Cultural Connections Committee

Ethnic Awareness Committee Minutes Tuesday November 19, 2013 - 3:30 pm Nashua City hall 2nd floor conference room Members Present: Tom Lopez (Chair) Tom Woodward, Sharon Dalton, Scott Jacquith, Carlos Comacho, Jared Barbossa, Andrew Smith. Guests: Janeth Orozco, Zulma Feliciano Motion made to approve agenda, made by S. Dalton, seconded by Jared B. carried without objection Motion made to approve Minutes by Jared B. Seconded by S. Dalton. Carried without objection. Open Item updates- Limited discussion Embracing Integration symposium- Scott J. reported 124 participants, with a goal of 128. Gate City initiative will review data collected and evaluate event as an agenda item for next meeting of Gate City initiative. Public outreach program. Board decided to move forward with creating an email account and the shell of a Facebook account. Access to email account and Facebook administration will be shared between Chair, Vice Chair, and Mayor’s liaison. Chair will create and report at next meeting. Youth Leadership Program- meets on December 10th at the boys and girls club at 12:00. Janeth O. appointed chair of workgroup. Reports- Limited discussion Gate City Initiative moving forward, will work to re-establish mission. While it is NEAC’s role to appoint a mission to the subcommittee, and has done so, GCI can discuss mission and suggest changes or updates based on evaluation of activities, which will be reported at next meeting. Roles described were to either make it a project based committee, or an ongoing collaboration between partner agencies to exchange information and identify best practices and resources. GCI will identify a new meeting place that is more publicly accessible identify a more permanent arrangement for chairing committee as it’s current chair is interim, and will set member expectations for participation once leadership is identified. Action Items/ Closing January 19th 6:00 at Faith Baptist church there will be a Martin Luther King Day celebration Motion to adjourn made by Carlos C., seconded by Andrew S. Meeting adjourned at 4:30 Minutes taken by Chair, Tom Lopez.