Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Commission

7887 E. 60th Ave. Commerce City Commerce City, CO 80022 c3gov.com Meeting Minutes - Final Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Commission Wednesday, March 26, 2025 5:30 PM Zoom. Register in advance: https://c3gov.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SUVNmF-oRYeRd D5udJP_-A. 1. Call To Order/Roll Call Meeting was called to order at 5:35pm. Attendees: Iona Longsoldier, Bianca Gonzalez-De La Rosa, Deana Hall, Joanne Stranahan, Ashley Roman, and Councilmember Kim. Absent: Councilmember Chacon, Marco Vega, America Carbajal, and Dee Dee Gilliam 2. Land acknowledgement Iona presented 3. Public Comment None 4. Ice Breaker Group shared influential women to them in celebration of Women's History Month a. New Member Welcome - Ashley! 5. Approval of Minutes Min 25-073 February Meeting Minutes Iona moved to approve the February meeting minutes. Bianca seconded the motion, which was approved unanimously. 6. Secretary Elections The group decided to not elect a Secretary and instead amend their bylaws to move those duties to the Staff Liaison. 7. Subcommittee Reports Commerce City Page 1 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Meeting Minutes - Final March 26, 2025 Commission a. Legislation & Education (Bianca & Dee Dee) Bianca is creating templates for testimonies and letters to share. i. Council Report - Upcoming Legislation (Renee/Craig) ii. Upcoming Proclamations AAPI proclamation on 4/21 arranged b. Signature Events (Deana, Joanne, Iona) i. Women's History Month movie event recap 4 people attended and were happy ii. AAPI Month celebration Crazy Rich Asians May 18th at 2pm at Eagle Pointe Rec Center. The group decided not to do the dancers and drummers this year in hopes that they could plan budgetarily and grow their crowd numbers to be able to justify that kind of a celebration in the future. iii. Juneteenth update Food in process. Breast Cancer screenings were too expensive, but we'll still look into Dee Dee's health screenings through her organization. Poet Laureate unavailable this year. Entertainment and speaker invites are out. Spades Tournament will be sponsored by Cultural Council. We have yard games arranged. c. Recruitment, Engagement & Partnerships (Marco) i. Memorial Day parade Let staff know if you would like to participate in Memorial Day or have a good idea. Group revisited the idea of getting flags. They also questioned the timing and length of parade/event. We will finalize at the next meeting. ii. Volunteer Opportunities Staff gathering more information about volunteering at city DEIB events. Commerce City Page 2 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Meeting Minutes - Final March 26, 2025 Commission iii. PowWow reimbursement Send receipts to Melissa for reimbursement. d. Resource Compiling & Spanish Translations (Ashley & America) No update 8. Review of Bylaws Group discussed minor edits throughout. Staff will rewrite to approve the final draft in April. 9. New Business None 10. DEIB Team Report Staff provided update 11. April Agenda Setting Next meeting in person. In depth ice breaker over food. Approval of bylaws and subcommittee reports. 12. Adjourn Meeting was adjourned at 7:02pm. **Subcommittee Meetings will take place immediately following this meeting.** The Signature Events team stayed to meet and discuss plans. Commerce City Page 3