01/12/2021 MASHPEE INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY COMMITTEE Minutes

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With A Cop" . The pandemic put some restrictions on the usual person to person experience where a given officer would take a child shopping and out to lunch.Nevertheless 10 students were selected and Officer Hennessey and Officer Cuzzo did the shopping. (b)The police department had a fund of$1000 which they used to hand out gift cards to the public at random. (c) Officer Hennessey now brings a comfort dog to the schools from Monday to Thursday. This approach is also used with cases of domestic violence and with children outside of school as indicated. 9.1r terfaith Panel : The chair discussed the difficulty of finding participants due to retirement, deaths, and closing of churches. She is in communication with our local Rabbi, Elias Lieberman, who has raised some good questions : What is the purpose?What questions would we like answered. ? At this point it remains a work in progress and the ultimate goal will be to create a two way communication thread with Mr. Klein and Ms Nadeau as our representatives. Mr. Ney of Mashpee TV will assist with the proposed panel discussion. 10 Town:(a)In addition to her usual duties as Human Services Director , Ms. Gail Wilson has taken on the task for housing assistance previously handled by Mashpee Housing Authority. She expressed excitement to be working on this project and is developing applications. The program will offer rental and mortgage assistance for 6 months. Her work will provide a perspective on the needs of our community (b)The chair reported that some monies from the Mashpee Community Preservation Fund were used to join with other towns to develop an affordable housing complex for Autistic Cape Cod citizens. 11 League of Women Voters: The chair reported that the League has a Diversity and Inclusion Initiative. She attended its December Zoom program. It was noted that the education subcommittee will offer a scholarship to provide membership costs for high school students. 12 Coalition: The chair will host a January meeting for the newly named Cape Cod&South Shore Diversity Coalition. The Sandwich School Committee has created the Inclusion,Equity, and Diversity Advisory Committee which will be invited to join the coalition. OLD BUSINESS: 1. Budget Request Town Manager, Rodney Collins has approved a$500 budget for the committee. While the committee cannot raise money donations can be accepted and Mr.Kupferman will donate part of the payment he receives from the Mashpee Enterprise for his column. 2. Social Media Request. The chair is waiting for a decision. 3. Member Sharing: (a) The chair attended Conversations That Matter at which a short film ,White Space, was previewed interviewing 4 women of color on Cape Cod. (b)The Barnstable NPFH will be be offering Bystander Training this month. (c) Falmouth NPFH is offering its annual Martin Luther King program on January 25`h. (d)The chair recommends the documentary on Netflix"The Antidote"which deals with kindness. NEW BUSINES 1. Ms Celeste Reynolds from Mashpee Middle High School presented a power point program on Open Street Mapping. Committee members are invited to participate in a Mapathon on February 8. She has provided the chair with her power point program. 2. Letter of appreciation to Jennifer Clifford was recommended by the chair and approved. 3. Conflict of Interest Training. All committee members must take the on line training by April.2, 2021 4. Town Report. The committee report for 2020 must be completed by February 8. The chair will write a draft and submit to Ms. Deboer and Ms.Sue Wilson for editing. MEETING ADJOURNMENT: The meeting adjourned at 11:30 a.m. Next meeting Feb.9.