CRAC Minutes 2024 March 26 (2)
Mee?ng of the
Community Rela?ons Advisory Commi?ee (C-RAC)
Wilmington City & New Hanover County Governments
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
This Commi?ee shall be organized for the purpose of addressing community issues involving prejudice
or discrimina?on on the bases of race na?onal origin, creed or religion, age, gender, sexual orienta?on,
disability or medical condi?on; informing the Appoin?ng Authori?es and other organiza?ons of their
findings; and making recommenda?ons, in an advisory capacity, to the Appoin?ng Authori?es and
other organiza?ons, as necessary. Bylaws, 2016
TIME: 5:36 PM
CALL TO ORDER LOCATION: New Hanover County Government Center, Rm 155
QUORUM: No quorum
CITY APPOINTEES: COUNTY APPOINTEES:
Kirsten Kainz Liz Carbone (Absent)
ATTENDANCE
Charlrean Mapson (Absent) Cherri Cook (Absent)
Victoria McSwain Stephanie Medcalfe
Sabrenia Smallwood-Moore Fawn Rhodes
Antrevonn Tate Sam Wheeler (Absent)
GUESTS: None
APPROVAL OF MINUTES No vote due to lack of quorum at start and end of mee?ng
1. Reports from City of Wilmington staff liaison
2. Reports from New Hanover County staff liaison
OLD BUSINESS
3. Reports from 2024 Goal Leads: Committee Agreements (Kirsten &
Liz); Communicating with Elected Officials (Tre); Community
Engagement (Victoria & Sabrenia); Voting Rights (Sam & Cherry)
4. Fair Housing Month Update (Liz):
- City of Wilmington proclamation requested for 4/16 meeting
- County proclamation requested for 4/15 meeting
- Kirsten working on a one-pager with County Communications Dept.
(can this be co-branded with the City of Wilmington?)
- C-RAC needs to promote the trainings available online through Fair
Housing Project NC - https://www.nchfa.com/fair-housing-training-
housing-providers-virtual-0 Who can we get the word out to and
how? This is for housing provider, landlords, property managers.
Brainstorm a strategy to get the word out.
- Liz is also working on setting up a virtual info session for tenants in
April.
As government appointees we agree to du?fully a?end mee?ngs of the C-RAC, represent our community
to the best of our knowledge, and promote the purpose and ac?vi?es of C-RAC throughout Wilmington
and New Hanover County.
- Strategize on other ways to connect with community/spread the
NEW BUSINESS
word about C-RAC.
PUBLIC COMMENT None
st
April 1 NHC Commissioners will be accep?ng a proclama?on for
ANNOUNCEMENTS Black Maternal Health – Fawn will send an email to the group to
encourage public support for this effort
April 15 NHC Commissioners will review a resolu?on to consider NHC
an Age Friendly Community – Fawn will send an email to the group for
more informa?on
Linda reminded the group about the Naviga?ng ADHD panel on April
11 at DHHS at 6:30
ADJOURNMENT The mee?ng adjourned at 6:3
NEXT MEETING April 23 at 5:30 PM
MINUTES VOTES ACTIONS What by whom
Mary Vigue updated the
group on the City DEI
None Goal leads will be prepared to report
position. Interviews will
and circulate informa?on at
conclude by the end of
subsequent mee?ngs.
April.
Linda Thompson
Tre is planning to meet with the DEI
updated the group on
rep at NCino and others.
the NHC DEI
Assessment. Her office
Kirsten & Linda will share informa?on
reported to the
with Tre to support his mee?ngs.
Commissioners, and
Linda shared highlights
from the report with
CRAC. Demographics
are changing in NHC.
Notably, the proportion
of African American
residents is declining
due to multiple factors
related to hurricane
displacement, COVID,
death rates, and birth
rates. NHC will do
continued data analysis
to understand these
demographic trends. 51
languages are spoken in
NHC. Part of the
As government appointees we agree to du?fully a?end mee?ngs of the C-RAC, represent our community
to the best of our knowledge, and promote the purpose and ac?vi?es of C-RAC throughout Wilmington
and New Hanover County.
language access work of
NHC includes a YouTube
show in Spanish
language to promote
information exchange.
There is a new
Community Resource
Portal on the County
website to find
resources related to
economic, social,
physical, and mental
wellbeing.
Kirsten reported on the
meeting agreements
work – new agenda
format, Goal Leads
report at subsequent
meetings – and shared
the efforts to publish
Fair Housing
information
electronically.
Sabrenia shared her
ideas related to
engagement. She will
work with Linda to think
about the website and
other information
strategies. This
conversation led to a
wide ranging discussion
about inclusion and
exclusion in New
Hanover County.
Tre reported on the
contacts he is making
related to promoting
the work of CRAC. He is
looking for more
information about the
work of CRAC so he can
represent the work
expertly and effectively.
As government appointees we agree to du?fully a?end mee?ngs of the C-RAC, represent our community
to the best of our knowledge, and promote the purpose and ac?vi?es of C-RAC throughout Wilmington
and New Hanover County.
Stephanie reported on
the diversity efforts at
Cape Fear Academy
As government appointees we agree to du?fully a?end mee?ngs of the C-RAC, represent our community
to the best of our knowledge, and promote the purpose and ac?vi?es of C-RAC throughout Wilmington
and New Hanover County.