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response to the trial to address the community and how to work through trauma. The Communication Committee will head this initiative. C. Commissioner Castillo discussed the HRC retreat and proposed a virtual work session versus a typical retreat working onboard cohesion. HRC members were in favor of this retreat tactic. HRC members agreed to develop about three (3) Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) recommendations from the HRC's virtual work session. D. Commissioner Castillo listed the HRC's 2021 programs and initiates so far and expressed Kudos to the HRC. V. County Updates A. Ms. Moore announced June 15, 2021, the BOCC will review the Orange County-wide Racial Equity Plan framework and provide. She explained that all Orange County jurisdictions will have their boards review the Racial Equity Plan over the next few weeks. She also announced, the BOCC will recognize Pride Month at their meeting tonight. B. Ms. Moore discussed the Eviction Diversion Program and the position of"Expediter"that the BOCC has approved funding. She informed the HRC how the positon will help divert residents to other resources in effort to prevent residents from facing eviction crises. C. Ms. Moore informed the HRC of the contract hire of a digital marketer, in order to raise the status of the HRC and the department on social media. VI. HRC Events & Committee Reports A. Committee Reports 1. Commissioner David LaBarre provided a status report on the Pauli Murray Carolina K-12 initiative on behalf of the Communication Committee. He noted that his last contact with Kristy of Carolina K-12 was the two instructors would be the only expense for the HRC. He noted how HR&R staff has assisted with getting the appropriate forms to Orange County finance to set up vendors. Commissioner LaBarre reported he and Commissioner Harrell met last week and briefly discussed the collective trauma initiative and decided they needed to get more information on collective trauma. Commissioner Castillo will forward the Communication committee the email of information on collective trauma she received from Ms. Quintana Stewart. The Communication Committee will look to get some insight from Ms. Stewart. 2. Commissioner Ana-Garcia Turner reported on the Board Diversity Committee. She explained they have not met in some time,but the last consensus was to modify a few of the questionnaire questions and get with HR&R staff to distribute them. They are hoping to get better data that may create statements. She noted how the Committee will be looking to schedule a meeting soon. Commissioner Dion Graham noted how the diversity of the advisory boards correlated with the County's demographics. He suggested that a high diversity may be amongst a small number of boards. Those statistics need to be analyzed because there may be many advisory boards that have little diversity. HE explained how those statistics are the ones they would like to have validated. The Committee hopes to have recommendations by October 2021. 3. Commissioner Mahaley provided updates on behalf of the Community Book Read committee. The Committee has decided to have the event on October 17, 2021.