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t 40 HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION <br /> Cultivating Community Through Social Justice <br /> Meeting Minutes <br /> Tuesday, December 23, 2025 <br /> 6:00pm— 7:30 pm <br /> via Microsoft Teams <br /> Member lRole #ttendance <br /> Commissioners <br /> Rhian Carreker-Ford (RCF) Commissioner, Chair Present <br /> Tonya Jones, (TJ) Commissioner, Vice Chair Present <br /> Vacant Commissioner, Secretary <br /> en Sykes (JS) Commissioner Present <br /> Josh Ravitch (JR) Commissioner Present <br /> Cory Hogans(CH) Commissioner Present <br /> Shane Lukas (SL) Commissioner Present <br /> Wendy Calvin (WC) Commissioner Present <br /> Krista Caraway(KC) Commissioner Present <br /> Vacant Seat Commissioner <br /> acant Seat Commissioner <br /> Vacant Seat Commissioner <br /> Orange County Staff <br /> Paul Slack(PS) Chief Civil Rights Officer Present <br /> Courtney McLaughlin (CM) Community Engagement & Outreach Coordinator Absent <br /> Shanelle Harvey(SH) Fair Housing Investigator Present <br /> Heather Bolduc(HB) Intake Specialist Present <br /> I. Call to Order — Commissioner Carreker-Ford called the meeting to order at <br /> 6:02 p.m. <br /> II. Agenda Approval—Motion to approve Minutes from November 12, 2025, <br /> meeting by Commissioner Sykes, and Second by Commissioner, Unanimous <br /> Approval. Minutes approved. <br /> III. County Updates -OCCRCL Staff Paul Slack: No updates- We will have new <br /> updates at the January meeting. <br /> IV. Commissioner Sykes to begin drafting Proclamation for Human Rights Month, <br /> draft will be needed by second week of January 2026. Commissioners Sykes, <br /> Caraway, and Ravitch will assist in drafting and give to BOCC. <br /> V. Commissioner Caraway discussed possibilities of how the HRC can assist <br /> victims and survivors of Domestic Violence. And, how best to support people <br /> without a voice (such as disabled non-speaking individuals) when they have <br /> been failed or harmed by County agencies. Commissioners agreed to work on <br />