HAVE, WE HAVE, WE HAVE OTHER BUSINESS ON, ON THE AGENDA, SO WHEN WE GET THERE, GO FOR IT.
SO I HAD A GREAT IDEA AND IT'S ALL PULLED TOGETHER AND THEN I REALIZED THAT THE 25TH, I'M AT OUR CHURCH WOMEN'S RETREAT AT CAMP GILMAR.
SO I WILL NOT BE PRESENT ON THE 25TH.
THAT BEGS THE ISSUE BECAUSE I DO NOT HAVE TO BE PRESENT, ALTHOUGH I WOULD LOVE TO, IF EVERYONE ISN'T IS TIED INTO THAT DATE, MADAM VICE CHAIR MIGHT BE ABLE TO LEAD.
IF NOT, WE NEED TO LOOK AT MARCH DATES.
OH, I WOULDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM.
I KNOW YOU WOULDN'T, I WOULDN'T, I WOULDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM LEADING, BUT I DO FEEL MY PERSONAL OPINION AS THE CHAIR, YOU SHOULD BE AT THE REVIEW.
BUT I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE SET THAT DATE AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WAS THINKING.
AND WE HAD AN ALTERNATE TO THAT AS WELL.
DOES THAT, DOES MARCH 11TH STILL WORK FOR EVERYONE? YES.
ALL RIGHT, THEN MARCH 11TH IT IS.
WILL THAT WORK? AND THANK YOU DAVID OR WHOEVER.
SO OUR, OUR, OUR, OUR SPECIAL GUEST, WELL, WE'LL HAVE TO ASK THEM.
OUR SPECIAL GUEST, DO I REALLY NOT HAVE MY PHONE IN HERE?
UM, OUR SPECIAL GUEST WILL BE CITY MANAGER JUDSON REX AND MAYOR SCOTT LEMAY.
AND THEY WILL BE HONKING ABOUT THE ROLES OF THE CITY MANAGER AND THE MAYOR AND HOW THE MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION CAN DO MORE WORK WITH THEM.
SO THEY WILL BE LIKE THE FIRST 45 MINUTES, THEY'LL, WE'RE GONNA DO A MODERATED DISCUSSION AND THEN OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.
YOU'VE GOT, WE'RE GOING TO, THEY'RE, THEY'LL BE WITH US FOR AN HOUR.
AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, IT, I THINK IT IS SUPER INTERESTING IN OUR FORM OF GOVERNMENT THAT MANY PEOPLE DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE TWO JOBS DO AND WHO TO CALL FOR WHAT.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT SO MUCH TO GIVE PEOPLE INFORMATION ON IS WHO TO CALL FOR WHAT.
SO THEY WILL BE JOINING US AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO DO THE WHAT WORKED, WHAT DIDN'T EXERCISE AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS YEAR.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED TO DO IN THE RETREAT? THOUGHTS? OKAY.
IS THERE ANY UPDATE? ALVIA? WE'VE ONLY MET ONCE.
WE JUST, YOU MET? YEAH, WE MET WHO, WHO'S YOUR, WHO'S YOUR GROUP? WERE YOU IN THERE, MINDY? NO, THERE WAS THREE OF US.
I DON'T REMEMBER WHO IT WAS THAT LONG AGO.
I THINK, I THINK THAT GOT TABLED.
I WAS JUST THINKING OF, OKAY, WHAT, WHAT CAN WE DO? WHAT CAN IT BE? WHAT KIND OF IN THE DISCUSSION WAS OKAY.
YOU KNOW, LIKE I GET SOME GROUP DANCERS OR SOMETHING FROM THE HISPANIC ASSOCIATION MM-HMM.
YOU AND JUST, I THINK SO OUTSIDE, WE WENT OUTSIDE, THE THING WAS CLOSED, SO WE MET OUTSIDE IN THE YEAH, WE SAT OUTSIDE, UM, THAT YEAR THINK WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THERE.
AND WAS, WAS OR WASN'T THERE? SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, INITIALLY
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THAT CAME FROM CULTURAL ARTS TO US MM-HMM.AND I THINK YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE MET EVEN BACK THEN MM-HMM.
AND THE LAST, YOU KNOW, LAST WE HEARD ABOUT IT.
RENEE MENTIONED IT A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, JUST THAT WE WERE KIND OF IN A HOLDING PATTERN WAITING FOR CULTURAL AUDITS BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO BRING A PROPOSAL.
AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, I THINK THAT'S RIGHT.
SO DON'T, YOU DIDN'T, YOU DIDN'T MISS ANYTHING MM-HMM.
I, I AM SO IMPRESSED WITH THE DIVERSITY OF THE PROGRAMMING THAT'S SUDDENLY HAPPENING AND IT'S MAKING MY HEART REALLY SMILE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT GOING ON.
SO IT'S, IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING.
SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE, THEY'VE HAD ANOTHER CHANGE.
AND COURTNEY, WHO IS WHO WITH THE MOVE FROM PARKS AND REC TO ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
DOES SOMEONE BACKFILL OWNING? BOY, WE'VE GOT SO MUCH GOING ON.
BUT THE, THE ARTS, UH, WHAT IS HER NAME? AMY'S STILL ARTS.
SO BETWEEN AMY AND DANA, BETWEEN VISIT GARLAND AND, OKAY.
SO WE CAN CHECK IN WITH THEM AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.
RIGHT NOW THERE'S SO MUCH YOU DON'T BELONG HERE.
AND SO IT'S, IT'D BE GOOD TO SHOW THAT WE ALL HAVE SOMETHING TO PUT IN SO IT SHOULD CONTRIBUTE MM-HMM.
UNFORTUNATELY IT'S HAPPENING AT THE SCHOOLS AND EVERYWHERE AND THE KIDS NEED TO LEARN.
SO WE, THIS IS A, WE, WE HAVE ALMOST A LIST FOR THAT GROUP AND YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T HAVE TO GO ALONE.
ANYONE IS WELCOME TO JOIN IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHEN WE CAN GET TOGETHER WITH THEM.
AND EVEN IF IT'S A CALL, WHICH MIGHT BE EASIER IF, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN DO IT IN ZOOM OR SOMETHING TO SET THAT UP.
UM, WHAT I'LL DO IS ASK THEM FOR SOME AVAILABLE TIMES AND THEN LET'S SEE IF WE CAN DO A CALL BEFORE, IF NOT.
IT WOULD BE NICE IF IT WAS BEFORE THE RETREAT, I THINK, BECAUSE THAT, THAT PLAYS A BIG ROLE ALSO IN, YOU KNOW, COURTNEY SAYING THAT WE SHOULD REACH OUT TO DANA AND HER CREW FOR, UM, THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY.
IT WOULD BE GOOD IF WE HAD THAT ALL, YOU KNOW, JUST KINDA WENT DOWN THE LIST OF THINGS, BUT, OKAY.
20TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION DISCUSSION.
WELL, WE'RE GONNA FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH DANA AND HER TEAM.
WHAT, WHAT IS YOUR QUESTION, MINDY? OKAY, SO THE BLOW GARLAND WARMING STATION.
I SUBSCRIBE TO THEIR NEWSLETTER LIKE TWICE.
SO IS IT NOT A NEWSLETTER ANYMORE? HOW DO I GET IN TOUCH, IN CONTACT WITH KEEPING UP WITH THEM? SO THERE'S NOT A NEWSLETTER, THERE ARE EMAILS WHEN WE ACTIVATE, I DON'T EVEN GET, AND I GET AT ONE POINT AND THEN IT, LIKE, YOU GET LOST FROM THE LIST.
SO I, I KNOW THAT WE HAD DIFFERENT THERE.
SO CLOSE IS AN ALL VOLUNTEER OPERATION.
THE WAY THAT WE USED TO REGISTER PRIOR TO THIS YEAR IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT NOW.
THERE ARE NOW ACTIVATION TEAMS AND WHEN IT'S YOUR TEAM'S TURN, IF YOU HAVE JOINED A TEAM, WHEN IT'S YOUR TEAM'S TURN, YOU GET EMAILS.
EVERYONE GETS THE EMAILS TO SAY THEY'RE GONNA ACTIVATE WHAT WE COULD DO.
I CAN DEFINITELY ADD YOU TO THE EMAIL LIST, BUT I THINK THE BEST THING DEBBIE REMA IS STILL THE HEART AND SOUL OF THE ORGANIZATION.
SO I'LL EMAIL AND CONNECT YOU AND DEBBIE, YOU KNOW DEBBIE, RIGHT? HAVE YOU EVER OKAY.
SO DEBBIE, LITERALLY BY HER SHEER FORCE OF WILL AND HORROR OF LOVE, THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME THE TEMPERATURE GOES BELOW FREEZING.
THERE ARE PROBABLY 75 VOLUNTEERS NOW.
AND THERE USED TO BE LIKE 10, 20, YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER DURING THE, THE 10 DAY FREEZE, WE WERE ALL THERE EVERY DAY BECAUSE THERE WAS NO HELP.
AND NOW THEY'RE TEAMS AND YOU ONLY IF IF WE'RE OPEN THREE, THERE'S TEAM A, B, AND C FOR STAFFING.
THERE'S FOOD TEAMS. SO THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO BRING MEALS,
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THERE'S CLEANUP TEAMS, THERE'S SETUP TEAMS, AND NO ONE IS OVERWORKED.AND, UM, DEBBIE'S IN THE CENTER OF IT ALL AND LEADING TEAM A.
BUT I CAN CONNECT YOU WITH DEBBIE AND ANYONE WHO WANTS TO BE INVOLVED.
YOU KNOW, THE IDEA IS BEING ABLE TO VOLUNTEER IN A WAY THAT YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE.
UM, BLANKET WASHING IS ONE THING.
UM, BEING THERE FOR A SHIFT OF, THEY'RE LIKE, NOW THEY'RE THREE AND A HALF HOURS.
UH, THEY NEED THREE PEOPLE AT THE SHELTER AT ALL TIMES BECAUSE WE CAN'T KEEP IT OPEN WITHOUT VOLUNTEERS.
UM, WHAT ARE THE OTHER TEAMS? THERE'S BREAKFAST TEAMS, LUNCH TEAMS, DINNER TEAMS, PEOPLE WHO COOK, PEOPLE WHO SERVED.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO GET INVOLVED.
WE'VE ACTIVATED THREE TIMES THIS YEAR.
BUT YOU WERE ON, YOU'RE ON ONE OF THE TEAMS. NO, NO.
I'M THE LI I JUST HAPPENED TO KNOW ONE OF THE LADIES.
SO I USUALLY SHE COMES OVER AND TAKES FOOD OR MM-HMM.
BUT IF YOU WANT TO GET INVOLVED, YOU ARE NEEDED.
AND IF YOU JUST WANT TO KNOW ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, THE CHALLENGE IS IT'S ALL VOLUNTEER AND ALL THE VOLUNTEERS ARE REALLY LIKE VERY SPECIFIC TASK ORIENTED.
SO NO ONE'S DOING COMMUNICATIONS.
YOU COULD VOLUNTEER TO DO THAT
SO WHEN THERE IS AN ACTIVATION, WE KNOW AT LEAST TWO OR THREE DAYS OUT.
IT'S, IT'S WATCHING THE WEATHER AND KNOWING THAT THE WIND CHILLS GONNA GO BELOW FREEZING.
WE OPEN ANYTIME THE WIND CHILLS GOING BELOW FREEZING, AND WE CLOSE DURING THE DAY IF THE TEMPERATURE GOES ABOVE.
BUT IF IT DOESN'T, WE'LL STAY OPEN ALL DAY.
UM, THE LAST TIME WE OPENED THERE WERE ONLY LIKE 40 PEOPLE BECAUSE IT WAS, IT WAS LIKE 40 THE NEXT DAY.
IT WAS, IT'S LIKE RIGHT AT FREEZING.
BUT THE TWO NIGHTS WE WERE OPEN EARLIER IN JANUARY, UM, ONE NIGHT, THE LAST NIGHT THERE WERE 116 PEOPLE.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAD TO BRING NEW COPS.
UM, THEY, UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE UNHOUSED IN GARLAND METRO, ACCORDING TO THE FOLKS WHO COME TO GLOWS.
IT IS ONE OF THE BETTER PLACES TO COME.
SO SEVERAL, SEVERAL CITIES HAVE WARMING STATIONS.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE TYPICALLY THE CITIES THAT ARE DOING IT ARE USING FACILITIES FOR SOMEONE LIKE SALVATION ARMY, WHICH IS, WE USE SALVATION ARMY'S BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.
UM, THAT WE HAVE NO FACILITIES AND WE HAVE NO STAFF.
SO WITH AN ALL VOLUNTEER THING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY, REALLY BLESSED.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS FANTASTIC.
THEY PICK PEOPLE UP AND BRING THEM IN.
THEY ALSO STOP BY ALL THE TIME JUST TO MAKE SURE THINGS ARE GOING WELL.
THE VOLUNTEERS DO A VERY GOOD JOB.
PEOPLE KNOW EACH OTHER BY NAME, WHICH IS REALLY, YOU KNOW, A GIFT OF DIGNITY AND LOVE.
AND, UM, ANYONE WHO WANTS TO GET INVOLVED CAN, I WILL PUT, I WILL MAKE SURE WE ADD THE LINK TO THE SIGNUP AND THEN I WILL EMAIL YOU THE, UM, CONTACT INFO FOR DEBBIE REMA AND YOU CAN CONNECT WITH HER.
IT'S CALLED, UH, GARLAND COMMUNITY COLLABORATION.
AND THAT'S SEVERAL DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS ARE IN THERE AND GLOBES IS ONE, BUT IT'S ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT PLACES.
SHARING GOOD SAMS SHARES THINGS THERE, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE ON THEIR PAGE.
UM, HOPE CLINIC SHARES THINGS THERE.
LOTS OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.
IFS IS GONNA BE IN THE VOLUNTEER FAIR.
UH, THAT WOULD BE VOLUNTEER DECEMBER 28TH.
AND KIWAN IS ALWAYS, IT'S ON THE 28TH OF, OF FEBRUARY.
WHY DON'T WE HAVE IT ON OUR CALENDAR? WELL, THOUGH.
IT'S USUALLY AT, IT'S USUALLY YEAH.
SENT THE YEAH, I CALLED THE EMAIL THAT WE WEREN'T GONNA BE IN IT.
WELL, RENEE, RENEE DOES BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, SO SHE EVERY, ALL OF THEM ARE IN THERE IN THAT ONE THING.
WE MIGHT WANNA THINK FOR THE RETREAT, UM, ABOUT, YOU KNOW, CAUSE OUR ISSUE HAS BEEN NOT HAVING A PLACE TO PUT OUR INFORMATION RIGHT OUT.
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THAT COULD BE YEAH.THAT, THAT WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD PLACE.
AND YOU KNOW, IDEALLY OUR NEW COMMUNICATIONS LEADER WILL BE ONE WHO WANTS TO COMMUNICATE
THAT WOULD BE REALLY EXCITING.
DID WE HAVE ANY NEW BUSINESS? UM, I HAVE A, MERRILL CAUGHT ME ON MY WAY OUT THE LAST MEETING AND HE MENTIONED THAT GARLAND USED TO HAVE, UM, JOB FAIRS AND THAT FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS, IT USED TO BE A REALLY BIG THING RECRUITING, UH, FIREFIGHTERS FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND.
MAYBE IT WAS DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE CITY THAT WOULD HOST THEM, BUT THEY WOULD BE HELD HERE IN GARLAND.
SO, UM, I WAS WONDERING WHAT ARE YOU GUYS THOUGHTS IN REGARDS TO, UM, TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER A JOB FAIR, UM, HERE IN GARLAND? THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
NETWORK IS HOSTING THEIR LIKE, BUT THEY'RE MORE
WE COULD CONNECT WITH WORKFORCE COMMISSION.
I THINK WE COULD COLLABORATE WITH SEVERAL EMPLOYERS.
GARLAND DOESN'T ALREADY DO JOB PAIRS.
DOES THE CI WELL, THE, SO THE CITY, IF THE CITY DID IT, IT WOULD BE FOR CITY JOBS, FOR IT TO BE MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS, THAT'S MORE OF A CHAMBER KIND OF THING.
UM, BUT I BET WE COULD, UH, YOU KNOW, WE CAN CERTAINLY REACH OUT AND FIND OUT.
DO YOU WANNA TAKE, DO YOU WANNA SPEARHEAD THAT? YEAH.
SO I, WHAT I WOULD DO IS GO TO THE CHAMBER, START WITH THE CHAMBER BECAUSE THEY HAVE ALL THE BUSINESSES.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE TO START.
AND I KNOW IT WOULD BE A WONDERFUL RESOURCE.
YOU KNOW, THE, THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON RIGHT NOW AND THERE'S SO MUCH CHANGE IN MY WORK WORLD.
AND YOU SEE ALL THE CHANGES HAPPENING LIKE HERE AT THE CITY AND YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE GREAT RESIGNATION AND PEOPLE MOVING BECAUSE OF WHATEVER, WHETHER IT'S GOING TOWARDS SOMETHING OR GETTING AWAY FROM SOMETHING.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY COOL.
THAT'S A USEFUL THING, CAN'T WE? EXCELLENT.
YOU CAN TELL MERRILL THANK YOU.
WE CAN, WE CAN TELL MERRILL THANK YOU.
AND THAT HE'S GOING TO BE PART OF THE TEAM LEADING THIS.
IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE PENALTY FOR HAVING A GREAT IDEA IS YOU GET TO WORK ON IT
OH IS THAT THEIR, THEIR THEIR THEIR MURDER MIS ROOM.
THEY MAY HAVE TO BECAUSE MARCH 4TH IS COMING UP.
YOU SAID WHO WAS DOING IT? GOOD SAMARITANS.
THEIR MURDER MYSTERY DINNER AT UM, THE ATRIUM, RIGHT? I BELIEVE SO.
SO I SAW SOMETHING ONLINE JUST BY HAPPENSTANCE.
I RAN ACROSS THAT THE DAY IT WAS SCHEDULED MONDAY THE MAYOR WAS DOING STATE OF THE CITY.
WE NEED TO HAVE THAT KIND OF THING IN OUR UPCOMING EVENTS.
WHEN THAT KIND OF THING IS SCHEDULED, CUZ IT'S, IT'S SCHEDULED OUT AND IT MIGHT BE, IT'S PROBABLY IN THE CITY PRESS AND PLACES THAT I'M NOT LOOKING, BUT IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO ADD THOSE KIND OF EVENTS TO IT'S, THERE AREN'T THAT MANY OF THEM.
I'M SURE THERE'S PROBABLY A HANDFUL OF TIMES THAT SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS HAPPENING, BUT SO THAT WE HAVE SOME LEAD TIME SO THAT WE COULD HAVE SOME REPRESENTATION THERE.
I WOULD'VE BEEN THERE IF I'D KNOWN A MONTH BEFORE AND IT'S MY OWN FAULT CUZ I'M SURE I PROBABLY HAVE THREE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAD THAT INFORMATION.
BUT IF WE HAD IT ON OUR UPCOMING EVENTS, I WOULD'VE SEEN IT.
YOU KNOW, I'M LIKE, OH, IT'S TODAY.
SPEAKING OF WHICH, THAT OTHER MEETING, AND I DON'T WANNA GO ON FOR LONG, BUT THAT OTHER MEETING WAS, UM, AT A COMMUNITY FORUM ON THE, THE MURDER OF TYRE NICHOLS, UM, AT ST.
LUKE COMMUNITY, UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AND THE DALLAS POLICE CHIEF SHERIFF
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MIRIAM BROWN AND TANYA AND I CAN'T THINK OF HER LAST NAME, WHO RUNS DALLAS POLICE OVERSIGHT, WHICH IS A DEPARTMENT, CITIZENS DEPARTMENT THAT REVIEWS EXCESSIVE USE OF FORCE CASES ALONG WITH THE POLICE INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.IT WAS FASCINATING AND IT WAS REALLY GOOD.
AND I WAS EXTREMELY GRATEFUL TO PROJECT UNITY FOR HOSTING IT AND REALLY PROUD OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE WITH ALL KINDS OF POINTS OF VIEW AND THAT PEOPLE WERE LISTENING AND HEARING EACH OTHER.
AND IT MADE ME THINK, UM, THE DALLAS POLICE CHIEF IS TAKING SOME STEPS THAT I WISH I COULD SAY SIMILAR STEPS ARE BEING TAKEN HERE.
AND WE DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'RE NOT.
BUT YOU KNOW, THE SILENCE IS DEAFENING FROM THE CITY ON EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE INCIDENTS OF MURDER.
AND AS THE MOTHER OF A 29 YEAR OLD BLACK MAN WHO IS THE SAME AGE AS TYREE NICHOLS WAS THE SAME AGE AS TRAYVON MARTIN WHEN HE WAS KILLED, UM, WAS A YEAR YOUNGER THAN BOTH THEM JOHN AND A YEAR OLDER THAN AHAU ARBERY.
IT FEELS LIKE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT AS A MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION WE SHOULD BE INTERESTED IN.
UM, WE HAVE A CIVIL SERVICE BOARD PERHAPS.
I'M NOT SURE THEY'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING ON IT YET, BUT I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE PARAMETERS PART OR WHAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK MORE THAN ANYTHING CONVERSATION, YOU KNOW, AND I'VE TALKED ABOUT THE, TOGETHER WE DINE IDEA AND INVITED PEOPLE TO DO THAT.
I WILL INVITE YOU ALL AGAIN TO JOIN VIRTUALLY.
BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING, WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS FOR THE NOT TO BE SILENCE.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE, I I'M, I'M NOT LOOKING FOR, FOR OPPORTUNITIES.
I, AND I THINK WE'RE DOING GOOD WORK IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HERE.
YOU KNOW, I I I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I'M REALLY INVOLVED WITH THE CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY.
AND, UH, SO I KNOW SEVERAL OF THE POLICE, BUT I COULD, YOU KNOW MM-HMM.
UH, I CAN CHECK ON IT, SEE IF THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING OR YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE IT.
I, I I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY IMPORTANT.
YOU KNOW, AND, AND ELVIA DID SHARE, NO, NOT ELVIA, SHARED UNIDOS.
WE NEED TO ADD THAT TO THE, TO OUR UPCOMING EVENTS TOO.
UM, BECAUSE I, YEAH, I'M SURE WE'RE DOING SOMETHING GOOD.
I WEAR MY PACK AND I TOOK COOKIES BECAUSE IT WAS ABOUT THAT.
NO, TUESDAY WAS IT VALENTINE'S DAY? THEY ONLY HAVE IT FOUR TIMES A YEAR.
AND UH, IT WAS VERY GOOD CUZ THEY HAD, THEY HAD LIKE FIVE OR SIX POLICE OFFICERS THAT TALKED ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY ARE INVOLVED WITH AND WHAT YOU SHOULD DO AND NOT DO THAT KIND OF STUFF.
SO IT JUST, YOU KNOW, IT STRUCK ME THOUGH, AS I'M SITTING THERE IN THIS ROOM FOR WORK WITH HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE AT A CHURCH AND PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO HAVE THAT INTERACTION AND, YOU KNOW, YES.
THERE WERE MOMENTS WHERE IT WAS TENSE BECAUSE SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM WERE PEOPLE WHOSE CHILDREN HAD BEEN KILLED.
BUT THERE WERE A LOT OF PASTORS IN THE ROOM.
THERE WERE A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
THERE WERE CERTAINLY OTHER COMMUNITY LEADERS.
AND IT WAS LIKE, YEAH, THIS, THIS IS A GOOD THING BECAUSE IT'S NOT SILENCE.
I THINK IF THERE'S AN EVENT LIKE THAT AND YOU KNOW, OR YOU KNOW, FORWARD IT TO US, I WILL.
SO THAT WE COULD GO, UM, YEAH, I WILL.
CUZ IT AND, AND I, I JUST NEED TO SHARE MORE CUZ THEY HAVEN'T, THEY IT HA THAT'S MY, IT HAPPENS AT MY WORK ALL THE TIME, BUT IT'S, IT WAS, IT'S SO GOOD.
YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES, OUR STATE SENATOR, ALL OF THESE FOLKS, YOU KNOW, NOW THEY'RE IN SESSION RIGHT NOW, BUT WHEN THEY AREN'T, THEY ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO BE IN COMMUNITY AND WE OUGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET IN COMMUNITY
YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE, WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD INVITE THEM FOR MORE THAN ASKING FOR DONATIONS AND FOR US TO PUT A SIGN ON THEIR HERE
AND, AND I'M IN RED BOWER'S DISTRICT AND SHE'S THE SAME AND VI VICTORIA'S AMAZING.
AND, AND, AND WELL THEY WILL BOTH COME MM-HMM.
SO, AND OUR COUNCIL PEOPLE ARE THE SAME.
WE'RE JUST NOT INTERACTING AS MUCH AS WE COULD.
SO I, I, TO ME THAT'S SOMETHING, LET'S PUT THAT ON THE RETREAT AGENDA TOO.
JUST CONNECTING WITH LEADERS THAT MAYBE WE AREN'T.
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ON THE MURDER MYSTERY FOR GOOD SAMARITANS.WHAT DID YOU SAY ABOUT THE DATE? IT'S SATURDAY, MARCH 4TH AT 6:00 PM AT THE ATRIUM.
I THOUGHT YOU HAD MYSTERY APRIL THE EIGHTH, WAS IT? THAT'S WHAT THE POLICE AWARDS DATE MARCH 11TH.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? YEAH, I, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, LOOK FOR THINKING ABOUT THE SPACE FOR PASSING THAT INFORMATION.
I KNOW THE CITY HAS THE CITY PRESS MM-HMM.
WE JUST NEED TO KNOW WE, WE NEED TO HAVE IT AND THE LATE TIME IS WAY OUT THERE.
AND THAT WILL CHANGE NOW THAT WE'RE GETTING A NEW PR PERSON.
HOPEFULLY BECAUSE YOU USED TO.
IT, IT'S, BUT YOU KNOW, EVEN THE, THE BRIEFS, THE EMAIL E-NEWSLETTERS, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO A LITTLE SOMETHING.
SO IF WE HAVE SOMETHING TO SHARE, WE CAN GET IT THERE.
AND IF WE HAVE AN EVENT, WE NEED TO PUT IT AT THE GARLAND TEXAN.
WE NEED TO PROMOTE IT EVERY PLACE WE CAN.
YOU KNOW WHAT I WILL SAY IS I LOVE THE AMOUNT AND I'M JUST NOT IN FACEBOOK AS MUCH AS I USED TO BE, BUT THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION THAT GARLAND CULTURAL ARTS IS PUTTING OUT THERE IS PRETTY AMAZING.
THEY ARE GOING, THEY HAVE A CONCERT COMING UP WHILE I'M ON AT THE RETREAT.
SO I GUESS IT'S EITHER THE 24TH OR THE 25TH.
THEY'VE GOT THE MAVIS STAPLES THING IN MARCH.
I THINK THEY HAVE THREE THIS MONTH.
SO THEY'RE DOING A LOT THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND IT'S JUST NICE TO SEE IT.
I THINK THE MAIN THING IN ANY EVENT IS TRYING TO REACH THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT OR DON'T FEEL LIKE, WELL THAT'S SOMETHING IT'S NOT FOR ME.
AND, AND THAT'S WHY THIS VIDEO IS SO IMPORTANT.
THE YOU BELONG HERE PIECE, YOU KNOW, IT NEEDS TO BE MORE THAN JUST, WE'RE SAYING IT IN A VIDEO.
WE NEED TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE WHO LIKE ARE HOLDING THESE EVENTS.
IT'S LIKE, IF IT WASN'T FOR JENNIFER WYNN, I NEVER WOULD'VE GONE TO ANY OF THE FESTIVALS AND I'VE BEEN GOING FOR THREE YEARS MM-HMM.
TED WAS FABULOUS, YOU KNOW, AND WE JUST NEED TO KNOW MORE AND WE NEED TO BE EVERYTHING WE KNOW WE'RE LEARNING A LITTLE BIT AT A TIME AND UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE I FEEL LIKE I'M BUILDING A BINDER, BUT A BINDER IS ONLY FOR ME.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, SO WHAT GOOD IS THAT WE, WE, WE WANT OTHER PEOPLE TO KNOW.
BUT I'VE LEARNED ALL, YOU KNOW, I'VE LEARNED ABOUT SO MANY THINGS.
AND I'VE BEEN A GIRL IN 28 YEARS.
SO DID ANYONE GO TO THE PUBLIC INPUT MEETINGS FOR THEY GOT RESCHEDULED CUZ IT WAS DURING THE WEATHER AND I DON'T REMEMBER THE DATES THEY GOT RESCHEDULED TO, BUT I WAS GOING TO GO AND THAT WAS WHEN IT FROZE.
WE CAN FIND OUT THE, ALL RIGHT.
IF WE DO NOT HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL BUSINESS, WE OH, UPCOMING EVENTS.
IS THAT, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE POINTING AT?
WELL WE TALKED ABOUT THE WINTER BALL ALREADY.
THE NAACP WINNER BALL IS TOMORROW AT HYATT PLACE.
THE MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION HAS THE TABLE.
UM, DARLING POTTER AND LIGHT HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION.
I LIKE THINGS THAT ARE APRIL 15TH CUZ I CAN ACTUALLY PLAN AND BE THERE.
UM, MAY 6TH FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION.
THAT MEANS BACKING UP THAT PROBABLY APRIL 5TH.
I WISH I HAD, MY PHONE WAS IN THE CAR IS THE LAST DATE TO REGISTER TO VOTE.
WE HAVE VOLUNTARY DEPUTY REGISTRARS IN OUR GROUP.
I DON'T KNOW OF ANY EVENTS FOR VOTER REGISTRATION, BUT IT MIGHT BE COOL TO FIND OUT ABOUT THAT.
UM, THE MAYOR IS RUNNING AGAIN AND FINAL POST? HMM.
NO, HE'S GOT A, HE'S GOT AN OPPONENT.
UM, AND THIS IS HIS FINAL TERM
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AND I'M SURE THAT SOME COUNCIL PEOPLE.DO YOU KNOW COURTNEY WHO'S RUNNING FOR ELECTION IN MAY? DO YOU KNOW WHICH DISTRICTS? UM, I KNOW IT'S THE MAYOR.
DISTRICT THREE, DISTRICT SIX, DISTRICT SEVEN.
I THINK, I THINK I GOT THEM ALL.
OKAY, SO THE MAYOR THREE, SIX, AND SEVEN.
UM, AND THAT'S HERE, WE JUST HEARD THE KWANS VOLUNTEER FOR FEBRUARY 28TH.
AND THAT THE GOOD SAMARITANS OF GIRL AND MURDER MYSTERY IS MAY 4TH.
ANY OTHER EVENTS? WHEN IS THE REGULAR NAACP MEETING? IS IT THE SECOND TU? LAST TUESDAY.
AND UNIDOS IS QUARTERLY ELVIA.
SO THE NEXT ONE WILL BE, I HAVE A CITIZENS CLOSING ALUMNI ASSOCIATION THE FIRST MONDAY.
IT'S MONTHLY THE SECOND, THE SECOND TUESDAY.
SO IT'S THE SECOND TUESDAY EACH MONTH.
FOUR MONTHS, FOUR MONTHS IN A ROW? NO, EVERY FOUR MONTHS.
BUT THEY JUST HAD JUST FOUR MONTHS.
SO SECOND TUESDAY, FEBRUARY, MARCH, APRIL, MAYBE THAT'S IT.
SECOND TUESDAY OF MARCH, APRIL AND MAY.
THIS LAST ONE WAS REALLY NEAT TO HURT PEOPLE TOO.
WELL I GOT, AND I GOT THE, I GOT THE EMAIL MONDAY WENT HOME WITH A CHOCOLATE, A BOX OF CHOCOLATE.
SO WE HAD FIVE POLICEMEN SPEAKING AND THEY BROUGHT A BOX ABOUT THAT BIG OF MEXICAN BREAD.
THEY SAID, PLEASE TAKE SOME HOME.
SO I DID TAKE ABOUT THREE OR FOUR OF 'EM.
I SAID, THOSE ARE GREAT FOR BREAKFAST,
UH, AND OF COURSE THEY ALWAYS HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT.
SO THEY HAD PIZZA AND NACHOS AND I TOOK SOME COOKIES AND SOMEBODY ELSE TOOK SOME COOKIES.
OKAY, SO WE'LL ADD IN DOUBLE AACP LAST TUESDAY.
THE MONTH ANTOS SECOND TUESDAY OF MARCH.
I KEEP TRYING TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING AND WE KEEP NOT DOING IT.
IT SAYS SESSION AT FOUR 30, UM, FOR THURSDAY, JANUARY 19TH.
WHO'S THAT? AM I LOOKING AT IT RIGHT ON THE WAIT ITEM ON THE MINUTES? YEAH, PAGE ON THE VERY FRONT.
OH, AT THE TOP, THE FIRST LINE.
SO LET'S REOPEN THE MINUTES AND, AND, AND CORRECT THEM TO SAY IN A REGULAR SESSION AT 6:00 PM ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 19TH, 2023.
AND ADD THAT JASMINE WAS PRESENT.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS REVISED? MOVE FOR APPROVALS FOR THE MINUTES AS REVISED MOTION FROM ELVIS.
THANK YOU JASMINE FOR THANK YOU.
WE HAVE NO WHY SAY THAT CATCH? I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE NO FURTHER BUSINESS.