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Mash ee IncCusim and Diversit Committee <br /> .p y <br /> 16 Great .Neck RoadWorth <br /> "Mashpee, _%1A 02649 <br /> promoting this effort. She is going to invite the different Chairs of all the Committees and <br /> Boards as well as the Town Manager to stop in and see the project. <br /> Ms. Johnson-Graham commented on the Clean Water Act and the Mass Breast Cancer <br /> Coalition. There have been studies from Harvard about PFAs, the fish having cancer and <br /> tumors, it's even in food packaging and our cookware like Teflon. We as a community all eat <br /> the same fish. There will be a movie about the devil we don't know, Teflon and the smoke <br /> stacks going up with birds dying. Women are pregnant and having miscarriages along with <br /> infertility and cancer. The oysters got depleted and there needs to be more done about this. <br /> Ms. Stevenson brought the discussion back to the workshops, the third one being on Built <br /> Systems. That is the opportunity to talk about sidewalks and crosswalks, going back to the <br /> elderly woman who was killed. The Committee needs to speak on behalf of that and what <br /> access students, people without cars, elderly, and that area on 28 where there is no crosswalk. <br /> She has been impressed with the people she has shared tables with in the breakout sessions. <br /> Ms. Stevenson thought the town would benefit greatly from a grant writer, somebody who <br /> would write grants for all programs, and she likes this idea. <br /> OLD BUSINESS <br /> 1. Update on Who We Are <br /> The budget has been completed. This was a wonderful experience and a lot of hard work was <br /> devoted. She has the highest respect for the teachers and they don't get enough credit for their <br /> hard work. We want to keep promoting this effort. This will be a legacy program, after August it <br /> will be moved to the high school and other parts of the community to be added onto. There <br /> were 14 total countries represented. Some ideas so far are the Assistant Manager at Siena is <br /> from Nepal and the owner of Polar Cave is an immigrant. For now we are focusing on the <br /> students that come here from different countries. In terms of support, it was funded by <br /> Mashpee Cultural Council and $2000 from Cape Cod 5, and every penny was used. It takes <br /> money to do these projects. She was also impressed with restaurants like Estia, Sienna, <br /> Burrito Bistro, and Asia that were able to donate cultural samplings of their food. <br /> 2. Review of Race Amity Day Festival <br /> Ms. Stevenson was very pleased with Race Amity Day, she commented on what a great job <br /> everyone did. She was especially grateful because the other project took up most of her time <br /> but the subcommittee managed it all. Volunteers and the community help was tremendous. <br /> The Polar Cave donated their ice cream. <br /> 4 <br />