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Agenda
1. Call to order
2. Public comment
3. Review and approval of May minutes
4. Executive Director’s Report
- New Commissioners: Olinda Marshall & Chara Itoka - Introductions
5. May meeting follow up:
- Scheduled presentation from Shannon Erwin, of the Muslim Justice League re: DHS’s “Countering Violent Extremism” program
- Collaboration with local efforts @ Islamophobia/Xenophobia in Cambridge
- Nicole Horton from DHSP’s Inclusion Initiative available to speak @ rescheduled September 15 mtg @use of IEPs for after-school programs
- Contacted Cambridge Universities & CRLS Title IX Coordinators about October or November Panel for CHRC
- HUD funding for outreach: Fair Housing & Lead Paint brochures; Story Journal about Lead Paint- schedule subcommittee mtg[s] for June
6. New Business:
- Invite co-founder of Y2Y shelter to speak about creating a welcoming gender neutral environment for December 1, 2016
- January 2016 mtg - Commissioner topics raised for further consideration:
o Debt-bondage in Cambridge immigrant community – more info needed
o How to navigate Cambridge Housing programs with Section 8 Vouchers
7. Outreach Subcommittee
- Fair housing brochure revisions [text]
- Lead Paint brochure revisions [text]
- Story Journal – Lead Paint & Discrimination against Families with young children & pregnant women [Discrimination Enforcement through CHRC - text] – in collaboration with CPHD & ISD