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2 <br /> <br />A. Ms. Tara May provided county updates. She announced four members (Ms. Stephanie <br />Harrell, Mr. Matt Case, Ms. Jacqulyn Podger, and Ms. Nancy White) have been in touch <br />with her to get signed up for Racial Equity Institute (REI) training. <br />B. Ms. May reported on HR&R staff’s upcoming outreach schedule. HR&R staff will be at <br />Orange County Schools Resource Fair (on 9/21), La Fiesta de Pueblo (on 9/23), and <br />possibly Orange County Local Fest. HRC members were invited to come to any HR&R <br />outreach events. <br /> <br />V. Updates <br />A. Dr. Stroman reviewed topics the HRC plans to focus on, which are: Housing, Education, <br />and Criminal Justice. <br />B. Dr. Stroman and Ms. Harrell reported that they met with WCHL. They explained one <br />significant talking point of that meeting, which was promoting the HRC and the ‘One <br />Orange’ campaign on www.chapelboro.com. Another talking point was to start-up a <br />blog. It was proposed for the HRC to post six topics in three months. Mrs. Harrell will <br />share a goal oriented template of how the HRC could approach this blogging <br />opportunity. All members are invited to share their thoughts on what to post in a blog. <br />C. Ms. May reviewed the ‘One Orange’ tag line staff came up with, which is: “Celebrating <br />Our Commons Spaces & Diverse Faces”. <br />D. Ms. May announced that the HR&R/HRC website will launch September 27, 2018. <br /> <br />VI. HRC Events & Committee Reports <br />A. Forum <br />1. Mr. Case will be the point person for the next forum. The forum will be on <br />citizenship. It is anticipated to have this forum in January or February 2019. Ms. <br />May will cross-reference forum dates in the past to see what 2019 date makes <br />sense, and from there Mr. Case will report back with a forum date. <br />B. Pauli Murray Awards <br />1. Dr. Stroman noted they will try to work with the Pauli Murray Project in the <br />planning of this year’s Pauli Murray celebration. She will report out when they <br />are ready to meet. <br />C. Community Read <br />a. Dr. Stroman suggested beginning promoting Evicted as the HRC <br />Community Read in celebration of National Reading month in October <br />2018. She explained how this could give readers a great lead time to <br />read Evicted. HRC members discussed having a ‘read event’ in April 2019 <br />versus having a promotional campaign identifying Evicted as a chosen <br />book of the HRC and encourage residents to read, share, and blog about <br />it. Members were in favor of engaging in both ideas for the community <br />read in attempts to engage multiple demographics. <br />D. Community Conversation <br />a. Dr. Stroman briefed on recent discussions with Ms. Annette Moore. <br />They considered having the community conversation on October 1, 2018.