Community Relations Commission

1 Northbrook Community Relations Commission 2 3 BHM Subcommittee Meeting Minutes 4 5 Date: October 21, 2014 6 Time: 7- 9 p.m. 7 Place: Village Hall 8 9 Attendees: 10 Rochelle Singer, Chair 11 Ron Mantegna, CRC 12 Christine Beeflink 13 Crystal Cartwright 14 Nicole Cartwright 15 Dev Kennedy, YMCA alternate 16 Not present: 17 Howard Schultz, Director NSYMCA 18 Nikki Burnett 19 Joy Ebhomielen 20 21 Meeting Minutes: 22 1. Introductions 23 2. Brief outline of past programs for new members 24 3. Discussion of program focus & conclusions: 25 1. Contemporary application based on history of Black Americans 26 2. Target audience: All ages; families; Northbrook and other north suburban 27 communities; All races 28 4. Discussion of the goal of the BHM program 29 It was agreed that the core goal of the program is to foster knowledge, understanding, 30 acceptance and appreciation of the Black community. 31 5. Brainstorming of ideas for the 2015 BHM event scheduled for February 2015. 32 The committee used a list of ideas that had been prepared in advance to begin the 33 brainstorming. One idea in particular immediately came to the forefront and was 34 enthusiastically supported by the committee. 35 36  Program Idea to be pursued: 37 o Invite the Jackie Robinson West Little League team, the coaches and 38 parents to discuss their experiences and answer questions. One object 39 will be to compare and contrast their experiences with those of 40 Northbrook little league teams, coaches and parents. 41 o Invite Northbrook Little Leagues team members, coaches and parents 42 as part of the audience to help expand the conversation during the Q & 43 A portion of the program. 44 o The overall theme of the evening will be baseball with respect to the 45 food, music and other planned items. The program will have a 46 multimedia approach. Specifics to be finalized if the JRW group 47 accepts the invitation. 48 Program Plan: 49 50 BHM Program Date: To be determined. Depends upon availability of the program 51 participants, and if the participants accept the invitation. 52 Place: To be determined. Most likely the NSYMCA 53 Time: Anticipated: 6 – 8:30 p.m. 54 Program Structure: Anticipated: Food. Meet and greet 55 6:45 - 8:00 Program substance 56 7:45 – 8:30 Audience questions/discussion 57 58 Committee Tasks 59 Rochelle Singer: Contact the JRW manager. 60 Crystal Cartright: Draft the tentative multi-media structure/format for the JRW 61 program. 62 63 Publicity: (flyer; banner; press releases) 64 Press: Cheryl Fayne 65 Banners: Anticipated: Y + CRC 66 Ron + Others TBD 67 68 Next meeting: November 4 or November 18. Dependent on whether JRW accepts 69 the invitation to participate in the program.