Cultural Inclusion & Diversity Committee

VILLAGE OF HANOVER PARK CULTURAL INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY COMMITTEE/COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING Village Hall Room 214 2121 W. Lake St. Hanover Park, IL 60133 Thursday, August 31, 2023 6:15 p.m. AGENDA 1. CALL TO ORDER - ROLL CALL Meeting was called to order by Chairperson Grace Khan at 6:22pm PRESENT: Committee Members: Board Liaison Liza Gutierrez, Grace Khan, Adelita Molina Zeier, Victoria Akinde, Valeria Aguilera, Zach Levy, and Dennis Haffron ABSENT: Committee Members: Jesus Salazar, and Debra McDonald OTHER: Anne Haffron, Faith Tran, Kelly Murawski, Barry Kurcz (Staff Liaison) 2. ACCEPTANCE OF AGENDA Grace Khan motioned to accept the agenda. Dennis Haffron seconded the acceptance. Roll Call Vote – All Ayes Motion Carried 3. PRESENTATIONS/ REPORTS: 3-a. None 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: 4-a. Approval of August 15, 2023 Meeting Minutes Dennis Haffron motioned to accept the agenda: Adelita Molina Zeier seconded the acceptance. Roll Call Vote – All Ayes Motion Carried 5. ACTION ITEMS: 5-a. Hispanic Heritage Month Event Planning (September 19th) Due to time restrictions the decision was to postpone the Hispanic Heritage Month event tentatively for September 17, 2024. Planning ideas were presented for Hispanic Heritage Month for 2024 of entrainment, speakers, food, and advisement. The suggestion was presented to start reaching out to speakers and entrainment for 2024 to get them schedule and there is enough notice for the event. 5-b. October 17th Discussion (Leaders Reception or Global Diversity Awareness) Ideas for Global Diversity Awareness were presented. Committee member Dennis Haffron suggested having someone to speak about the census with immigrants in the suburbs focusing on Hanover Park and global affairs. Staff Liaison Barry Kurcz mentioned that he could reach out to Rob Paral to see if he could present information for the event, committee members agreed, and Barry stated he would let everyone know what he said through email. Other ideas that were suggested were having people come and talk about coming to the United States, including having foods across different cultures at the event. 6. TOWNHALL SESSION: Persons wishing to address the public body must register prior to Call to Order. Please note that public comment is limited to 5 minutes per speaker. 7. OLD BUSINESS (NON-ACTION ITEMS): 7-a. Update on Implicit Bias Training completion from Staff Liaison Barry Kurcz. 8. NEW BUSINESS (NON-ACTION ITEMS): Special meeting has been rescheduled for September 12, 2023, at 6:15PM to replace the typical CIDC meeting on the third Tuesday due to room 214 being booked for another event with the Village. Board Liaison Liza Gutierrez encouraged all committee members to review ordinance 2-551 focusing on sec. 2-551 C3, of how social needs should be presented in the ordinance and we will discuss in the next meeting. 9. ADJOURNMENT Grace Khan motioned to adjourn Victoria Akinde seconded the motion Roll Call Vote – All Ayes Motion Carried Meeting adjourned at 7:50 pm.