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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-04-23 NHCHLC Minutes New Hanover County Hispanic/Latino Commission April 23, 2024 5:00 PM I. Call to Order: Meeting called to order at 5:04 p.m. Members present: Dr. Andres Afanador, Dr. Amanda Boomershine, Joseph Casares, Lambeth Chalk, Gabriel Guerra, Janeth Howard, Dr. Susanna Lopez-Legentil, Natalie Picazo, Gustavo Rodea, Maria del Carmen Rodriguez Morales, Dr. Edelmira Segovia, Helen Tarokic Members absent: Flor Bautista Staff:Monica Rohena II. Approve Minutes The minutes will be approved at our next meeting. III. Approve Agenda Motion to approve agenda. Susanna Motion. Andres Seconded it. IV. Chair Comments Flor and Susana terms are ending in April. Edel thanked them for everything that they have done for the Commission. V. New Member Welcome and Introductions 1. Joseph Casares 2. Lambeth Chalk Maria mentioned that the calendar was only scheduled until April. Are we keeping the calendar the fourth Tuesday of every month? It was recommended to keep it as is. Maria Motion. Helen Seconded it. VI. Committee Updates 1. Information and Civic Engagement Subcommittee (Helen, Gustavo, Edel) First meeting planned for Friday at 4:00pm on Zoom. Are inviting to have people who are not in a subcommittee to attend. 2. Advocacy for Public Education Subcommittee (Amanda, Andres, Flor, Natalie) Have been meeting monthlyfor a while. Last meeting was spent discussing what they want to present from their subcommittee. Have running Google document. Most of focus has been public (K-12). Grade level appropriate classes. Have invited speakers to meet with them th serves only 11th and 12 graders) but they want to start reaching out to earlier grades. Reach out to Angel Garcia. There is a discussion to see if a Pilot to expand Mi Casa to middle school particularly for Williston Middle School which feeds New Hanover High School. Chris Madden was an advocate for Juntos and was advocating to have Juntos come to Williston Middle School. -year term. Amanda mentioned that she found out this weekend from a parent, has not been discussed in subcommittee yet, that Ms. Bradford from the School Board cancelled the Latino Student symposium organized by New Hanover High School and held at Cape Fear Community College in late April orMay stating that it is discriminatory and segregating. This is where they had leaders in the community come talk to students about hiring, education, etc. Ms. Bradford pulled the plug on that event this year. They usually pull ESL students not just Latinos to come together at CFCC and have speakers come in. Edel presented last year and it was catered towards minority communities, non-main stream. It shed light on the culture and professionals in the field. It was a great session for students to talk about their realities. A number of different identities were part of that day. Edel would have to go brown, it is an umbrella of diversity. It is not an exclusive event. You can tell that by the students. 3. Language Equity Subcommittee (Gabriel, Maria, Susanna) Janeth chose to be on this committee. Maria brought copies of the survey to have members help finalize this before sending it to Linda for approval so that Gabriel can send it to all non-profits. The goal of the survey is to gather more data so that we can get a better stance where there are barriers. Gabriel has been doing research because there is a lot more that has to be done then just translating documents. VII. Old Business None at this time. VIII. New Business We will be presenting what each subcommittee is working on at the Annual meeting with the Commission. Do not have the date yet but it would likely be in the Fall. Look over the list of everything that we have noted in the minutes for your review. We will also send the combined minutes for the year. In February, Marimer came to speak to us as a guest speaker to talk about her role with the had drawn up and passed this Resolution in Support of Immigrants. They were asked to go back to their cities and counties and to have them approve similar resolutions in support of immigrants. I found that Fayetteville and Carrboro had already done so. Also believe that Wake and someone else had. Every member on this board needs to read this Resolution. It has been assigned to the Information and Civic Engagement Subcommittee to look through it. IX. Other Business 1. Nominations Working Group 40 under 40 nominations due this Friday at noon There are 9 or 10 names Friday. 2. Calendar of Events May 17, 2024, 7:30am-2:30pm - Free dental day at Coastal Cosmetic Family Dentistry in Bolivia, NC. July 12, 13, & 14, 2024 - CERT training in Spanish (Curso Equipo Comunitario de Respuestas a Emergencias) Needs 10 people in order for training to occur. No cap. Anyone in the community that is available can sign up. The more people that get trained, the more flexibility there will be. August 13, 2024, 11:30am to 3:00pm meeting at UNCW. Open to the Public. X. Public Comments None XI. Adjourn: Meeting was adjourned at 6:11pm. Motion to adjourn the meeting. Andres Motion. Gabriel Seconded it. NEXT MEETING May 28, 2024, 5:00pm at the NHC GOVERNMENT BUILDING