4/23/2007 AFFIRMATIVE ACTION Minutes

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AFFIRMATIVE ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING OF APRIL 23, 2007 MASHPEE TOWN HALL Committee Members present: Janice Rhoden, Vice Chairman, and Patrick Duffy. Marilyn Farren was also present during the sheeting. Brian Kerhl of the Enterprise was also in attendance. Meeting convened at 5:30 p.m. Update on Chairman Patrick Duffy reported that Steven Peters had decided not to move and that he would still like to continue his involvement with the committee through the"No Place for Hate" activities. He asked if the committee would be interested in changing their meeting to a Friday evening or weekend. This would be difficult for both Janice and Marilyn because of family commitments. Mashpee Village - Summer Barbegtte Donna French, resident services coordinator at the Mashpee Village's community action and housing assistance corporation met with the committee. She will assist the committee in any way to get the word out about the"No Place for Hate" program, They will put an article in their newsletter. Donna indicates.that she has worked with Louise Patrick, Human Services Coordinator. They have an annual barbeque at Mashpee Village in August where two hundred people attend, It is a community effort where people with different ethnic backgrounds attend. It is a good place for outreach. They are trying to work with kids and have an official game on Saturday, face painting and a slip and slide dunk tank. Janice Rhoden suggested putting on a skit about race issues where they could get the kids involved. Slogan for Mashpee Janice discussed the idea of having a"No Place for Hate" slogan for Mashpee in light of the recent tragic event that happened down in Virginia at the college. Committee Membership Discussion centered on getting more members. Janice expressed concern in completing activities without the membership. Janice will contact Student Services at the Cape Cod Community College about putting a membership driver flyer on their bulletin board targeting Mashpee students and then plans would be to have a follow up meeting with the students to discuss cultural awareness. Patrick Duffy will talk with Steven Peters to find out the status of going to the Chamber of Commerce meetings to solicit interest. We will check with the Council on Aging Director to request that he run something in the Senior Citizens newsletter. Conference Call Members will contact Myriam Zuber at the Anti-Defamation League by way of a conference call for assistance on activities and guidance for help with membership. We