Description
Agenda
1. Call to order
2. Public comment
3. Introduction of Carolina Almonte - new Attorney Investigator
4. Review and approval of July 2020 minutes
5. Executive Director’s Report
• Commission Vacancy – Kuong Ly to Federal Clerkship in NV
6. July 2020 meeting follow up:
• Follow-up from any Commissioner’s attendance at recent virtual conferences, workshops or forum about civil rights topics
• Status of Working Group on CHRC response to George Floyd killing
• Scheduled Cliff Cook for Fall demographic presentation on October 1
7. New Business:
• Greater Boston Housing Report Card: Racial Equity in Housing in the COVID-19 Era [link: https://www.tbf.org/-/media/tbf/reports-and-covers/gbhrc-2020-report-2-racial-equity.pdf]
8. Outreach:
• $15,000 HUD Partnership Grant approved and appropriated
• Revising Fair Housing Event brochure into Story Journal format
9. Future Planning:
• Reschedule CPSD Dep. Supt. Turk and Dir. of Diversity & Development, Ramon DeJesus for future meeting
10. On the bench
• Co-Chair Stadlan’s research into case files on recurrent issues/locations for housing complaints (work in progress)
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