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important accomplishments?). o Mr. Spivey motioned, Ms. Castillo seconded the motion and all were in favor. x Bullet #7 (under: What are your Board/Commission’s most important accomplishments?) o Ms. Castillo motioned Mr. Spivey seconded the motion and all were in favor. B.HRC members held a discussion on #5 & #6 under: What are the concerns or emerging issues your board has identified for the upcoming year that it plans to address, or wishes to bring to the Commissioners’ attention? They discussed the UNC Gilling’s Graduate student project and ways the HRC can engage institutions of higher learning on social justice issues. Ms. Tomeka Ward-Satterfield suggested that if the HRC engages UNC, then the HRC may want to consider engagement with the Durham Tech Campus in Northern Orange. Ms. Brenda Amezquita-Castro explained the UNC Gillings Graduate Students projects and some of the results to and data that analyze racial equity across systems. HRC members questioned the level of HRC involvement in this specific project, and whether it should be noted on the Work Plan as it is. Mr. Dion Graham suggested the achievement gap in both county schools be an issue that the HRC list on the Work Plan by way of a forum or conversation on the achievement gap as a social justice issue. Ms. Amezquita-Castro suggested modifying the section to encompass everyone’s suggestions. She explained this would open the possibility for HRC to engage all institutions. The following was her suggestion; engaging the community in racial issues at large and how each institution is taking action to address social justice issues. C.Mr. Spivey moved that all the agreed upon recommendations, suggestions, additions and modifications made at this meeting be accepted as a final draft of the Annual Report and Work Plan. Ms. Ana Garcia seconded the motion and all were in favor. VII. HRC Events & Committee Reports A. Pauli Murray Awards 1. Ms. Castillo announced that the committee decided that there will be three age groups for the video contest. The age groups would be 11-14, 15-18, and 19-23. 2. Ms. May reminded HRC members that the student contest topic can be about anything related to human relations. She noted that February is Human Relations month. Ms. May reported that she put out promotions of the contest and award nominations via newsletters and the county’s communication department. She noted that all the schools have received a promotion of award nominations and the student contest. 3. Ms. Moore discussed the possibility of booking Ms. Nikki Giovanna as the speaker for the event. Mr. Spivey motioned to authorize a portion of the HRC’ s 3