GLBT Mission Statement
The mission of the Cambridge GLBT Commission is to advocate for a culture of respect and to monitor progress toward equality of all persons with regard to sexual orientation and gender identity. We are committed to promoting and monitoring policies and practices that have a positive effect on the health, welfare, and safety of all persons who live, visit, or work in the City of Cambridge with regard to sexual orientation and gender identity.
GLBT Membership, Term and Authority Info. see this item under City Boards and Commissions section:
http://www.cambridgema.gov/deptann.cfm?story_id=1267
2009 GLBT Commission Meetings
Meetings are usually held on 4th Thursday (no mtg. in August and December. Nov. is 3rd Thursday) from 5:30-7:30 p.m., at Windsor Street Community Health Center, 2nd Floor Conference Room, 119 Windsor St., Cambridge.
Jan 22
Feb 26
Mar 26
April 23
May 28
June 25
July 23
Sept 24
Oct 22
Nov 19 (3rd thursday because of Thanksgiving)
Meeting Minutes Archives
To view minutes, click on desired meeting date: July 2006, September 2006, October 2006
November 2006, January 2007, March 2007, May 2007 , July 2007, Oct. 2007, Nov. 2007
January 2008 , February 2008 , May 2008, June 2008, July 2008, Sept. 2008, Oct. 2008, Nov.2008
Link to 2008 GLBT Town Meeting Info
GLBT Commission PSA
This video was prepared by Katherine Hartford, a UMass Boston student who was an Intern with the GLBT Commission. One of her projects was to make a 30 second PSA about the Commission working with people from CCTV. IT will be airing periodically on CCTV.
GLBT Committee Members:
John W. Gintell, Co-Chair john@gintell.org Hm. Ph. 617-876-5461 Cell 61...
Sarav Chithambaram, Co-Chair, writesarav@hotmail.com Hm Ph. 61... Cell Ph. 61...
Colby S. Berger
Monica Dargin
Priscilla Ho-Hway Lee
Richard Juang
Karen Malme
Christopher Mason
Neal Minahan
Robert L. Parlin
Leslie Phillips
Richard Scali
Toni Snow
Jeffrey M. Walker
Tony Wieczorek
GLBT Backgrounder:
In February 2004, a citywide GLBT Town Hall meeting was held in the Senior Center at which a number of issues affecting GLBT people were raised. Subsequently the Cambridge City Council adopted the order below on February 23, 2004 for the formation of a Commission. A second GLBT Town Hall meeting was held in October 2008. See above for information on this meeting.
ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to appoint a Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) Commission to take up the recommendations that came out of the GLBT meeting of February 4, 2004.
Members of the GLBT Commission were appointed by the City Manager in the fall of 2004 and the inaugural meeting was held in May 2005. The Commission devoted its initial meetings to reviewing reports from the town meeting and a GLBT Health Forum also held in 2004, creating its mission statement, establishing its internal organization and operating rules, and setting priorities.
Priority Focus Areas
Issues raised by participants at the town meeting fell into a number of categories. The three areas chosen for initial work are:
The first priority was Project 10 East. The Commission worked with the Superintendent, the CRLS Principal, and the School Committee helping obtain a series of improvements such that the coordinator position was recreated and staffed, a room for the coordinator and students was allocated, and most recently, the position was upgraded to sufficient hours to meet the requirements of the job and to offer benefits to the person. For more information about this project, visit http://www.cambridgema.gov/CityOfCambridge_Content/documents/GLBTSupportingYouth.pdf.
