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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-12-06Clarington Anti-Black Racism Task Force Wednesday December 6, 2023, 7:00 PM Microsoft Teams If this information is required in an alternate format, please contact the IDEA Officer at 905-623-3379 ext 2563 Present: Pranay Gunti Lauren Reyes-Grange Aaliyah Ruddock Angela Anderson Rochelle Thomas Carlene Honigan Joseph Adesanya Also Present: Pinder DaSilva – Municipality of Clarington Regrets: Samantha Aitken - Clarington Library, Museum & Archives Hawa Mire (maternity leave) Nadia Nembhard-Hunt 1. Land Acknowledgement Read by Pranay 2. Welcome and Introductions Introductions completed between Pinder and the members of the committee. 3. Review of Agenda Approval of the Nov 22nd meeting minutes and Dec 6th agenda– First - Carlene, Seconded by Rochelle;, carried No declaration of interest by any committee members. 4. Black History Month Celebrations Pinder provided an overview of the plans that were discussed at the Nov 22nd meeting, specifically the All Black Vendor Market on Feb 24 at Garnett B. Rickards. This is an event that will be hosted in partnership with Region of Durham and Clarington Library & Museum. Sam from the Library and Museums was not able to attend the meeting but did share via email with Pinder that the Library would be interested in hosting a movie night. no Questions asked about the cost to vendors. Pinder explained that the cost would be free of charge to the vendors. Pinder asked committee members who would be interested in joining the planning committee - Carlene, Pranay, Angela and Aaliyah interested in joining the committee. Pinder will connect with Clarington staff, Sam from the library and Region staff to set up a planning meeting. Committee members asked when a marketing plan will be implemented. Pinder advised them that someone from the municipality and library communication team will join some of the initial planning meetings. The interested committee members indicated that Wednesday’s at 8 pm appear to be the best days/times for all of them. 5. 2024 Work Plan Pinder asked the committee members if there were any specific action items they were working on for 2023 that they wanted to discuss further and if there were any items/projects they wanted to highlight for 2024. Rochelle indicated that in the past, they were using an Action Log that was used to capture the work to date that was being completed by the committee. Pinder advised committee members that we can continue to move forward that way. 2024 action items identified: Committee members indicated they are interested in providing further feedback on the DEI web landing page on the Clarington website. Pinder stated she is currently looking to update a few items on the website and populate the 2SLGBTQIA+ page. Pinder will work with Communication figure out the best way to share the content of the webpages with them so that members can provide additional feedback. IDEA social media content – committee members are interested in seeing Clarington’s social media and digital strategy and exploring how they could be more interactive with Communications on how IDEA content is shared. Pinder explained that Clarington now has a corporate strategy which will likely help support the various municipal departments to create their 2024 strategies. Once Communication has created their strategy, Pinder will share anything related to IDEA communication with the committee members. 6. Other Business Meeting dates/times – all members are okay with the current day/time but are interested in meeting in person/hybrid in the future. One option discussed was doing one meeting a quarter in person/hybrid starting in the spring of 2024. January meeting - Group in agreement to changing the January meeting from January 3rd to 10th. Motion to adjourn meeting put forward by Rochelle and seconded by Joe; carried Next meeting: Wednesday January 10th, 2024, at 7:00 p.m.