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6:00 PM[Community Multicultural Commission on May 18, 2023. ]
WELCOME EVERYONE.THE MISSION OF THE CITY OF GARLAND COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION IS TO MAXIMIZE THE POTENTIAL INCLUSION AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL CITIZENS IN THIS 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.
OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE APRIL 20TH MEETING, AND I KNOW MANY PEOPLE DID NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE THE MINUTES BEFORE WE SENT THEM BEFORE THIS MEETING.
SO IF YOU WANNA TAKE A MINUTE OR TWO TO REVIEW THEM AND LET US KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY REVISIONS OR EDITS.
DOES ANYONE HAVE, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY EDITS OR UPDATES? I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE FROM CHARLES.
A SECOND FROM MADAM VICE CHAIR.
WE HAVE ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
UM, THE FILM PROJECT, WE SPOKE LAST MONTH ABOUT ADDING A CALL TO ACTION.
WE DIDN'T SAY WHAT IT WOULD BE.
AND CHARLES AND ELVIA, I THINK YOU WERE NOT PRESENT.
SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU ARE, BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA TALK.
WE, WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THIS.
WE GOT TO SEE THE FILM A FEW, TWO MONTHS AGO.
MY THOUGHT BEFORE WE PREMIERED IT IS THAT WE NEED A CALL TO ACTION AT THE END OF IT.
UH, HOW CAN WE MAKE YOU FEEL INVOLVED? UH, TELL US WHAT YOU THINK, WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE US TO DO.
UH, A REQUEST TO COMPLETE THE, UM, SURVEY THAT WE CREATED.
SOMETHING SO THAT PEOPLE CONNECT WITH MORE THAN YOU KNOW, THIS VIDEO ABOUT WHO WE ARE AND WHAT AND WHAT WE THINK WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.
AND REALLY LET US KNOW HOW WE CAN HELP THEM BELONG HERE BECAUSE IT'S A GREAT INFORMATIONAL VIDEO, BUT IT DOESN'T SAY WHAT TO DO NEXT.
I THINK YOU SHOW IT UNIDOS AND THEN ASK THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY HOW CAN WE HELP THEM.
WHAT IS IT? THE PEOPLE IN THE VIDEO SAY, YOU BELONG HERE.
BUT I COULDN'T DOWNLOAD IT AS FAR AS TO KEEP, IT CAME OUT PRETTY GOOD.
ALL YOU KNOW, ALL IT'S MISSING BECAUSE IT REALLY DOES GIVE THE SPECTRUM OF MULTICULTURALISM AND GIRL MM-HMM.
BUT I REALLY WANT PEOPLE TO TELL US, HOW CAN WE HELP YOU BELONG? AS A MATTER OF FACT, I THINK THE ONE THING WE SHOULD ADD TO OUR AGENDA EACH MONTH IS A QUICK ROUND ROBIN OF HOW WE HELP SOMEONE FEEL LIKE THEY BELONGED.
AND EACH OF US CAN, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT WE DID THIS MONTH THAT ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, LET PEOPLE KNOW.
BECAUSE IF THAT'S REALLY OUR MISSION AND PURPOSE, WE'RE HERE TO EDUCATE.
WE'RE HERE TO INCLUDE, WE, WE END THAT VIDEO WITH YOU BELONG.
I THINK WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET THROUGH ALL THE PROCESS.
ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO VOTE, ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO KNOW THEIR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO FILL BORDER COMMISSION.
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ABSOLUTELY.FOR ME, I'M NOT ON THE COMMISSION, BUT I THINK VOTING IS VERY IMPORTANT AND I GO THROUGH A COUPLE OF VOTER, SO I'M MAKING THAT ONE CALL THAT WOULD BE GOOD.
THAT MAYBE WE COULD ASK PEOPLE TO, AND WE CAN ADD THAT AS, AS, AS.
MAYBE HONOR, ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO VOTE E ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO JOIN BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
YOU HAD SOMEONE FROM THE VIDEO PROBLEM.
AND WHAT IS IT AGAIN? HOW DO YOU BELONG? WE BELONG.
WE BELONG HERE BECAUSE THE, THEY SAID DA DA DA.
AND THEN HAVE THAT PERSON COME BACK AND SAY EITHER WHY OR HOW DO YOU BELONG HERE? YEAH.
THAT'S, I'M THINKING, YOU KNOW, OR SAY, YOU'LL SAY YOU BELONG.
AND I MEAN, THAT NEEDS TO LEAD TO SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN SHARE WITH US.
AND, AND, AND YOU KNOW, IDEALLY THEY'RE GOING TO, THAT'S WHY I WANT THERE TO BE A FEEDBACK MECHANISM.
YOU MIGHT EVEN SAY, FINISH THIS, I BELONG HERE.
CAUSE YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
THE INFORMATION THAT WE'LL, THAT WE'RE GONNA PUT OUT, HOW IS IT PUT OUT? IS IT GONNA BE ON THE SLIDE.DOT DOTS OR IS IT A LINK OR, SO IT CAN BE ANY OF THOSE THINGS.
YOU COULD, TO ME IT IS A QR CODE WITH A LINK BOTH THERE.
BECAUSE WHAT YOU WANT IS FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO REPLY HOWEVER THEY WANT TO.
AND YOU DON'T WANT JUST ONE MECHANISM.
BUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS THAT WE COLLECT INPUT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S MISSING.
COULD THEY EVEN CALL IT IN? MAYBE.
AND THE RECORDINGS BE ACCUMULATED AND YOU COULD, AT THE END, AS THE VIDEO IS SHOWN, EVERY TIME YOU ADD SOME OF THOSE VOICES, THE VOICES OF GAR.
SO HOW MUCH TIME ARE WE, ARE WE TALKING? BECAUSE THE VIDEO IS ONLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S A SHORT CLIP.
SO WHAT IF IT SAID, UM, TO FIGURE OUT HOW YOU BELONG? CLICK HERE OR HAVE THE QRQ TELL US TELL AND TELL US.
TELL US HOW YOU AND HAVE BECOME PART OF THE VIDEO.
BE PART OF GARLAND AND, AND SHARE YOUR RECORDING.
YOU KNOW, RADIO STATIONS DO YEAH.
SO, UH, IS THAT A POSSIBILITY, RENEE? I WAS THINKING TOO A CENTRAL LOCATION WHERE THEY CAN GO AND IT CAN BE DISPERSED AND, AND EVERYWHERE ELSE WE COULD EVEN EDIT IT PIECE TOGETHER.
YOU PROBABLY CAN DO A LOT OF THAT.
AND I MEAN, YOU KNOW, SO IT DOESN'T EVEN NECESSARILY HAVE TO, IT'S NOT GONNA GO INTO THE SHORT VIDEO.
BUT WE CAN DO, BUT IT A LONGER VERSION THAT THEY CAN GO OUT AND SEE AND GET HIM FOR HER TO, ONCE SOMEBODY CALLS IN AND SHARES SOMETHING, IT AUTOMATICALLY KEYS AUTOMATIC.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR STORY.
BUT I REALLY ALSO LIKE THE IDEA BEFORE THEY KNOW WE GOT IT OF SAYING RIGHT BEFORE WE PUT THAT UP, YOU KNOW, HERE ARE SOME WAYS TO BELONG.
VOTE, GET TO KNOW YOUR LOCAL LEADERS.
MEET YOUR COUNCIL PEOPLE AND BY ALL MEANS, JOIN A BORDER COMMISSION BECAUSE THEY'RE LOOKING FOR YOU.
WE NEED, WE NEED MUCH MORE REPRESENTATION.
EVEN ORGANIZATION, PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO ANY KIND OF MEETING.
YOU KNOW, BUT THERE'S SUCH AN OPPORTUNITY THERE.
AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS LIKE, I'M NOT GONNA PUBLISH THIS THING WITHOUT SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE CAN DO NEXT.
CAUSE IT'S LIKE I SAYS, OH, THAT'S CUTE.
SO ONE THING WE CAN PUT ON THERE, LIKE, WE KNOW WE HAVE THIS MEETING EVERY THIRD TUESDAY, THURSDAY.
I'M SORRY I LOSE MY DAYS EVERY THIRD THURSDAY.
THE NAACP HAS, THERE'S ON THE TUESDAYS SECOND, ALL THE, ALL THE COMMITTEES THAT WE KNOW MEET THAT CAN BE ON THERE, ESPECIALLY THE BIG ONES, EVEN WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, MEETING, WELL, WE KNOW MEETINGS WELL.
THAT AND THAT, THAT KIND OF THING COMING IN.
THIS KIND OF VIDEO IS SO DIFFERENT FROM BEING ON THE CITY WEBSITE, I THINK.
YOU CONNECT THEM TO THE CITY NEWSLETTER IN THE LITTLE MM-HMM.
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SO NICK, FOR THE VIDEO, RAY LESINSKI FOR THE NEWSLETTER, WELL, WE COULD GET IN AUGUST, COULD WE PUT A LITTLE SOMETHING, A LITTLE ITEM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT ON, ON UH, CITY PRESS? YES.
THAT'S WHAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT.
WE CAN, WE CAN GET INTO THE AUGUST ONE, YOU KNOW, CONNECT MM-HMM.
BUT I THINK IT GETS SHOWN TO ME.
WE WOULD SHOW IT AT THE NAACP MEETING.
WE WOULD TRY TO SHOW IT AT EVERY ORGANIZATION MEETING THAT IS REPRESENTING ONE OF THESE GROUPS.
I DON'T KNOW ALL OF THEM IN PLACE.
SOME OF THE RECORDINGS TO SHOW IT.
AND YOU KNOW, ARTS IS ARTS AND CULTURE HAS ALREADY SAID THEY'LL, THEY'LL SHOW IT AT THE PLAZA EVENTS THAT THEY'RE HAVING.
SO WE DON'T HAVE RESISTANCE, BUT WHEN IT GOES OUT THERE, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO GIVE, TELL PEOPLE HOW TO CONNECT WITH US.
I THINK THAT IS LIKE, IF WE LIMIT ONE CALL TO ACTION TO A VIDEO, I THINK IT'S GOING TO LIMIT US IN HOW WE CAN USE THIS VIDEO.
I THINK THIS VIDEO CAN BE USED ON HONESTLY ANYTHING DEALING WITH GARLAND.
SO IT'S LIKE, HOW CAN WE CURATE, LIKE EITHER USING, LIKE, LIKE USING THAT FOOTAGE THAT WE HAVE.
WE HAVE A TON OF FOOTAGE, NOT JUST WHAT THE VIDEO IS TO MAKE SOMETHING TO WHERE LIKE WE CAN PLAY IT DURING OUR 20TH, UH, LIKE, UH MM-HMM.
OR WE CAN PLAY IT DURING THE MULTICULTURAL, WE CAN EVEN PLAY IT IF WE WERE TO PUBLISH IT BEFORE, LIKE THIS SATURDAY DURING THE FESTIVAL.
LIKE THOSE THINGS THAT LIKE PEOPLE CAN PLAY.
BUT THEN EVEN AT UNI THOUGH, LIKE PLAYING IT, BUT THEN HAVING SOMEBODY COME FORWARD, LIKE NOT JUST PLAYING IT, BUT PUTTING IT AND HAVING LIKE EITHER IF YOU'RE REPOSTING IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU MAKING THE CALL TO ACTION SAYING, HEY, YOU BELONG HERE.
AND LIKE ENCOURAGING LEADERS AND LIKE, LIKE, UM, COMMITTEES AND BOARDS AND LIKE THE NAACP LIKE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN LEADERSHIP TO SAY, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO USE THIS AS A WAY TO ADVERTISE COME.
AND, AND LIKE THE FACT THAT IT'S LIKE THE SAME VIDEO, I THINK THERE'S LIKE A UNIFIED FRONT THAT PEOPLE WILL BE LIKE, OH, GARLAND REALLY WANTS ME.
YOU KNOW? AND I THINK THAT IS LIKE THE WAY OUR CALL TO ACTION COULD BE YES.
BUT I THINK THAT IF WE CAN ENCOURAGE LIKE, LEADERS TO COME FORWARD AND BE THE CALL TO ACTION AND SAY, HEY, WE WANT YOU, IT'S NOT JUST A VIDEO, YOU KNOW? RIGHT.
SO YOU'RE MAKING IT LIKE A MULTIDIMENSIONAL, LIKE, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK IF WE CAN BRING LIKE, MARKETING IN HERE, LIKE GARLAND MARKETING, LIKE NO, I MEAN WE COULD, BUT WHY WOULD WE SPREAD IT MORE TO WHO? TO, I DUNNO.
WE HAVE ACCESS TO OUR COUNCIL PEOPLE.
SO, SO WHAT I WILL SAY IS THIS, IF WE INVOLVE ANYONE OTHER THAN THE CREATIVE PEOPLE THAT WE'VE JUST MENTIONED.
THEN WE ADD A LAYER OF APPROVAL AND TIME.
THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING THAT WOULD NOT BE MY FIRST CHOICE.
BECAUSE WE KNOW OUR COUNCIL PEOPLE CAN WE EACH ASK OUR COUNCIL PEOPLE TO AT AN EVENT THAT THEY ARE HOSTING YEAH.
TO SHARE IT, YOU KNOW, AND THE THING WITH VIDEO IS YOU CAN ALWAYS EDIT IT.
WE CAN DO SEVERAL DIFFERENT CLIPS AND VERSIONS.
BUT FOR, BUT FOR US LAUNCHING IT AS AN ORGANIZATION, I THINK INPUT IS THE OUTCOME I WOULD MOST LIKE TO SEE.
FOR, FOR, FOR ME, THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S THE ONLY ONE, BUT I WANT OTHER PEOPLE TO TELL US BECAUSE THE QUESTION HAS BEEN AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN HERE, I'M SORRY.
THE QUESTION HAS BEEN, AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION, I DON'T KNOW WHY WE'RE HERE.
AND I ASKED THAT QUESTION AND IT'S VERY INTERESTING THAT WHEN ANNIE CAME LAST MONTH, SHE SAID, THEY ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT THE MISSION.
I PUT THE MISSION STATEMENT ON HERE BECAUSE I WASN'T SURE MM-HMM.
SO WHEN I, WHAT I WANT IS FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO TELL US HOW WE CAN HELP THEM BELONG.
WE NEED TO SEE THEM IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER.
WE NEED TO SEE THEM AT ALL OF THE EVENTS AND KNOW THAT THEY ARE WELCOME.
WE NEED THEM TO VISIT EACH OTHER'S EVENTS.
IT, YOU KNOW, THE VIETNAMESE COMMUNITY EVENTS ARE WELCOMING TO EVERYONE.
THE NAACP IS WELCOMING TO EVERYONE.
UNIDOS, EVEN THOUGH IT'S IN SPANISH, THEY LOVE TO SEE PEOPLE COME IN THERE.
SO I REALLY WANT PEOPLE TO THINK ABOUT, I BELONG, I'M INVITED.
HOW CAN I BECOME A VOICE? YEAH.
WELL, HOW DO I GET TO BE PART OF THIS STORY? MERYL? I LOVE HER.
I I LOVED HER IDEA OF PERSONALIZING.
START WITH THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR.
AND AT THE END OF IT, HAVE SOME LITTLE BILL THAT GOES WITH THE VIDEO THAT SAYS AT THE
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END, WHOEVER IS SHOWING THIS, INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND SAY, I BELONG TO GAR.IN THE VIDEO THERE'S A QR CODE SCAN.
EVERYBODY SCAN IT WITH YOUR PHONES.
CAUSE I DON'T CONSIDER MYSELF OLD, BUT WATCHING THE OLDER PEOPLE WATCH REFUSE, BUT THEY'RE TRYING UNDERSTAND.
THEY'RE TRYING TO DO IT, BUT THEY WILL DO THE FEEDBACK OR THE, AND AND THAT'S THE THING.
THEY CONNECT YOU AND EVERYBODY GOES, WOW.
AND, AND THEY JUST GOT MY INPUT BECAUSE THERE ARE AN AWFUL LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW.
SO IS THERE A SURVEY OR LIKE A FORM? IS IT, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE DO? OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT GETS THAT'S WHAT WE DO.
NOW, EVERY TIME IT'S SCANNED, CAN THEY SET IT UP WHERE THAT'S RECORDED.
AND SO THERE'S A RUNNING TICK.
HOW MANY PEOPLE ACCESS IT IF THEY, IF WE DO IT AS A GOOGLE FORM? YEAH.
SO LET'S JUST SAY SOMEBODY AT A DIFFERENT MEETING IS SHOWING THE VIDEO.
THEY CAN HAVE OUR PAMPHLET THAT HAS BEEN CREATED THAT ACTUALLY HAVE THE LINKS, PHONE NUMBERS, PEOPLE THAT THEY CAN CONTACT FOR THE DIFFERENT THINGS.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE A BIT MUCH TO PUT ON THE VIDEO AT THE END.
IT COULD BE A THING, BUT IT CAN TIE IT, THE QR CODE, YOU CAN TIE IT BACK IN.
YOU GUYS ALREADY HAVE A TEMPLATE FOR A CARD THAT YOU GUYS USE.
AND IF THAT TEMPLATE CAN BE TWEAKED.
WE COULD ALSO, UM, IF WE DON'T WANNA PRINT, WE COULD HAVE LIKE A SIGN THAT PEOPLE CAN CARRY.
LIKE, NOT LIKE THEY CAN CARRY, BUT LIKE IF THEY HAVE THE QR CODE THAT BRINGS TO THAT PDF FORM THAT HAS EVERYTHING SO THEY CAN JUST CLICK IT ON THEIR PHONE MM-HMM.
THE GOOD THING ABOUT THAT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU PRINT SOMETHINGS OBSOLETE THE MINUTE YOU PRINTED IT.
SO WE CAN, IT CAN BE VERY LIVE.
WELL, AND WITH THE QR CODE YEAH.
YOU GO BACK TO, YOU KEEP THE CODE AND JUST CHANGE THE CONTACT.
AND THE CODE DOESN'T NEVER CHANGE IT, BUT LIKE MADAM CHAIR SAID, THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO JUST DON'T CLICK QR CODES MM-HMM.
SOME DECENT UPDATED PHONES THAT DIDN'T GIVE THE QR CODE OPTION.
SO WE STILL NEED TO CONSIDER, WE HAVE THE LINK, BUT THE QR CODE HAVE THE LINK GOING TO A LINK AND WE CAN CREATE A SHORT LINK THAT IT GOES TO MM-HMM.
WHEN WE'RE IN PERSON, WE CAN ALWAYS TAKE NOTES.
AND KHAR AND I HAVE DONE THIS AT EVENTS WHERE IT'S LIKE, WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE YOU BELONG OR NOT? YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU FOLD UP YOURSELF? YEAH.
WE'RE GETTING READY TO BE AT THE JUNETEENTH THING.
WE CAN PRINT OUT A SHEET THAT HAS THE SAME THING.
BUT IN ALL OF THESE INSTANCES, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, TO ME, I WANT PEOPLE TO TELL US.
WHAT ABOUT YOU? HOW CAN WE, YEAH.
WHAT DID WE MISS? WHAT, WHAT, WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP YOU? YOU KNOW? WHAT DID WE MISS? SHOULD BE ON THE, BECAUSE THE, THE WA MM-HMM.
AND MR. CHARLES ALSO MENTIONED, UM, ABOUT A PHONE NUMBER THEY CAN CALL AND IT GOES OUT.
NOW I HAVE A QUESTION IN REGARDS TO THAT.
SOMEBODY WOULD BE MONITORING THE VOICEMAIL BOX.
I, BECAUSE THE KEY IS YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY'VE BEEN HURT.
AND THEN THAT WAY THEY CAN TELL THEIR FRIENDS, I CALLED IN AND RIGHT AFTER I CALLED IN, I GOT A RESPONSE BACK.
AND WE CAN ACTUALLY ALSO CONTACT THEM ONCE WE'VE HEARD THEIR RECORDING AND LET THEM KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE PERSON WILL TOUCH OF THANK YOU.
BECAUSE PEOPLE THINK THAT WHEN THEY'RE SHARING, NO ONE'S REALLY LISTENING.
IF WE, YOU KNOW, IF WE FIND A WAY TO INCORPORATE PLAYING BACK SOME OF THE ANSWERS WE'VE GOTTEN, THAT IS HUGE.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOTHING THAT I THINK IS MORE APPRECIATED THAN BEING SEEN, HEARD, AND UNDERSTOOD.
FOR THE NAACP, THEY HAVE AS THE SECRETARY, EACH CHAIR, LIKE FOR THE WINTER BALL, FOR THE MLK, THERE'S A MAIN NUMBER.
AND YOU PRESS ONE FOR THIS, BOX TWO FOR THIS BOX THREE FOR THIS BOX.
BUT AS THE SECRETARY, ANYTHING THAT
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GOES TO THAT BOX, IT RINGS TO MY PHONE.SO I GET THE CALL IMMEDIATELY AND IF I DON'T ANSWER IT, IT'LL CALL ME BACK IN ABOUT FIVE MINUTES, IT RING, IT CONTINUES TO RING BACK TO ME UNTIL I ANSWER IT SO THAT THERE'S RESPONSE.
IT IT, YOU KNOW, THE CHECKING OF VOICEMAIL IS FINE.
BUT I JUST THINK THAT PEOPLE WOULD LOVE THAT.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL VIDEO ABOUT THE CMC, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE ABOUT THE PEOPLE WE'RE HERE TO SERVE TO ME.
WELL, I GUESS ALL THE OTHER, UM, EVENTS DOWNTOWN, YOU LIKE THE, THE MUSIC THING THEY DO AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
WE, WE SAID, YOU KNOW, HAVE YOU SEEN, I KNOW YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN THAT WITH THE POSTER OF ALL THE UPCOMING ONES.
CAUSE I, I KNOW PEOPLE LOOK FOR THE MUSIC.
THEY DO LISTEN TO IT, BUT THEY DON'T LOOK FOR ANYTHING ELSE.
SO THAT'S WHY I FIND, BUT I DUNNO, OTHER STUFF.
SO WE CAN INCLUDE IT ANYWHERE.
I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT CULTURAL ARTS WILL SUPPORT THIS.
WE ARE PARTNERING WITH THEM AND THEY ARE GRATEFUL FOR OUR PARTNERSHIP.
I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT IF WE WERE TO SHARE IT WITH D IT WOULD APPEAR IN THE VIETNAMESE COMMUNITY.
I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT IF WE WERE TO SHARE IT AT UNIDOS, THAT THAT IT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WAS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN.
BUT WE HAVE TO GET IT TO PEOPLE.
WELL I JUST NOTICED THERE'S A LOT OF EVENTS THIS SATURDAY.
THERE ARE A LOT OF EVENTS GOING ON, YOU KNOW, AROUND THE, IT'S NOT TOO LATE.
I'VE GONE TO A COUPLE OF THOSE, THOSE EVENTS OVER AT WINTERS PARK, THE MUSIC HAVE YOU AND IT, IT'S VERY WELL ATTENDED.
I THINK PEOPLE NOW MORE THAN EVER ARE LIKE SEARCHING FOR COMMUNITY.
BUT IT'S LIKE THE KNOWING OR THE KNOW-HOW OF LIKE HOW TO GET WHERE OR WHAT'S AVAILABLE.
AND I THINK LIKE HOW CAN THEY BE A PART? I THINK THAT'S WHAT THEY JUST NEED.
BUT THE PART IN THE VIDEO THAT, UM, YOU DID JUSTINA, YOU AND YOUR FAMILY DID.
UM, I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY AMAZING.
I WAS LIKE, WHERE ARE THEY AT YOU? Y'ALL MADE ME WANNA GO TO THE RESTAURANT THAT Y'ALL WERE AT BECAUSE Y'ALL LOOKED THERE.
YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK LIKE Y'ALL WERE HAVING SO MUCH FUN.
SO ARE WE STILL JUST BRAINSTORMING MADAME CHAIR? OR DID WE NO, I THINK WE HAVE IDEAS.
I'M CHEWING WHAT I WILL DO, WE ALREADY HAVE A SURVEY OUT THERE.
THAT IS A SURVEY MONKEY SURVEY.
WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND DO A GOOGLE FORM SURVEY.
SAME THINGS, BUT THAT WAY ANYONE HAS ACCESS TO IT.
WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A SEPARATE ACCOUNT.
WHAT I WANNA MAKE SURE OF IS THAT WHEN PEOPLE CHANGE ROLES, EVERYONE CAN STILL EDIT THINGS BECAUSE WE HAVE A REAL CHALLENGE WITH PAST GROUPS, YOU KNOW, WHERE NO ONE CAN GET TO THINGS BECAUSE THE PERSON WHO HAD THEM HAD THEM ON THEIR OWN THING.
SO ONE THING I'LL ASK THEM TO ADD, AND I'LL, I'LL CIRCULATE WORDING AND YOU ALL CAN EDIT, IS HERE ARE SOME WAYS WE KNOW HOW TO GET INVOLVED.
JUST WORDS ON THE SCREEN AND THEN BECOME PART OF THE STORY.
TELL US, YOU KNOW, TELL US HOW YOU, HOW WE CAN HELP YOU FEEL YOU BELONG.
TELL US, TELL US WHATEVER, WHAT, WHAT DO WE WANT TO SAY? AND I'LL PUT A, I'LL PUT A COUPLE OPTIONS OUT THERE AND IF IT'S NOT THERE, THEN TELL, TELL REPLY WITH WHAT IT, WHAT IT SHOULD SAY.
AND THEN WE WILL GET THAT TO NICK TO UPDATE THE VIDEO.
AND THEN THE NEXT THING IS WE'LL REACH OUT TO RAY TO FIND OUT ABOUT GETTING A NOTE IN THE, UM, AND WE NEED TO KNOW A PERMANENT PLACE WHERE THE VIDEO'S GONNA LIVE.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT PUBLISHED YET.
YOU DON'T MIND THINKING ABOUT HOW YOU GONNA SHARE THAT OUT? WHAT FORMAT, UH, HAVE YOU TALKED TO? I WON'T ASK HIM IF WE DO LIKE A WEBSITE WHERE YOU SAID, BUT THEY CAN REPLY OR WHATEVER.
WE COULD PUT IT ON ALSO ON THE GARLAND TEXAN AND HAVE THEM WE CAN PUT THE LINK.
YEAH, BUT DOES THEY HAVE A LINK THEN YOU CAN, OKAY.
WE MAY NEED SOME KIND OF, UH, PERMISSION STATEMENT IF PEOPLE CALL IN SHARE PERMISSION
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TO ADD YOU TO THIS.WHAT MIGHT NEED BE A LITTLE BLURB THERE.
WILL YOU PLEASE CALL IN? AND BY CALLING IN, YOU AGREE TO ALLOW YOUR SAME AS ANY WAIVER.
SAME AS ANY PHOTO OR RECORDING WAIVER.
DEE, WHAT? FIRST OF ALL, WOULD YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND WELCOME AGAIN.
MY NAME IS DE DOY AND I'M THE NEW PRESIDENT OF VIETNAMESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY OF CLAY DALLAS.
WE LOCATE HERE IN GARLAND, ASHLEY, OUR, OUR CENTERS IN GARLAND AND WE ARE ON BE AND JUPITER.
SO I'VE HEARD A LOT OF GREAT IDEAS.
I JUST WANNA GIVE SOME INPUTS, YOU KNOW, LIKE BESIDE HAVING JUST, YEAH.
THESE ARE THE WAYS THAT YOU DO, BUT MAKE THOSE LIKE RADIO BUTTONS SO THAT PEOPLE, WHEN THEY SEATED, THEY CAN SELECT IT AND THEN YOU CAN COLLECT HOW MANY PEOPLE GET INVOLVED BY WHAT, WHAT WAYS, RIGHT.
WHETHER IT IS VOTING OR JOINING A COMMITTEE OR GOING TO AN EVENT THAT GARLAND HAS.
BUT MAKE THOSE A RADIO BUTTON THAT PEOPLE CAN SELECT.
REDIRECT THEM TO WHEREVER YOU WANNA GO.
BUT THEN THEY CAN, CUZ SOME PEOPLE THEY LIKE TO TYPE TELL YOU THEIR IDEAS, BUT SOME PEOPLE, THEY JUST WANNA GO DOWN TO LISTEN, OKAY, HERE'S WHAT I DO AND THAT'S IT.
THEY DON'T WANNA JUST PUT THE WORDS IN THERE AND THEN ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO, YOU CAN, YOU CAN TELL THEM THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANNA DO JUST A SHORT VIDEOS OF WHATEVER THAT THEY ARE DOING, UM, YOU CAN COLLECT THEM AND YOU CAN DO THAT.
YOU CAN ASK THEM TO, YOU KNOW, IF THEY WANNA JUST DO THAT VIDEO FOR ONE TO TWO MINUTES AND UPLOAD HERE, THEN THEY CAN DO THAT.
AND YOU CAN COLLECT THEM AND YOU CAN INCORPORATE THEM IN HOWEVER WAY YOU WANT IN THE FUTURE.
LIKE THE ICE MARKET CHART,
OH, NOW THAT WAS A DID YOU DO IT? YES.
AND IF OLD PEOPLE LIKE US CAN DO THAT.
RIGHT? THAT WAS WHAT, 10 YEARS AGO? I, I, NO, MAYBE 10.
IT WAS LIKE WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL.
WE DON'T NEED ANYMORE UNLESS IS FOR OLDER PEOPLE.
DO WE FEEL GOOD ABOUT THAT DISCUSSION? THAT MADE ME HAPPY.
I JUST, THAT, THAT, THAT WAS, THAT WAS EXCELLENT.
WELL, THE KEY IS IT'S NOT GONNA LET THE VIDEO SIT ON A SHELF.
IT'S GONNA BE A LIVING, BREATHING.
AND THAT, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD REALLY LOVE FOR IT TO BE.
NOW DEE WAS KIND ENOUGH TO INTRODUCE HERSELF.
IF EACH OF YOU WOULD LET HER KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND WHICH DISTRICT YOU REPRESENT, THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL.
UH, I LIVE IN DISTRICT ONE, BUT I WAS APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR.
I'M ONE OF MY KIDS CALL A PROFESSIONAL VOLUNTEER
MY NAME IS COURSERA PRE I'M IN DISTRICT FOUR.
I'M THE SECRETARY FOR THE GARLAND NAACP BRANCH.
AND I'M ALSO THE CHAIR FOR THE, UM, YOUTH EXTRAVAGANZA THAT TAKES PLACE ON SUNDAY OF THE MLK CELEBRATION.
AND YOU'RE THE VICE CHAIR OF OH, AND I'M THE VICE CHAIR OF THE MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION.
UM, AND I'M A PROJECT MANAGER.
I WORK FROM HOME NOW SINCE COVID.
I WORK AT COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS AND DIVERSITY GROUP.
AND I AM THE CHAIR OF THE MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION UNTIL NEXT YEAR WHEN ONE OF MY YOUNGER COLLEAGUES IS GOING TO TAKE OVER
I, UH, REPRESENT DISTRICT THREE AND I'M JUST A MEMBER HERE.
OR I'M PREPARING TO BE ONE OF THE YOUNGER PEOPLE WHO STEPS OUT
I'M RETIRED FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, LIVING DISTRICT EIGHT APPOINTED BY JEFF BASS, UH, DISTRICT ONE.
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UM, I WORK AT THE FOOD BANK.I VOLUNTEER AT THE FOOD BANK HERE AT GOOD SAMARITAN A COUPLE DAYS A WEEK.
I'M THE CHAIR OF REGION 10 EDUCATION SERVICE CENTER THAT LAST 80 DISTRICTS.
I HAVE SEVERAL FRIENDS WHO WORK THERE.
I'M GONNA START TELLING I KNOW A BOARD MEMBER.
AND WE ALSO HAD, YOU KNOW, SOME RECOGNITION.
YOU WEREN'T HERE LAST MONTH WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT YOU AND JUSTINA AND MINDY SERVED ON THE BOND COMMITTEE.
AND, AND, AND THAT BOND PASSED BETWEEN MEETINGS.
SO CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WORK THERE.
IT'S NOT AS EASY AS IT USED TO BE.
ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY HAD A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER THAT WROTE OUT, SEND OUT PAMPHLETS AGAINST IT.
THAT WOULD BE THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS AT WORK.
SO CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US.
AND WE NEED YOU TO HELP US IDENTIFY SOMEONE FROM THE VIETNAMESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY TO JOIN US.
BECAUSE WE'VE LOST TWO PEOPLE.
MINDY LEE IS GOING BACK TO SCHOOL.
AND WE LOVED HAVING HER AND TIFFANY LAM, I THINK JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE BANDWIDTH.
SO IF YOU CAN THINK OF SOMEONE AND SUGGEST TO THEM THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THEM ON THIS COMMISSION, IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL.
JENNIFER'S STILL HERE, BUT WE WANT A YOUNGER GENERATION PERSON.
SO MY GOAL AS A BABY BOOMER, WHEN I AM NO LONGER LEADING THE NEXT PERSON WHO LEADS NEEDS TO BE GEN X.
AT A MINIMUM, IT WOULD BE REALLY NICE TO SEE A MILLENNIAL AND I WILL STAY AND HELP DO ANYTHING.
BUT THEY REALLY NEED TO ENGAGE AND TAKE THE LEADERSHIP BECAUSE IT'S, YOU ARE THE GENERATION I'M TALKING ABOUT.
IT'S WONDERFUL FOR US OLDER PEOPLE TO STAY ALONG AND, AND HELP TO SUPPORT IT, BUT WE REALLY NEED TO INVIGORATE THINGS WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTIVELY, YOU KNOW, AND JUSTINA IS ONE OF OUR YOUNGER ONES AND HAS GOTTEN SU HAS BEEN SUPER ACTIVE.
JUST A WAS, UH, MR. RIVER'S APPOINTMENT.
AND NOW THERE'S A NEW COUNCIL PERSON IN DISTRICT SIX.
KELLY NEW COUNCIL, DISTRICT EIGHT.
CHRIS T YEAH, I SAW SIX HAS AN OPENING AND A NEW COUNCIL.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE YOUNG GIRL? WELL, IT DIDN'T COME LAST MEETING, BUT YOUNG GIRL, SHE'S SIX THIS WEEK.
YOU HAD SOME CALENDAR CHALLENGES TOO, BUT HOPEFULLY YOU, WELL, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING SOCIAL AGAIN.
LET'S MOVE ON IN OUR AGENDA HERE.
SO I HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL WITH GETTING DATES FROM THE MAYOR AND THE, UM, CITY MANAGER.
WE, WE PROPOSED SO JUNE 22ND MARK.
SO, YOU KNOW, DID THEY SAY ANYTHING OR IS IT, OR IS IT LIKE HE WAS GONNA CHECK HIS CALENDAR? OH, I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING SINCE THEN, BUT I JUST SAW HIM THIS WEEK, LAST WEEK.
WHICH HE IS THAT, THAT IS JED REX, THE MAYOR IS VERY FLEXIBLE.
WE MAY HAVE TO BRIBE THE MANAGER OR IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING
I KNOW JUSTINA'S TRYING TO GET A MEETING GOING.
UM, WE DO KNOW THAT CULTURAL ARTS IS VERY HAPPY TO WORK WITH US AND ADD THIS INTO SOMETHING THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE GOING ON.
SO THE NEAT THING ABOUT THAT IS THEY HAVE BUDGET AND AUDIENCE AND THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB RIGHT NOW.
THIS, THIS SUMMER CONCERT SERIES AND THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING.
AMY, I FEEL PERSONALLY THAT AMY ROSENTHAL HAS DONE A GREAT JOB.
THAT SHE HAS REALLY REINVIGORATED THINGS
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BECAUSE THEY'RE ACTIVELY DOING THINGS THAT ARE MULTICULTURAL.FOR INSTANCE, MY SON WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PERFORMERS IN THAT SOUNDS, IT WASN'T THE SOUNDS OF SUMMER, WHAT WAS THAT CALLED? THE THING THAT'S, I THINK IT WAS, IT SOUNDS OF SOME NO BANDS, BANDS, BAND TOGETHER IS WHAT IT WAS.
AND IT ENDED UP GETTING RAINED OUT AND THEY PROACTIVELY MOVED IT TO THE PLAZA THE DAY BEFORE LOOKING AT THE WEATHER.
AND THERE WAS A GOOD AUDIENCE FOR IT.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A TIME WHEN PEOPLE THOUGHT THE ONLY THING THAT YOU COULD PLAY IN GARLAND WAS ROCK AND ROLL OR, OR UM, COUNTRY.
AND WE HAVE PROVEN THAT IS NOT THE CASE.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE EVERY TYPE OF ETHNIC MUSIC PERFORMANCE AND THEY WOULD LOVE TO HELP HAVE, HELP US HAVE THAT.
I COULD GET THE, THE MUSICIANS FROM THE MARIACHIS AND ALL OF THAT.
AND THEY WOULD, THEY SO CULTURAL ARTS IS ALL ABOUT IT.
SO IT'S REALLY GREAT TO HAVE THEM AS A PARTNER AND IT TAKES SOME OF THE HEAT OFF OF TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DON'T HAVE FUNDING FOR IT.
BUT THEY HAVE EVENTS GOING ON.
SO IF THEY ARE DOING SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DOVETAIL WITH AND MAKE OUR CELEBRATION PART OF THAT, THAT WILL BE GREAT.
SO JUNETEENTH IS COMING RIGHT UP AND THE LINK TO THEIR SIGNUP IS, IS IT A SIGNUP GENIUS? IT'S A SIGNUP SOMETHING.
THE EVENT ITSELF IS FIVE TO 8:00 PM VOLUNTEER TIMES ARE 3:00 PM TO 9:00 PM THE THREE, THE EARLY TIMES ARE SET UP AND THE LATE TIME IS TEAR DOWN.
VOLUNTEER SHIFTS ARE ONE HOUR.
BUT IF YOU WOULD GO SIGN UP, IF YOU ARE ABLE TO BE PART OF IT ON JUNE 17TH, ONE OF THE COOL THINGS ABOUT IT MOVING TO THE EVENING THIS YEAR IS IT WON'T BE AS HOT.
YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR IT WAS DURING THE DAY AND IT WAS TOASTY OUT THERE.
I MEAN, I, I VOLUNTEERED TWO SHIFTS LAST YEAR TOO, BUT, AND IT WAS GREAT THAT THEY HAD THE TENT MM-HMM.
SO, AND ON THE STAGE SITTING OUT IN THE, OH YEAH, IT WAS, SO HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE A LITTLE BIT COOLER AND I THINK IT'S GONNA BE REALLY GOOD.
IT'S ON YOUR AGENDA AND YOU HAVE IT IN EMAIL.
MADAM CHAIR, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION NUMBER, MA'AM.
SO THE LAST MEETING OR A MEETING, WE TALKED ABOUT THE CMC HELPING VISIT, VISIT GARLAND.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA DO THE SHARED SPACE.
I SAW STEPHANIE AT, UM, OH, THE HOPE CLINIC BREAKFAST AND SHE SAID THAT SHE'S GONNA BE IN THE SAME SPACE AS WE ARE.
AND WE'RE, WE ARE GONNA HAVE OUR TABLECLOTH AND SHARE THAT SPACE AND SHARE THE SPACE.
SO THE TIME THAT WE'RE, UM, SIGNING UP FOR IS A COMBINED EFFORT.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN? WE'RE, WE'RE ASSISTING IT'S NOT JUST OUR BOOTH.
SO LET'S SAY I VOLUNTEER UHHUH, YOU'LL DO OUR PART, OUR TABLE PART.
SO I WON'T BE, YOU KNOW, YOU WON'T BE OFF OR WHATEVER SOMEWHERE ELSE.
WHAT'LL HAPPEN IS SOMEONE THERE WILL BE REPPING VISIT GARLAND.
SOMEONE THERE WILL BE REPPING CMC.
AND YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST UNDER THE SAME, WHAT ARE THEY CALLED? LITTLE PAVILION TENT THINGS.
THEY'VE GOT, THEY'VE GOT THE LITTLE, BUT WE'LL, INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, JUST TWO TABLES ACROSS, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF HAVING TO DO OUR TABLE ALONE, WE HAD A BIG SPACE LAST YEAR AND WE DID STAFF IT.
BUT, UM, I LIKE THE IDEA OF BEING ABLE TO NOT HAVE TO HOST THE WHOLE THING.
UM, I'M THAT PERSON THAT DOESN'T LIKE THE CLICK LINKS, BUT I WILL GO ON THERE AND, UM,
LIZ SAID SHE WOULD, LIZ SAID SHE WOULD DO AN EARLY TIME.
SO I THINK WE HAVE BEEN REALLY GOOD.
SO, YOU KNOW, AT ONE POINT I HAD HEARD THAT PEOPLE DIDN'T SIGN UP TO DO THINGS.
I HAVE NOT SEEN THAT BE THE CASE.
SO, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE DONE, I, I'VE SEEN PEOPLE SIGN UP FOR IT.
SO I, I THINK THAT WE, WE ARE PRETTY GOOD.
UH, THERE ARE LIKE SIX OR MAYBE SIX OR SEVEN SHIFTS TOTAL, BUT WE DON'T NEED TWO PEOPLE AT EACH SHIFT.
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YOU KNOW, TEAR DOWN IS NOT YEAH.THAT'S, THAT'S DEFINITELY ONE.
SO, YOU KNOW, TAKE A LOOK AND SEE WHAT MIGHT WORK FOR YOU AND WE'LL HAVE A GREAT TIME.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE SECOND JUNETEENTH EVENT.
I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE WONDERFUL.
I LIKE IT BECAUSE IT'S ON THE SOUTH END OF GARLAND.
THAT WAS, AND THAT WAS AN INTERESTING THING THAT WE ENCOUNTERED AT, WAS IT SAFETY FEST THAT WE MM-HMM.
AND I WAS NOT AWARE OF THAT BECAUSE I DON'T, YOU KNOW, I'VE NOT BEEN HERE FOREVER, BUT ALSO I DON'T LIVE IN SOUTH GARLAND.
AND I WAS LIKE, WELL, HOW IS THAT A THING? AND SURE ENOUGH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SHARED THEIR, THEIR SENSE THAT, YOU KNOW, BEING THERE WAS OTHER, AND WE ARE LIKE THE ANTI OTHER.
IS THERE A CHARGE FOR ORGANIZATION BOOST? I DON'T KNOW.
UM, THE CONTACTS ARE ON THE AGENDA.
RENEE IS SAYING NO, BUT STEPHANIE PARIS, WHO USED TO BE ON OUR COMMISSION IS ONE OF THE CONTACTS.
SHE'S NOT PLANNING AND ZONING NOW, BUT SHE'S ONE OF THE CONTACTS FOR ORGANIZING.
AND I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THERE IS LV A MEETING NEXT WEEK.
NEXT YEAR THEY WILL ASK FOR A REPRESENTATIVE FROM CMC.
I, YOU KNOW, WELL, I'M THINK YOU MORE A PRESIDENT OF ANA'S CLUB.
AND WE'RE HAVING TROUBLE PEOPLE GETTING IN.
I MEAN, THEY'RE MEMBERS, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO THE MEETINGS AND THAT DOESN'T HELP ANY YEAH.
YOU'RE TRYING TO ACTIVATE PEOPLE.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY AFRICAN AMERICAN.
WE USED TO HAVE TWO AND NOW WE DON'T HAVE ANY.
THEN THAT WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE TO BE.
I SAW ONE OF 'EM AS, AND AGAIN, THAT'S A, THAT'S A DO YOU BELONG THING? YOU KNOW, DO PEOPLE REALIZE THAT THEY COULD BE IN KIWANIS? YEAH.
WHAT IS, DO YOU WANT A CUP OF GARLIC? NO, IT, IT'S AN ORGANIZATIONAL SERVICE.
DID YOU HEAR OF KEY CLUB? UHHUH.
KEY CLUB IS IS IS THE KIWANIS PROGRAM.
IT'S AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION.
WHEN I WAS AT RICHARDSON, WE HAD A VERY STRONG ONE OVER THERE.
AND THEY WOULD COME ONCE A MONTH AND MEET WITH A LARGE GROUP OF KIDS.
THEY'D BRING PIZZA AND HAVE LUNCH WITH 'EM.
THEN THEY'D TALK, THEY'D, YOU KNOW, PAIR OFF WITH KIDS AND TALK AND DO STUFF.
AND THEN OCCASIONALLY THEY'D HAVE SATURDAY YEAH.
VOLUNTEER THINGS FOR THE QANTAS AND THE, BUT THERE'S WOULD GO DO STUFF.
BUT THERE'S SERVICE ORGANIZATION.
A LOT LIKE ROTARY, A LOT LIKE THE SHRINE.
I MEAN, THERE'S SEVERAL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS YEAH.
THAT WE SHOULD BE INTERACTING WITH AS WELL IS MORE BUSINESS TYPE.
WE DO LIKE, WE'RE STARTING TO COLLECT TOYS FOR A NEW BEGINNING.
UH, NOT VERY BEGINNING HOPE CLINIC.
THERE'S ARE TWO PROJECTS RIGHT NOW.
WE JUST FINISHED, UH, MOTHER'S DAY GIFT BACKS FOR, UH, UH, ABUSE MOTHERS.
SO THERE ARE MANY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND ALL OF THEM CAN HELP PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY BELONG.
UH, I'M WORKING ON NEWSLETTER TO SEND TO OUR MEMBERS.
WELL, AND PEOPLE DON'T REAL, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THEY GOT USED TO COVID STAYING HOME.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, JUSTINA MADE A POINT THAT I HAVE HEARD OVER AND OVER PROFESSIONALLY AND FROM A VOLUNTEERISM STANDPOINT AT WORK AND IN THE COMMUNITY, WE ARE DESPERATELY CRAVING COMMUNITY AND NOT UNDERSTANDING WHERE TO PLUG IN.
SO EVEN, YOU KNOW, THOUGH, AND, AND CHURCHES ARE SEEING SAME, SAME THING EVERYWHERE THAT PEOPLE USED TO GATHER.
SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO INVITE, INVITE, INVITE AND WELCOME, WELCOME, WELCOME.
PEOPLE ARE NOT THERE YET, BUT IF THEY FEEL LIKE IT'S A PLACE WHERE THEY SHOW UP AND SOMEBODY NEEDS THEM, APPRECIATES THEM AND, AND GIVES THEM SOMETHING TO DO, THERE'S A REALLY GOOD CHANCE THEY'LL COME BACK.
SO I THINK THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD POINT.
YOU KNOW, JUSTINE, I'VE HEARD IT IN SO MANY DIFFERENT SETTINGS NOW AND IT'S SO TRUE.
AT SATURDAY AT 11:00 AM WHO'S GOING?
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I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT.I'M NOT AVAILABLE THIS WEEKEND.
I'M GOING TO THE ASIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE FESTIVAL.
SO YOU CAN SWING BY HELPS HELP THE KIDS MAKE THE CARDS
IT'S 11 TO TWO, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN DO LIKE, SO WHERE IS THE POLICE APPRECIATION AT? IS IT AT THE VIETNAMESE AMERICAN CENTER? IT'S ON BELTLINE RIGHT NEXT TO THE ACE RESTAURANT SUPPLY.
BEFORE YOU GET TO CALI SAIGON.
IF YOU'RE COMING FROM THE DIRECTION OF MY HOUSE, WHICH IS WHAT GOING WEST? YES.
UM, SO I CAN'T DO THAT CUZ I'M AT THE JUANITA CRAFT MUSEUM OPENING FROM 11 TO 12.
BUT MAYBE I CAN GET BACK OVER TO GARLAND FOR LIKE THE LAST HOUR.
SO JUSTINA, YOU SAID YOU'RE GOING TO THE HERITAGE FESTIVAL? YEAH.
BUT ALSO, IS IT AT THE SAME PLACE? NO, IT'S NOT.
SO THE HERITAGE FESTIVAL IS JUST ABOUT 10 MINUTES DOWN ON, UM, NORTH GARLAND.
WE PARTICIPATING IN THE, UM, COLORFUL WORLD PARADE.
WE'RE ALL PROBABLY GONNA TRY TO GO AS YEP.
THE SOCCER TOURNAMENT JULY 8TH AND JULY 9TH AT WINTERS PARK.
I PROMISE YOU I WILL NOT BE OUTSIDE DURING THE DAY ON JULY 8TH OR JULY 9TH.
I DID, I WENT FOR THE BEGINNING LAST YEAR AND I LEFT VERY GRACIOUSLY AFTER I, I LEAVE RIGHT AFTER THE FIRECRACKERS AND MY EARS RING FOR THE REST OF THE DAY.
UM, GOD WILL NOT GOING TO BE THERE.
I'VE BEEN THERE FOR THE LAST TWO TIMES.
AND THEN FIRST RESPONDER SOCCER TOURNAMENT ON JULY 15TH.
AND WE, THEY JUST HAD UNI'S LAST, LAST WEEK.
AND UH, THEN THEY HAD TO HOW YOU CAN GET SOMEBODY TALK ON HOW YOU CAN GET THE CITIZENSHIP AND THAT'S COOL.
UH, AND I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY WE HAVE ALL THESE KIDS RUNNING AROUND THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY WHERE THEY SHOULD BE IN SCHOOL.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL HAVE NOTICED, UM, I'M NOT HOME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY.
AND YOU KNOW, YOU WONDER KIDS ARE, BUT APPARENTLY THEY DON'T HAVE THE TRU LAW ANYMORE.
SO THE SROS DON'T LIKE IT BECAUSE YOU, THEY CAN'T STOP 'EM AND SAY YOU GOTTA GO BACK TO SCHOOL.
AND I'M GOING TO SET UP A MEETING WITH ROBERT AND SAY, WHO'S DUMB IDEA WITH THIS? WELL, SO FROM A LOT OF KIDS JUST ROAMING AROUND AND COUPLES, THERE'S, THERE'S A CHALLENGE THERE.
FROM AN EQUITY STANDPOINT, IT IS PUNITIVE TO PARENTS WHO ARE WORKING POOR AND HAVING MULTIPLE JOBS JUST TO KEEP THEIR FAMILY ENCLO AND FOOD IN THE HOUSE TO DRAG THEM INTO COURT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
THEY END UP LOSING THEIR JOBS AND THE KIDS STILL DON'T GO TO SCHOOL.
SO THERE HAS TO BE A SOLUTION THAT IS OTHER THAN COURT AND POLICE.
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE OF THOSE NEEDS, LIKE, THAT ARE WHERE THE WHOLE COMMUNITY HAS TO SURROUND PEOPLE WITH SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.
BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED ARE PEOPLE WHO, YOU KNOW, THE PARENTS ARE TRYING THEIR, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING WHAT THEY CAN AND THE KIDS FIGURE IT OUT AND THEY KNOW THE GAME SYSTEM.
THEY WILL GO JUST AS MUCH AS THEY HAVE TO.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE INTELLIGENT.
SO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE HAVING PROBLEM.
WELL, BECAUSE THE SROS ARE NOT, YOU KNOW IT.
I I'M, I'M GONNA, I'M GOING TO SAY I APPRECIATE THE GARLAND PD AND ALL THAT THEY DO.
AND THEN I WILL SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, AS MUCH AS IT'S CONCERNING IF YOU ARE NOT EXPERIENCING LIVING IN POVERTY AND BEING MARGINALIZED, IT'S VERY EASY TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS FOR OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES.
WHAT, WHAT THEY NEED FROM US IS HELP AND LOVE AND EXAMPLES AND ENGAGEMENT.
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DO FOR A LIVING.HOME VISITS EVIDENTLY PUT AND LIKE COMMUNITIES COMING TOGETHER, YOU SEEING A KID OUTSIDE, WHY AREN'T YOU IN SCHOOL? GO TO SCHOOL.
DO YOU NEED HELP? I'LL TUTOR YOU.
AND YOU DO NOT NEED A BADGE FOR THAT.
IT, IT'S, IT'S REALLY, WE FORGET HOW MUCH A COMMUNITY CAN IMPACT ITSELF KNOWING SOMEONE CARES.
A LOT OF ADULTS START ASKING THE YOUNG ONES, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? WHY ARE YOU HERE? MM-HMM.
THEY DON'T LIKE TO BE NOTICED.
NOT THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO, THEY WOULD PREFER TO BE INVISIBLE.
BUT IF THEY ARE NOTICED, NOTICE THEM WITH LOVE.
DO NOT NOTICE THEM WITH JUDGMENT.
YOU KNOW, IT, IT DOESN'T HELP THEM.
AND WHAT WE WANT MOST IS FOR THEIR LIVES TO BE DIFFERENT AND FOR THEM TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO NOT BE IN A SITUATION WHERE WHEN THEY ARE PARENTS, THEY TOO ARE UNABLE TO MAKE ENDS MEET WITH A SINGLE JOB.
SO I LOVE THAT SOMEONE WAS THERE TO TALK ABOUT GOING BACK TO SCHOOL AND GETTING JOBS BECAUSE THAT MATTERS SO MUCH.
YOU KNOW, FAMILIES THAT ARE STRUGGLING.
THERE'S SO FEW THINGS THAT REALLY HELP THEM.
AND THE STATE OF TEXAS HAS MADE IT ALMOST ILLEGAL TO BE POOR AND TRIED TO KEEP PEOPLE POOR.
WHAT HAPPENED? RENEE? UH, CAUSE THE SQUARES THE CELEBRATION OF THE SQUARE OPENING AND THAT'S GONNA BE A BIG EVENT.
WE SAW, WE SAW, WE SAW THE BIG ANNOUNCEMENT.
ANYONE HAVE A TIME OR SHOULD I CHECK THE WEBSITE? UHHUH.
IS THERE ANY NEW BUSINESS? I HEARD SOMETHING ABOUT A MURAL.
OH, UM, I, WELL AFTER MISS ANNIE WAS HERE LAST TIME AND TALKED ABOUT, UM, WHAT HER VISION WAS IN REGARDS TO HAVING A BUILDING THAT WAS, UH, BUILT LIKE THE WORLD AND INSIDE YOU COULD GO TO DIFFERENT CULTURES INSIDE OF THE BUILDING.
UH, SHE SAID THAT HER DREAM NEVER CAME THROUGH.
UH, SO IN CONVERSATION, UH, BETWEEN A FEW LADIES, THE THOUGHT CAME OUT TO POSSIBLY DO A MURAL WHERE SHE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET A BUILDING, BUT SHE COULD HAVE A MURAL THAT REPRESENTS WHAT THE BUILDING WOULD'VE BEEN.
SO, UM, I REACHED OUT TO RENEE AND SHE GAVE ME A CONTACT INFORMATION.
SO I WILL REACH OUT AND SEE IF THAT'S EVEN, UM, A POSSIBILITY.
IT, SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE, AND THE THING THAT THAT MAKES ME SO GRATEFUL TO BE PART OF THIS IS THAT THERE'S NOBODY IN THIS ROOM THAT DOESN'T HAVE GREAT IDEAS.
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU HAS GREAT IDEAS AND THEY ALL SHOULD BUBBLE UP TO THE SURFACE.
AND THEN WE SHOULD TRY TO MAKE THEM COME TRUE.
WE CAN'T, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE CAN SAY NO, BUT THEY CAN'T SAY YES IF WE DON'T ASK.
AND OF COURSE THERE CAN BE A MURAL AND I THINK THAT'S A FABULOUS IDEA BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF THING.
THE GRAND SCALE OF BUILDING AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
MAYBE NOT, BUT THERE COULD BE MULTIPLE MURALS THERE.
THE TAKEOFF THAT CONNECT TOGETHER WHEN YOU GET OLDER, YOU WATCH HGV HGTV, HOMETOWN TAKEOVER.
THEY HAVE NOW I LOVE THAT SHOW.
AND ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THEY DO ARE MURALS.
AND IT'S ALL ABOUT COMMUNITY AND IT'S ALL ABOUT THE COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK A GREAT WAY TO INCLUDE THE COMMUNITY IS TO PUT OUT CALLING ALL ARTISTS.
AND ALSO STUDENTS LIKE, WE CAN LIKE, REACH OUT TO THE MULTI-ETHNIC COMMUNITY.
I MEAN, UH, WHATS CALLED IN IN GALA.
AND THEN GET THEM TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, THERE COULD, THERE COULD BE ALL KINDS OF THINGS OR LIKE, LIKE PALS OR ANY OF THAT KINDA STUFFSO.
AND WE COULD GO TO, WE COULD HAVE LIKE A WHOLE, IT COULD BE AXO.
AND, BUT THERE COULD BE MULTIPLES.
AND SO IT COULD BECOME A THEMED THING.
AND DOWNTOWN IS TRYING TO, AND REMEMBER CULTURAL ARTS IS TRYING TO GET A CULTURE DISTRICT.
SO THIS, OH, YOU WEREN'T AT THAT MEETING.
AMY CAME AND SPOKE ABOUT THAT.
UM, SO THE CULTURE DISTRICT WOULD GO FROM HERE ALL THE WAY OVER TO THE REC CENTER
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AND, AND THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF PLACES IN BETWEEN.WE CAN ALSO JUST LOGISTIC-WISE, IF WE WERE TO BRING, I JUST WANNA MENTION IT BEFORE I FORGET IT.
UM, YOU CAN GET ARTISTS TO COME AND LIKE SKETCH IT MM-HMM.
IT'S LIKE THE THING IS ALREADY DRAWN, BUT THEY'RE JUST COLORING IT OUT IN THE LENS.
CAUSE I CAN'T BUT ON SOMETHING THAT BIG A SCALE.
I'M PAYING AN AREA THIS WEEK, WE CAN PAINT.
PEOPLE COULD COME AND DO THEIR LITTLE AND YOU COULD SAY YOU DID IT.
AND YOU CAN DO A, A A, A TIME-LAPSE VIDEO YEAH.
OF THE PEOPLE COMING AND GOING AND YOU COULD HAVE ART CONTESTS AROUND IT AND PEOPLE BRING, YOU KNOW, DO EXHIBITS THAT STAND UP AND GET TORN DOWN.
LIKE THE ART EXHIBIT THAT GOES OVER TO PATTY.
WHAT? PATTY? NO, IN THE GRANDVILLE.
THEY DO THE UM, ANNUAL PTA ART COMPETITION THAT, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
THE ELEMENT THAT YOU'VE COME UP WITH COULD BECOME MANY THINGS, BUT START WITH A MURAL AND SEE WHAT ELSE GOES UP.
BUT I THINK IT'S FABULOUS IDEA.
DID START IDENTIFYING OTHER PLACES YES.
SO MY, UM, INITIAL THOUGHT, I WENT TO SAN ANTONIO AND I KNOW WE'RE PRESSED FOR TIME.
I WENT TO SAN ANTONIO AND THERE WAS A AREA WHERE YOU CAN GO AND WRITE.
IT'S, IT'S LIKE A HUGE CHALKBOARD.
UM, A WISH, SOMETHING YOU'VE DONE IN LIFE, YOU CAN JUST WRITE SOMETHING ON THERE.
SO I WAS, UM, TALKING TO MY GIRLS, THEY'RE 21 AND 22 NOW.
AND I WAS SAYING, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE REALLY NICE IF GARLAND HAD A PLACE WHERE WE CAN GO AND EVERYBODY COULD PUT THEIR HAND PRINT ON THE WALL.
SO WHEN MY CHILDREN WERE YOUNGER, THEIR GIRLS, THEY LIKED TO PAINT THINGS.
I HAD AN AREA IN MY GARAGE, A WALL WHERE EACH OF THEIR FRIENDS, WHEN THEY WOULD COME TO THE HOUSE, I WOULD LET THEM PUT THEIR HAND PRINTS ON THE WALL.
SO EVEN IF THEY LOST THOSE FRIENDS ALONG THE WAY IN LIFE, AS LONG AS WE STAYED IN THE HOUSE, THEY WOULD ALWAYS HAVE THEIR MEMORY OF THEIR FRIENDS.
SO PEOPLE, ONE THING WE HAVE NOTICED IS THAT MOST PEOPLE WHO SERVE IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE NOT, THEY WERE NOT BORN AND RAISED IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO MY THOUGHT PROCESS WAS ALWAYS HAVING A PART OF YOU IN GARLAND, EVEN THOUGH YOU WERE NOT STILL IN GARLAND.
I LIKE THAT IDEA WITH THE HAND THAT SAYS I BELONG.
AND THEN IN YOUR HAND, EACH PERSON.
AND IT COULD BE SOMETHING SIMPLE.
IF IT'S, IF IF IF IT'S ON A CHALKBOARD SCHEME, THEN FINE, YOU CAN CHALKBOARD YOUR HAND AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WASH IT OFF, LET THE NEXT PEOPLE COME, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT GROUP OF PEOPLE.
SO IT'S UH, CONSTANT ROTATING.
INTERACTIVE IS THE WORD I WAS LOOKING FOR.
IT'S A CONSTANT INTERACTIVE THING THAT YOU CAN DO.
IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S PERMANENT, OF COURSE WE'D HAVE TO FIND AN AREA THAT WILL ALLOW US TO BE BIG ENOUGH, BE BIG ENOUGH TO EXPAND AND IT NOT JUST BE DONE IN A WEEKEND'S TIMEFRAME.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? OVER TIME YOU COULD STILL HAVE A PLACE FOR A HAND PRINT OR SOMETHING PLACE IN THAT SECTION.
MAYBE, MAYBE, MAYBE THE QUESTIONS ARE ENDLESS.
THE IDEA IS IT EXISTS AND NOW THE INVESTIGATION CAN BEGIN LAST.
I THINK THIS IS A GREAT IDEA TO GET KIDS INVOLVED BECAUSE I THINK LIKE THE MORE, AND THEN THAT IS JUST A LEEWAY INTO SHOWING THEM ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY CAN GET INVOLVED IN, IN GARLAND.
AND IF YOU GET THE KIDS INVOLVED, YOU'VE GOT THE PARENTS DEFINITELY.
I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
I'M JUST AMAZED AT HOW YOU DO THAT.