Restorative Justice Commission

Restorative Justice Commission City of College Park Thursday, May 26, 2022 7:00 p.m. Virtual Meeting Members Present Absent Isabella Alcaniz X Zabrina Anzyl X Karin Brown X Carrington Carter X Robert Catlin X Jill Clements X Andrew Fellows X Maxine Gross X Violetta Sharps Jones X A.Rashard McCreary X James McShay X Nikki Pancho X Petrella Robinson X Ian Rowe X Courtnie Thurston X Robert Thurston X Marques Washington X Jody Wildy X Wendi Williams X Patrick Wojahn, City Mayor X Staff and Others Kayla Carter, Racial Equity Officer, Staff X Liaison Teresa Way-Pezzuti, HR Director, Staff X Liaison Kenny Young, City Manager X Claudia Barragan, Consultant X Barbara Schreiber, Consultant X Leah Williams, Consultant X Richard Biffl, Guest X Carleveva Thompson, Contract Secretary X 1  I. Call to Order Ms. Schreiber called the meeting to order at 7:20 p.m. II. Welcome and Introductions Ms. Schreiber opened the meeting asking each member to introduce themselves and provide background on where they are joining from and to name one thing each member is excited about working on with this Commission. III. Review of Agenda Ms. Barragan provided an overview of the agenda for the meeting. IV. Healing and Restorative Justice Introduction A recording of Ms. Gross presenting to the City Council on November 2, 2021, requesting the Council to pass the resolution for a Restorative Justice Commission was played. Ms. Schreiber presented to the Commission that Restorative Justice is a process to make good and repair harm that has been done and continued to explain that once the change to good has been done, then the change moves to Transformative Justice. Healing becomes a way to be grounded to bring Restorative Justice together with Transformative Justice. V. Mission and Purpose Ms. Carter presented the mission and purpose of the Restorative Justice Commission. VI. Organizational Charge to the Commission Ms. Barragan presented the Charge of the Commission which is to focus on the restoration and preservation of the Lakeland community. VII. Discussion of Roles and Responsibilities and Selection of Chair and Vice-Chair Ms. Williams provided a description of the roles and responsibilities for the Chair and Vice-Chair and described the process of Holacracy to the Commission. Ms. Williams asked for the Commission to nominate members for the Chair and Vice-Chair roles. The Chair term will be 1-year and if the Chair cannot complete their full term, the Vice-Chair will take the role of Chair. Ms. Sharps-Jones, Ms. Gross, Ms. Thurston, and Mr. Thurston were nominated as Chair. Ms. Gross received majority of votes for Chair. All members voted Ms. Gross for the role of Chair; no members opposed. Motion carries 19-0-0. Mr. Fellows, Ms. Thurston, Ms. Sharps-Jones, Ms. Wildy, Mr. Thurston, Mr. McCreary, Mr. McShay, and Ms. Pancho were nominated as Vice-Chair. Mr. McShay and Ms. Wildy withdrew their Vice-Chair nominations. Ms. Thurston received the majority votes for Vice-Chair. All members voted Ms. Thurston for the role of Vice-Chair; no members opposed. Motion carries 19-0-0. 2 VIII. Next Meeting Meetings will occur on the fourth Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m. The next meeting is scheduled on June 23, 2022. IX. Adjournment Ms. Schreiber adjourned the meeting at 9:21 p.m. 3