09/19/2023 MASHPEE INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY COMMITTEE Minutes

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Mashpee Inclusion and Diversity Committee 16 Great Neck Road North Mashpee, MA 02649 moderator and people need to raise issues to drive more traffic. He has added a few articles, most recently about the immigration museum and he provided a link. There needs to be more networking of people and different groups across the platform. He stated people could find the page by typing in key words such as diversity, coalition, and Cape Cod. Human Rights Club and Diversity Day – Ayesha The Diversity Day date may be postponed to January, nothing is confirmed. They are continuing on the immigration projects. The Human Rights Club is also interested in the holocaust presenter coming, that is important and they think it should happen. OLD BUSINESS Race Amity Day Grant – Dan Kupferman We did not get awarded the grant this year from MA Cultural Council. We do have a $2,000 budget approved, which is an increase of $1,500 from last year. Chairwoman debriefed Mr. Kupferman regarding the grant and they were inundated with requests this year, 3-5x more requests than last round. We need to consider how we respond in the future to score as high as we can. The Chair will be looking into ways to access more grant money. Cape Cod Five has been a solid supporter of MIDC over the years. There is also a local Mashpee grant we will look into as well. It was asked if $2,000 is enough, to which the response was yes. Last year, we paid at least $500 to one single performer, this one person was higher than any one individual, but we thought she would bring in attendance and we had the grant money to be able to do so. The biggest expense is always the performers. MIDC Logo – Aiman Iqbal Picture of proposed logo was passed around to the members. NEW BUSINESS Tribal Petition Articles for Town Meeting – Guest Brian Weeden via phone Article 10 Brian Weeden- He explained the two petition articles for Town Meeting. The first is for the cemetery expansion, Article 9 is to expand the Old Indian Cemetery. The original vote took place on April 2008 at a special Town Meeting after the Tribe received Tribal recognition. The town authorized the release of the title to the Tribe that authorized the Select Board, on the purpose of expanding the current 8 parcels at Meetinghouse Cemetery. Old Indian Meetinghouse was placed on the National Historical Register of Historic Places, 12 acres, when the original deed included 400 acres. The town and Tribe were in agreement and the Tribe honored deeds for non-tribal members to be buried. The cemetery has non tribal 2