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Home My WebLink About12.15.2021 - Inclusion, Diversity and Equity Commission - Meeting Packet MINUTES Inclusion, Diversity and Equity Commission 6:00 PM - Wednesday, November 17, 2021 GoToMeeting CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 6:28 pm, by Jeffrey Robinson, Chairperson when quorum was achieved. ROLL CALL Commissioners: Joel Nunn-Sparks (absent), Jeffrey Robinson, Kyle Saltz (absent), Naima Chambers Smith, Elouise Sparks, Carly Coburn. Others Present: Angela Pashon (staff liaison), Lynn Carlson (facilitator), Dave Zabell (City Manager) APPROVAL OF MINUTES Commissioner Coburn moved to approve the Minutes of the August 18, 2021 meeting. Seconded by Commissioner Chambers -Smith. Motion carried unanimously. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 12/1 Community Event Commissioner Robinson to send draft agenda. Review of Workplan Recommendations will be presented in an end of term report to City Council. Facilitator Carlson to collect commissioner information. Commissioner Chambers- Smith volunteered to put report together. Commissioner Robinson to present to City Council. STAFF REPORTS Page 1 of 2 City Manager Zabell discussed the terms of the commission are set to expire December 31, 2021. The City Council will need to determine the disposition of the commission. NEW BUSINESS None ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 7:46 pm. PASSED AND APPROVED THIS ___ DAY OF _______, 20__ APPROVED: Page 2 of 2 AGENDA Inclusion, Diversity and Equity Commission 6:00 PM - Wednesday, December 15, 2021 GoToMeeting Register: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/5000342907843733259 Listen-Only: Dial: 631-922-3221 / Access Code: 602-592-411 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL (a) Commissioners: Joel Nunn-Sparks, Jeffrey Robinson, Kyle Saltz, Naima Chambers Smith, Elouise Sparks, Carly Coburn. 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES (a) MOTION: I move to approve the Minutes of the November 17, 2021 meeting. 4. STAFF REPORTS 5. NEW BUSINESS (a) January City Council Presentation (b) Debrief of 12/1 Community Event (c) Diverse Holiday Calendar 6. MISCELLANEOUS DISCUSSION 7. ADJOURNMENT Page 1 of 1 IDEC FINAL REPORT Presented by Chair Jeffrey A. Robinson What We Will Cover Core Concepts to Consider Goals from the IDEC Workplan and Actions Taken Recommendations Submitted to Council Questions from Council members Core Concepts Listening Sessions and Community Engagement: Key component of our work Intended to be held on a quarterly basis and rotated through each city council district COVID-19 Pandemic created challenges Core Concepts ◦IDEC Work Plan: ◦Transparency to the community of purpose and plan ◦Adaptable to meet any challenges ◦A presentation was also given to the city council exploring the plan in depth and soliciting their feedback. ◦Approved by the commission in January 2021. Goals from the IDEC Workplan and Actions Taken Goal 1C. Support and promote diverse cultural and heritage events in Pasco: A Diverse Calendar is in development and will be submitted to council by the end of the month. Goal 2A. Hold Inclusion, Diversity and Equity meetings in the community on a quarterly basis as well as Improve engagement with the City: (Considering COVID 19 impact) We have held two listening sessions with the community To assist in improving community engagement, the IDE Commissioners have provided council a list of over 30 community organizations and local groups Goals from the IDEC Workplan and Actions Taken Cont. Goal 3A. Introduce evaluation/assessment tools Goal 3B. Introduce annual inclusion audit and scorecard: •IDEC recommends that council review and utilize the 28-page Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE), Racial Equity Toolkit provided by Commissioner Chambers-Smith during her strategic planning presentation. •The Toolkit is designed to support local governments in integrating “explicit consideration of racial equity in decisions, including policies, practices, programs, and budgets.” •https://racialequityalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/GARE-Racial_Equity_Toolkit.pdf Goals from the IDEC Workplan and Actions Taken Cont. Goal 3C. Help the City of Pasco develop a strategic equity plan •IDEC provided Council a Strategic Equity Plan Outline. As a result, an Equity Plan has been included in the 2021/2022 biennial budget to include practices, procedures, and inclusive strategies (pending hiring consultants.) Goals from the IDEC Workplan and Actions Taken Cont. Goal 3D. Recommend opening trainings to be accessible to the community and local business owners looking to educate themselves on diversity, equity, and inclusion Examples of free DEI training accessible to the community and businesses: ◦Microsoft eLesson: Unconscious Bias: https://www.mslearning.microsoft.com/course/72169/launch ◦Facebook Corporation: Managing Unconscious Bias https://managingbias.fb.com/ ◦Coursera Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace: https://www.coursera.org/learn/diversity- inclusion-workplace#about? ◦edX Inclusive Leadership Training: https://www.edx.org/course/leading-with-effective- communication-inclusive-lea ◦Race: The Power of an Illusion hosted by Mid-Columbia Libraries: https://midcolumbialibraries.kanopy.com/product/race Recommendations for Council Establish IDEC as a permanent standing commission with staggered terms •Opportunity to maintain consistency amongst the commission and execution of the approved workplanEstablish Extend the current commission term pending Councils' decision to utilize IDEC as a long-term tool •Opportunity for new commissioner onboardingExtend Consider increasing the number of Commissioners appointed to IDEC •Opportunity to ensure quorum at each meeting. Consider Consider Participating in or sponsoring community event collaborations such as the MLK Day of Service event. •An example of city participation could be developing a set of rules or criteria allowing event organizers to apply for direct city sponsorship or allowing the city to waive fees for spaces used by specific events. Consider Overall Conclusions Despite the challenges IDEC has benefited the people of Pasco and provided insight to the council. Establishing the IDEC, proves the city’s commitment to equity, inclusion, and true leadership. IDEC is dedicated to serving the people of our city and has strictly followed all mandates Promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion requires a collective effort. It cannot fall on the shoulders of one commission, one council, or one staff It is every city staff and council member's responsibility to be a part of equitable and inclusive actions to build internal capacity and sustainability. DEI must be embedded in EVERYTHING that the city does. Pasco City Council Inclusion, Diversity, Equity Commission (IDEC) Religious and Cultural Holidays, Festivals and Observances of 2022 Completed by Commissioner Carly Coburn Commissioner Recommendation: This document should be assumed incomplete and to be a living document. This list should be given to the Arts and Cultures commission for cross referencing as well as to help define the importance and summary of each day and event listed to the City Council if IDEC is not continued. January 2022: Co-dependency Awareness Month, Glaucoma Awareness Month, 1st New Year Day 2nd 3rd 4th World Braille Day (World) 5th 6th Epiphany (Christian), 7th 8th 9th Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti (Hindu), Baptism of Jesus (Christian) 10th Bodhi Day (Buddhist) 11th 12th National Youth Day (USA), Swami Vivekananda Jayanti (Hindu) 13th Lohri (Hindu) 14th Makara Sankranti (Hindu), Pongal (Hindu) 15th 16th 17th Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Observance) 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd Mahayana New Year (Buddhist) 23rd Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti (Hindu) 24th Moebius Syndrome Awareness Day (World) 25th 26th Republic Day (Hindu) 27th 28th 29th 30th Martyrs’ Day (Hindu, the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi), Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) Awareness Day (World) 31st World Leprosy Day (World) February 2022: Black History Month, Jewish Disability Awareness & Inclusion Month, 1st Chinese New Year, Start of White Cane Week (Disability Awareness) 2nd Candlemas (Christian), Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness Day, Groundhog Day 3rd 4th World Cancer Day, Rosa Parks Day 5th Vasant Panchami (Hindu), 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th St. Valentine’s Day (Christian), Valentine’s Day (World, non-religious), Birthday of Frederick Douglas (USA), Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day/Start of Awareness Week, National Donor Day 15th Nirvana Day (Buddhist), Hazarat Ali’s Birthday (Hindu), International Childhood Cancer Day 16th Magha Puja Day (Buddhist), Guru Ravidas Jayanti (Hindu) 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st Presidents’ Day 22nd Beginning of Eating Disorder Awareness Week, National Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day 23rd 24th 25th 26th Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti (Hindu) 27th Anosmia Awareness Day 28th Lailat al Miraj (Islam), Rare Disease Day (Awareness) March: Women’s History Month, Brain Injury Awareness Month, Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month, Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Awareness Month, Developmental Disabilities Month, Endometriosis Awareness Month, Epilepsy Month, Essential Tremor Month, Kidney Month, Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month, Self-Injury Awareness Month, Trisomy Awareness Month, Irish Heritage Month 1st Maha Shivaratri (Hindu), Disability Day of Mourning (observance of disabled people murdered by parents and caregivers), Self-Injury Awareness Day, International Wheelchair Day, Isra and Mi’raj, Shorve Tuesday (Christian, Mardi Gras), St. David’s Day (Christian) 2nd Ash Wednesday (Christian), Read Across America Day 3rd 4th Ramakrishna Jayanti (Hindu), Employee Appreciation Day 5th 6th World Lymphoma Awareness Day 7th Beginning of World Glaucoma Week 8th International Women’s Day 9th 10th Birthday of Harriet Tubman 11th 12th 13th Daylight Saving Time starts 14th 15th 16th Purim (Jewish, begins at sundown) 17th St. Patrick’s Day (Christian), St. Patrick’s day (World holiday), Chhoti Holi (Hindu), Holika Dahan (Hindu) 18th Lialat al Bara’ah (Islam), Holi (Hindu), National Trisomy 18 Awareness Day, 19th St Joseph Day (Christian) 20th Spring Equinox (Seasonal Observance, Pagan) 21st International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (UN), World Down Syndrome Day (UN), 22nd 23rd Shaheed Diwas (Hindu) 24th World Tuberculosis Day (WHO) 25th National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day 26th Purple Day for Epilepsy 27th Amniotic Fluid Embolism (AFE) Awareness Day 28th 29th National Vietnam War Veterans Day 30th Doctor’s Day 31st Cesar Chavez Day April 2022: Cushing Disease/Syndrome Awareness Month, Paralyzed Veterans Across America Month, Autism Acceptance Month (Light It Up Red), Limb Loss Awareness Month, Parkinson’s Awareness Month 1st 2nd Start of Ramadan (Islam, begins at sundown), Ugadi (Hindu), Gudi Padwa (Hindu), World Autism Acceptance Day (UN) 3rd 4th 5th 6th Bohring-Opits Syndrome Day (UN), National Tartan Day 7th World Health Day 8th Cushing Disease/Syndrome Awareness Day 9th 10th Palm Sunday (Christian), Rama Navami (Hindu), National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 11th Beginning of Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week, Parkinson’s Disease International Awareness Day, 12th National Library Workers’ Day 13th Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) Awareness Day, Sarcoidosis Awareness Day 14th Maundy (Holy) Thursday (Christian), Mahavir Swami Jayanti (Hindu), Ambedkar Jayanti (Hindu), Baisakhi (Hindu) 15th Passover (Jewish, begins at sundown), Good Friday (Christian) 16th Theravada New Year (Buddhist), Holy Saturday (Christian) 17th Easter (Christian), World Hemophilia Day (UN), 18th Easter Monday (Christian), 19th Beginning of Porphyria Awareness Week, Beginning of National MS Awareness Week, Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Action Day 20th 21st The start of the Gathering of Nations (Indigenous) 22nd Earth Day, Beginning of World Primary Immunodeficiency (PI)Week 23rd St George’s Day (Christian), Fibrodysplasia Ossification Progressiva (FOP) Awareness Day 24th 25th World Malaria Day (WHO), World Meningitis Day 26th 27th Yom HaShoah (Jewish) 28th Laylat al Qadr (Islam), Take Your Child To Work Day 29th Jamat Ul-Vida (Hindu), Arbor Day 30th May 2022: Mental Health Awareness Month, Jewish American Heritage Month, Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Allergy/Asthma Awareness Month, ALS Awareness Month, American Stroke Month, Arthritis Month, Bladder Cancer Awareness Month, Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Month, Brain Tumor Awareness Month, Celiac Awareness Month, Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) Awareness Month, Hepatitis Awareness Month, High Blood Pressure Education Month, Huntington’s Disease Awareness Month, Lupus Awareness Month, Lyme Disease Awareness Month, Mobility Awareness Month, Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month, Myositis Awareness Month, 1st National Childhood Stroke Awareness Day 2nd Eid-al-Fitr (Islam), Beginning of Brain Tumor Action Week 3rd 4th Kent State Shooting Remembrance Day 5th Cinco de Mayo, Cri du Chat Syndrome Day, World Asthma Day, Ependymoma Awareness Day, Tom Ha’atzmaut (Jewish) 6th Shankaracharya Jayanti (Hindu), National Nurses Day, Military Spouse Appreciation Day 7th Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti (Hindu) 8th Beginning of Brain Injury Awareness Week, World Ovarian Cancer Awareness Day, Mother’s Day 9th 10th World Lupus Day 11th 12th International Fibromyalgia (FM) Awareness Day, International Awareness Day for Chronic Immunological and Neurological Diseases (CIND) 13th 14th Apraxia Awareness Day 15th International Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) Awareness Day 16th Buddha Purnima (Buddhist) 17th International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia (LGBTQ+), Worldwide Neurofibromatosis (NF) Awareness Day 18th 19th Birthday of Malcom X, National Schizencephaly Awareness Day 20th International Behcet’s Disease Awareness Day, World Autoimmune Arthritis Day, Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) 21st Armed Forces Day 22nd Harvey Milk Day (LGBTQ+) 23rd International Day to End Obstetric Fistula (UN) 24th Schizophrenia Awareness Day 25th World Thyroid Day (WTD), National Missing Children’s Day 26th Ascension Day (Christian) 27th 28th 29th 30th World Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Day, Memorial Day 31st June 2022: Pride Month (LGBTQ+), Caribbean American Heritage Month, Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month, Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome (APS) Awareness Month, Migraine and Headache Awareness Month, Hemiplegic Migraine Awareness Month, PTSD Awareness Month 1st World Hypoparathyroidism Awareness Day 2nd Maharana Pratap Jayanti (Hindu), Indigenous Citizenship Act of 1924 3rd 4th Tri-Cities Pride Festival (LGBTQ+), Beginning of Shavuot (Jewish) 5th Pentecost (Christian), Indigenous 6th 7th National Cancer Survivors Day 8th World Brain Tumor Day 9th 10th 11th Neuropathy Action Awareness Day 12th Trinity Sunday (Christian), Loving Day 13th International Albinism Awareness Day (UN) 14th Kabirdas Jayanti (Hindu) 15th 16th 17th CDKL5 Worldwide Awareness Day 18th Autistic Pride Day 19th Juneteenth, World Sickle Cell Day (UN), Father’s Day 20th 21st Global Day of Recognition of ALS/MND, Beginning of Deaf/Blind Awareness Week, Summer Solstice (Seasonal/Pagan) 22nd 23rd Dravet Syndrome Awareness Day 24th 25th World Vitiligo Awareness Day 26th 27th National PTSD Awareness Day, Helen Keller Day 28th 29th Saints Peter and Paul, World Scleroderma Awareness Day 30th Arthrogryposis Awareness Day July 2022: Disability Pride Month, Fragile X (FXS) Awareness Month, National Cleft & Craniofacial Awareness & Prevention Month, Sarcoma Research Awareness Month, 1st Jagannath Rath Yatra (Hindu) 2nd Birthday of Thurgood Marshall 3rd 4th American Independence Day 5th 6th Birthday of Frida Kahlo 7th 8th Waqf al Arafa – Hajj (Islam) 9th Eid-al-Adha 10th Bakrid (Hindu) 11th 12th Heterochromia Awareness Day 13th Guru Purnima (Hindu), Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST) Awareness Day 14th 15th St Vladimir (Christian) 16th Rural Transit Day 17th 18th Birthday of Nelson Mandela 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd World Sjogren’s Day 24th National Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) Day, Parents’ Day 25th St. James the Great Day 26th American’s With Disabilities (ADA) anniversary 27th 28th World Hepatitis Day 29th 30th Hijra (Islamic New Year, Gastroschisis Awareness Day 31st August 2022: Digestive Tract Paralysis (DTP) Month, Don’t be a Bully Month, Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month, Steven-Johnson Syndrome (SJS) 1st Lammas (Christian) 2nd 3rd 4th Tulsidas Jayanti (Hindu) 5th 6th 7th Tisha B’Av (Jewish), Purple Heart Day 8th Day of Ashura (Islam) 9th International Day of the World’s Indigenous People (UN) 10th 11th Raksha Bandhan (Hindu) 12th 13th 14th 15th The Assumption of Mary (Christian) 16th 17th 18th Janmashtami (Hindu) 19th 20th 21st 22nd National Senior Citizens Day 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st Ganesh Chaturthi (Hindu) September 2022: National Hispanic Heritage Month, National Recovery Month, Achalasia Awareness Month, Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, Alopecia Awareness Month, Lymphoma Awareness Month, National Guide Dog Month, National Hydrocephalus Awareness Month, National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, Orthostatic Tremor Awareness Month, Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, Chronic Pain Awareness Month, Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) Awareness Month, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) Awareness Month, Prostate Awareness Month, Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month, Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month, World Alzheimer’s Disease Month 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Disability Awareness Day, Labor Day 6th 7th Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Day 8th Onam (Hindu) 9th International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Awareness Day 10th 11th National Grandparents’ Day, 9/11 Memorial, 12th 13th Celiac Disease Awareness Day 14th Holy Cross Day (Christian) 15th Visvesvaraya Jayanti (Hindu), World Lymphoma Awareness Day 16th National POW/MIA Recognition Day 17th 18th National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day 19th Usher Syndrome Awareness Day 20th Beginning of International Week of the Deaf 21st World Alzheimer’s Day 22nd Autumnal Equinox (Seasonal/Pagan) 23rd International Day of Sign Language 24th Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (aHUS) Awareness Day 25th Beginning of Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year), International Ataxia Awareness Day 26th First Day of Navratri (Hindu), Maharaja Agrasen Jayanti (Hindu), Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Day 27th 28th 29th Michael and All Angels (Christian) 30th October 2022: Global Diversity Awareness Month, National Disability Employment Awareness Month, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, National Polish American Month, ADHD Awareness Month, Depression Education and Awareness Month, Dwarfism Awareness Month, Down Syndrome Awareness Month, Dysautonomia Awareness Month, Dyslexia Awareness Month, Eczema Awareness Month, Liver Cancer Awareness Month, Learning Disability Awareness Month, Raynaud’s Awareness Month, Rett Syndrome Awareness Month, Selective Mutism Awareness Month, Spina Bifida Awareness Month 1st 2nd Gandhi Jayanti (Hindu) 3rd Durga Ashtami (Hindu) 4th Beginning of Yom Kippur (Jewish), Maha Navami (Hindu) 5th Dussehra (Hindu), World Day of Bullying Prevention, American Veterans Disabled for Life Awareness Day 6th World Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day 7th International Trigeminal Neuralgia Awareness Day, Team Margot Stem Cell and Bone Marrow Awareness Day 8th Milad un Nabi (Islam), International Podiatry Day, World Blind Day/World Sight Day 9th Valmiki Jayanti (Hindu), PANDAS/PANS Awareness Day, Beginning of Sukkot (Jewish) 10th World Mental Health Day, Indigenous Peoples’ Day 11th 12th 13th Karwa Chauth (Hindu), Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day, World Thrombosis Day 14th 15th 16th Simchat Torah (Jewish) 17th 18th 19th 20th World Osteoporosis Day 21st Spirit Day (LGBTQ+) 22nd 23rd 24th Lakshmi Puja (Hindu), Narak Chaturdashi (Hindu), Diwali (Hindu), World Polio Day 25th Hydrocephalus Day, Beginning of International Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week 26th Govardhan Puja (Hindu), Bhaiya Dooj (Hindu) 27th 28th 29th World Stroke Day 30th Chhath Puja (Hindu) 31st Halloween (Secular), All Hallows Eve (Christian) November 2022: Indigenous Heritage Month, Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, COPD Awareness Month, Dercum’s Disease (Adiposis Dolorosa) Awareness Month, Diabetes Awareness Month, Epilepsy Awareness Month, Lung Cancer Awareness Month, Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month, Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, Men’s Health Awareness Month, 1st All Saints’ Day (Christian) 2nd All Souls’ Day (Christian) 3rd Dia de los Muertos 4th Beginning of International Stress Awareness Week 5th 6th International Stress Awareness Day, Daylight Savings Time ends 7th 8th Guru Nanak Jayanti (Hindu) 9th 10th 11th World Usability Day, Veterans Day 12th World Pneumonia Day 13th World Pancreatic Cancer Day 14th Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Jayanti (Hindu), World Diabetes Day (UN) 15th World Ohtahara Syndrome Awareness Day 16th International Day for Tolerance (UN), Dutch American Heritage Day 17th 18th World COPD Day 19th 20th Christ the King (Christian), Transgender Day of Remembrance (LGBTQ+) 21st 22nd 23rd 24th Thanksgiving, N24 Awareness Day 25th Presidents’ Day 26th 27th First Sunday of Advent (Christian) 28th 29th 30th St. Andrew’s Day (Christian) December 2022: Constipation Awareness Month 1st World AIDS Day, Rosa Parks Day 2nd 3rd International Day of Persons with Disabilities 4th 5th 6th St. Nicholas Day (Christian) 7th Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day 8th 9th 10th International Human Rights Day (UN) 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th The Beginning of Los Posadas 17th 18th Beginning of Chanukah (Jewish) 19th 20th 21st Winter Solstice (Seasonal/Pagan) 22nd 23rd 24th Christmas Eve (Christian) 25th Christmas (Christian) 26th Beginning of Kwanzaa 27th 28th Holy Innocents (Christian) 29th Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti 30th 31st Watch Night (Christian), New Year’s Eve