LGBTQ+ Commission Meeting - VIRTUAL

Description

Cambridge LGBTQ+ Commission

AGENDA: Thursday, December 12, 2024

Location: Zoom

Co-Chairs: Bill Barnert and Zachary Dresser

Tonight’s meeting chaired by:  Zachary Dresser

1. Welcome
2. Approve / Modify Agenda
3. Approve Previous Minutes
4. Introductions
5. LGBTQ+-Friendly Housing Task Force Report
   1. Carolina would like some time to discuss the LGBTQ+-Friendly Housing Task Force Report with the Commission. Phoebe West, one of the other co-chairs will be joining us to share about the recommendations.
6. Project Updates (current actions, and plans) including reports from Carolina, Sarah, Amelia, & Phoebe
7. Working Group Reports
   1. YOUTH WG -- As part of the Welcoming Schools National Day of Reading, the Cambridge Public Library will be hosting a "Read aloud and break bread together" at the Central Square Branch, "Giving Voice to Trans and Gender Free Books in The Library Collection." We have been invited to co-sponsor (which just means putting our name on it & helping to publicize). Friday, February 28, 2025, 4-5:30.
8. Old Business
   1. Vote to approve (or table with suggestions) the draft “Group Agreements” in APPENDIX A. 
   2. Review proposal on a Domestic Partnership informational comic book, and vote on whether (& how) to proceed. (See APPENDIX B.)
9. New Business
10. Report from Rainbows Across Communities
11. Public Comments / Announcements
12. Next Commission Meeting: Thursday, January 23

To participate in public comment join our meeting at 51 Inman St. 2nd Floor or register for the meeting at: https://cambridgema.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UDAKIdM0T4mZM2FUYVkxmA

For more information regarding Zoom technology visit: https://www.cambridgema.gov/Departments/citycouncil/zoomonlinemeetinginstructions