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3 <br /> 1 <br /> 2 Commissioner Dorosin said the schools need to be involved. He said school safety is <br /> 3 important, and getting to and from school is a critical issue. He asked if this could be added <br /> 4 to a school collaboration meeting agenda. <br /> 5 Chair Rich said the school collaboration team is meeting on Friday, and there has <br /> 6 been some confusion about these meetings. She said a facilitator is needed for these <br /> 7 meetings, and one has recently been found. She said the Clerk's office is working on some <br /> 8 dates in January or February for the School Boards to meet, and this will be a topic of <br /> 9 discussion. <br /> 10 Chair Rich said that Commissioner Dorosin talked at a recent meeting about universal <br /> 11 pre-K, and made a petition to look into it. She said there is some information already <br /> 12 gathered, and staff is continuing to research this idea. <br /> 13 Chair Rich said that the Latina Center opened on UNC campus on October 4, which is <br /> 14 exciting. She said she went to an Ambassador Program meeting at the School of <br /> 15 Government, and applications to this program are available. She said they talked about <br /> 16 having civil conversations for four hours, including some conversation about charter schools, <br /> 17 with 95% of the room being on the same page about charter schools. <br /> 18 Chair Rich said she is making a petition to review taking Board meetings on the road. <br /> 19 She said smaller counties are doing this once or twice a year, and she would like to see how <br /> 20 difficult this would be for the BOCC to do. She said the meetings could not be broadcast, but <br /> 21 others have used Facebook Live or other ways to capture the meeting. She asked staff if this <br /> 22 is logistically possible to try in the northern and western parts of the County. <br /> 23 Chair Rich said Durham Councilwoman Javiera Caballero has been getting criticism <br /> 24 as being a non-legitimate person, which is untrue, and offered the Board's support of her. <br /> 25 <br /> 26 4. Proclamations/ Resolutions/ Special Presentations <br /> 27 <br /> 28 a. Recognition of Cedar Ridge High School Students for Video Presented at the <br /> 29 United Nations <br /> 30 <br /> 31 BACKGROUND: Digital Promise Global, the United Nations SDG Action Campaign, and <br /> 32 Oculus launched MY World 360°, supporting youth worldwide to create 360' media as a way to <br /> 33 share their perspectives and advance positive action toward the 17 Sustainable Development <br /> 34 Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations in September 2015. <br /> 35 <br /> 36 The program aims to drive youth engagement and agency, improve youth understanding about <br /> 37 global issues impacting communities around the world, build young people's technical <br /> 38 production skills with new media, and spur public awareness and action. <br /> 39 <br /> 40 Students, under the direction of Cedar Ridge Videography Instructor Andrea DeGette, wrote, <br /> 41 produced and edited a short film titled, "Around the Same Table." Students from 24 nations <br /> 42 submitted 76 videos to MY World 360°. Nine were chosen to be screened at the summit. <br /> 43 Degette applied for an equipment grant through Digital Promise Global and Oculus in spring <br /> 44 2019. <br /> 45 <br /> 46 Justus Alder, who graduated from Cedar Ridge in 2019, filmed and edited "Around the Same <br /> 47 Table." Former Cedar Ridge student Alexis Barnes, a graduate from UNC's Hussman School of <br /> 48 Journalism and Media, taught students how to use the 360 virtual reality equipment. Alder and <br /> 49 Cedar Ridge senior Charles Bunker were featured in the video. <br /> 50 <br />