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Home My WebLink About2025.01.02 SERJAC minutesAor"ALAAD SOCIAL EQIITT ArID RACIAL JISTICE, AM REGULAR MEETING MINUTES January I. Call to arder and Welcome (5, minutes) Called to, order at,4:37pm Present, were: Committee members Sagejyler, Simon, Greenspan, Mendel, and Houston Councilor liaison DuQuenne Staff Haison Gooden Land Acknowledgment - Weacknowledge and honor the aboriginal people on vVIhoseancestraIII homelands we work -, th IIkirak.rut surn Barn of the Shasta II tiourn, as, well as, the diverse and vibrant Nativeclommunitiles who, make their home here today Wniounce the egiregious acts of thecolonizers andglovernment and reco,gnize the horrific impads, that still exist today. We honor the first stewards in the Rogue Valleyan,d the lands, we love and depeind m: Tribes with anicestrall landl iirn and surrounding the geography ofthe Ashland Water shinClude the original past, presentand future lii nli �no a linhiabitants, of the Shasta,,, Takelma and Athabaskan people. We also, recognize anclaicknowledge theShasta, villageof Kwakhakhia - "Where the Crow Lights,"" -,, that lis now the Ash]a,ndGity Plaza. 07=i Labor Acknowledgement Wealso Ipa,use to irecioll gnizeand ackniovViedgle the lablor upon whichour country,, state" and instiltutions, are built We rernember that ourcountry is builton th IIablor of enslaved people who were kidnapped and brought to thie U.S. from the Africanconfibent and recolignize the continued contributiori of their survivors. We also acknovViedge all iiirmirnigrant labiar,, lincluding volunta,ry,, involuntary,, trafficked, forced, an,d unclocumented peopleswho, contributed to the buildinig of the country and continue to, sere within our labor force. We acknovViedge all unpaild ca,re-giAng lablar. To, the Ipe(D,p,llle,who,cloun�tiriiIbuted11 this immeasurablework and their descendants,,' wacknwl e oedge their indelible murkon the spce in n n whichwegiather today. Iour t is, colec ltive responsibility to critically examine these histories, to repair harm,, and tIhonor,, Ipirotect] and sustain their contribution to, our society. Simon read the lab,o,r acknowledgement Holidays and Events, Monthly Observances: National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention MIo,nt:h,'Thyrojd Awareness Month,, Nationial Blood Donor Month, Braille Litera, Month 'W, Ja,�nu,ary,l:L,,a�stda,y,oNewY ,fKawn.zaa;�ea,ir,s,Da�y, orIdDayofPea lce January 2: Last of Hanukkah January 5: GieoSrge WashN [ngton Carver Day January 6: Epilp,hany/Dila de Los Reyes January 2G: Inaug!cur atibn Day; Rev. Dr Martin Luther Kjbg Day January 27: Inteirnational Holocaust Mlemodal Day January 29:� Lunar INiew Year's Day/Ghilnese New Year Local events,:: Big Ideas: The Current State of Local/Regional Jouern. aIII ism "'News media outlets, all over America are facing some serious challieniges. Come hear from local1regilional inclustry professibnals, about what"sgoing on in Southern Ore ian and beyond Tuesday,, January 7, 2025 4:00-5:30pm AshIand Public Library Martin Luther Kng, Jr Community Gathering (free);, Saturday, January 1 8� 2025� 1 larn-,3pm Grants Pass High School Commilans City ,of Ashland"s Rev,,., Dr. IMartin ILutheir Ili ng'Celebratibn (free); "'Thie battle is, our Ianands Mlo,nday, January 210� 2,025, 12:00-1:30pm(cloors qpen at,11:30am) Ashland Armilary Overflow Ilocatiourns : OSF y s Carpenter IHall (eve ntwill be livestreiamed), City,of Ashlan,d Town Hall: Wednesday, January 22, 20215, 5:30-7:00pm Rogue River Room, Stevenson Unlip ri,, SOU Committee disclus,sed Jan 9th remembrance of Jimmy Carter. Carpenter Hall has been identified as the overflow, space for MLK Day for when Armory reaches capacity for the eventi. BASE sponsored community Imeeting Saturday January 4, 2025 at, 3pm in the Medford library to, discluss, rovide updates/awareness and strategize Justice for Hakiym z)impson. Foll= up of Ashlan,d Sunrise project event will be on Jan 17, 2025 alt 3pm at the United Church of,Christ- overflow, iiis Carlpenter Hall 4. Approval of Minutes from Regular Meeting 12.5.2024 Me,ndeI S ii r1 Irn/s 'to approve minutes, fmm the, regular mee,ting on 112.5.2024. Vote yes: S,age,, Tyler, Simon, Gree,nspan,, Mendel,,and Holuston. Mollit ion passed. 11. Public Forum Ruth Cofien iintro,duce,d herselfas a guest iiniit Catherine Greenspan. Co,mmfttee reciprocatintroductions. III., Liaison Business ('20 minutes) 1 . Revilew assignments, Committee reviewed anitscuss,urrent co,mmfttee memr co,mig Imiittee/co,mmigis,sill o,ni� 114iisoni assignments: MenI- transportation; Tyler- cl[rnate; Sage - Hous[ng; S[rnon - pubic arts; Greenspan 1-1 plann[ng; Ho,ustoni - Nsto,ric, Parks its o,pen/unas&ii'gned as, of Inow'. Committee, discusse,d partneirship With Pub[ic Arts Co,mmfttele in,6scus&linig t-shiirt vandalisn. DuQuenne reviewed Co,mmfttIrI . I I s antes from Dec 16, 2024 CC meeting -- Follow, up of Ashlan,d Sunrise project evento n Jan 1T, 2025 - overflow iis Carpenter Hall Z. li uIprotocols Committee discussed how tcumt an,d handle such ,uments /notes when iinterfaciing With other, meetiinigs. 1 Reports from committees 01 Members6 ,iscussed th&iir eper x'ienic,e attedIn ng assigne,d commfttee/commiiissiion meetings 4. Update about DEIIA Gommittees inother cornmuniffes, Staffli4ison anid committee ch4irs, are scheduli�ng to meet with Jonathan Baez of SUff's Dl�versity Equfty anid lnic,lus�i�on office. S[rnon and Gooden plan on attenj6ng Mejdforjd`s CAEDI meefing on January 21, 2025., Gooden �received�� pos[five responsefrom Equfty and lncllusi�ojn D�irectojr Andres, Portela of the,Cit,,y ofBend. Disclusseid committee members attendIng other committees, in other municipallti�es. Commiftee discusseid the news,from the area around� LinclolnCitY ofhate crime letters circulati�nig / show[ng up, in mailboxes., I'V. Tablingevents discussion ('10 iminutes) Consider coinminlet ,s,uiigigiestill oiis for tablingand communityoutreach plossibillitiles. 01 Committee discussed fimiinig�future tabl[ng for after communifty social-cl ii mate survey comes out. Committee,its cussed what photos could be used and consiii red develo,piIre g a sub-co,mmfttee to, draft such a flyer. S,irnon/ Tyler mls, to createa su�bcornmitltee 'to devielop Ashland DE! climate, s, u rvey a n d re I alte,d flye r w it h�� S a g e,, Me, n d e I a n d H o u sto n o n it. Vo te, ye s �: S a g e Tyler, Simon,, Greenspan, Mendel, and Houston. Motion passe,d. V. Discussion oil hit anh i't -1 m iiii n , I I y iiii iminutes) 1 . Review feedback Earn previous tiraining ern dguests Commiftee reflected on ck 'from previous trainier and guests on how to, retain people of color oni the committee. Houston will share recarded training fram Muse with new mernbers. Committee discussed developing shared language with which to speak with people about, SERJAC. Z. Discussionof seIlf-refl11ectiiioin,s,ectiiion,o,f Disrupting'White Supremacy Gultiur&: Reflection Questions for Mite People Working for IRaciial Justice Houstan iintroduced this item withdiscussion moved to, next meeting dbe to time canstraints. V1. Issues to consider (5 minutes) These fitems will be moved to the top of the II next ageada due to time conistrai nits. 1 T-shirt vandalism of rnemoriaIII in Ra i l roaIdark Z. D***, Indian Mlemoriall Road I City,-,wilde IDEA Climate Survey 4. Corn sildeiration of Retaill Counicill of 11iew York State's Customers" IEIiIIII of Rights Assign Action Items,and Adjournment (5 minutes) Meeting adjourniedat 6:04pm