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Clarington Diversity Advisory Committee
Wednesday, March 27, 7:00 PM
MAC Meeting Room 1A
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Present: Councillor Ron Hooper
Laila Shafi
Ashfaque Choudhry
Rajeshwari Saharan
John Sawdon
Derryck Lamptey
Also Present: Lee -Ann Reck — Client Services Manager
Regrets: Kenneth Ilechukwu
Dorothy Koziorz
Rachel Traore
Erica Mittag — Community Development Coordinator
1. Meeting called to order at 7:10 p.m.
2. Review and approval of Agenda
3. Review and approval of previous meeting minutes
4. Land Acknowledgement Statement
x Committee is still developing the Land Acknowledgement Statement and
would like it to be vetted and approved by Indigenous leadership and have it
tabled for Council's consideration. Consideration should be given to when it
should be read (i.e. Events, meetings, committees, celebrations, etc.)
x Reviewed and suggested using the Visual Arts Centre of Clarington Land
Acknowledgement statement
x Councillor Ron Hooper will connect with the Visual Arts Centre for their
contact
5. Committee Mission and Vision Statements
x Committee continued strategic planning exercise
x Discussed "who we are" and "what we do" statements
x Brainstormed and edited the wording of the statements
x Committee members who were present appreciate and would like the
feedback from other committee members who were unable to attend the
meeting
x Proposed statements will be shared by email for review at next meeting
6. Other Business
x No other business
7. Meeting Adjourned — Moved by Derryck; seconded by Laila
Next meeting: Wednesday April 24, 7:00 PM
Municipal Administrative Centre, Room 1A