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From YouTube: April 13, 2021 Minneapolis Commission on Civil Rights Community Engagement & Research Subcommittee
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B
B
The
city
will
be
recording
and
posting
this
meeting
to
the
city's
website
and
youtube
channel
as
a
means
of
increasing
public
access
and
transparency.
This
meeting
is
public
and
subject
to
the
minnesota
open
meeting
law.
For
the
record,
my
name
is
jackie,
hanson
assistant
city
clerk
and
I'll
be
convening
this
meeting
and
conducting
the
election
of
a
chair
and
vice
chair.
D
E
B
You
we
have
a
quorum.
The
next
item
on
the
agenda
is
adoption
of
the
agenda
it's
being
disclo
displayed.
Currently
now
may
please
have
a
motion
to
adopt
the
agenda.
B
A
Hi,
yes,
I'm
sorry,
commissioner,.
D
B
Thank
you
that
motion
is
adopted.
We
will
next
proceed
to
the
election
of
a
chair
for
this
body.
I
will
open
the
floor
for
nominations.
Are
there
any
nominations
for
the
position
of
chair.
A
I
nominate
paul
herkman
for
the
chair.
F
Thank
you,
commissioner
devenish.
I
am
going
to
politely
decline,
but
I
am
happy
to
serve
whoever
will
share
this
with
my
whole
heart.
Thank.
G
I
understood
I,
I
will
just
say
that
for
subcommittees,
it's
a
good
place
to
start,
I
think
just
given
that
it's
pretty
focused
on
particular.
You
know
efforts
and
the
with
the
help
of
the
clerk's
office.
I
think
it
actually
will
probably
be
a
lot.
B
G
Than
you
know
it
has
been
in
the
past,
I
think
just
for
having
to
organize
things-
and
you
know
I'm
secretary
of
the
commission
and
I'm
happy
to
help
with
whatever
I
just,
I
think,
like
maybe
commissioner
definition,
possibly,
commissioner
brookman.
It's
I'm
a
little
worried
that
I,
in
that
capacity,
as
far
as
being
the
chair,
but
I
can
be,
I
can
talk
to
you
about
some
of
the
things
we
did
last
year
and
kind
of
what
the
expectations
are
and
stuff
like
that.
A
I
think
you
know
I
saw
the
the
crown
act
on
there
and,
like
ms
stevens
said,
commissioner
stevens
said
we
can
definitely
talk
about
some
of
the
work
that
was
done
before
in
the
community
like
community
conversations
like
now
is
the
time
to
have
those
community
conversations
you
know
possibly
with
naacp
or
urban
league
or
whatever,
and
if
you
are
interested
like
paul
and
ms
steven
says,
we
will
support
you
in
every
aspect.
A
hundred
percent.
E
H
A
B
A
E
E
B
Eyes
that
motion
passes
and
commissioner
gold
has
been
elected
as
chair.
Next,
we
will
move
on
to
the
vice
chair.
I
will
open
the
floor
for
nominations
for
the
position
of
vice
chair.
A
This
is
commissioner
devenish.
I
nominate
commissioner
folk.
B
One
last
time
are
there
any
further
nominations
hearing
none.
I
will
close
the
nomination
period.
Commissioner
folk,
would
you
like
to
say
a
few
words
before
we
proceed
to
discussion
or
vote.
D
Sure
I
didn't
prepare
anything,
but
I
think
just
to
give
a
little
background
about
myself.
So
I
chose
this
subcommittee
because
professionally
I
have
a
lot
of
experience
with
communication.
Community
engagement,
I've
professionally
I've
been
in
kind
of
marketing
communications.
I
currently
work
at
a
line
of
health.
I've
worked
in
that
for
about
five
plus
years
and
in
the
past
I've
been
engaged
in
some
community
and
campaign
like
political
campaign,
organizing
work
so
pretty
familiar
with,
you
know,
outreach
and
kind
of
communicating
to
the
broader
public,
so
yeah.
B
Chair
you
very
much.
Is
there
any
discussion
by
commissioners.
B
C
E
E
E
E
E
B
H
Okay,
thank
you
so
number
four
approving
of
a
regular
meeting
time.
I
guess
I'll
open
for
discussions
for
people
to
throw
out
some
dates
and
times
that
work
best
for
them.
A
I
just
want
to
say,
like
thursday
is
the
george
floyd
meetings
that
we
have,
so
I
just
want
to
keep
that
in
mind.
E
A
A
E
G
Last
year
we
met
every
other
week,
which
was
helpful
in
some
ways,
given
some
of
our
efforts,
but
also,
I
do
think
it
was
a
lot
in
other
ways,
so
we
could
maybe
start
on
a
lesser
scale
and
and
ramp
up.
I
think
if
we're
dealing
with
particular
events
or
activities
and
need
to
meet
more,
but
that's
my
suggestion.
H
Okay,
I
I
hear
that,
and
I
I
get
that
I
do
feel
that
right
now,
especially
in
our
city,
that
there's
a
lot
going
on
so
it
might
be-
I
don't
know
it
might
be
nice
to
do
it
every
other
week
and
then
kind
of
when
hopefully
things
settle
down.
Then
we
can,
you
know,
continue
going
as
needed
or
less.
But
what
are
your
thoughts?
I
guess
everybody.
A
I
I
agree
was:
was
that
ashley?
Oh
yeah,
commissioner
gold?
I
I
agree,
given
our
the
attention
and
everything
that
we
cannot
ignore
in
our
communities,
be
it
brooklyn
center
brooklyn
center
in
minneapolis
are
so
close
and
in
fact
I
used
to
work
for
the
city
of
brooklyn
center,
and
it's
is
it's
not
far
from
the
city
of
minneapolis
and
it
does
affect
community
members
of
the
city
of
minneapolis.
A
So
I
I
think
it
might
be
needed
to
meet
weekly,
and
you
know
until
you
know
we
come
up
with
a
concrete
plan
of
action
of
what
this
body
wants
to
do.
G
G
We
were
to
do
weekly
and,
if
weekly
is
what
the
group
would
like
to
do,
then
I
can
maybe
seek
another
subcommittee
assignment,
so
I
don't
ruin
quorum
or
anything
like
that.
Every
other
week,
probably
would
be
more
feasible.
For
me.
C
H
F
I
I
think
of
commissioner
stevens
being
executive
and
on
the
accountability
for
george
floyd,
and
if
we
do
this
every
other,
I
think
if
we
want
that
rhythm,
I'm
definitely
going
to
do
my
best,
but
that
we
would
start
off
on
our
best
foot,
trusting
that
each
other's
going
to
do
our
best
and
communicate
in
advance
with
the
chair
of
the
committee
in
case
in
case
life
just
gets
in
the
way
and
again
I
don't
want
to
set
it
up
for
acting
like
I'm
going
to
try
to
miss
meeting,
because
that's
not
that's
not
the
heart
behind
this,
but
I
would
be
all
for
every
other
with
that.
E
H
Do
tuesdays
work
for
folks,
or
I
guess
mondays.
H
G
H
A
E
B
H
Okay,
is
everybody?
Does
anybody
have
any
discussion
around
that
before
I
ask
the
clerk
all
right?
I
will
ask
the
clerk
to
call
the
role
for
this
body
to
meet
bi-weekly
on
tuesdays
at
6,
00
p.m.
E
E
E
E
E
H
Okay,
that
motion
passes
the
next
number
five
discussing
the
efforts
of
the
subcommittee
for
the
year.
H
I
guess
opening
this
up
for
thoughts
or
any
topics
folks
want
to
tackle.
F
Just
to
give
a
very
brief,
having
served
on
this
subcommittee
for
the
last
several
years
on
the
first
two
years
that
I
was
on
it,
we
worked
towards
a
research
on
achievement
and
opportunity
gaps
in
the
minneapolis
public
schools
that
culminated
after
about
a
year
of
research,
then
moving
into
creating
a
public
forum
and
ending
right
before
covid
with
a
public
forum.
F
If
I
remember
right
and
then
we
went
virtual
on
everything
and
then
there
was
a
bit
of
a
transition
and
then,
as
with
the
murder
of
george
floyd,
we
moved
into
really
focusing
last
year
and
chair
or
commissioner
definition.
Commissioner
stevens,
you
can
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong,
but
with
basically
listening
groups
where
we
heard
from
both
chief
arredondo.
F
I
believe
that
head
of
the
naacp
I'm
missing
one
in
there,
but
and
then
we
just
communicated
with
our
respective
council
members
and
tried
to
get
the
word
out
about
those.
Oh,
I
think
the
last
one
was
a
teen
driven
conversation
with
those
from
the
boys
and
girls
club.
So
all
of
that,
that's
just
a
backdrop
of
what
this
subcommittee
has
done
in
the
past,
and
so
I
just
would
present
that
to
new
and
existing
members.
A
I
know
with
kovid
we
might
fight
face
some
various
barriers.
This
is
commissioner,
david,
sorry,
and
I
was
wondering
how
you
felt
about,
I
guess,
continuing
what
anika
started
in
terms
of
inviting
special
guests
to
share
some
thoughts
or
opinions
on
what
they
may
be
working
on
and
how
it
affects
our
community.
So,
for
example,
we
had
our
consul
member
phillip
cunningham.
We
had
chief
arredondo,
we
had
an
naacp,
we
had
rina
moran.
The
next
commission
meeting
will
have
kellis
houston
who's
working
on
the
african
american
preservation
act.
A
G
Yeah
and
I'll
just
add
to
both
what
commissioner
for
committing
commissioner
devinish
said.
We
had
some
things
basically
occur
during
the
regular
commission
meetings.
As
like
a
guest
speaker,
we
held
individual
events
outside
of
those
times.
That
was
the
community
chat
with
chief
eridando
and
the
youth
panel.
We
also
facilitated
the
human.
B
G
Conversation
with
some
of
our
commissioners,
where
they
commissioner
request
and
commissioner
mcgree
and
commissioner
herkman
basically
can
recapped
what
the
periodic
review
of.
G
A
So
I
I'm
sorry,
are
you
saying
that
you
like
that
idea
or
you
you
are
open
to
that
idea.
G
Oh,
I
was
just
pointing
out
that
we
can
do
things
we
can
do
separate
events
outside
of
like
our
normal
meeting
time
for
the
regular
sub
sub
committee
meeting
and
the
commission
meeting,
or
we
can
also
come
up
with
speakers
and
community
engagement
efforts
for
our
regular
community
commission
meetings
to
our
with
the
larger
commission.
G
H
A
G
A
Eventually,
turn
it
over
sorry,
if
you
got
directives,
please
go
ahead.
G
Basically,
just
after
our
last
commission
meeting
during
the
executive
order,
janelle
had
reference
the
task
force
that
was
formed
but
needing
basically
help
with
the
social
media
piece
from
our
group,
and
so
that's
what
I
can
bring
to
it
is
that
whatever,
maybe
that
task
force
does
or
produces,
they
want
our
help,
putting
it
on
facebook
and
all
of
our
other
platforms
which,
by
the
way,
chair
golden
vice
chair
folk.
I
will
give
you
guys
access
to
the
facebook
page.
If
you
will
have
facebook,
I
can
do
that
later.
So.
H
A
Am
from-
and
please
jump
in,
if
I'm,
if
I
say
something
wrong
from
my
understanding,
representative
reena
moran,
you
know
passed
this
crown
act,
which
is
basically
some
jobs.
You
know
discriminate
based
on
hair,
texture,
hair
dreadlocks,
call
it
what
it
is:
dreadlocks
natural
hair
for
african-american
people
of
color
and
it
becomes
like
a
barrier,
so
they
created
this
crown
act
to
you
know
where
raise
awareness
get
a
little
tongue
tied
myself,
and
you
know
to
basically
try
to
make
it.
A
I
I
don't
know
if
it's
illegal,
but
you
know
to
try
to
make
it
known
that
it
it's
basically
wrong
to
you
know,
discriminate
you
know
based
on
hair,
texture,
hair
hairstyle.
So
that's
my
perception
of
the
crown
act
in
other
states.
Cities
have
it
as
well,
and
I
think
I
think
it
laid
dead
on
the
house
floor.
A
So
I
think
they're
trying
to
reenact
it,
and
I
think
now
is
like
the
time
to.
I
think
this
is
something
that
goes
with
our
current
state
of
people
facing
implicit
bias
and
final
discrimination.
So
I
think
now
is
the
time
to
act
and
truthfully,
I'm
just
going
to
say
it
support
it.
G
Thoughts
nope,
that's
right,
cindy,
basically
to
make
it
a
protected
class
with
our
other
protected
classes.
I
know
when
we
talked
about
it.
Last
year
we
had
thought
that
maybe
it
had
fully
become
law
and
then
we
realized,
like
cindy,
said
that
it
had
made
it
through
the
house
that
did
not
make
it
through
the
senate.
D
H
Thank
you,
commissioner,
devenish
for
telling
us
more
about
that
and
thank
you,
commissioner
stevens
secretary
stevens.
I
I
think
we
should
move
to
a
vote
on
this.
I
if
anyone
wants
to
discuss
it
more.
I
I
absolutely
second
cindy
definition
that
we
should
support
it
and
we
should.
We
should
populate
it
on
our
social
media
channels,
so
I'll
ask
for
discussion.
Otherwise,
I
will
call
for
a
vote
by
the
clerk.
E
E
E
E
H
Okay,
now
I'm
not
really
sure
how
we
want
to.
I
guess
divvy
up
this
task,
I'm
happy
to
put
it
on
our
facebook
page
and
share
it
on
my
own
social
media,
and
I
know
vice
chair
of
this
subcommittee
folk
said
you
have
a
background
in
communication
and
marketing
and
so
you're
really
well
versed
with
that.
So
I
don't
know
if
this
is
a
task
you
would
want
to
take
on
once
we
get
the
password
from
commissioner
stevens.
A
G
G
I
think
it's
janelle,
and
perhaps
commissioner
whitsett,
who
were
on
that
task
force,
and
so
whatever
they
come
up
with,
we
can
figure
out
a
way
to
disseminate
that
if
we
want
to
use
our
artistic
skills
and
create
like
infographics
to
maybe
talk
about
some
of
the
issues
related
to
natural
hair,
texture
discrimination
that
we
can
also
include
to
raise
some
awareness.
G
I
think
that
would
probably
be
supported
and
I
can
invite
chair
shoemake
to
our
next
meeting
or
let
her
know
when
it
is
if
she
wants
to
come
and
maybe
share
what
they
worked
on
so
far,.
A
H
Oh,
thank
you.
Thank
you,
commissioner
devinish.
I
I
did
not
know
we
can
even
possibly
bring
it
up
at
the
next
commission
meeting
because
that's
on
the
19th
right,
so
we
could
just
let
them
know
the
whole
commission,
no
and
and
commissioner
janelle
our
commissioner,
to
make
that
we
we
support
it
and
we're
happy
to
socialize
it.
H
Okay,
so
moving
on
to
number
seven
discussing
the
martin
luther
king,
jr
essay
contest
renewal
and
if
somebody
wouldn't
mind
talking
to
the
commission
about
what
that
is
well.
A
I'll
share
what
I
do
know
and
once
again,
if
I
say
something
wrong,
please
jump
in.
Basically
the
idea
came
up
last
year
in
terms
of
having
giving
youth
a
safe
space
to
speak
about
what
issues
are
important
to
them,
and
I
brought
up
the
idea
of
creating
like
a
junior
commission
and
possibly
mentoring
and
passing
the
torch
so
to
speak,
because
I
feel
like
our
youth,
they
are
really
impacted.
I
mean
they
have
coveted,
they
can't
go
to
school.
A
They
got
this
unrest,
they
have
a
lot
of
stress
and
I
feel,
like
our
youth,
need
a
safe
space
to
share
and
talk
about
the
issues
that
are
important
to
them,
and
so
I
suggested
you
know
working
with
urban
scholars,
and
you
know
forming
like
this
network,
but
I
guess
that
fell
aside
and
we
came
up
with
another
idea
of
re
bringing
back
the
essay
contest,
which
is,
I
guess,
a
part
of
the
urban
scholars
that
I
guess
that
that
essay
contest
fell
to
the
side
as
well.
A
Commissioner
stephens,
do
you
have
anything
to
add
to
that
apology
of
anything
to
add
to
that
and
I'm
sorry,
my
technology
is
not
working.
My
camera
is
not
working,
so
I
apologize.
G
I
dropped
an
old
year's
flyer
into
the
chat
for
those
of
you
who
can
see
it.
This
was
also
a
discussion
in
the
last
executive
board
meeting,
basically
like
what
commissioner
devenish
said
is
that
it
was
something
that
the
commission
used
to
do
that
they
would
like
to
reintroduce
part
of
the
issue.
Is
we're
kind
of
running
out
of
time
for
school
still
being
in
session?
G
So
we
maybe
need
to
make
some
moves
on
this,
but
commissioner
shoemake
wanted
our
subcommittee
to
maybe
take
the
lead
on
developing
and
rolling
this
out
and
then
presenting
it.
I
think,
hopefully
by
the
next
commission
meeting,
so
that
it
could
be
basically
shared
with
the
schools
in
minneapolis
to
participate,
and
then
we
would
have
a
prize
and
some
sort
of
ceremony.
A
A
I
would
like
to
add
to
that
that
it
doesn't
have
to
be
just
to
the
schools.
For
example,
we
could
reach
out
to
the
boys
and
girls
club.
You
know,
there's
the
circles
of
discipline
which
does
the
boxing
you
know,
there's
the
link,
so
you
know
there's
different
avenues
that
we
can
reach
into.
Yes,
obviously,
the
school
minneapolis
public
schools
would
be
great
and
they
are
going
to
have
you
know
possibly
summer
school.
So
you
know
just
because
the
school
year
ends.
A
You
know
the
summer
school
is
gonna
roll
around
pretty
quickly
here,
so
you
know,
I
think
it's
definitely
doable
and
once
again,
I
like
any
idea
where
we
can
activate
our
youth
and
give
them
something
positive
to
do
because
they
have.
A
H
Thank
you,
commissioner,
devenish,
and
thank
you,
commissioner
stevens
for
dropping
that
flyer
in
the
chat
that
was
very
helpful.
H
I
love
this
idea,
I'm
just
wondering
if
maybe
we
were
to
remix
it
a
little
bit
instead
of
an
essay,
it
could
be
a
poem,
it
could
be
music,
it
could
be
art,
it
could
be
something
not
so
confined,
but
if
please,
if
anyone
has
any
other
ideas
or-
and
I
think
it
would
be
really-
I
think
it'd
be
really
great
once
you
know
it's
mid
school
is
almost
out
june
even
to
do
something
outside
where
you
know
the
youth
could
present
it
or
speak
on
the
microphone.
A
Yeah-
and
I
just
want
to
think
about
juneteenth-
I
don't
know
if
we're
gonna
have
it
based
on
our
civil
unrest,
but
juneteenth
is
coming
up,
so
that
gives
us
like
a
two
month
deadline
of
of-
and
I
know
someone
who's
on
the
juneteenth
board.
A
To
possibly
maybe
if
we
can
get
this
cranked
out
to
recognize
somebody
at
juneteenth,
you
know,
and
also
I
mean
it's
really
short
amount
of
time
because,
like
it's
it's
april
13th
now,
but
if
we
really
serious,
we
could
just
you
know,
crank
something
out,
and
I
don't.
We
need
to
figure
out
how
much
the
prize
is.
If
there
is
a
prize,
if
we
can,
if
we're
allowed
to
make
donations
whatever
whatever
and
crank,
something
out
to
really
get
our
youth
involved.
E
D
Idea
of
tying
it
to
juneteenth
or
I'm
just
looking
at
the
flyer
now
like
it's
pretty
tied
to
martin
luther
king
junior
day
and
obviously
that
has
passed
so
I
like
the
idea
of
like
tying
it
either
to
juneteenth
or
just
even
talking
about
you
know
it
could
be
a
broader
essay,
but
not
essay
right,
but
like
just
a
broader
topic
and
theme.
So
we're
not
even
just
constrained
to
just
martin
luther
king
jr
essay
contest
because
they
feel.
A
No,
no,
I
I
I
I.
I
totally
support
what
you're
saying
and
I
agree
that
it
should
be
youth
inspired
because,
yes,
martin
luther
king
is
a
great
leader,
but
can
the
youth
today
really
identify
with
them?
Yes,
they
can,
but
I'm
sure
they
have
more
recent.
A
You
know
you
know
recent
leaders
that
they
might
want
to
discuss,
and
especially,
what's
going
on.
I
I
just
know
that
our
kit,
kids
have
so
much
to
say
and
ms
stevens
is
there.
G
I
think
I
just
saved
it.
Let
me
do
you
want
me
to
email
it
to
you.
A
G
A
A
A
Okay,
okay!
Well,
that's
something
we
will
need
to
you
know
know
if
we're
going
to
do
by
june,
10th
and.
A
I
can
invite
someone
to
our
next
meeting
that
is
involved
with
the
juneteenth
and
let
them
know
if
you
guys
want
to
just
have
them
come
and
just
listen
to
this
s-I-s-a
idea
that
we
may
have
and
see
what
we
can.
You
know
come
up
with
because
they
might
have
a
pot
of
donations.
I
don't
know.
D
A
E
A
So
I'll
I'll
invite
the
person
that
I
know
that's
basically
helping
with
juneteenth
and,
like
I
said,
maybe
we
can
to
write
something
really
big
for
these
possible
winners.
A
F
I
do
yeah,
so
I
love
this
idea.
I
always
love
listening
to
commissioner
devinish
because
she
brings
passion
and
well
thought
through
which
I
appreciate
I
I
I
have
two
kind
of
overriding
thoughts.
One
is,
I
don't
think
I
would
propose,
we
don't
do
an
either
or
but
we
do
a
juneteenth
essay
and
as
a
preamble,
and
we
try
to
do
the
work
to
get
the
mlk
essay
back
up
and
my
reasoning
behind
it
is
because
I
think
they're
both
important.
F
F
And
so
I
can
only
imagine
what
the
teachers
are
feeling
like
if
they're
managing
online
and
whatever
so
so,
not
putting
a
whole
bunch
of
pressure
to
work
through
the
the
public
schools
or
on
students
who
are
experiencing
a
tremendous
amount
of
stress
right
now,
but
allowing
them
anybody
who
wants
to
get
involved
and
then
also,
I
think,
resurrecting
the
mlk
day
essay
contest,
because
I
know
right
when
I
joined
three
three
plus
years
ago.
This
was
a
big
deal
and
it
was
really
sad
when
it
went
away
for
a
lot
of
commissioners.
F
F
I
would
propose,
if
we're
going
to
do
this,
that
somebody
is
tasked
with
coming
back
to
our
next
meeting
in
two
weeks
with
parameters,
because,
if
we're
not
clear
of
what
we're
asking
they're
not
going
to
be
clear-
and
I
don't
mean
like
it-
could
be
everything
from
how
many
words
to
an
essay
to
what
what
are
other
kinds
of
expressions
and
just
some
suggestions,
if
somebody
thinks
it
through,
I
think
this
group
is
going
to
be
better
at
filling
in
the
holes
than
all
of
us
brainstorming
from
ground
zero.
F
So
we've
got
some
work
here
with
the
mlk,
but
we're
talking
about
going
some
broader
expressions.
I
think
it
would
be
great
to
circulate
here's.
What
I'd
suggest.
You
know,
here's
some
parameters,
here's
how
we
recruit
and
here's
the
steps
we
need
to
do.
You
know
coming
out
of
the
next
two
weeks.
That's
again
just
a
couple
of
thoughts,
and
I
will
I
think,
someone
already
lowered
my
hand,
so
I
will
mute
myself
and
see
what
you
all
think.
A
Thank
you
paul.
I
love
what
you
just
said
and
it's
been
a
pleasure
working
with
you
for
these
what
two
years
now
we're
getting
old
paul,
but
I
definitely
like
that
idea
of
you
know
having
them
both.
So
thank
you
for
pointing
that.
H
Out
yeah,
thank
you,
commissioner
herkman
and
commissioner
devinish.
I
think
that
the
essay
or
poetry
you
know
whatever
it
comes
to
be
idea
around
juneteenth
might
be
the
goal
for
I
guess
the
next.
You
know
what
three
months,
but
it
would
be
nice
to
almost
have
a
formula
for
this,
so
we
can
change
out.
You
know
a
martin
luther
junior
king
essay,
malcolm
x,
assata
shakur.
H
You
know
what
I
mean
like
for
for
the
youth
to
do.
I
know
that
at
george
floyd
square
they
do
a
lot
of
open
mics
and
they
would
absolutely
be
open
to
hosting
something
like
this
outside
covid
safe.
If
we
wanted
to
do
something
for
juneteenth,
I
also
I
don't
know,
commissioner
devenish.
Are
you
familiar
with
true?
Art
speaks
no.
H
Yes,
so
tish
jones
is
a
poet,
a
curator,
an
activist,
and
she
is
the
executive
director
of
true
art
speaks
and
she
hosts
an
open
mic
every
week
and
she's
just
a
wonderful
connection,
and
I
I
think
that
I
I
could
reach
out
to
her
and
tell
her
about
this
idea,
and
that
would
be
there'll
be
a
way
for
this.
This
essay
contest,
or
whatever
this
contest,
becomes
to
have
a
greater
reach
and
just
get
more
more
people
and
more
youth
involved.
H
F
So
another
idea
I
would
throw
out
there-
maybe
maybe
to
make
it
easier
for
us
instead
of
having
two
things
that
are
similar.
Maybe
the
mlk
day
stays
an
essay
contest.
We
kind
of
keep
it
in
its
original
format,
but
this
juneteenth
type
thing.
What
if
we
all
throw
out
like
amanda
gorman,
who
I
I
was
you
know
a
name
and
a
face
that
has
already
inspired
a
lot
of
young
people
or
an
emerging
emerging
voice.
F
What
if
it
was
something
like
that
where
it
was
you
know,
spoken,
word,
poetry,
something
like
that.
So
one
one
is
more
of
a
creative
outlet.
D
Yeah
and
for
the
mlk
day,
essay
contest
in
the
past.
I
don't
know
if
we've
ever
done
this,
but
I
just
through
professionally
I've
been
involved
with
the
mlk
breakfast
that
is
held
every
year
on
mlk
day.
It's,
I
think,
primarily
sponsored
by
general
mills,
a
lot
of
in
the
u
and
uncf,
and
they
it's
both
a
fundraiser
for
like
a
few
scholarships
that
are
going
to,
I
believe
it's
specifically,
you
know
people
from
diverse
backgrounds.
D
I
believe
it's
maybe
black
students
specifically,
but
they
hold
this
breakfast
every
year
and
they
know
like
this.
Past
year
they
had
bernice
king
there.
It's
usually,
I
think,
a
pretty
big,
big
breakfast
kind
of
thing
that
I
think
a
lot
of
both
people
who,
like
they
have
senators
there,
but
also
just
people
who
are
in
the
business
field
and
and
kind
of
the
business
sphere
as
well
as
obviously
uncf
invites
their
students
and
things
like
that.
D
So
that
might
be
a
good
event
to
actually
connect
with
with
the
mlk
essay
contest,
because
I
could
see
there
may
be
being
connection
you
know.
Potentially,
I
don't
know
a
bigger
prize,
or
even
just
even
leveraging
that
event
as
a
place
where
that
contest
winner
can
share
their
contest
or
just
highlighting
that
as
an
idea
of
potential
partnership
in
the
future.
H
Thank
you
vice
chair
folk,
so
I
think
we're
all
pretty
jazzed
about
the
the
essay
renewal
and
we
have
ideas
about
remixing
it
or
moving
it.
You
know
forward
what
it
would
look
like
and
collaboration.
I
also
dropped
trueartspeak's
website
in
our
chat
for
those
that
can
see
it.
You
want
to
check
it
out
and
I
guess
I
don't
know
if
we
need
to
move
into
a
vote
for
this
essay
renewal,
but
if
we
do
I'll
call
on
the
clerk
to
vote.
E
E
E
E
E
H
Okay,
awesome
that
motion
passes
the
last
number
eight
opening
the
floor
to
commissioners
to
propose
ideas.
I
know
we
talked
a
little
bit
about
it
earlier
and
when
we
were
discussing
the
efforts
about
commissioner
herkman
talked
about
the
the
achievement
gap,
but
opening
the
floor
for
more
ideas
to
be
shared.
G
G
Just
a
thought
I
have,
I
have
some
colleagues
who
do
community
engagement
with
different
communities
of
color
and
kind
of
like
the
who
are
victims
of
crimes
or
specific
crimes,
and
I
was
talking
to
her
the
other
day
about
some
of
the
work
she
does
and
I
had
wondered.
G
Auto
theft
and
other
property
and
assaults
going
on,
but
also
just
gen,
like
you,
know,
kind
of
the
victimization
that
we're
seeing
you
know
from
the
police
from
the
other
systems
in
our
society.
I
don't
know
if
that's
something
that
is
worthy
of.
H
Commissioner
stevens,
can
you
say
again
your
friend
or
the
person,
you
know
what
who
they
work
for.
G
I
work
for
the
victim
witness
unit
in
the
hennepin.
G
And
there's
a
particular
unit
that
focuses
on
community
engagement
and
particularly
working
with
communities
of
color.
And
it
was.
A
I
I
support
the
idea.
You
know
any.
I
think
canopy
county
is
a
great
resource
to
utilize
because
it
has
like
when
I
first
moved
here
in
2016,
I
found
out
that
hennepin
county
had
like
9
000
employees.
A
A
E
H
Okay,
I'll
go.
I
I
think
that
collaboration
is
is
where
it's
at.
Basically,
so
I
say:
explore
your
feelings
or
explore
this
relationship
more
and
then
come
back
to
this
subcommittee,
because
I
think
that
we're
we're
here
to
support
that
and
I
think
the
more
people
we
can
involve
in
the
subcommittee
and
our
commission
the
better,
since
we
are
a
community
engagement,
so
I
say:
go
for
it:
okay,.
A
Come
here
I
have
a
I'm
sorry,
I
have
a
question:
are
we
gonna?
Ever
I'm
gonna
have
a
community
conversation
on
covet
and
the
covet
vaccines.
I
think
that
might
be
interesting
because
I
know
people
of
color
are
less
likely
to
get
the
covet
shot.
The
vaccine
and
people
of
you
know
low
income.
So
maybe
it's
a
conversation
that
we
might
want
to
consider.
A
Like
for
me
truthfully,
I
was
so
scared
to
get
the
shot.
I
was
absolutely
terrified
like
when
you
talk
about
anxiety,
talk
about
stress
like
I'm
a
transparent
person
so,
but
I
was
really
truly
scared
to
get
that
shot.
I
really
was,
and
because
of
the
historical
trauma
behind
you
know
african
americans
and
the
medical
system,
so
there
is
a
lot
of
distrust,
so
I
think
we
need
to
have
an
honest
conversation
of
why
people
are
afraid
to
get
it
and
and
just
talk
about
it.
A
E
D
Thought
yeah-
and
I
know
I'm
just
speaking
personally,
because
this
is
kind
of
where
I
just
know
from
a
professional
standpoint.
D
I
know
that
this
this
state,
you
know,
has
been
administering
like
guidelines
of
in
in
putting
you
know,
cl
like
opportunities
and
specific
programs
to
ensure
that
certain
communities,
and
especially
communities
who
are
usually
typically
underserved
or
have
difficult
accessing
the
vaccine,
are
getting
access.
So
I
think,
if
you
know
we're
able
to
connect
with
someone
in
the
public
health
department,
whether
that's
from
a
city
level
or
a
state
level,
we
can
provide
more
information
on
like
some
of
these
clinics
that
are
happening
and
are
from
for
more
of
an
access
standpoint.
D
Just
to
give
that
information
out
there
as
well,
I
think
the
more
education
and
more
more
ways
you
can
spread
that
information.
The
better.
Do
you.
A
Think
we
should
use
our
facebook
page
to
you,
know,
say
here's
a
few
urban
areas.
You
know.
If
you
want
to
talk
to
someone
about
you
know
the
kobe
vaccine
or
places
where
you
can
go.
Is
that
I'm
just
going
to
leave
that
as
a
question.
D
Yeah,
I
I
think
you'll
I
I
think
you
probably
would
need
to
connect
with
like
it
depends
on
what
why
I
think
I
think
it
would
probably
make
the
most
sense.
D
I
don't
know
if
this
is
how
we
would
get
access
to
this
information,
but
I
think
it
would
be
best
to
probably
connect
with
someone
in
the
public
health
department
to
just
better
understand
because
they
know
for
certain
it's
just
different,
depending
on
like
the
different
providers
that
have
access
to
the
vaccine
and
different
eligibility
and
and
different
there's
just
a
lot
of
nuances
when
it
comes
to
vaccine
distribution.
D
So
I
think
I
would
want
to
make
sure
we're
connecting
with
like
the
public
health
department
or
people
who
are
at
the
front
lines
of
administering
and
delivering
the
vaccine,
so
we're
just
ensuring
we
have
the
most
accurate
information
and
it
is
really
confusing.
So
I
think
the
more
we
can
better
understand
that,
like
I
think,
it'd
be
great
to
put
that
on
our
facebook.
But
I
don't,
I
think,
that's
something
we
would
need
to
get
more
information
about.
A
H
A
H
H
Is
that-
and
I
don't
know,
maybe
is
that,
like
against
open
meeting
laws,
if
I
were
to,
but
no
because
we're
on
like
commission
duty
or
I
don't
know
how
that
works.
G
A
No
decisions,
we're
gonna,
ashley,
we'll
talk.
I
I
okay,
I'm
gonna,
I'm
gonna
put
my
number
in
the
chat
sounds
good.
D
Yeah
I
I
like
that
idea.
I
think,
if
we're
going
to
do
that,
though,
I
would
still
recommend
that
we
have
you
know
a
follow-up
event
or
something
where
we're
we
can
have
if
people
have
questions
or
or
ways
to
answer
those
questions
just
because
I
think
that's
a
great
like
video
testimony
and
talking
through
that.
But
if
people,
if
we're
trying
to
kind
of
help,
answer
any
questions
that
may
rise,
I
think
it's
still
probably
helpful
to
have
like
a
separate
event.
H
H
And
I
guess
just
to
open
it
up
for
other
commissioners
too,
who
feel
comfortable
sharing
their
experience.
H
I
just
I
just
think
that
not
a
lot
of
people
that
I
know
know
about
the
commission
that
we're
serving
on,
and
I
think
the
way
that
they
will
identify
with
us
is
that
if
we,
you
know,
are
authentic
and
show
our
faces
and
share
our
story
that
way
and
that
that
way
we
can
attract.
You
know
more
more
folks
and
get
them
more
involved,
because
they
recognize
us
and
it's
like
a
safe
space.
H
But
and
then,
when
we
do
have
like
forums
or
events,
then
we
will
have
more
of
a
reach
in
connection
with
the
actual
community.
So
that's
just
my
two
cents.
Thank.
A
That's
sorry,
okay,
I'm
sorry,
I
didn't
see
you
on
the
screen,
but
I
totally
agree
with
what
you're
saying-
and
that
brings
me
again
back
to
last
year
when
I
suggested
that,
on
our
website,
the
city
of
minneapolis
civil
rights
commission
website
that
we
post
a
picture
and
we
post
like
a
one
or
two
bio
of
a
little
bit
about
yourself,
whether
it
be
personal,
why
you
know
if
why
you
join
the
civil
rights,
but
I
think
that
got
you
know
thrown
to
the
wayside,
because
that
was
like
at
the
height
of
covet
or
you
know
whatever
else
was
going
on,
but
I
I
do
think
that's
something
that
we
as
commissioners
should
do,
because
it
council
members
any
public
servant,
usually
has
a
picture
with
a
quick,
little
bio
and
it
doesn't
have
to
be
long.
A
It
can
be
literally
two
sentences.
So
maybe
that's
something
we
could
talk
about
at
the
commission
meeting.
If
you
guys
agree
that
we
need
to
be
transparent
and
we
need
to
show
our
diversity.
F
I'm
gonna
throw
one
more
as
long
as
we're
just
in
a
brainstorm.
Well,
I'm
gonna
ask
chair
gold.
Do
you?
Is
this
a
okay
time
to
throw
out
another
idea,
or
do
you
want
to
land
the
plane
on
any
of
the
previous
ideas
we've
been
talking
about
no.
F
Okay,
I'm
gonna
just
drop
this
in
the
meeting
chat
as
well,
but
there
is
a
organization
called
just
beads
and
minneapolis
just
joined
in
kind
of
this
coalition
of
cities
that
are
doing
something
more
proactive
about
housing,
covenants
and
so
I'll.
Just
let
you
all
look
at
it.
I
think
it's
something
based
on
there
there's
been
enough
time.
Sensitive
things
discussed
that
I
don't
think
this
needs
to
be
something
right
away,
but
it
falls
right
in
line
with
the
commission,
I
mean,
when
I
think,
of
time
sensitive.
F
I
think
for
me
anyway,
priority
wise.
We
need,
I
think,
every
week
or
every
time
we
meet,
we
need
to
say
hey
what
do
we
need
to
be
doing
in
response
to
the
the
violence
happening
against
people
with
black
and
brown
skin,
and
what
is
our
role
and
how
to
so?
I
think
we
for
me
that's
first
and
foremost,
and
then
kovid's
second
and
then
third
would
be
the
time
sensitivity
of
this
of
this
potential
essay
or
creative
thing.
D
Yeah,
I
was
actually
I
was
thinking
of
bringing
this
up.
This
is,
commissioner
folks,
so
I
I'm
familiar
with
the
project
and
one
thing
that
I
wanted
to
raise,
and
this
was
a
thought
that
I
had
as
a
suggestion
is.
I
was
part
of
my
neighborhoods
neighborhood
association.
D
We
had
actually
a
a
racial
equity
task
force
that
was
formed
last
summer
and
I
think
quite
a
few
of
the
ones
of
the
neighborhood
associations
within
the
cities
have
formed
similar
task
force
kind
of
trying
to
address
racial
equity,
specifically
in
that
neighborhood,
but
also
across
minneapolis
city
as
a
whole,
and
so
I
actually
heard
about
the
justine
program.
D
Through
the
neighborhood
association
we
had
mapping
prejudice,
come
in
and
do
kind
of
an
education
session
where
we
had
neighborhood
members
be
a
part
of
and
kind
of,
join
and
learn
about
mapping
prejudice,
and
so
I
don't
know
if
that
could
be
maybe
a
good
opportunity.
Again.
It's
maybe
not
urgent,
but
from
an
educational
perspective,
it
sounds
like.
Last
year
we
had
some
education
sessions.
D
I
think
mapping
prejudice
the
justice
project
could
be
a
good
candidate
for
that,
and
then
I
think,
also
maybe
doing
some
outreach
with
the
neighborhood
associations,
especially
if
they
are
taking
the
actions
themselves
to
form
these
racial
equity
task
force
within
their
associations
to
further
similar
work.
To
what
we're
doing
so.
I
think
it
would
be
really
great
to
kind
of
connect
with
them
share
with
them.
D
What
our
task,
what
our
commission
does
and
the
the
specific
items
that
this
subcommittee
is
engaged
in
and
just
make
further
connections,
especially
deeper
within
members
of
our
actual
kind
of
community
and
neighborhoods.
H
Thank
you,
commissioner,
co-chair
folk
and
thank
you,
commissioner
heckman.
These
are
all
great
ideas
and
thanks,
commissioner
herkman
for
sharing
that
link.
I
have
a
couple
ideas.
Unless
there
are
some
other
commissioners
that
have
ideas,
they
have
not
yet
been
able
to
share
one
of
the
things
I'm
on
this,
like
neighborhood
task
force
as
well
to
end
qualified
immunity
and
we've
been
meeting
a
bi-weekly,
and
we
just
had
a
meeting
with
representative
winkler.
H
I
know
that
new
york
just
passed
something
to
end
qualified
immunity
and
new
mexico.
The
governor
signed
a
bill
in
like
a
civil
rights
bill.
So
I
think
this
pertains
to
us
and
I
feel
really
passionate
about
it
and
I
think
it's
something
we
could
focus
on
because,
as
we've
seen,
you
know
the
police
brutality
excessive
force
deadly
force.
H
This
is
an
urgent
life
or
death
situation
for
many
of
our
neighbors,
and
I
would
definitely
like
our
subcommittee
to
focus
on
it
and
then
the
other
thing
I'm
really
passionate
about
is
voting
and
getting
voters
engaged,
and
I
think
that
we
could
focus
on
that
later
in
the
summer
or
in
the
middle
of
the
summer.
Kicking
off
some
sort
of
outreach
on
voter
engagement
and
and
voter
education
around
the
candidates
running
because
this
is
going
to
be
a
big
election
for
city
council.
H
So
I'll.
Leave
that
open
for.
H
I
guess
in
my
mind,
I'm
like
these
are
all
great
ideas
and
I
would
love
for
us
to
kind
of
almost
leave
today's
meeting
with
like
bullet
points
of
what
just
like
kind
of
a
skeleton
of
what
we
want
to
work
on
the
coming
year
and
obviously
be
open
to
add
or
subtract
anything
to
that.
So
it's
kind
of
just
like
a
first,
a
first
draft
of
what
what
we
want
to
do
and
right
now
I
I
just
kind
of
was
taking
some
notes
and
so
like
the
most.
H
I
guess
urgent
would
be
talking
about
the
kovi
vaccine,
which
is
going
to
come
film.
You,
commissioner,
devenish
and
then
sharon
on
our
social,
getting
bio
and
sentences
of
all
the
commissioners
to
kind
of
populate
our
social
media
and
then
kind
of
like
medium.
To
I
mean
I
guess
less
urgent,
but
they're
all
still
urgent.
H
You
know
what
I
mean:
the
achievement
gap,
the
housing,
the
just
deed,
that
commissioner
herkman
and
folk
were
talking
about
what
commissioner
stevens
was
talking
about,
which
is
engaging
communities
of
color
and
then
more
long-term
goals
of
doing
the
junior
commission.
A
H
That,
I
think,
is
left
for
the
next
meeting
to
kind
of
divvy
up.
That
was
just
like.
That's
just
those
are
just
my
thoughts,
but
we
don't
need
to
have
an
outline
either,
but
I
just
thought
to
kind
of
stream
it
or
be
effective.
Yeah.
A
And
the
only
thing
is
there
is
that
risk
that
they
might
cancel
juneteenth,
and
I
just
talked
to
the
person
that
I
know-
and
I
said
virtual
juneteenth,
because
I
hate
for
juneteen
to
be
canceled.
So
you
know
if
we
could
do
it
virtually,
which
seems
to
be
the
way
right
now.
So
that'd
be
interesting
to
see
and
I'll
keep
you
guys
updated.
H
I
I
I
would
think
so
I
don't
know
yeah,
okay,
any
other
any
other
ideas.
H
A
Yeah,
I
can
definitely
look
that
was
such
a
long
time
ago
that
I
am
not
sure
what.
G
I
expected
to
we
have
a
bare
bones,
one
kind
of
already
started,
but
I
think,
as
far
as
having
things
added
to
the
agenda,
basically
you
and
vice
chair
folk
when
it's
it's
time
for
us
to
present
kind
of
our
efforts
at
the
next
meeting.
You
can
talk
about
all
of
these
things
and
basically
kind
of
renew
the
the
request
to
have
bios
and
sentences,
and
I.
E
G
G
E
H
Okay
and
then
we
don't
have
do
we
have
to
open
the
floor
in
case
there's
somebody
else
like
from
the
public
for
discussion
in
a
subcommittee
or
does
it.
How
does
that
work?
I
guess.