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TO CALL THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS MEETING TO ORDER FOR AUGUST 27TH, 2025.MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE TIME.
AND MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
COMMISSIONER DONDO SCOTT? HERE.
CHAIR MALBECK HERE FOR THE RECORD.
COMMISSIONER IS EXCUSED FROM THE MEETING.
UH, ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? OKAY.
UM, ITEM TWO HAS BEEN CANCELED BECAUSE OUR SPEAKER UNFORTUNATELY WAS UNAVAILABLE TO MAKE IT TODAY.
UM, BUT WE DO HAVE SESSION ITEM SHOULD BE GREAT.
UM, ON AUGUST 12TH, THE LETTER RECOGNIZING WOMEN'S EQUALITY TODAY FROM THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN GIRLS WAS TRANSMITTED TO THE MAYOR IN CITY COUNCIL.
AND OUR VICE CHAIR ACTUALLY DID READ THAT LETTER OF COMMENT.
AS A LAST COUNCIL MEETING COUNCIL WEEKS AGO, ON AUGUST 21ST, THE OFFICE OF EQUITY RECEIVED CONFIRMATION OF OUR MEMBERSHIP IN THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COMMISSIONS FOR WOMEN.
AND THEN ON AUGUST 22ND, THE LETTER THAT WE APPROVED, UM, TO THE LONG BEACH HUMAN TRAFFICKING TASK FORCE REQUESTING COLLABORATION IN DEVELOPING A REPORT ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN AND GIRLS WAS TRANS TRANSMITTED TO THE TASK FORCE.
AND NOW IT'S UP TO THE COMMITTEE TO START WORKING ON THAT REPORT AND FEEDBACK.
UH, SO THAT BEING SAID, MADAM CLERK, CAN WE PLEASE CALL THE FIRST ITEM? ITEM NUMBER ONE IS RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS MEETING OF WEDNESDAY, JULY 23RD, 2025.
MOVED BY, UH, COMMISSIONER DR.
UH, WE'LL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
PLEASE SPEAK UP WHEN PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT.
MAD CLERK, PLEASE CHECK TO SEE IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC EITHER, UM, HERE OR ON ZOOM WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS PANEL.
IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HERE IN PERSON THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE MINUTES, PLEASE STAND SEEING NONE.
THERE ARE NO ATTENDEES IN THE ZOOM TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
SO THAT CONCLUDES COMMENT THE SIDE.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS SIDE? OKAY.
SEEING NONE, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.
SIR, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER THREE? SAME AS ITEM NUMBER TWO IS, UH, FOR THE RECORD YOU'RE WITHDRAWING ITEM NUMBER TWO AND ITEM NUMBER THREE IS RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS AND IDENTIFY OBJECTIVES FOR THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS 2025.
VISION MAPPING SESSION FOR TRUTH.
UH, CAN YOU GET A MOTION ON MS? SO SECOND.
SO WE HAVE A FIRST FROM COMMISSIONER LEVI VIOLET AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER DR.
UM, ALRIGHT, SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE OUR SAFETY, NO, I'M SORRY.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE OUR AD HOC ON, UM, OUR MISSION MAPPING PLANNING PROVIDED PRESENTATION FIRST, WE ARE GOING TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CHECK TO SEE IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? AND IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THEY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER THREE, PLEASE STAND OUT.
SEEING NONE, THERE ARE NO ATTENDEES, VIRTUALLY PARTICIPATE, PUBLIC COMMENTS.
ANL AND I HAVE MET, AND THEN WE MET WITH ALANA AND WHO HELPED US, UH, SORT THROUGH A FEW MORE DETAILS AND REALLY WANNA TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE TO SCHEDULE ONE TO GET A RETREAT DATE SCHEDULED.
AS THAT'S, WE SEE THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF US TO ACTUALLY TALK AND CONNECT, REFLECT ON OUR, THIS PAST YEAR THAT WE'VE BEEN BUILDING A FOUNDATION
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AND THEN PLAN FOR THE NEXT YEAR.UH, I THINK WE'VE MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS AS, UH, ALANA MADE SO BEAUTIFULLY EVIDENT IN THE ANNUAL REPORT WAS CREATED.
UM, BUT THERE'S A REALLY OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER AND PLAN AND HAVE KIND OF A MORE OPEN, UH, FLOOR CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO HAVE AS MUCH DURING THESE MEETINGS.
SO TODAY WE JUST WANNA TAKE A MOMENT AND GET SOME MORE FEEDBACK, INPUT ON HOW EACH OF YOU REALLY WANNA BEST SEE THAT TIME USED.
SO WE HAVE AN ACTIVITY PLANNED.
UH, DO WE, WHERE ARE WE DOING DATES FIRST? SO WE'LL GO WITH GET DATES AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO MORE, UH, OPEN CONVERSATION.
SO WE, UM, THERE'S MAPPING AD HOC IDENTIFIED FOR SATURDAY THAT ESSENTIALLY USED.
SO, UM, I'M GONNA SHARE THOSE DATES AND JUST WITH YOUR HAND IF THAT THOSE DATES WORK FOR YOU.
PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO LOOK AT YOUR CALENDAR, CONSULT, UH, THOSE AROUND YOU.
UM, I JUST WANNA GET A SENSE OF WHO WILL BE AVAILABLE ON WHICH DATES.
SO THE FIRST OPTION IS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH, FOUR SIX AND SEVEN.
WHAT ABOUT I'LL, I'LL CONSULT HER.
UM, BUT IF WE'VE GOT, WE HAVE MAJORITY.
SO WE'RE GONNA GO, WE, WE, EARLIER THIS WEEK, A GROUP OF QUESTIONS WERE SENT TO YOU, UH, FOR YOU TO REVIEW AND TO REFLECT UPON IN FRONT OF YOU, THERE SHOULD BE A POST, UM, SO THAT YOU CAN ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE 180 SECONDS, THREE MINUTES FOR EACH QUESTION.
SO JUST WRITE DOWN THE FIRST THING THAT COMES TO MIND.
NOT A PARAGRAPH, NOT A NARRATIVE, JUST SOMETHING, ONE OR TWO THINGS, BULLET POINTS THAT YOU CAN PUT UP NEXT TO THE QUESTIONS.
SO WE'RE GONNA JUST TAKE SOME, BUT WE'RE GONNA TIME IT SO THAT WE KNOW THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY NOT JUST SPENDING TIME ON QUESTION ONE OR SPENDING ALL OF OUR TIME QUESTION THREE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND WE FINISH IN A, IN A FAIR AMOUNT OF TIME.
OKAY? SO DO WE, MAY I GET A TIMEKEEPER? THANK YOU.
SO WE'RE GONNA DO QUESTION ONE.
SINCE JOINING THE COMMISSION, HOW DO YOU USE YOUR EXPERTISE TO SERVE WOMEN AND GIRLS, UM, IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND IN YOUR COMMUNITY, WHEREVER YOU LIVE IN LONG BEACH AT YOUR JOB, WHATEVER YOUR JOB IS OR YOUR SCHOOL, UM, OR BOTH, UM, HOW ARE YOU USING WHAT YOU, UM, HOW ARE YOU USING YOUR, YOUR ROLE HERE IN ORDER TO HELP THE COMMUNITY HELP THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU? OKAY.
AND LET'S GO ONE, ONE, POST-IT, ONE OR TWO POSTS FROM EVERYONE.
WE'RE GONNA START WITH ONE 180 SECONDS.
AND IF WE NEED MORE TIME, WE CAN TAKE MORE TIME.
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IF YOU WISH TO MOVE AHEAD, FEEL FREE TO MOVE TO THE NEXT QUESTION.THE NEXT QUESTION IS, WHAT SKILLS DO YOU HOPE TO GAIN BY THE END OF YOUR TERM AS COMMISSIONER? THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO THINK OF THIS.
OR WE HAVE A LIFETIME ON THIS COMMISSION OF EIGHT YEARS, FOUR TERMS. SO YOU CAN THINK OF IT.
WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH IN EIGHT YEARS? OR YOU CAN THINK IT AS OUR TWO YEAR.
NOW WE'RE GONNA FOCUS ON, ON OUR RETREAT FOR A MOMENT.
AND WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT THE TANGIBILITY.
WHAT, WHAT TANGIBLE PRODUCT, SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TAKE AWAY, UM, AS AN OUTCOME OF, OR WHAT DECISION DO WE NEED TO MAKE AT THAT RETREAT? WHAT IS SOMETHING TANGIBLE? WHAT ARE THE TANGIBLES THAT WE WANNA LEAVE WITH? WHAT IS SOMETHING WE GO, OKAY, WE WANNA HAVE, AND I'M NOT GONNA SAY BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA LEAD RESEARCHER, UM,
UM, BUT WHAT IS SOMETHING WHERE WE LEAVE? WE'RE GONNA SAY, OH, YES, THAT'S DONE.
AND REMEMBER WE HAVE A RETREAT EVERY YEAR, SO IS FOR THE NEXT 12 MONTHS.
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THANK YOU.AND OUR LAST QUESTION IS, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE THE GROUP, THE COMMUNITY, THE SISTERHOOD TO EXPERIENCE AT RETREAT?
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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION.WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO NOW IS WE'RE GONNA REVIEW OUR, OUR RESPONSES AND, UM, AND CONSOLIDATE THESE RESPONSES INTO, INTO TANGIBLE, UM, CHUNKS THAT WE CAN TAKE WITH US TO THE, TO THE RETREAT TO WORK ON OR TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE, WHERE WE'RE GOING, UM, HOW WE ARE SHAPING OUR, OUR, OUR COMMISSION FOR THE FUTURE FUTURE.
DID EVERYONE FINISH? JUST A LITTLE QUICK CHECK.
SINCE JOINING THE COMMISSION, HOW DID YOU USE YOUR EXPERTISE, UH, EXPERTISE TO SERVE WOMEN AND GIRLS IN YOUR COMMUNITY? AND SOME OF, UH, SOME OF THAT, THOSE RESPONSES WERE LEARNED ABOUT ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO WOMEN AND GIRLS AND TO PROVIDE RESOLUTION THAT SUPPORT WOMEN AND GIRLS.
SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT, WE, WE WROTE, WE ALL WROTE SOME OF THOSE RESOLUTIONS.
PARENTING, MOTHERHOOD, SOCIAL SKILLS, LEADERSHIP.
ARE THOSE, DO WE SEE ANY TWO? DO WE, ARE WE LOOKING? WE'RE LOOKING FOR THEMES.
I HAVE REACHED TWO OUT TO ORGANIZATIONS, LIKE FOUR GIRL, UH, FOUR GIRLS TO HELP INVOLVE MORE YOUTH IN OUR MEETINGS, BRINGING KEY ISSUES TO, UH, ATTENTION SUCH AS FIRE FACILITIES AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND, UH, MEN, UM, AND MENTORING.
MENTORING YOUNG WOMEN, UM, AT WORK IN THE COMMUNITY.
CONNECT WITH, UM, LISA RESOURCES.
TO HIGHLIGHT IMPORTANT CAUSES, UM, CONNECT WITH OTHER, UH, OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND WITH OUR COMMISSION.
WORK WITH CONFERENCE HAVE ALWAYS VOLUNTEERED WITH WOMEN'S SHELTERS.
UM, AND FOR THE, UH, FOR CHILDREN TO HAVE.
UM, AND THEN WRITING ABOUT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS IN SCHOOLS FOR PUBLICATIONS, UH, AND CREATE A NEW COMMISSION WITH JUNIOR LEAGUE LONG BEACH FOR HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS.
SO YEAH, KIND OF KNOW ALL OF THESE.
WE KIND OF KNOW, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU GUYS SO WELL.
I ALREADY KNOW WHAT, LIKE, WHO WROTE WHAT FOR MANY OF THESE
SO WHAT WE ARE, WHAT WE DO SEE IS THAT WE CREATED RESOLUTIONS.
DO WE, ARE WE GONNA SAY THAT? DO YOU GUYS GIVE, DO YOU WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE SOME OTHER ONES? I THINK, UM, THAT CONNECTING WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IS IN THERE.
AND ANYONE ELSE MENTORING THERE? THANK YOU.
UM, WE CAN ACTUALLY PUT THIS ALSO HERE IS FOUR GIRLS IS RUN BY A JUNIOR WEEK LONG BEACH MEMBER.
UM, SO, UH, ISSUES RELATED LEARN.
WE LEARNED ABOUT ISSUES MENTORING, AND WE LEARNED ABOUT ISSUES IN THE COMMUNITY.
OH, ORGANIZATIONS FOR GIRLS OF LONG BEACH.
I'M GONNA PUT THIS HERE OF THE COMMISSIONS,
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PLEASE.I THINK YOU GOT IT ON THAT ONE.
ISSUES, MOTHERHOOD, TRAFFICKING, FIRE FACILITIES, FIRE FACILITIES, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
THERE ALL KINDS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS.
WAS I SUPPOSED TO LEAVE? MOTHERHOOD AND CHILDCARE.
WHAT? UH, YOU SAID TEEN VIOLENCE? YEAH, I, I GUESS YOU COULD JUST PUT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS.
AND WITH THIS, IF THERE'S SOMETHING I MISSED BUT IT'S TOO HOT OR YOU'RE TOO QUIET, PLEASE FEEL FREE JUST TO WRITE, ADD ON TO IT AS WE MOVE TO THE NEXT ONE.
UM, IF YOU DON'T LIKE ANYTHING, FEEL FREE TO COME UP AND CHANGE IT OR ADDRESS IT LATER.
YOU CAN SEND A TEXT OR SOMETHING.
WHAT SKILLS DO YOU HOPE TO GAIN, UH, AT THE, BY THE END OF YOUR TERM, AS COMMISSIONER? NOW FOR THIS, HOW MANY PEOPLE THOUGHT ABOUT IT IN TWO YEAR TERMS AND HOW MANY PEOPLE THOUGHT OF IT AS LIFETIME? TWO YEARS.
HOW MANY PEOPLE THOUGHT OF IT AS THEIR LIFETIME TERM? THEIR LIFETIME TENURE.
AND SO WE HAVE HERE ABILITY TO SPEAK COHERENTLY, SU AND SUCCINCTLY.
I'M JUST, I COULD USUALLY SAY IT, BUT IT'S JUST RELATED TO FOOD.
I DON'T SEE FOOD IN FRONT OF ME SO I CAN'T SAY IT.
ON ISSUES, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT POLICY MAKING IN THE CITY.
IT IS SOMETHING I'M JUST INTERESTED IN.
DEVELOP A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF HOW, UM, INTERACTION WITH OTHER IDENTITIES AND LIVED EXPERIENCE GENDER INTERACTS WITH OTHER IDENT IDENT IDENTITIES AND SHAPING LIVED EXPERIENCES.
INFORM FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES ABOUT ISSUES DISCUSSED IN OUR WOMEN AND GIRLS MEETINGS.
LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR CITY, UM, AND HOW OUR COMMISSIONS RUN AND CONNECT WITH OTHER COMMISSIONS.
HOW TO MOVE A PROJECT FORWARD WITHIN CITY PROTOCOLS.
ABILITY TO AFFECT REAL CHANGE, GROW ROLES AND PARTNERSHIPS AND ABILITY TO BALANCE VOLUNTEER AND WORK.
IDENTIFY THE NEEDS AND ADDRESS THEM WITHIN THE POLYNESIAN COMMUNITY.
AND BECOME, BECOME A PUBLIC VOICE THAT ADDRESSES SYSTEM FRANCHISE.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF SKILLS THAT WE NEED TO MM-HMM
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A BUSY MEETING.
SO I, I HAVE HERE ABILITY OF SPEAKING.
WHAT ARE SOME THINGS I SHOULD PUT DOWN HERE? I THINK LEARNING THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF THE CITY BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT POLICY AND CONCRETE POLICY.
AND, UM, HOW THE CITY WORKS AND HOW YOU GET THINGS THROUGH IN THE, OKAY.
WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS ABOUT LEADERSHIP, SPEAKING OUT.
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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, NETWORKING.CONNECTION WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PARTNERSHIPS AND I WOULD SAY DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION BASED ON WHAT WE'RE ADDRESSING.
SO THAT WE INFORM THE COMMUNITY.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S SOME PERSONAL INTEREST TOO, IN SPECIFIC, UM, GROUPS OR DEMOGRAPHICS.
SO I MIGHT JUST CALL IT LIKE INTERSECTIONALITY.
OKAY, SO WHAT PRODUCT TANGIBLE THINGS IS NEEDED AS AN OUTCOME OF, OR WHAT DECISIONS DO WE NEED TO MAKE AT THE RETREAT? AND I, I SEE HERE HEADWAY ON THE CONFERENCE.
SPONSORS, UH, SPONSORS ON THE PROPOSED CONFERENCE IN 2026.
UH, KEEP FOCUS AREAS FOR NEXT YEAR.
SET GOALS WITHIN, UM, WITH TIMELINES AND PRIORITIZE THEM.
MY GENERATION IS A VISUAL GENERATION.
IS IS VISUAL GENERATION, IS A VISUAL GENERATION.
AND I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE GRAPHICS OR POSTERS MADE WITH THE CONTENT ABOUT THE GIRLS' ISSUES.
I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE.
MEDIA PAGE SO MORE PEOPLE CAN SEE OKAY.
OH NO, DON'T POINT OUT DON'T ANSWER.
WE'LL BE MORE LIKELY TO SEE, UH, TO SEE IT THERE.
AND THIS IS ANONYMOUS, SO I'M NOT POINTING OUT ANYONE ANONYMOUS.
UM, FOCUS, KEEP, KEEP FOCUSES FOR NEXT YEAR.
CREATED, UH, CREATE ERA, LONG BEACH.
UM, GET CONFERENCE SPECIFIC, LEARN MORE ABOUT OTHER COMMISSIONERS.
REMOVE FOCUS AND GOALS AND COMMITTEES.
TANGIBLE ROADMAP FOR THE FUTURE.
AND WORK MEETINGS, PLANS, IDEAS BASED BUDGET, ALLOCATE ALLOCATIONS, CONFERENCE BASED INITIAL PROGRAMMING TO OTHER, TO BETTER UNDER UNDERSTAND THE GOALS OF THE TEAM.
TEAM BUILDING TO, TO GET TO KNOW EACH MORE MEMBER MORE, UH, CONDUCT AND RESEARCH ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
HALFWAY ON THE CONFERENCE CALENDAR.
COMMUNITY PARTNER, RESOURCE BOOK, AND SPEAKERS' A LOT.
BUT LUCKILY IT'S A LOT, BUT THEY'RE KIND OF SAYING THE SAME THING WHERE WE HAD TWO, LET'S GET SOME, LET'S LIKE, REALLY PUT THIS CONFERENCE TOGETHER.
LET'S MAKE SOME ON THE CONFERENCE THAT I DID SEE THAT.
MORE THAN TWO THAT SAID ON THE CONFERENCE.
AND WE HAVE DISSEMINATION AND THEN WE HAVE, WE HAVE TWO, TWO OVERLAPPING.
WE HAVE DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION HERE AND THEN WE HAVE THAT, WE NEED TO HAVE A SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE HERE.
SO JUST TO NOTE THAT WE HAVE DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION AND VIA, SO THE SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE.
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AND WE HAVE GOAL SETTING TIMELINE TOO.I THINK A COUPLE PEOPLE SAID GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER OR, OH, RELATIONSHIP BUILDING.
SO WE HAVE, SO WE HAVE THREE, JUST SO WE KNOW WE HAVE THREE SOLID THINGS OR THREE OR FOUR.
SO WE HAVE THREE TO FOUR SOLID THINGS THAT WE KNOW THAT WE WANNA TAKE AWAY FROM THE MEETING.
AND THOSE ARE THE CONFERENCE TALKING ABOUT HOW DO WE SHARE THAT INFORMATION THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE WITH THE COMMUNITY.
DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION, UM, TIMELINE, CALENDAR, AND THEN WE WANNA DO THINGS TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS.
AND WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPERIENCE AT THE RETREAT? AND I'M LOOKING, I SEE, I SEE INCREASED CONNECTION AND RELATIONSHIPS.
OPPORTUNITY FOR FREE FLOWING DISCUSSION OF DESIRES, IDEAS, INTEREST FOR COMMISSION, WORK A GROUP, ICE GROUP ICEBREAKERS, GET TO KNOW YOU, UM, CONNECTION WITH EACH OTHER.
CONCRETE GOALS, REAL SENSE OF PURPOSE.
I KNOW THE, I KNOW THE MAYOR POINTS WOMEN AND GIRLS, UH, TO THE COMMISSION, UH, UH, TO THE COMMISSION OF WOMEN AND GIRLS.
CAN WE WRITE A LETTER TO HIM? EXPRESSING OUR CONCERNS FOR TRANS WOMEN, UH, AREN'T REPRESENTED.
I THINK US AS ALLIES, IT'S IMPORTANT TO ADVOCATE FOR REPRESENTATION ON THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS.
SO WE WANNA BUILD IN SOME, WE WANNA BRING IN LETTER, LETTER WRITING.
WRITING, UH, CONNECTIONS CONSISTS ON, UH, COLLEGIALITY CONSISTS ON 2026.
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, CONNECT, NETWORKING, DIVERSITY OF CULTURES, TRADITION AND TRADITIONS SINCE LONG BEACH IS VERY UNIQUE AND DIVERSE.
AND INCREASE INCREASED CONNECTIONS.
SO WE KNOW THAT WE WANNA DO SOME, WE WANNA DO SOME CONNECTION BUILDING.
WE WANNA GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER BETTER.
ANY OTHER? AND THEN WHAT ELSE? LET'S SEE.
UH, WE HAVE NETWORKING REPRESENTATION.
AND WE ALSO HAVE LIST AND REPRESENTATION ADDRESSING ISSUES SUCH AS THE QUEER COMMUNITY, UM, CULTURAL ISSUES.
SO THAT'S WHAT THOSE ARE GOING UNDER REP REPRESENTATION AND CONSENSUS ON GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.
WE'VE BEEN REALLY AGREEABLE ON THAT.
WE REALLY, WE HAVE AGREED AND THERE'S BEEN A STRONG CONSENSUS THAT WE WANT TIMELINES.
WE WANNA KNOW WHEN WE GO INTO A MEETING IN RATHER IT'S FEBRUARY, WE WANNA KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING IN AUGUST.
WE WANNA KNOW WHO'S GOING TO BE THERE.
WE WANT THINGS TO ADDRESS OUR THEMES.
THAT SEEMS TO BE AN OVERALL THEME OF WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE HOPING TO GAIN FROM THE RETREAT.
DID I MISS ANYTHING HERE? OKAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND ALLOWING ME TO LEAD YOU IN THIS FACILITATION THANK GUIDANCE THAT, OR VISION
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MAPPING, WHICH WE HAVE COMING UP ON SEPTEMBER 27TH.SO, BECAUSE I'M OUT THIS, OH, ASK QUESTION.
UM, DO WE NEED TO DO A COMMENT AGAIN BECAUSE I WENT OUT ORDER? NO.
THEN THIS IS WHERE I WOULD ASK IF WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE SITE.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S, THERE'S A RETREAT AND THAT THIS WHAT HAPPENS.
SO WE HAVE A COMMITTEE THAT'S DEDICATED TO PLANNING THE RETREAT OR COMING UP WITH CONCEPTS FOR THE RETREAT.
SO WHAT, WHAT ARE, WHAT PLAN DID YOU HAVE TO TAKE THIS INFORMATION BACK? OKAY.
WHICH DO YOU WANNA ANSWER IT OR NO? I'LL LET YOU ANSWER FIRST AND THEN I'LL JUST CHIME IN AFTER YOU'RE DONE.
SO WHILE DR WAS HELPING US SUMMARIZE THAT, I WAS PUTTING TOGETHER WHAT I WOULD CALL LIKE AN OVERARCHING FOCUS QUESTION FOR OUR RETREAT THAT WOULD KIND OF JUST BE LIKE A BIG UMBRELLA SO THAT WE DON'T GO IN AND SOLVE A PIECE IN SIX HOURS, BUT LIKE WE CAN, IT'LL JUST HELP US.
SO I COULD READ IT BACK TO YOU AND SEE IF THIS RESONATES BASED ON THAT CONVERSATION I HAVE.
AND LITERALLY, I WAS JUST DOING THIS WHILE WE WORKED.
SO HERE, HOW CAN WE, THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS STAND IN OUR ROLE AS LEADERS AND MENTORS, CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH AND EXPAND OUR NETWORK WITH DIVERSE ORGANIZATIONS, EDUCATE OURSELVES ON KEY ISSUES AND GAIN THE NEEDED SKILLS TO EFFECTIVELY ADVOCATE AND SERVE IN ORDER TO AFFECT REAL CHANGE, ALL WHILE PRIORITIZING THE CREATION OF CONFERENCE MISSING SOMETHING.
THERE'S A THEME AROUND COMMUNICATION, DISSEMINATION, VISIBILITY, BUT I COULDN'T, I WASN'T SURE EXACTLY WHERE TO INTEGRATE THAT, BUT THAT WOULD MY PROPOSAL THAT THIS THEN WOULD SERVE AS LIKE A STARTING POINT FOR THE RETREAT.
LIKE THIS IS KIND OF WHAT WE'VE NOW TALKED ABOUT, LIKE WHERE WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS GO.
SO THEN THROUGHOUT THE RETREAT DAY, THE WORK THAT WE DO, WE COULD END UP WITH LIKE NATURAL TIMELINE OF OBJECTIVES, BUT BASED ON THIS OVERARCHING QUESTION.
SO WE'RE KIND OF STARTING TO STAY WITHIN THAT FRAMEWORK, WHICH IS WHY SOUNDS LIKE WE DO WANNA DEFINE IN ADVANCE LIKE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, LIKE THAT'S A FOR SURE THING, THE CONFERENCE AND THE REST THROUGHOUT THE DAY OF THE RETREAT.
WE COULD ESTABLISH GOALS, PRIORITIES, GET SOME CONSENSUS AROUND THE TIMELINE.
WHAT ELSE ARE WE GONNA COMMIT TO IN THIS? OKAY.
HOW DOES THAT SOUND? IS THAT I, I DIDN'T WRITE IT ALL DOWN, BUT, BUT, UM, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT WITHIN THAT FRAMEWORK, HOW THINGS WORK IN THE CITY SO THAT WE CAN GET POLICY? IS THAT INCLUDED IN YOUR WORK IN THIS QUESTION? YEAH.
SEE, WELL, I JUST, I SUMMARIZED IT BY SAYING GAIN THE NEEDED SKILLS TO EFFECTIVELY ADVOCATE AND SERVE.
BECAUSE IT FELT OTHERWISE, IF WE START LISTING, I THINK, OKAY, HERE'S SOME, AND THERE'S ANOTHER WAY TO LOOK AT THIS.
YOU CAN LOOK AT THIS AS THE INTRODUCTION OF PAST OF WHAT WE BUILT OUR FOUNDATION ON.
WE WERE ALL SELECTED TO THE COMMITTEE, TO THE COMMISSION FOR OUR RE FOR OUR INDIVIDUALIZED SKILLS.
AND THESE ARE THE SKILLS THAT WE BROUGHT IN OR THAT WE HAVE LEARNED SO FAR.
SO WE CAN BUILD ON THESE SKILLS OR WE CAN SAY THAT WE'RE DONE WITH THE SKILL WITH SOME OF THEM.
BUT I THINK EVERYTHING HERE, WE, WE, WE NEED TO BUILD ON.
AND THEN AS WE LOOK AT IT, WE'RE TRYING TO GAIN THESE SKILLS.
AND SO WE ARE LOOKING AND WE'LL SAY, HEY, WE'RE, WE NEED TO LEARN HOW, AS WE'RE PART OF THIS COMMISSION, WE ARE HOPING THAT THE CITY WILL PARTNER OR GUIDE US ON HOW TO BUILD POLICIES AND FUNCTIONS FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH AND BECOME ADVOCATES AND LEARN HOW TO SHARE INFORMATION AND ADDRESS THESE ISSUES.
UH, PART BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS ADDRESS, UM, BUILDING A SOCIAL NETWORK PAGE AND ADDRESSING QUEER, UH, QUEER PEOPLE WHO IDENTIFY AS, UH, WOMEN AND GIRLS ESPECIALLY, UH, HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS, POLYNESIANS AND, UH, QUEER AND, UH, PEOPLE WHO IDENTIFY AS QUEER FOR OUR CONFERENCE.
WE'RE TALK, WE WANT TO BE ABLE, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF FAITH, BUT WE'RE GONNA ADDRESS THE THREE TO FOUR MAIN THINGS ON THIS DURING OUR CONFERENCE, IN OUR CONFERENCES THEME AS WITH, UH, DR.
ALVIN KER SAID, AND THEN THIS WAS A, THIS WAS A OPEN-ENDED QUESTION.
WHAT DO WE WANNA GAIN AS A SISTERHOOD? AND WE WANNA BUILD RELATIONSHIP AND BECOME FRIENDS AND PARTNERS AND NETWORK PEOPLE THAT WE, AND SO THOSE ARE MUTUAL ISSUES OF TRUST AND RELATIONSHIP
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BUILDING.AND SO THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S THE SECONDARY OR THE SOFT SKILL THAT WE'RE GONNA LEAVE OUR CONFERENCE, OUR RETREAT WITH.
SO I GUESS FOR ME, THE QUESTION IS HOW DO WE THEN TRANSFORM ALL THIS INFORMATION INTO CONCRETE ACTION OR TANGIBLE ITEMS THAT WE SAY, OKAY, THIS, THESE ARE THE, YOU KNOW, THREE, FOUR THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON AND THAT WE'RE GOING TO ACHIEVE.
YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S FOR, LIKE YOU SAID, FOR FOR THE TWO YEAR PERIOD OR FOR THE LIFETIME.
BUT I WOULD IMAGINE IT HAS TO BE REALLY FOR THE TWO YEAR PERIOD THAT WE'RE HERE BECAUSE WE CAN'T CONTROL WHAT HAPPENS AFTER WE MOVE ON.
SO WHAT ARE THOSE CONCRETE, TANGIBLE ITEMS THAT, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW DO WE, UH, TRANSFORM ALL OF THIS INTO THAT AND, AND THEN CARRY IT ON TO THE, TO THE RETREAT? WE'RE GONNA HAVE A STRONG CALENDAR.
WE'RE GONNA BUILD A STRONG CALENDAR DURING THE RETREAT WITH WHEN WE WANNA, UH, BUILD LEARNING, LEARNING POLICY AND FUNCTIONS OF ISSUES.
WE NEED TO FIND A CA A PERSON OR A COMMITTEE OR WHO CAN TEACH AND GUIDE US ON THOSE ISSUES.
AND SO HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY SPEAKERS, ET CETERA.
LIKE WE'VE BEEN IDENTIFYING SPEAKERS TO ADDRESS IMMIGRATION AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND VIOLENCE.
UM, AND HOW THAT HAS NOT ONLY HELPED US TO ADDRESS THINGS IN OUR CITY IN THE, UM, IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT IT HAS ALSO HELPED US TO GO AND BRING THAT INTO OUR WORK AND OUR PROFESSIONAL LIVES WHERE WE'RE WANT TO ADDRESS BETTER BUILD ON A, UM, BUILD ADDRESS, UH, CREATE A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CONFERENCE BECAUSE THOSE ARE ISSUES ARE THE THINGS THAT WE KNOW ARE NEED.
SO WE'RE, WE JUST DID THE ASSESSMENT AND SO WE KNOW THAT THE NUMBER TWO IS A NEED.
WE NEED TO FIND SOME WAYS TO ADDRESS POLICY ADVOCACY, COMMUNITY BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS, HOW DO WE DO THOSE THINGS? AND SO DURING IT, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO CREATE A TIMELINE IN THE CALENDAR THAT WOULD HELP US TO BE ABLE TO LEAD IN THOSE WAYS.
I MAY, WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS THAT, OR I THINK PLAN PROBABLY IS, IS FOR THE COMMITTEE TO TAKE THOSE, UM, WHAT OUTCOME WE NEEDED AND WHAT THE GOALS ARE AND DEVELOP A PROGRAM OR A RETREAT THAT WOULD ADDRESS EACH OF THOSE THINGS.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AS THE OFFICERS, WE, WE PLAN MEETINGS.
THIS IS A MEETING, SO WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE PROBABLY A DIS A DISCUSSION ABOUT, UM, PLANNING THAT RETREAT, RIGHT? SO, SO LIKE THE CONFERENCE WHICH HAS COME UP, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT WOULD BE LIKE A CONCRETE, TANGIBLE ITEM MM-HMM
THAT WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS, THAT WE'RE GOING TO, UH, YOU KNOW, COMPLETE IN 2026.
RIGHT? SO THAT'S ONE TANGIBLE ITEM.
AND UM, BUT THEN I'M THINKING ABOUT THOSE ITEMS THAT WE INTRODUCED, WHICH, WHICH ARE ALREADY THERE, WHICH IS THE, THE COLLABORATION WITH THE, UM, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, YOU KNOW, COMMITTEE.
AND WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING SOME WORK WITH THEM.
AND SO THAT'S ANOTHER TANGIBLE ITEM.
SO HOW DO WE THEN, YOU KNOW, SORT OF INCLUDE THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ALREADY KIND OF COMMITTED AND WE HAVE TO SEE THROUGH TO COMPLETION? YEAH.
I, I THINK AT THAT POINT THAT TRUE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PRIORITIZE BECAUSE IT'S A LOT.
UM, THERE ARE VERY LIKE A LOT OF COMMON THEMES, BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO BE REALISTIC.
AND WE, THE LIMITATIONS THAT WE HAVE, WE NEED LIKE TIME AND RESOURCES, WE ALL HAVE OTHER THINGS THAT, SO I THINK PRIORITIZATION IS GONNA BE KEY.
AND I, I'M GLAD THAT YOU BROUGHT UP THE ISSUES AS WELL AS LIKE, WHILE KNOWING THAT WE HAVE THIS CONFERENCE, BECAUSE THAT CONFERENCE IS GONNA TAKE A LOT OF RESOURCES TIMEWISE.
AND SO DOING ALL OF THIS WHILE STILL DOING THIS, LIKE, I'M GONNA SAY IMPORTANT TO KEEP THOSE THINGS ALIGNED AS WE PLAN OUR NEXT, UH, YEAR OR TWO.
WELL, ONE OF THE, I MEAN THE, THE, UM, SURVEY SAID THAT THE TOP TWO PRIORITIES, RIGHT? WHERE EQUAL PAY, UM, THAT KIND OF THING AND, AND SAFETY.
SO THE CONFERENCE IS LOOKING AT SAFETY, WHICH WILL INCLUDE FINANCIAL LITERACY AS A POINT OF, OF SAFETY.
BUT THE OTHER THING IS, AND I WROTE THIS DOWN, IS, UM, CREATE ERA AND MORTGAGE.
I THINK THAT WOULD NOT BE THAT DIFFICULT SINCE IT'S ALREADY WRITTEN.
AND WE COULD WRITE IT IN A LETTER AND WE COULD BE A CITY BECAUSE DIFFERENT CITIES HAVE DONE THAT ON THEIR OWN, WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT AS A, AS AN UMBRELLA FOR EQUAL PAY AND THAT SORT OF THING.
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AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CONNECTING WITH EACH OTHER, SO HAVING THE TIME TO DO THAT AND THEN HAVING A COUPLE OF THESE GOALS THAT WE REALLY THINK WE CAN, YOU'RE SAYING MARIA, PRIORITIZE AND WE'RE ALL KIND OF TALKING ABOUT THE SAME THING.AND THAT'S WHERE THE CALENDAR, I THINK, YEAH.
THAT'S THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CALENDAR AND GETTING SPEAKERS.
SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT AGENCIES WE WANNA CONNECT WITH MM-HMM
WE CAN CONNECT WITH THEM AND HAVE THE SPEAKERS PLANNED OUT IN ADVANCE.
SO WE KNOW IN ADVANCE, UM, WE DO THAT FOR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
JUST PLAN OUT YOUR SPEAKERS IN ADVANCE AND WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT KIND OF SPEAKERS WE WANNA HEAR FROM AND, AND BRING FOR, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S AN EASY ONE.
WE'VE ALREADY, SO YEAH, THAT'S AN ACHIEVABLE ONE.
I THINK HAVING A, A PROBABLY LONGER CONVERSATION AROUND THE TIMELINE PIECE, BOTH IN TERMS OF OUR GOALS, WE'RE ALREADY WORKING ON THE CONFERENCE AND THE NEW DRAFTING REPORT AND THEN ALSO FUTURE MEETING PRESENTATIONS.
AND I, WE ADDRESS A LOT OF THAT, BUT WE'RE GONNA ACCOMPLISH EVERYTHING IN ONE DAY.
BUT I THINK, SO WE ALSO AS A GROUP HAVE REALLY BEEN, I THINK, REALLY GREAT WITH CONSENSUS.
I, I THINK THIS GROUP HAS SHARES A LOT OF VALUES AND, AND YOU DON'T ALWAYS GET CONSENSUS AND YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO SAY THINGS AND PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO LISTEN.
AND IT'S, I THINK WE A GREAT CONSENSUS DISCUSSION.
QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM ONE MORE TIME? OH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
AND ARE WE DOING SIX HOURS? I THINK LAST TIME WE DID FOUR AND A HALF.
MY PROPOSAL WOULD BE FOR A NINE THREE.
WE MAKE THE TIME COMING TOGETHER TO REALLY THOROUGHLY PLAN AND LEAVE WITH A REALLY SOLID PRODUCT.
WHERE, WHERE IS IT? WHERE WE DON HAVE A FOLLOW UP ON LOCATION.
WE ALSO HAVE TO MAKE SURE STAFF, CITY STAFF HAS THE TIME IN THEIR SCHEDULE.
DOES THIS 27TH ACTUALLY WORK FOR YOU? UM, I CAN PULL YOU ALL FOR WINDOWS FOUR AND A HALF OR SIX, SO I CAN DO THAT OUTSIDE OF THIS.
SO WHILE I CONFIRM THAT, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? WE NEED TO, FOR COMMISSIONER TO BACK IN.
UM, SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.
ADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE? MR. ALLEN HARPER? YES.
DID YOU LIKE TO VOTE TO ITEM? YES.
ITEM I HAVE NUMBER FOUR, RECOMMENDATION RECEIVING REPORT FROM CURRENT, A HOC COMMITTEE.
DISCUSS AD HOC COMMITTEES FOR UPCOMING PROJECTS AND IF APPROPRIATE, TAKE ACTION TO DISSOLVE OR CREATE AD HOC CS.
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A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? UM, I, BY OUR VICE CHAIR AND BY, OKAY, SO WE'RE NOW AT OUR AD HOC COMMITTEE UPDATES.I'M JUST GONNA GO FURTHER DOWN THE LINE.
SO WE HAVE COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH, WHICH IS MYSELF AND COMMISSIONER MISS.
AND THE MAIN UPDATE THERE REALLY IS THE PARTICIPATION THAT THE UPTOWN JAZZ FESTIVAL, WHICH SADLY I HAD MISSED.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE WHO WAS THERE JUST WANTS TO TALK ABOUT
I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER SPAN ALSO, I, UM, WE WERE THERE FOR THE MAJORITY OF WAVE END.
IT WAS A, I MEAN, IT WAS A GRADE, I MEAN, HAD PEOPLE COMING IN AND ASK QUESTIONS.
OVERALL, IT WAS, I RESPECTFUL, VERY CURIOUS WHAT WE DO.
UM, WE MENTIONED THE CONFERENCE, PEOPLE VERY INTERESTED.
WE SPOKE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FOR US, UM, ONE THAT I NOTICED WAS FINANCIAL LITERACY.
THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST IN LEARNING UNIT AND TEACHING GOALS AND DISCUSSING THAT ISSUE.
SO, OH, IT WAS A, WE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME.
WE MET A LOT OF WONDERFUL PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE GOT A CHANCE TO, TO ADVERTISE WHAT WE ARE DOING, WHAT WE HOPE TO DO.
THAT JUST IDEA THAT WE HAVE THIS REPORT WAS NOT REALLY, WAS NOT WELL KNOWN.
UM, PEOPLE ALSO, IN ADDITION TO WITH COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ STATED, UH, WE ALSO HAD PEOPLE COME AND GIVE US SUGGESTIONS OF WHAT WE WANT, WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, WHICH WAS INTERESTING, WHICH WE ALL TOOK.
WE ALL TOOK HERE AND WROTE DOWN AND WE'LL BRING TO THE RETREAT.
UM, SOME OF THOSE WERE THINGS AS WE WANT TO TEACH MANNERS.
UH, WE WANT TO TEACH A LOT OF FINANCIAL, UH, A FINANCIAL, A LOT OF FINANCIAL LITERACY, MORE EDUCATION.
THEY WOULD LIKE US TO HAVE BETTER PARTNERSHIPS WITH, UH, WITH LONG BEACH UNIFIED.
UH, MORE PARTNERSHIPS WITH LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE.
UM, PEOPLE ARE VERY OPEN TO SAYING WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE US TO DO AFTER THEY FOUND OUT, BUT WE WEREN'T AND WHAT I DID IN THE SAME SIX SESSION.
AND THEY LIKED DARKER, THEY LIKED DARKER TOO.
ONE THING I DID JUST KIND OF THOUGHT ABOUT AFTER WAS THAT WE, WELL THE GREAT MAJORITY OF PEOPLE THAT ARE FIRST PEOPLE WERE WOMEN.
WE DID SEE SOME YOUNG MEN OR MIXED MEN APPROACH AND THEY WERE REALLY QUICKLY TO KIND OF DISMISS THEMSELVES.
THEY'RE LIKE, OH, THIS IS FOR WOMEN.
AND THEN WE WERE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, WE WERE TRYING TO PULL BACK IN, NO, YOU, YOU CAN COME IN HERE.
THIS IS NOT JUST FOR WOMEN, LIKE CAN BE ALLIES, BUT THEY, I I DIDN'T FEEL PERSONALLY STRONG AND LIKE I FELT LIKE I WAS, I ADVOCATED, LIKE I, I ENCOURAGED THEM TO PUSH TABLE.
SO JUST FOR ME IT WAS LIKE, OKAY, WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT WHAT I CAN SAY TO REMIND THEM THAT YES, WE'RE ADDRESSING MUCH TIME.
WE NEED MINUTES, YOU KNOW, FOR PEOPLE IDENTIFY AS BENEFIT.
LIKE THEY NEED TO COME TO THE TABLE TOO TO BE ABLE TO LIKE ADDRESS ALL THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE TO, THAT WE WANNA ADDRESS.
SO JUST, THAT'S SOMETHING I DID ANYONE ELSE ATTEND? ALRIGHT.
UH, SO HUMAN TRAFFICKING, THE UPDATE I HAD WAS REALLY JUST THE ONE THAT WE SHARED EARLIER, WHICH IS STAFF TRANSMITTED THE LETTER TO THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING TASK FORCE.
UM, AND NOW FOLLOW UP WITH, UM, IS IMPARTING THAT LETTER TO THE BROADER TASK FORCE AND IS GONNA BACK TO US ON NEXT STEPS.
BUT WE CAN ALSO CERTAINLY REACH OUT TO OUR, GET THAT GOING.
WHAT THEY ORIGINALLY SUGGESTED WAS WE PROVIDE A LETTER, THEY TAKE IT BACK, WE DISCUSS IT THEMSELVES, AND THEN THEY US TO A FUTURE.
JUST NOT TO SAY THAT'S EXACTLY HOW IT'S BEEN ARTICLE, BUT THAT WAS, THAT WAS WHAT THEY REQUESTED.
PROCEDURES OR ONE STEP, UM, MENTORSHIP.
I TERRIBLE JUST TALKING TO, UH, MENTORSHIP AND EDUCATION IS ALSO MYSELF, VANESSA, AND, UH, COMMITTEE.
YES, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN, I NEED MORE.
UH, WE ARE WORKING ON COMPILING, UM, A LIST OF GROUPS THAT COULD PARTICIPATE IN THE CONFERENCE FAIR OR THE CONCEPT IS TO HAVE A FAIR AT THE CONFERENCE FOR DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT OFFER MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS TO WOMEN AND GIRLS IN THE CITY AND GETTING 'EM ALL IN ONE PLACE AT ONE TIME.
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AND ANYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY HAS ACCESS TO.CAN WE GET AN UPDATE FROM THE SAFETY COMMITTEE? SAFETY
WELL, WE ARE MAKING HEADWAY WHERE WE ARE.
CONFERENCE, UH, PLANNING, UM, WE IDENTIFIED A LOCATION AND THAT WAS, UH, LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE.
WE AGREED THAT WE WANTED TO GO WITH LONG CITY COLLEGE.
SO I MET WITH, UH, STAFF FROM LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE AND, UM, WE REQUESTED FACILITIES AND THEY CAN ACCOMMODATE THE FACILITIES.
THEY ACTUALLY PROVIDED, UM, SOME DATES, UH, THAT WOULD BE WORK BEST FOR THEM.
I ASKED THEM, 'CAUSE IN OUR COMMITTEE WE AGREED THAT WE WERE GOING TO ONCE STAY AWAY FROM, UM, A CO UH, CERTAIN MONTHS, UH, ESPECIALLY THE HOLIDAY MONTHS, UM, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER.
AND SO I SHARED THAT WITH THE, UH, STAFF FROM LONG BEACH CITY.
AND SO THEY LOOKED AT THEIR CALENDAR AND THEY DID PROVIDE US WITH TWO DATES FOR THE SPRING AND TWO DATES FOR THE FALL.
I I WOULD LIKE TO MAYBE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THOSE DATES WITH OUR COMMITTEE FIRST BEFORE WE, YOU KNOW, SHARE THEM WITH THE REST OF THE COMMITTEE SO THAT WE CAN DECIDE IF WE WANNA GO WITH SPRING OR FALL.
AND THEN, UM, THE OTHER QUESTION THAT, UH, WE ASK THEM IS, UH, REGARDING THE, UH, FEE, UH, FOR THE FACILITIES, THERE IS NO FEE.
THE FACILITIES ARE FREE TO US.
THE ONLY THING IS THAT ONE OF THE FACILITIES, 'CAUSE WE ASKED, UH, FOR A FACILITY WHERE WE CAN DO PLENARY SESSIONS AND A FACILITY WHERE WE CAN DO, UM, UH, LUNCH AND THEN, UH, BREAKOUT, SIX BREAKOUT ROOMS. SO, UM, THE GYM IS THE FACILITY THAT THEY'RE SUGGESTING WE UTILIZE FOR LUNCH.
THE ONLY THING IS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE, UH, TABLES AND CHAIRS FOR THE GYM.
SO THAT WOULD BE A COST THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO INCUR, UH, AS A COMMITTEE.
UM, THEY PROVIDED ME WITH AN ESTIMATE OF ONE OF THE VENDORS THEY USE, BUT AGAIN, WE TOLD 'EM THAT WHATEVER VENDORS WE USE, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE ONE THAT IS, UM, HAS A, A, A VENDOR NUMBER WITH THE CITY.
BUT THEY, THEY KIND OF, THE, THEIR, UH, ROUGH ESTIMATE IS ANYWHERE BETWEEN, UH, 1500 TO $3,000 FOR OF RENTAL, UH, TABLES AND CHAIRS, DEPENDING ON HOW MANY, UH, SO THAT WAS MORE OR LESS THE ESTIMATE.
BUT AGAIN, IN TERMS OF THE FACILITIES, THERE WILL BE NO CHARGE, UM, YOU KNOW, TO US TO, TO UTILIZE THOSE FACILITIES.
THAT GOOD THING ABOUT THEIR FACILITIES, THAT ALL THEIR CLASSROOMS ARE SMART CLASSROOMS. SO WE WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO, YOU KNOW, UM, COMPUTERS TO THEIR, YOU KNOW, SCREENS, EVERYTHING LIKE THAT WHERE WE WENT TO A HOTEL, ALL OF THAT WOULD COST AND IT'S QUITE EXPENSIVE.
SO HERE WE GET ALL OF THAT AT NO COST.
AND SO, UM, SO NOW, UM, OUR MEETING THIS COMING THURSDAY, I THINK IT THIS THURSDAY, RIGHT? UH, DID WE SCHEDULE A MEETING FOR THIS THURSDAY? I WE HAD A MEETING, SCHEDULED.
A MEETING, HUH? I DIDN'T REMEMBER THAT.
WELL THAT'S WHY WE DID IT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE EVERYONE IN THE COMMITTEE.
SO WE HAVE TO SCHEDULE, UH, A MEETING HOPEFULLY FOR NEXT WEEK, FOR NEXT WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY.
AND THEN WE CAN, UM, DECIDE ON THOSE DATES AND THEN WE CAN PRESENT THOSE DATES TO YOU COME SEPT, UH, FOR OUR SEPTEMBER OR SEPTEMBER MEETING.
AND THEN WE CAN VOTE ON THOSE AND THEN MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, WITH THE ACTUAL DATE CONFERENCE DATES.
AND, UH, IN TERMS OF THE, THE PRELIMINARY SESSIONS, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT THE LITERACY ONE IS, IS GONNA BE A BIG ONE.
UM, WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT SOMETHING SPECIFIC FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS BECAUSE WE DO WANNA MAKE IT, AND THAT'S THE OTHER THING.
IT'S GONNA BE A TWO DAY, A FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND EVEN, UH, CITY COLLEGE AGREED THAT FOR THEM THE FRIDAY, SATURDAY IS, IS THE BEST BECAUSE THEY, THEY HAVE VERY FEW CLASSES ON SATURDAY AND VERY FEW CLASSES ON FRIDAY.
SO PARKING WOULD BE AVAILABLE.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA PROBABLY GO WITH A FRIDAY, SATURDAY SO THAT, UM, WE CAN REALLY TAP THE, THE, UH, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
'CAUSE WE WANNA INVITE, I, WE WANT, UH, TO MAKE THIS AVAILABLE NOT JUST FOR ADULTS BUT ALSO FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL AGE STUDENTS.
AND THAT FRIDAY, SATURDAY WORKS BEST FOR THEM.
SO THAT'S, UM, SO THAT'S WHERE
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WE AT, WE'RE AT.AND MARIA, UH, ALICE HAVE MARIA, ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANNA ADD? WELL, JUST THAT, THAT A A U WS ON BOARD AND THEY'RE SENDING A REGULAR, UH, A REGULAR, UH, PERSON, UH, THAT WILL BE PART OF OUR COMMITTEE AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF EXPERTISE ON MENTORSHIP.
AND I HAVE ALSO MADE CONTACT WITH SOMEBODY ON FINANCIAL LITERACY THAT I'VE HEARD IS A VERY GOOD SPEAKER.
BUT I, UH, WE NEED TO ALL, YOU KNOW, CONNECT WITH HER AND SHE JUST CONNECTED WITH ME TODAY.
AND, AND I AM CONNECTING WITH SOMEONE WHO HAS DEVELOPED, UM, L-G-B-T-Q CURRICULUM AND UM, THAT WOULD BE ALSO, UH, A NEXT MONTH WORKSHOP FOR US TO, FOR PLAN EVERY SESSION OR WORKSHOP.
I ALREADY WANNA DO IT, UM, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE IT AVAILABLE FOR OUR, UM, LGBT COMMUNITY AND TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY.
WELL, I, I THINK WE KNOW WHAT THE UPDATES ARE FROM THE COMMITTEE, BUT IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU SHARE? DOES ANYBODY, I KNOW OUR COMMISSIONER CHIN I IT CORRECTLY.
HAVE YOU PUT, PUT ANY THOUGHTS ON WHAT COMMITTEE YOU'D LIKE TO JOIN? OKAY.
LET'S MAKE SURE WE KNOW NEXT TIME.
'CAUSE ALL THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE TO BE, HAVE TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE PER BYLAWS.
SO LET'S MAKE SURE WE GET THAT DECIDED.
SO WE HAVE THE COMMITTEE THAT HAVE COMMITTEE ON SAFETY, WHICH IS WORKING ON THE CONFERENCE DIVISION MAPPING COMMITTEE IS GOING TO BE VERY SHORT RUN.
SO I WOULDN'T NECESSARILY, IT'S UP TO YOU, BUT MENTORSHIP AND EDUCATION.
AND COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH.
AND THEN OF COURSE, GOAL THAT COMES UP.
UM, ARE THERE ANY, LIKE ANYBODY ELSE WANNA JOIN A DIFFERENT COMMITTEE OR REMOVE THEMSELVES FROM A COMMITTEE? NO.
WE'LL NOT TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
PLEASE SPEAK UP WHEN PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT.
MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CHECK IN TO SEE IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON AS ITEM IN PERSON.
IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC JOINING AS PERSON THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM FOUR, PLEASE STAND UP.
THERE ARE NO ATTENDEES PARTICIPATE.
THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.
THIS CONCLUDES ALL OF OUR AGENDA ITEMS. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL TAKE NON AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. EACH SPEAKER IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES TO MAKE THEIR COMMENTS UNLESS EXTENDED BY THE CHAIR.
MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL UP THE FIRST SPEAKER.
IF THERE ARE, IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND PERSON THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE A KNOWLEDGE OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE STAND.
THERE ARE NO VIRTUAL ATTENDEES TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO ANNOUNCEMENTS AT THIS TIME.
COMMISSIONERS MAY REPORT ON ANY PREVIOUS OR UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS, SHARE RELEVANT INFORMATION OR RECOMMEND FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM OUR COMMISSIONERS? WELL, COMMISSIONER, UM, I JUST GONNA ENCOURAGE EVERYONE THAT, UM, ORDER DAY LONG BEACH, WHO GAVE A PRESENTATION TWO MONTHS AGO NOW IS, UM, ACTIVELY ASKING FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO, UH, SIGN ON TO THEIR PETITION TO INCREASE THE JUSTICE FUND BUDGET.
UM, AND IT'S BUDGETING SEASON IN THE CITY.
SO THERE'S STILL A FEW WORKSHOPS LEFT TO PARTICIPATE AND HAVE YOUR VOICE HEARD, BUT ESPECIALLY FOR LONG BEACH IS AS A GROUP WILL SIGN ON A LETTER, UH, THAT WOULD GO TO CITY COUNCIL VIOLET.
UM, I SENT OUT, UH, FLYERS TO, UM, SAM AND, AND ALANA, BUT WE'RE DOING, UM, SEPTEMBER 12TH AND 13TH.
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WE'RE HAVING A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VIRTUAL CONFERENCE ON, UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FROM A VICTIM'S PERSPECTIVE.THE FIRST FOUR HOUR DAY IS GOING TO BE, YOU'LL BE HEARING FROM TWO FORMERLY BATTERED WOMEN, UM, ONE OF WHOM IS HEAD OF DEATH AND DISABLED SERVICES FOR A PIECE OF VIOLENCE.
THE OTHER IS A BATTERED WOMAN WHOSE THROAT WAS CUT AND SHE WAS SAVED BY HER 6-YEAR-OLD SON.
AND THEN I'LL BE SPEAKING ON WORKING WITH THAT ARE WOMEN.
THE SECOND DAY WILL BE TWO PROFESSIONAL, UH, WOMEN WHO HAVE BOTH GONE THROUGH THE FAMILY COURT SYSTEM AND CHILD, UH, CUSTODY ISSUES AROUND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THEIR EXPERIENCE IN FAMILY COURT.
AND THE, WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT GETTING THROUGH THE COURT PROCESS.
SO THOSE FLYERS, IF THAT DECISION IS OKAY, THEN THEY CAN GO OUT.
OTHERWISE, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, YOU CAN GET HOLD OF ME.
THE OTHER THING IS WE HAVE A 48 HOUR TRAINING THAT IS REQUIRED BY THE STATE FOR ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO PERPETRATORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DAY.
THERE'S, UH, A DAY, UH, WORKING WITH VICTIMS. THERE'S PERPETRATORS A DAY OF, UH, WORKING WITH PERPETRATORS.
AND SO IF YOU'RE, YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ALL OF IT IF YOU WANNA DO ANY OF IT.
THOSE FLYERS ARE, ARE, UM, COMMISSIONER DR.
ANYONE ELSE? I WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF LONG BEACH IS LOOKING FOR HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS TO PARTICIPATE IN A LEADERSHIP WORKSHOP THAT WILL HAPPEN ON MAY 2ND, UM, 2026.
AND WE WILL PROVIDE FINANCIAL LITERACY, UM, SOFT SKILLS TRAINING, JOB TRAINING, COLLEGE TRAINING, AND WE'RE STILL, UH, I I'M HOPING PROPER TABLE MANNERS.
UH, THAT'S, UH, AND, UM, PROPER, PROPER TABLE MANNERS, INCLUDING CONVERSATIONS, THE THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL, THE SOFT SKILLS NEEDS BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE WORKPLACE.
UM, ANYONE IN MILITARY, UM, YOUTH, HIGH SCHOOL AGE YOUTH THAT ARE AFFILIATED SOMEHOW WITH THE, UM, WITH, UM, WITH LONG BEACH AND ANY FLEXIBLE KIND OF WAY.
THEIR PARENTS WORK IN LONG BEACH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THEY'RE INVITED TO, UM, TO PARTICIPATE.
JUST PLEASE, PLEASE SHARE THE NEWS.
WHO DID THEY CONTACT? RIGHT NOW? THEY CONTACT ME.
DO YOU, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT VICE ETTE? YES.
UM, UH, SENATOR LINA GONZALEZ IS OFFERING A FAMILY PREPARED WORKSHOP, UM, DECIDE TO HELP IMMIGRANT FAMILIES, UH, TO PREPARE FOR THE UNEXPECTED.
I SENT THE, I FORWARD THE FLYER TO, UM, UM, ALANA AND TO YOURSELF SO THAT THEY CAN SHARE IT WITH EVERYONE.
IT'S A VIRTUAL, UM, YOU KNOW, MEETING, SO YOU HAVE TO REGISTER IF YOU WANNA PARTICIPATE.
AND THAT WOULD BE ON SEP WEDNESDAY, HAVE BEEN SEPTEMBER 3RD AT 5:30 PM OKAY.
ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM MORE COMMISSIONERS.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT I'VE BEEN RECENTLY APPOINTED TO THE CALIFORNIA STATE ADVISORY COMMISSION ON SPECIAL EDUCATION.
UM, AND IT'S LIKE OUR, OUR COMMISSION.
UM, BUT THE STUDENT COMMISSION PROVIDES RECOMMENDATIONS AND ADVICE TO THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, UH, THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, THE LEGISLATURE, AND THE GOVERNOR.
UM, AND I'M EXCITED BECAUSE MY WORK HERE IN ABOUT THE ACT AND ORDER AND JUST THE WAY A COMMISSION WORKS WILL REALLY HELP ME BE EFFECTIVE NOW AT THE STATE LEVEL.
AND I WILL GET TO HAVE IMPORTANT, GET TO HAVE AN IMPORTANT IMPACT ON 850,000 SCHOOLS.
UH, ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? OKAY.
UM, IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THEN I WILL DECLARE MEETING ADJOURNED.