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<br /> <br /> Mashpee Inclusion and Diversity Committee <br /> 16 Great Neck Road North <br />Mashpee, MA 02649 <br />Meeting Minutes <br />Waquoit Meeting Room <br /> Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at 5:00P.M. <br />Public Call in Number 1 (646)-558-8656 <br />APPROVED: 01/21/2025 <br /> <br />Present: J. Marie Stevenson, Dan Kupferman, Rolf Brandt, Gail Wilson, Richard Klein, Hope <br />Hanscom, Mohamed Zefzaf, Michael Moulis, Winnie Johnson-Graham <br /> <br />Absent: Kim Landry, Ayesha Shafi, Aiman Iqbal, Mohamad Fahd <br /> <br />Also Present: Lauren Surbey – The Mashpee Enterprise <br /> <br />CALL TO ORDER <br />Chair Stevenson called the meeting of the Mashpee Inclusion and Diversity Committee to <br />order at 5:04P.M. <br /> <br />LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT <br />Today we acknowledge this meeting is being held on ancestral lands of the Wampanoag Tribe, <br />also known as People of the First Light. We pay respects to their elders, past and present. <br /> <br />APPROVAL OF MINUTES – November 19, 2024 <br />Dan Kupferman edited a typo on page 2. He changed some of the wording under Who We Are. <br />Lastly, he would like to remove the paragraph on page 3 about the Select Board. Corrections <br />made. <br /> <br />MOTION: <br />Gail Wilson made a motion to accept the meeting minutes as amended. Seconded <br />by Dan Kupferman. All in favor. <br /> <br />MEMBER UPDATES <br />Coalition <br />Ms. Stevenson stated the coalition launched a survey, the goal being to see what all the <br />purposes of these groups are, but also to increase visibility and more involvement. Sandwich <br />For All, a newer group, expressed concerns about communities needing to be ready to protect <br />the vulnerable groups that have been highly targeted, like immigrants and transgender <br />individuals. Important leaders in this field from Falmouth, Sandwich, Barnstable, and Mashpee <br />are working together, not the public or press yet, but the District Attorney will be present, <br />1 <br /> <br /> <br />