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A
And
it's
it's
6
39,
so
that
is
the
official
time
I'll
head
over
to
alejandra.
Who
is
the
chair
of
the
evening.
B
B
So
I'm
this
is
the
first
time
I'm
gonna
chair,
so
kimberly
remind
me,
can
you
just
do
roll
calls?
We
make
sure
we
have
quorum
and
everybody
checks
in.
B
A
C
D
A
B
Okay,
well,
thank
you
again,
everyone
for
joining
us
tonight,
it's
a
gorgeous
night,
so
we
appreciate
taking
the
time
to
get
on
this
call
and
do
the
important
work
of
the
commission.
I
think
the
first
item
on
the
agenda
is
approval
of
minutes.
B
A
They're
here
to
give
us
the
clap,
like
you
get
on
the
dnc
convention
at
the
end
they're
here,
to
give
us
a
clap
once
we
get
disapproved.
So,
let's
get.
If
we
don't
mind,
oh
it's
the
first
thing
great
because
I
know
tim
has
to
drop
off
soon.
A
C
I'm
okay
with
it
not
being
shared
on
the
screen,
unless
other
commissioners
would
like
to
see,
need
to
see
a
copy,
but
if
everyone
has
access
to
it
through
today's
email,
that
may
be
just
as
easy
is
anyone
would
anyone?
Would
it
be
helpful
for
anyone
if
we
shared
it
on
the
screen?
C
Okay,
so
thanks
for
asking
kimberly
well,
let
me
just
quickly
say
how
pleased
I
am
that
the
resolution
is
here
for
our
vote
tonight.
C
I
was
invited
to
be
part
of
the
commission
by
dr
pat
effion,
really
almost
three
years
ago
now,
with
the
focus
being
to
to
help
see
this
policy
through,
and
so,
as
my
final
act
voting
on
it
tonight.
It's
very
satisfying
to
have
come
to
to
this
point.
You
all
will
remember
who
were
part
of
last
month's
meeting,
that
we
had
seen
a
copy
of
the
resolution
from
there.
C
We
decided
as
a
commission
for
max
weinberg
a
commissioner
kimberly
and
then
jerry
garl
who's
joining
us
tonight,
who's
on
the
environment
board
to
do
some
additional
work
on
some
final
revisions
before
the
resolution
went
to
the
environment
board
and
they
reviewed
it
and
and
made
a
slight
addition
earlier
this
month
for
us
then
to
to
review
before
we
send
it
on.
So
I've
asked
jerry
garl
to
speak
briefly
to
to
some
of
the
changes
that
have
taken
place
since
we
last
saw
the
the
resolution.
G
That's
always
tricky
thanks
tim
and
thank
you
for
shepherding
this
through,
as
you
are
well
aware,
and
and
I'm
introducing
my
colleague
rick
nelson
who
code
who
he
is
the
co-chair
with
jen
alexander
davis
of
the
environmental
justice
evanston
group,
on
which
I
also
participate,
as
well
as
being
an
environment
board
member
max
and
kimberly,
and
I
got
our
heads
together
to
not
only
kind
of
pull
some
of
the
current
sentiments
about
racial
equity
and
racial
justice
into
the
resolution,
but
really
looked
at
the
language
and
tried
to
make
it
as
relevant
and
meaningful
as
possible
to
current
the
current
situation
and
to
evanston.
G
So
what
we
did
and
kimberly
help
me
out
if
I
get
any
of
this
wrong,
but
the
very
first
two
whereases,
whereas
statements
in
the
document
that
you
see
in
front
of
you
were,
are
new
and
they
were
added
to.
You
know
emphasize
not
only
evanston's
history
but
looking
in
its
future
toward
racial
equity
and
addressing
racial
inequity
and
racial
discrimination.
G
The
the
third
fourth
and
fifth,
whereas
statements
are
just
the
same,
we
did
add
a
new
sentence
to
the
the
sixth.
Whereas
statement
and
the
whereas
statement
following
that,
the
seventh
one
is
brand
new.
So
if
you
have
any
questions
about
the
changes
that
were
made
again,
the
intent
was
to
kind
of
add
relevance
and,
and
be
more
pointed
about
the
purpose
being
to
address
discrimination
and
racial
injustice.
E
No,
please
police,
oh
I'm,
sorry
go
ahead,
andrea!
Well,
they
still
have
to
go
to
the
law
department.
G
A
A
B
Jerry,
I
was
just
gonna,
add
and
I'm
sorry
if
it's
last
minute,
but
in
the
sixth,
whereas
I
would
like
to
recommend
that
we
add
immigration
status
as
one
of
those
residents,
regardless
of
race,
admit,
ethnicity.
I
would
like
to
add
immigration
status.
G
H
So,
just
one
question
on
that:
this
is
rick
nelson
of
the
environmental
justice
evanston
is
it?
Is
it
possible
to
get
approval
pending
a
change
like
that?
So
basically
the
approval
is
done,
and
basically
it's
just
pending
that
specific
word
being
inserted.
G
Right
that
that's
exactly
what
we
did
with
the
environment
board
rick,
we
approved
it
as
amended
right
with
the
additional
language
that
we
added.
G
Okay,
so
moving
along
some
of
the
other
things
that
look
different
in
this
version
are
the
the
wonderful
legalese
that
that
kind
of
brought
it
to
life
actually
seeing
it
in
this
forum
made
it
real
for
me
for
the
first
time-
and
I
I
it
was
it's
kind
of
emotional-
to
see
something
that
you
know-
we've
been
working
on
for
many
years,
come
to
this
close
to
actually
being
a
resolution.
So
then,
now
it
be
resolved
language,
etc.
G
It's
all
beautiful
so
that
we
have
the
the
these
sections
one
and
two
flipped
so
section
one
is
now
the
definitions
which
is
the
you
know,
consistent
format
for
the
city
of
evanston.
G
Section
two
now
establishes
the
resolution
as
city
policy
that
the
environmental
justice
is
the
city's
policy
and
the
other
sections
are,
as
they
were
before,
the
change
that
that
the
environment
board
made
is
in
section
six.
G
G
And
then
legal
added
section,
seven,
which
is
it,
will
be
in
full
force,
in
effect
after
the
date
of
its
passage,
so.
C
E
C
Janet
davis
and
dorothy
head,
who,
with
aldermen
homes,
were
part
of
citizen
organizing
what
eight
nine
years
ago
now
yeah
and
this
has
passed
through
so
many
different
groups.
Different
individuals
have
influence,
influenced
it
along
the
way,
and
so
it's
there's
there's
much
to
celebrate.
It's
we're
not
done
we'll
need
to
pass
it
up
for
for
additional
votes,
but
passing
it
through.
This
commission
is
is
a
great
success.
F
Excuse
me,
this
is
andy
schleckman,
I'm
sorry,
I
don't
have
the
video
on.
I
just
had
some
eye
surgery
and
you
don't
want
to
see
that,
but
jerry
I
was,
I
thought
I
downloaded
from
the
website
the
current
version
of
the
resolution
that
has
the
the
number
at
the
top
of
it
and
everything
where
is
that
additional
language
that
defines
an
environmental
justice
area
is
that
in
section
six
it's.
A
G
A
H
So
I'm
actually
going
to
forward
the
the
current
version
to
andy
so.
F
I
am,
I
just
opened
it
up
and
where
it
was
just
described
in
the
packet,
and
I
had
that
language
in
front
of
me
now,
so
I
just
want
to
make
sure
there's
no
confusion.
H
F
H
F
Thank
you
very
much.
By
the
way
I
didn't
introduce
myself,
I'm
president
of
evanston,
I
go
to
the
unitarian
church
and
I'm
beginning
to
work
with
environmental
justice
evanston.
So
thank
you
for
all
your
help
on
this.
B
Well,
thank
you,
everyone
for
your
comments
and
I'll
share
a
pre-congratulations
for
all
the
historic
work
put
into
this
organizing
matters
and
it
works.
So
with
that,
can
I
call
for
someone
to
make
a
motion
to
approve
this
the
language?
What
was
the
language
we
were
saying
before,
as
amended
as
as
amended.
C
A
All
right,
so
we
will
so
I
will
start
preparing
the
final
version
and
I
will
send
that
out
to
you
all
once
the
law
department
updates
it
again
with
that
added
language.
So
you
know
that
it's
been
updated
and
then
we'll
move
it
to
I'll
hand
it
over
to
johanna
for
her
staff
to
prepare
whatever
she
needs
to
do
to
put
it
on
p
d.
H
A
H
A
Yeah
well,
this
is
you
know.
The
good
thing
is
that
it's
a
resolution,
so
it's
just
an
action,
so
it
doesn't
require
two
two
readings
which
is,
which
is
a
help
to
get
this.
You
know
acknowledged.
H
Right,
so,
if
I
could
just
ask
one
more
question,
as
long
as
the
the
meaning
is
convened
here,
is
there
any
problem
with
our
environmental
justice
evanston
group
communicating
that,
for
example,
the
commission
has
now
approved
this
version
of
the
environmental
justice
resolution.
A
A
B
Okay,
then
we
are
moving
on
the
agenda
to
discussion
points
and
so
currently
there
are
two
discussion
points.
Commission,
retreat,
commission,
bylaws
and
I
will
provide
a
quick
update
as
a
third
point
on
the
truth
sub
subcommittee,
but
if
we
can
start
with
an
update
of
the
commission
retreat
kimberly,
were
you
going
to
talk
about
that?
A
I
Meeting
smooth
kimberly,
but
honestly,
I
think
that
jane
is
not
here
tonight.
I
think
she
was
gonna,
be
the
forefront
of
the
conversation,
but
I
think
she
just
kind
of
wanted
to
have
you
all
discuss.
I
What
are
some
retreats
ideas?
I'm
not
sure
if
there
was
a
discussion
prior
to
the
last
couple
of
meetings
or
around
the
retreat,
so
that's
kind
of
where
we
are
with
that
and
she's
not
here
to
give
any
more
context.
But
that's
where
I
got
off
with
the
retreat.
Okay.
B
I
know
that
you
know
this
point
b
is
also
a
discussion
that
we
wanted
to
raise
at
this
retreat
and
reviewing
of
bylaws
we've
gone
back
and
forth
just
to
make
sure
there
is
clarity
both
within
the
commission
and
in
the
community
about
you,
know
our
purpose
and
what
our
bylaws
are
and
strengthening
that,
and
so
I
I
think
you
know
when
jane
gets
back
from
her
vacation,
we
won't
rush
her.
B
We
can
definitely
sit
down
and
talk
with
you
shanica
to
talk
about
getting
an
agenda
together
for
that
retreat
and
then
getting
folks
availability
and
to
see
what
works,
and
I
don't
want
to
waste
time
on
those
details
on
the
call.
Unless
anybody
has
anything
to
add-
and
I
see
you
alderman
holmes-
please
go
ahead.
E
I'm
just
saying
the
last
time
we
had
a
retreat.
We
did
a
half
day
saturday
morning,
kind
of
thing,
if
I
remember
like
a
eight
to
twelve
or
something
like
that
or
ten
to
two.
I
can't
remember
the
exact
timing,
and
so
it's
going
to
have
to
be
that
unless
we're
talking
about
it
all
day,
you
know
kind
of
thing,
because
you
can't
do
one
in
the
evening.
People
are
just
too
tired
and
worked
all
that
day.
So
you
we
need
a
fresh
start
whatever.
E
A
Now
I
would
also
recommend,
if
you're
going
to
have
it,
do
virtual
that
you
may
have
to
break
it
up
into
multiple
days,
because
it's
really
hard
to
sit
in
a
zoom
call
for
two
hours,
let
alone
a
half
a
day.
So
that's
something
to
consider.
Maybe
one
is
training,
or
some
type
of
you
know
retreat
to
get
to
know
familiarize
yourself
whatever
and
the
other
one's
more
business
related,
but
I
think
you
may
want
to
break
them
up
just
as
a
just
just
knowing
fatigue
when
it
comes
to
these
types
of
settings.
B
D
Yes,
sorry,
my
camera's
off
I'm
nursing
that
would
work
for
me
as
well
on
saturday
or
sunday
morning
or
afternoon.
It's
fine.
A
So
you
know
what,
when,
when
jane
comes
back,
maybe
shenika
you
and
alejandra
and
jen
can
talk
about
putting
together
a
doodle
poll,
so
we
can
kind
of
see
what
multiple
days
are
available
for
folks.
So
that
way
you
don't
have
to
go
back
and
forth.
That's
always
helpful.
I
find,
and
then
the
majority
date
will
just
be
and
those
who
can't,
if
you
can't
make
it
we
understand,
but
we'll
figure
out
how
we'll
record
it.
So
that's
the
the
nice
part
about
this
is
that
we
can
share
it.
B
And
we
can
put
you
know
a
preliminary
agenda
with
some
goals
on
there
to
share
their
next
commission
meeting
and
we'll
do
doodle.
So
we
don't
have
to
spend
too
much
time
on
administrative
stuff
on
these
calls.
E
Had
an
outside
consultant,
I
actually
the
y
yw
eileen
and.
B
G
I'm
gonna
sign
off.
I
just
wanted
to
thank
all
of
you
and
especially
recognize
tim's
efforts
through
all
this
process
and
good
luck
to
all
of
you
in
your
your
mission.
Thanks.
B
G
H
A
H
Good
night,
I'd
also
like
to
say
goodbye
to
everybody
too
much
appreciated.
You've
actually
provided
some
great
input
for
the
resolution
over
time,
and
we
really
appreciate
everyone's
consideration
as
far
as
getting
this
thing
passed.
So
thank
you
so
much.
B
Wonderful,
okay,
and
just
as
part
of
the
discussion
agenda,
I
just
wanted
to
give
a
quick
update
on
the
truth
subcommittee,
and
this
gave
me
new
news
for
our
newest
commissioners,
carla
and
kimberly,
but
it
feels
like
so
long
ago,
as
alderwoman
ruth
simmons
shared
with
us,
her
intent
an
information
about
the
ordinance
for
reparations.
B
We
started
having
conversations
about
what
our
role
could
be
in
getting
folks
more
involved
to
learn
about
reparations
and
to
be
more
engaged
in
this
work,
and
so
eileen
hitman
who's
been
mentioned
before
who
actually
co-facilitated
our
last
commission
retreat
is
a
director
of
the
racial
justice
I
think
department
at
the
ywca
and
she
shared
with
the
commission,
their
work
on
hosting
racial
healing
circles,
and
so
the
evanson
ywca
has
been
part
of
the
truth
and
racial
healing
initiative.
B
But
what
a
number
of
us
on
the
commission
talked
about
is
our
interest
in
being
able
to
engage
community
members
in
really
being
part
being
more
knowledgeable
and
engaged
in
being
able
to
move
some
really
concrete
initiatives
forward
to
build
a
more
equitable
evanston
and
healing
circles
really
seemed
to
be
something
that
was
already
happening
in
community
and
that
we
felt
could
be
an
opportunity
and
a
vehicle
to
move
that
forward
by
bringing
communities
together,
and
so
eileen
was
not
aware
that
the
commission
actually
had
already
met
last
month,
and
so
we
have
not
the
subcommittee.
B
This
is
the
only
subcommittee
actually
that's
currently
active,
and
that
has
a
non-commissioned
member
and
an
evanston
employee.
Well,
eileen
works
at
the
ywca.
She
lives
in
skokie,
but
she
is
a
member
of
this
subcommittee
because
she
brings
this
knowledge
in
this
practice,
and
so
the
subcommittee
has
not
met,
and
so
we
I
spoke
to
eileen
earlier
today,
and
we
are
looking
to
reconvene
the
subcommittee
sometime
in
early
september.
B
You
know
it's.
The
subcommittee
is
brand
new.
B
We
are
still
refining
our
purpose,
but
in
general
I
will
say
that
commissioners
wanted
to
to
really
get
engaged
in
how
we
make
the
city
of
evanston
more
equitable
and
really
lifting
up
reparations
as
the
topic
that
could
really
elevate
conversations
that
are
much
needed
in
our
communities
and
so
they've
got
a
new
practice
where
they
have
these
healing
circles
in
affinity
groups
and
then
bring
them
all
together,
and
so
I
had
a
fascinating
conversation
with
her
this
morning
and
so
we're
looking
to
reconvene.
B
This
subcommittee
we're
looking
at
also
making
this
short
for
the
same
reason
that
kimberly
shared
and
delores
shared.
We
just
you
know,
bless
you,
you
know
this
would
be
maybe
45
to
60
minute
call
to
review
the
purpose
and
next
steps
of
starting
to
host
these
healing
circles,
and
currently,
we've
got.
I
believe
myself
alderman
nguyen
jane
grover
on
the
subcommittee
alderman
holmes
on
the
subcommittee,
and
so
we
wanted
to
open
it
up.
B
If
anybody
else,
especially
our
new
commission
members,
were
interested
in
being
part
of
this
subcommittee,
I
will
send
out
a
doodle
to
see
your
availability
for
our
first
subcommittee
meeting.
So
it's
a
it's
an
it's.
We
welcome
it,
but
we're
not
trying
to
fill
you
up
with
more
meetings
but
carla.
Yes,
please.
J
I
have
a
question:
could
you
explain
the
healing
circle
for
me
and
what
this
entails?
J
And
I
I
guess
I
asked
the
question
of
the
racial
healing
of
if
we
are
not
doing
it
and
again
how
I'm
interpreting
healing
any
discussion
of
racial
healing
on
the
tail
of
racial,
like
education,
about
racism,
right
we're
just
setting
people
up
to
like
be
like,
oh
yeah,
kumbaya
and
then
three
seconds
later,
I'm
going
to
hurt
you
because
I
didn't
learn
anything
so
I'm
I'm
just
trying
to
get
a
context
of
healing
yeah
and
if
it's
coming
on
the
back
of
some
learning.
B
Yeah
yeah,
I
will
show
there
are
some
documents.
This
is
not
my
line
of
expertise
to
be
completely
honest
with
you,
it's
a
project
that
is
housed
at
the
woods
fund,
but
eileen
and
her
team.
That
includes
tiffany
mcdowell.
I
think
some
other
staff
have
really.
It
really
has
changed
a
little
bit
and
adapted
over
the
past
couple
of
months.
It
does
incorporate
it
now.
B
It
now
incorporates
some
real
what
I
would
say:
more
political
education
or
in
spanish,
we
call
or
in
portuguese
right
it's
based
on
pablo
freddie
is
the
consciention
right.
So
it
builds
the
self-awareness,
and
so
I
will
tell
you:
I've
been
to
one
of
the
most
recent
racial
healing
circles
that
was
specifically
for
the
latinx
community,
because
we've
been
hosting
these
in
philanthropy
and
the
first
components
really
are
about
recognizing
how
white
supremacy
manifests
itself
in
the
latinx
community,
and
so
it.
B
This
really
requires
a
safe
brave
space
for
folks
and
that's
why
they're
an
affinity
group
so
that
folks
can
come
to
terms
with
the
impact,
the
role
and
impact
of
white
supremacy
in
their
culture
and
their
community
and
their
lives.
And
so
there
is
right
now
the
sessions
are
between
three
and
four
sessions
to
create
that
space
for
learning
it
is
partially
the
vocabulary.
B
B
You
know
in
philanthropy,
I'm
part
of
the
chicago
latinos
in
philanthropy,
so
we
have
like
a
joint
affinity
group,
and
so
each
of
the
affinity
groups
are
going
through
their
own
training
and
then
they're,
coming
together
after
they've,
been
through
their
three
or
four
sessions,
and
so
that's
the
the
way
that
the
healing
circles
have
been
adapted
over
the
last
couple
of
months
that
we
create
brave,
safe
spaces
and
affinity
groups,
so
that
we
can
all
come
together
more
self-aware.
J
Make
sense.
Thank
you.
Yes,
no
thank
you
for
that
explanation.
It
definitely
seems
like
there's
some
education
going
on
there
and
you're
happy
at
coding,
pablo
from
pedagogy
of
the
oppressed
like.
E
The
carla
and
kimberly
that
is
one
component
of
the
evanston
truth,
because
we
talked
about
several
things
that
we
could
do.
One
of
the
things
that
we
know
is
that
people
who
have
been
injured,
who
need
healing,
have
lots
of
stories
to
tell
so.
We
talked
about
the
possibility
of
having
using
the
gibbs
morrison
recording
studio
to
record
some
of
those
stories,
because
if
they
become
really
long
when
you're
in
a
group,
so
there
are
several
ideas.
Nothing
has
been
done.
E
Those
of
us
some
of
us
on
the
committee-
well,
jane
and,
and
you
know,
melissa
and
I
I
think
we're
in
the
same
group
kevin
you
were
in
our
group
as
well.
I
think
we
did
what
yes
we
did
that.
Yes,
we
did.
D
A
E
No,
we
we
attended
one
of
the
healing
circles,
god
I
can't
remember
when
now.
E
Everything
was,
but
we
did,
we
did
a
10-1.
It
was
my
first
time
attending
one,
but
it
was
very
similar
to
training
that
we
had
gone
through
before
I'm
trying
to
think
of
the
name
of
the
training
that
the
city
did
with
all
of
the
staff
in
the
community,
beyond
diversity
and
beyond.
Diversity
is
so
if
you've
done
beyond
diversity,
training.
E
There
is
a
particular
part
in
that,
where
you
exchange
with
a
person,
you
know
some
important
pieces
about
your
life
and
that
kind
of
thing,
and
that
was
basically
what
we
did
in
the
healing
circle.
Was
we
partnered
up
with
with
one
person
and
made
some
exchanges,
and
we
did
a
lot
of
different
kinds
of
exercises,
so
it.
E
For
me,
it
leaves
a
lot
to
be
to
be
worked
upon
in
terms
of
healing,
so
I
hear
what
you're
saying
about
healing
yeah,
it's
a
start.
It's
a
start.
Everything
is
a
start
right.
B
Oh
and
one
last
thing
that
I'll
add
is
that
we
really
wanted
to
also
make
sure
that
we
stayed
connected
with
the
work
and
the
progress
of
the
reparations
committee
until
I
know
that
that
committee
is
meets
on
a
regular
basis,
and
so
we
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
stayed
in
touch
with
them
at
their
open
lines
of
communication.
J
B
Okay,
I
will
send
out
a
doodle
to
those
who
are
on
the
committee
and
to
you
carla,
so
you.
B
Wonderful
kimberly,
thank
you,
so
I
will
set
that
up
offline,
so
we
can
find
the
date
and
time
that
works
for
all
and
we'll
make
sure
that
happens
sometime
in
early
this
september,
if
possible,
okay,
so
that
was
my
quick
report
and
update,
I
don't
think,
there's
anything
else
on
the
agenda.
A
No,
I
have
two
things
so
one
under
communications
reparations
you
mentioned.
There's
there
will
be
a
reparations
town
hall
coming
up
this
next
week
on.
Don't
give
me
that
look.
A
I
I
might
be
in
zoom,
but
I
can
still
get.
I
still
feel
the
burn
on
next
week
on
next
thursday,
at
7
00
pm.
I
will
send
that
out
to
you
all
it's
just
being
finalized,
so
this
is
where
I
come
back
to
you,
so
we
are
going
to
have
that
and
then
the
following
day
is
the
next
reparation
subcommittee
meeting,
which
we
meet
at
9
15
on
fridays.
A
We
are
getting
close
to
something
I
think,
the
last
meeting
with
the
support
of
a
lot
of
staff
members,
as
well
as
the
historians
of
our
community.
We
were
able
to
with
dino
and
the
evanston
historic
center.
They
were
able
to
put
together
be
carefully
now.
I'm
distracted.
A
And
grab
them
it's
so
cute,
oh
goodness,
too
cute.
Okay,
I'm
going
to
stay
focused
though
so
that's
happening.
I
just
so
we
will.
I
will
have
a
a
better
update
to
provide
the
committee
at
that
time,
but
lastly,
I
want
to
share.
If
you
have,
unless
there's
a
question
regarding
reparations,
can
you
can
you.
E
A
No,
I
mean
it's
more
so
from
the
emails
that
I've
received.
It's
going
to
be
a
mixture
of
both
of
having
keynote
speakers,
as
well
as
an
update
from
the
committee.
Oh
okay,.
A
Yeah,
so
I
will
send
that
out
to
you
all
as
soon
as
I
finally
have
it:
okay,
that
this
is
the
final
version
and
lastly,
I
want
to
share
and
I'll
be
very
quick,
because
I
want
to
be
mindful
of
the
time
and
not
everyone's
here
today.
So
I
really
want
to
share
this
with
the
group
as
an
initial
discussion
item,
and
then
we
can
go
more
in
depth
at
the
next
meeting.
A
I'm
going
to
share
the
document,
so
you
can
see
it.
So
I
apologize
if
you
can't
I'm
going
to
try
my
hardest
to
ensure
that
the
font
is
big
enough,
but
I
have
been
working
on
the
last
couple
I
would
say
the
last
month
I
really
have
been
sitting
still
and
not
thinking
about
covet
so
much
and
thinking
about
how
are
we
going
to
move
forward
with
equity
in
an
organization?
A
A
Really
having
a
plan,
that's
cohesive
and
how
and
the
biggest
struggle
I
had
to
be
honest
with
you
is:
how
do
I
integrate
you
all
into
this
so
that
you
have
a
purpose
beyond
just
some
of
these
little
things
that
you're
doing
otherwise?
So
if
I'll
be
very
quick
and
again,
I
know
everyone's
not
here
tonight.
A
So
I'm
gladly
we'll
do
this
again
but,
as
I
say,
I'm
using
the
gear,
which
is
the
government
for
racial
equity
care
government
alliance
for
racial
equity,
their,
I
guess
you
say
their
mantra
of
normalized
operationalized
and
organized
racial
equity
within
the
city
of
edison,
and
I'm
and
I
when
I
say
that
I'm
really
referring
to
the
organization,
not
the
community.
I
want
to
be
very
clear
that
a
lot
of
this
is
we
have
to
work
on
ourselves
internally,
as
I
think
I
mentioned
before.
A
So
my
idea
is
that
this
will
be
a
three-year
process
and
I
will
show
you
how
that
three
years
will
look
again.
This
is
just
the
first
second
and
third
draft,
but
it's
still
in
draft
mode,
but
if
the
three
years
racial
equity
will
be
organizational
driven
change.
So
this
is
my
idea
of
a
theory
of
change
process
that
will
focus
on
the
city
of
evanston's
internal
environment,
to
strengthen
departments,
capacity
and
impact
through
a
racial
equity
framework.
A
It
will
address
the
legacy
effects
of
racial
institutionalized
racism,
racism
on
the
current
programs
and
policies
found
within
the
internal
standard,
operating
process
procedures
of
government
administration.
That's
me
getting
my
good
mpa
language
out,
which
will
include
like
hiring
and
looking
at
our
internal
structures
with
hr
our
program,
how
we
fund
things.
So
how
do
we
do
this?
A
A
They
don't
have
the
background
in
it,
and
so
the
first
part
of
this
is
to
do
the
fundamental
training
in
racial
equity,
and
I
was
very
explicit
about
saying
public
administration,
because
some
of
the
trainings
I've
seen
has
been
more
about
awareness
and,
I
think,
that's
important,
but
I
also
think
we
need
to
bring
it
back
to
how
it's
the
organization
and
the
policies
of
how
we
govern
also
and
so
trying
to
marry
those
two
in
some
way
and
it
might
have
to
be
multiple
multiple
ways
of
doing
that.
A
Type
of
training,
but
who
will
be
initially
trained,
will
be
our
senior
leadership
which
will
include
our
city
manager
and
department
head.
You
all
have
to
be
a
part
of
this
as
well,
and
hopefully
our
city
council.
Now
I
do
recognize
we,
our
city
council,
is
going
to
be
near
the
end
of
their
their
tenure
as
the
current
seated
class,
but
to
the
council,
but
hopefully
we
can
figure
out
a
way
to
get
some
training
in
there.
A
That
makes
sense
what
I
will
need
from
you
all,
and
what
I
would
like
is
one
of
one
of
you
who
might
be
interested
in
work
with
me
with
identifying
an
external
training
program,
facilitator
consultant,
who
we
want
to
call
it,
because
this
cannot
be
done
in
pearly.
I
don't
think
we
we
don't
have
the
bandwidth
and
I'm
really.
A
And
so
I
would
love
to
work
with
one
of
the
committee
members,
commissioners,
because
this
to
me
needs
to
be
a
joint
effort,
be
as
you
all
will
be
engaged
in
this
and
will
be
kind
of
like
the
catalyst
to
how
we
start
doing
trainings
for
our
other
boards
and
commissions
as
well,
because
the
hope
is
taking
this
training
and
being
able
to
modify
or
do
something
with
it.
That
will
then
be
able
to
be
shared
with
the
other
boards
of
commissions.
A
So
internally,
though,
this
is
not
a
one-person
job
regardless,
if
you
have
a
staff
person
or
not
who's
dedicated
to
this,
this
really
takes
an
effort
of
all.
I
would
like
to
create
what
I
call
a
racial
equity
diversity,
inclusion
committee,
ready
committee,
and
this
will
be
a
committee
that
would
be
of
hopefully
10
to
12
members
of
our
organization.
A
We
will
have
an
application
process
because
really
the
intention
for
that
first
group
is
really
to
find
those
people
who
are
really
interested
in
doing
the
work,
not
volunteered
to
do
the
work,
because
this
is
going
to
be
a
lot
of
work.
It's
a
two-year
commitment
with
two
co-chairs.
So
one
thing,
as
I
said,
I
will
not
be
a
part
of
this
committee.
A
This
is
a
committee
that
I
will
be
there
to
advise
and
give
guidance
from
the
leadership
standpoint,
and
you
know
you
know,
have
the
snip
test,
but
really
what
I
would
like
to
do
is
empower
staff
and
so
identifying
two
individuals
with
co-chair,
and
then
they
will
be
the
ones
sitting
in
the
room
in
our
department
head
meetings
like
just
making
sure
connecting
that
the
work
that
is
being
done,
they
will
have
with
this
process.
This
is
where
we
will
have
what
I
call
our
equity
coaches,
individual
externally.
A
So
I
have
identified
an
individual
who
worked
with
us
for
our
social
services
review
using
a
racial
equity
lens
and
staff
really
appreciated
and
enjoyed
the
work
of
kathleen,
and
so
I
asked
would
she
be
willing
to
help
us
start
this
process,
and
she
said
she
would
she's
a
professor
at
uic
and
I
actually
invited
her
next
month
to
come
to
our
meeting
to
kind
of
observe,
and
so
you
guys
can
get
to
know
who
she
is,
because
I
really
think
it's
important
to
have
that
relationship.
A
So
equity,
empowerment,
commission,
you
are
a
part
of
it,
so
you
all
would
not
be
a
part
of
the
internal
committee.
But
what
I
would
like
for
eventually
to
happen
is
the
incur
the
committee
is
coming
to
you
and
sharing
with
you
what's
happening,
some
of
the
ideas.
If
that
needs
to
be
flushed
out.
I
think
that
would
be
a
conversation
that
we
will
have
at
the
retreat
about
what
that
relationship
should
look
like,
but
as
to
goals
that
I
would
love
to
see.
A
I
would
allow
the
city
to
establish
and
update
their
equity
statement
and
goals,
and
I
think
that
really
should
come
from
this
committee,
because
it's
really
something
that
should
come
through
city
council
and
not
staff
led,
and
so
this
would
be
something
in
week
again.
This
is
again
a
conversation
that
can
be
had
later.
That
should,
I
think,
be
set
by
the
accounts,
because
you
are
the
representative
of
the
community,
so
you
know
what
does
the
community
think
of
what
equity
racial
equity
means?
A
I
mean
that's
the
question
and
so
means
for
the
community,
and
so
that
would
be
something
I
put
in
there
healing
and
reconciliation
which
you
mentioned
already
alejandra,
and
then
we're
talking
about
the
engagement
policy
that
we're
you
know
been
discussing
at
previous
meetings
and
then
creating
a
training
curriculum
for
other
boards
and
commissions.
I
think
that
needs
to
be
something
that
has
to
happen,
because
we
can't
just
leave
it
to
the
staff
it
has
to
be
again.
A
This
has
to
be
part
of
the
culture
shifting
and
some
of
the
stuff
that
happens
in
the
committees.
To
me
it's
just
as
harmful
at
times
than
you
know
what
happens
in
the
staff
level,
and
then
we
talked
about
identifying
community
indicators.
Now
this
one
will
require
some
outside
support,
maybe
partnering
up
with
northwestern
or
some
other
institution
that
can
do
research,
because
this
is
not
something
that
you
can
just
go
on
to
someone
else's
website,
pull
their
indicator
report
and
say:
okay,
let's
adapt
it
to
ours.
A
You
really
need
to
know
the
data
so
coming
through
this
committee
would
be
something
we
can
discuss.
What
does
that
mean?
How
do
that
data
is
developed,
who's
going
to
be
responsible
for
it
and
so
forth?
Again,
this
is
my
drafting
and
you
all
can
provide.
I
know,
maybe
tonight's,
not
the
night,
but
this
is
something
I
will
share
with
you
all
for
our
next
meeting.
A
So
if
there's
something
that
you
have
questions
about
and
then
just
going
on
to
the
participatory
budgeting,
so
this
is
something
that
I
am
a
big
fan
of
of
allocating
a
certain
dollar
amount.
So,
as
you
might
have
heard,
northwestern
in
lieu
of
their
good
neighbor
fund
has
created
this
equity
fund
that
they
have
dedicated
towards
racial
equity,
and
so
what
does
that
mean?
I'm
still
trying
to
figure
that
out
right
now,
and
that
will
be
something
I
will
share
with
you
all
too.
A
But
participatory
budgeting
is
allocating
certain
funds
that
the
community
decides
where
it
goes.
You
see
it
successfully
happening
in
our
neighboring
in
chicago.
Many
of
their
wards
have
particularly
budgeting
for
projects
that
they
allocate
funding
to,
and
this
is
a
way
it's
not
the
city's
budget,
because
there's
a
lot
of
operations,
but
it's
a
designated
dollars
that
the
community
can
say
how
it
should
be
invested.
So
that's
something
that
we
want
to
start
looking
into,
hopefully
for
the
2021
20
22,
the
22
budget.
A
First
year,
beginning
of
second
year,
we
will
evaluate
how
to
recruit
a
racial
equity
coordinator
in
understanding
the
resources
that
office
needs,
as
my
hope
is
that,
because
of
the
work
that
we're
going
to
be
doing
grounding
in
that
there
is
going
to
be
understanding
that
what
we're
looking
for
in
a
racial
equity,
coordinator
or
officer
and
that
way
allowing
for
us
to
hopefully
recruit
someone
that
can
come
in
to
continue
to
support
the
work
and
expand
on
the
work.
A
And
I
was
very
explicit
about
making
it
the
second
year
and
not
the
third
or
the
first
just
because
I
feel
like
we
have
a
lot
of
cleanup
work
that
we
have
to
do
as
an
organization
that
you
can't
ask
a
person
to
come
in
and
tell
them.
Okay
now
create
this,
and
then
you
expect
them
in
three
six
weeks
to
have
an
action
plan
and
race.
Racism
is
ended
in
evanston.
A
A
You
know
it's
going
to
require
additional
support,
and
so
it
just
goes
on
to
three.
These
are
just
this
again
just
continue
with
the
committee
adding
new
members
every
year.
A
You
are
able
to
then
begin
to
slowly
change
the
culture
of
how
we
look
at
policies
and
practices
within
the
city,
so
this
is
where
I'm
at,
and
I
look
forward
to
any
feedback
if
you
have
any
tonight
or
if
you
have
any
you
know
later,
please
add
that
I
again
will
bring
this
back
to
the
committee
probably
fleshed
out
a
little
bit
more,
but
I
I
thought
I
wanted
to
share
with
you
all.
I
committed
to
sharing
you
all
some
strategy
of
how
we're
going
to
move
forward.
A
A
E
Okay
and
then
the
other
thing
you
said
about
somebody
who
had
experience
with
working
with
the
government.
What's
his
name,
professor
l,
is
it
tilly
yeah.
E
I
mean
he
he
offered
to
work
with
us.
You
know
when
he
came
and
did
some
training
for
or
did
a
session
for
us
as
well
as
he's
done
something
for
the
city
council.
So
we
have
northwestern
right
here
at
our.
A
Well,
because
I
I
I
am
very
familiar
with
with
dr
tillery
and
he
and
I
spoke,
and
he
and
I
agree
like
it's
different-
it's
not
the
same.
What
he
is
able
to
provide,
and
so
his
area
of
expertise
is
really
data
science,
so
he'd
be
the
person
that
will
be
assisting
helping
me,
try
to
figure
out
how
we
can
allocate
some
resources,
so
I
have
been
in
contact
with
him,
but
okay,
he
recognized
this
is
not
his
area.
J
Okay,
I
guess
I'd
just
like
to
say
bless
you,
because
sort
of
any
kind
of
streamlined
structure
of
where
I
coming
in
have
been
trying
to
kind
of
figure
out:
okay,
where,
where
is
this
leading?
Where
do
we
fit
in
the
hierarchy
of
things
of
within
the
actual
city
of
evanston
role?
How
do
things
flow?
How
do
ideas
come
up
for
us
to
even
work
on
and
how
is
that
all
interconnected?
Do
we
flow
things
to
them?
J
Do
they
float
things
down
to
us
and
this
just
helping
see
that
okay,
it
might
be
a
little
bit
of
a
clean
slate,
but
there's
a
plan
or
there's
a
plan
for
a
plan.
Maybe
it's
just
helpful
to
be
like
okay,
we
are
starting
to
build
a
path,
but
the
one
other
thing
I
think
is
worth
including
there
is
that
there's
no
line
to
the
public.
J
What
does
the
public
want
us
us
as
a
committee
us
as
the
city,
whatever
to
be
working
on
from
equity?
One
of
my
questions
tonight
was
going
to
be
what
decides
what
we,
as
a
committee,
works
on?
Is
it
because
one
of
us
a
value
popped
into
our
head?
That's
not
necessarily
a
perfect
flow
for
what's
equitable
right,
because
that's
likely
to
be
just
a
thought
in
our
personal
side
or
our
project,
but
we
should
have
some
some
way
to
have
sort
of
a
line
of
feed
input.
J
A
That's
actually
a
great
point.
I
mean
I
was
thinking
about
that
too,
but
I
here's
the
thing.
I
don't
want
to
speak
for
the
commission,
and
so
I
think
that
grounded
in
the
training
and
the
rest,
you
know
whatever
you
guys
would
do
for
the
retreat
would
dictate
that.
But
I
do
agree
there
has
to
be
an
external
component.
A
I
can
only
speak
to
the
internal
components
because
there's
a
lot
of
internal
work.
That
has
to
be
done,
but
I
also
agree
too
that
we
can't
forget
the
public
in
this
process.
B
B
You
know,
and
right
now
it's
been
drew.
I
don't
want
to
say
it's
been
driven
by
the
city,
but
because
you
know
we've
had
a
coordinator
and
now
we
meet
with
kimberly
that
has
helped
set
the
agenda,
and
so
I
think
that's
something
that
we
should
struggle
with
and
work
through,
so
that
we
can
all
be
on
the
same
page.
J
E
It
has
a
and
I'm
sorry
I'm
anxious,
because
I
want
to
watch
the
convention,
I
know,
but
to
answer
you
carla,
it's
a
very
good
question
and
the
committee,
I
don't
want
to
say
we
were
hijacked,
but
I
feel
like
we
were
hijacked.
E
E
In
terms
of
doing
first,
the
ninth
ward
ottoman
brought
in
the
resolution
that
we
had
stopped
work
on
that
then
fifth
floor,
album
brought
in
reparations,
but
before
she
voted
reparations
she
brought
in
solutions
only
and
her
idea
was
only
she
didn't
want
to
hear
any
talking.
She
just
wanted
solutions,
and
so
we
tried
to
do
that.
Well,
we
didn't
try,
we
did
it.
We
figured
out
how
to
do
it
and
we
did
and
got
the
input
from
the
community
because
we
knew
it
had
to
be
community
based.
E
So
we
held
town
halls
and
had
over
a
hundred
people
attend.
Well,
I
think
we
did
three
sessions.
I
think
it
was
three
sessions
and
had
people
come
and
put
their
ideas
around
what
needed
to
happen.
So
now
we're
trying
to
get
back
to
where
we
were
in
the
beginning
to
really
work
out
our
role
so.
E
A
I've
become
like
the
gatekeeper
of
this
committee,
it's
so
many
stuff
that
comes
down
I'm
like
nope,
so
it's
hard
it's
very
hard.
When
you
have,
because
I
mean
this
is
the
word
equity
is
then
the
committee's
you
know
everyone
wants
you
all
to
solve
the
problems
that
really
just
that
we
internally
have
to
solve
a
little
bit
of
them.
So.
D
J
A
A
I
do
like
to
see
if
there's
someone
on
this
commission
that
would
be
interested
and
work
with
me
to
flesh
out
the
training
discussion
a
little
bit
more
so
that
I
can
have
a
little
bit
more
of
you
know
I
want
to.
I
want
to
provide
a
little
bit
more
context
to
that.
I
guess,
and
so
I
really
thought
it
would
be
helpful
to
get
that
from
a
commissioner.
Now
again,
you
don't
have
to
I'm
capable
of
figuring
out.
A
I
just
thought
it's
a
good
opportunity
to
kind
of
have
that
shared
experience,
so
that
we
can
have
alignment.
J
Well,
I
just
I
because
I
do
this
work,
not
for
my
government
type,
but
I
know
multiple
people
in
this
business.
So
at
the
very
least,
I
should
be
able
to
sort
of
farm
that
group
to
say:
do
you
know
anybody
who
does
this
equity
and
inclusion
and
anti-racism
work
in
specifically
government?
So
at
the
very
least,
I
can
kind
of
help
with
that.
A
Yeah
I
mean
gear,
does
gear
does
somewhat,
but
I
need
you
know
it's
kind
of
hard
because
they're
kind
of
a
cookie
cutter
model,
but
long
story
short.
I
can
talk
to
you
parallel
offline
and
we
can
discuss
more
because
it's
people
have
to
realize
it's
different
than
just
the
normal.
A
So,
okay,
that's
all
I
have
I
just
wanted
to
like.
I
guess
that
I
wanted
to
show
what
I
I
was
been
doing.
I
didn't
want
you
guys
to
think
that
I
had
not.
You
know
been,
you
know,
moving
forward
this
work,
so
that's
all
and
I
will
definitely
send
this
out
in
a
more
a
nicer
format
and
I
will
share
with
the
host
finish
at
the
next
meeting.
B
D
B
C
Yes,
this
is
this
is
my
last
meeting
much
appreciation
to
to
those
who
I've
had
the
honor
to
work
with
over
these
last
two
and
a
half
years
and
kimberly
working
with
you
this
last
year.
I'm
really
excited
about
the
the
direction
of
the
commission
and
your
work
with
the
city,
as
I
shared
with
kimberly,
I'm
not
stepping
off,
because
I'm
no
longer
committed
to
this
work.
It's
simply
a
manage
of
an
issue
of
time
management.
C
I
am
directing
a
new
degree
at
the
seminary,
a
master
of
arts
in
public
ministry,
with
concentrations
in
racial
justice,
liberatory
education,
frairy
features
prominently
and
ecological
regeneration,
and
so
my
my
workload
is
just
more
than
I
can
can
handle
there,
and
so
I'm
still
in
evanston
hope
to
be
here
for
the
long
haul,
I'm
as
committed
as
ever
to
this
work,
and
so
as
there
are
opportunities
for.
If,
if
I
can
be
helpful
in
any
way
in
a
targeted
way,
please
continue
to
reach
out.
C
I
remain
an
ally
and
advocate
in
deep
solidarity
with
with
the
work
so
blessings
to
you
all
and
I'm
sure
we'll
continue
to
to
engage
in
the
struggle
together
in
in
some
other
ways.
E
C
B
C
B
All
right,
I
think
this
is
it,
can
I
get.
Can
I
call
for
a
motion
to
adjourn?
Don't
move
make
it
a
second.
B
B
It
was
a
pleasure,
have
a
good
night
stay
healthy
and
well
and
look
out
for
my
doodle
sometime
next
week.
Okay,
see
you
next.