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GOOD MORNING EVERYONE, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN GIRLS SPECIAL MEETING TO ORDER THIS, UH,
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE CHAIR? SECOND? NO OBJECTIONS, GENERAL OBJECT? ANYTHING? NONE.
THEN WE WILL, UM, GET STARTED.
AND, UM, RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF MY, UM, WELCOMING REMARKS, WHICH ACTUALLY ARE WELCOMING REMARKS ON BEHALF OF OUR CHAIRS, THE MEN THAT SHE APOLOGIZES FOR NOT BEING HERE THIS MORNING.
AND I ALSO, I WANNA CLARIFY THAT FOR TODAY'S MEETING, INSTEAD OF BEING SO FORMAL, WE HAVE ONE TO, TO USE OUR FIRST NAME.
SO WE ARE GONNA DO THE, A LITTLE FROM NOW THAT WE ARE CALLING EACH OTHER I, I FILED AND INSTEAD OUR, OUR FIRST NAME.
SO, UM, AT THIS POINT, LIKE I SAID, I WANT TO WELCOME YOU ON BEHALF OF OUR CHAIR, SAMANTHA, UM,
BUT SHE KNOWS THAT WE ARE GOING DO THE BEST, UM, THAT YOU CAN TO GET US, UH, SET.
I KNOW THAT, UH, BOTH JENNIFER AND UM, ANGELA, OUR BRINGING HAVE, UM, WORKED REALLY DILIGENTLY TO PREPARE FOR US, UM, THIS, UH, THIS AGENDA AND TO, UH, LEAD US INTO THE NEW YEAR.
SO I'M GOING TO, AT THIS POINT, UM, WELCOME THEM AND THANK THEM FOR THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE AND TO, UM, FOR US TO LISTEN TO THEIR INSTRUCTIONS AND THEIR DIRECTIONS TO IT, AND TRULY WORK OUT AND HAVE PREPARED ABOUT OUTSTANDING PROGRAM FOR US TODAY.
THE FIRST ITEM FORWARD THAT I GOT, UM,
SO THIS INTRODUCTION, THANK YOU.
UM, SO TWO THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA DO THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
WE ARE GOING TO PUT OUR CALENDAR TOGETHER.
WHO DO WE WANT TO BE? OUR GUEST SPEAKERS.
UM, EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE NAME, YOU WOULD SAY, I WANT, UH, I'M GONNA, SINCE I'M, I HAVE A CORNER VIEW OF ELENA.
ELENA, UM, I WANT TO, I WANT, I'M THINKING OF COVID.
CAN YOU LOOK, PUT DOWN, JUST FIND A POET OR FIND, I WANNA HAVE A MEETING.
JUST PUT THAT DOWN AND WE, UM, PUT DOWN, OH, I WANT TO HAVE, THERE ARE NO WRONG ANSWERS, JUST WHO DO YOU WANT TO HAVE COME AND SPEAK TO US AND JOIN US AT OUR MEETING, EITHER IN SOME WAY OR ANOTHER.
PUT THOSE DOWN THROUGHOUT THE PAGE.
PLEASE COME UP THIS END UP SO WE CAN GET A COPY.
SO IT IS PASSIVELY DONE WHERE YOU CAN DO, WHERE
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YOU CAN DO ALL OF THAT.UM, AND SO THIS IS THE ACTIVITY THAT, ONCE AGAIN, I, AS A TEACHER, I ALWAYS SAY THINGS THREE DIFFERENT WAYS.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, I THINK THEY TEACH US THAT, UH, BUT YES, THEY TEACH US THAT.
SO PLEASE, UH, IN ANY NO NAMES, JUST PLEASE PUT DOWN, UM, ANYTHING, UM, ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT THAT THE CALENDAR STARTS WITH.
IF WE HAVE A NAME OF SOMEBODY, WE SHOULD YES.
AND I WILL, I WILL GET THAT STARTED.
I DON'T, ONE PERSON THAT I'M GOING TO HAVE IS, UM, HAR FOSTER, WHO IS A COMMISSIONER FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS IN THE CITY OF CARSON.
UM, AND ON MY SIDE OF TOWN, WE, CARSON, WE, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND, AND, UH, LET'S NOT SAY, LET SAY PARTNERS WITH OUR WE'RE BEING RECORDED, RIGHT? CAN WE STRIKE THAT?
WE DO A LOT OF THINGS TOGETHER.
UM, AND THEN OUR NEXT ACTIVITY IS THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME FROM OUR, OUR OUR, OUR OVERVIEW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT EVERYONE WANTS TO DO IS TO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER BETTER.
AND SO TO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER BETTER AND TO GET TO KNOW THE, UH, THE RELICS, OUR, OUR, AND EVERYTHING, OUR STORIES IS WE'RE GONNA GO OVER THE MORE ARENAS, THE, WHICH MEANS LAND IN HAWAII, UM, AND MEANS LAND IN HAWAII.
SO MUCH CHEAPER CONCEPT OF THAT.
AND SO, UM, THIS, THIS IDEA COMES FROM JUST UNDERSTANDING WHO WE ARE AND HOW TO SHARE OUR STORY.
INSTEAD OF JUST SAYING, OKAY, I WRONG FROM DISTRICT EIGHT, BUT WHO ARE WE? WHY ARE WE HERE? WHAT BROUGHT US HERE? WHAT ARE WE DOING TO MAKE AN IMPACT WHILE WE ARE HERE? SO RATHER THAN GO, DOES EVERYONE UNDERSTAND THIS? I'M GONNA TRY NOT TO SAY EVERYTHING THREE TIMES.
SO IF EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THIS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DRAW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DRAW.
IF YOU WANNA DRAW A SKETCH, WHATEVER YOU WANNA DO, BUT YOU HAVE THIS SPACE, UH, ONCE AGAIN, EVERYTHING IS ALWAYS DONE THIS WAY BECAUSE I AM A TEACHER AND I, UH, BY MY FIRST TRAINING OR MY SECOND, MY LONG PERIOD, I WAS A TEACH K 12 TEACHER FOR 15 YEARS, BUT EVERYTHING ALWAYS SORT OF LOOKS LIKE THIS.
UH, SO LET'S STILL WITH THAT, LET'S TAKE, I, I ALWAYS LIKE TO DO THINGS IN PRIME NUMBERS.
SO IF WE CAN TAKE SEVEN MINUTES, DO YOU MIND TIMING US WITH MYSELF? NOT AT ALL.
UM, SEVEN MINUTES TO, TO FILL THIS OUT.
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NUMBER TWO SHOULD BE LONG BEACH HUNTER COMMUNITY.AND WE'RE ABOUT FOUR MINUTES LEFT.
AND NOW WE HAVE ABOUT A MINUTE AND A HALF LEFT AND 30 SECONDS LEFT.
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ALL RIGHT.IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SHARE FIRST? THANK YOU, VANESSA.
GOING OVER, UH, ANY WAY YOU WANT.
SO THEN I WILL START WITH, UH, WE'LL BRING ME TO THE LONG BEACH AND I, I LIKE IT A BEACH
SO I, I AM BORN AND RAISED IN LONG BEACH.
LONG BEACH IS THE ONLY HOME THAT I'VE EVER KNOWN.
I WENT TO COLLEGE IN LONG BEACH.
I, I HAVE NEVER MOVED AWAY FROM LONG BEACH.
UM, AND I BELIEVE IN LONG BEACH OR NOWHERE
UM, BUT MY FAMILY, MY, I HAVE, UH, MY ANCESTRAL ROOTS ARE FROM
THAT'S BOTH OF MY PARENTS ARE FROM.
AND IT LITERALLY MEANS WHERE THE WATER BOIL.
AND IT IS A BEAUTIFUL MEXICAN, BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY, THE STATE, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL STATE AND THE PEOPLE ARE SO AMAZING.
AND, UM, I, I HAVE FAMILY THERE.
UM, I ALSO FEEL LIKE MY ANCESTRAL LAND ARE THE CENTRAL VALLEY WHERE BOTH OF MY GRANDPARENTS ON BOTH SIDES CAME TO WORK IN THE FIELD.
AND I FEEL A VERY STRONG CONNECTION TO THAT.
AND THE, THE, THE FARM WORK AND THE, THE LABOR MOVEMENT AND JUST, THERE WAS SO MUCH BEAUTY OUT THERE WHEN I WAS A KID GOING UP THERE.
I DIDN'T, DIDN'T REALLY NOTICE IT TOO MUCH.
AND NOW THAT WE COULD DRIVE UP TO VISIT FAMILY WITH MY DAUGHTER, IT JUST, I, I SEE IT WITH, YOU KNOW, SO DIFFERENTLY AND IT'S GORGEOUS AND I'M SO, UM, THANKFUL TO, TO MY GRANDPARENT ON BOTH SIDES.
UM, AND THEN I ALSO FEEL LIKE, UM, LONG BEACH, THE LAND OF, OF MY ANCESTORS AND MY DAUGHTER'S ANCESTORS, UM, BECAUSE MY, MY GRANDFATHER, YOU KNOW, UM, ONE OF THEM SAID LONG WEEK.
SO IT'S JUST VERY, YOU KNOW, INTERGENERATIONAL.
AND THEN, UM, HOW DO I HONOR THESE PLANS? ALL OF THE LANDS, UM, BY GIVING BACK MY SURVEY.
UM, AND THAT IS, AS AN EDUCATOR, I'M AN EDUCATOR.
AND, UM, AND THEN ALSO THROUGH ADMISSION AND OTHER LIKE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS WHICH TAKE ME TO IMPACT, UM, WITH NEEDS, UH, THAT I WISH THE PLANNED COMMUNITY AND PARTNERSHIPS BECAUSE TIME TO TIME AGAIN, I SEE THAT THAT IS THE WAY PARTNERSHIP IS THE WAY FOR, TO, UM, MAKE A THREAD GOING THROUGH TO CONNECT THE SAFETY, THE LOVE, AND THAT, UM, THOSE ARE MY THANK YOU SO MUCH, NICELY TO SUCCEED.
SO IN TERMS OF BEING INTE LENS, UM, I'M A CHILD OF DESERT BORN, YOU KNOW, UM, BORN OF BROWN AND RED EARTH AMONG THE SPINE OF THE TI AND UNIQUE IN THE EVENINGS.
UM, MY ANCESTORS ARE FROM CHIHUAHUA, UM, AND I AM FROM THE LAND OF CH I WAS BORN IN NEW MEXICO, SO I'M LITERALLY A CHILD OF THE DESERT.
ANYWAY, SO, UH, WHERE ELSE HAVE WE LIVED? UM, COMMERCIALLY WHEN WE BECAME LEADER IN 1963, WE, UH, BE LEADER TO PARAMOUNT.
AND I'VE LIVED IN THIS AREA SINCE 19 6 3.
SO I'M ALSO A CHILD WITH THE WATER.
AND I, UH, BELIEVE THAT, UM, THEY PUT WATER, HOLDING WATER CLEANSES, MY BODY CLEANSES.
SO THAT'S MY PRAYER TO THE WATER AND MY FOOTPRINT.
HOW DO I HONOR THESE LANDS? WELL, FIRST, FOREMOST, I HONOR THIS LAND, GIVE THANKS TO THE CREATOR EVERY MORNING,
BUT ALSO I GIVE THINGS TO THE ANCESTORS FROM THESE LANDS, THE CARETAKER OF LAND, POVERTY, THE GOVERN PEOPLE, THE TONS OF PEOPLE, THE TOO MUCH PEOPLE.
AND I HONOR THEM BEING PART OF THIS LAND, TAKING CARE OF THIS LAND
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AND TEACHING THAT TO UNDER LAND.UM, AND, UH, IN TERMS OF IMPACT AND KIND OF THINK BACK, GIVING BACK, ALWAYS GIVING BACK, THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING BEYOND MYSELF AND CARING ABOUT, UM, COMMUNITY, CARING ABOUT EVERYONE AROUND ME.
AND I THINK, UM, WHAT I WANT, THE SEED THAT I WANT TO PLANT ARE LOVE AND PEACE.
UM, MY, MY, UH, ANCESTORS ARE FROM IRELAND AND, UH, BRITAIN.
UM, I, I GREW UP WITH A HUGE EXTENDED FAMILY IN NEW JERSEY, IN PENNSYLVANIA.
UM, WE GOT TOGETHER WITH FAMILY ALL THE TIME.
YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD WAS FAMILY, SO YOU GREW UP WITH EVERYBODY IN YOUR BLOCK AND IN THE BLOCKS AROUND YOU KNEW YOU.
SO IF YOU GOT IN TROUBLE, ONE AREA, YOU GOT IN TROUBLE EVERYWHERE.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE KNEW EVERYBODY ANYWAY.
I DIDN'T GET BAD TROUBLE, BUT I GOT INTO SOME TROUBLE.
UM, WE MOVED TO ARIZONA, UM, AND BECAME PART OF THE DESERT.
AND BY THE WAY, IN JERSEY, UH, THE OTHER PART WAS GROWING UP, UM, SPENDING SUMMERS AND THE JERSEY SHORE, WHICH, UH, IS REALLY COOL IF YOU DON'T GO TO THE PARK WHERE SNOOKY IS.
AND, AND I GREW UP IN AMUSEMENT PARKS IN OUR AMUSEMENT PARKS EVERYWHERE.
AND I JOHNSON LIVED AND NASHVILLE WATER.
AND MOVED TO ARIZONA BECAUSE MY SISTER WAS VERY BADLY, I, AND WENT ASTHMA.
AND SO MY PARENTS MADE THEIR WAY, EVERYTHING.
THEY LIVED EVERYTHING I GREW UP WITH.
HE WANTED UP BEING BLACK AS THE, MY IN A MAJOR COMPANY AND, AND, UH, PHOENIX, BECAUSE HE SPOKE UP FOR THE UNION, MY FAMILY
AND SO, UM, I MOVED TO LONG BEACH AFTER TWO YEARS OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN ARIZONA BECAUSE I HAD PLANNED FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
I HAD SCHOLARSHIPS, I
SO I CAME OUT HERE AND, UM, BECAUSE LONG BEACH WAS A PLACE.
WE ALSO CAME ON VACATION WHEN WE LIVED IN ARIZONA.
THIS ONE MY FATHER'S BEST BROTHERS FROM JUNIOR AND I LIVED IN LAKEWOOD.
AND SHE HAS GOT SUCH A SMALL TOWN, THE FIELD WITH SUCH A VIBRANT COMMUNITY AND EVERYTHING YOU, YOU WANT, IT'S, I LOVE THAT IT'S, THERE'S NO THINK JERRY IN LONG BEACH.
IT'S LIKE, IT'S JUST, I LEARNED BEACH.
UM, AND THEN I THINK I HONORED LONG BEACH AND I MOVED HERE BY TEAM, VERY INVOLVED IN THE UNIVERSITY.
UM, I WAS AN OFFICER, I WAS PRESIDENT OF SHELL AND ALERT.
WE DID THE WOMEN'S CREWING AND WE SUPPORTED THE MEN'S CREW TEAM.
UM, AND WE, I, UM, BECAME PART OF THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COMMUNITY IN 1978.
AND, UM, HELPED START THE FIRST WALKATHON IN LONG BEACH THAT WE HAD FOR DOMESTIC S WHEN THERE WERE STILL P***Y HAD THEATERS GO, THE BARS AND ALL THE BARS AND WARNING STORES ON FIND AVENUE.
SO WE WERE BOOED ALL THE WAY THROUGH, BUT IT WAS, UM, SO I WORKED ON VIOLENCE AGAINST SWIMMING SINCE, UH, 1978.
UM, I DID VOLUNTEER TRAINING FOR THE MUSIC ACADEMY.
UH, I WAS THE CHAIR OF THE WOMEN'S TION TO CHIEF.
UM, I THINK THAT JUST CREATING PROGRAMS AND I THINK WHAT BEN SAID AND, AND
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THINK, WHICH WHEN I TAUGHT AT CAL STATE LONG BEACH, I, I WANTED TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE KIDS COULD TALK ABOUT ANYTHING AND WE COULD CRITICALLY THINK CON ISSUES.AND, UM, BUT I FEEL LIKE THOUGHT I WAS BORN AND EMBRACE IT.
UH, SO I FEEL MORE LIKE THAT'S ALL LIKE, UH, EVERYTHING
I MOVED TO UNITED STATES IN DECEMBER, JANUARY 17, BUT, UH, I MOVED TO TEXAS, NOT, UH,
AND I DECIDE TO VISIT LAUNDRY IN JANUARY, 2018 BECAUSE I HAVE, UH, MY AUNTIE, MY UNCLE, AND MY COUSIN HERE IN LOVE NOW.
PROBABLY HAD BEEN YEARS IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT UH, WHEN WE ARRIVE IN NORWICK, WE JUST CALL DOWN
SO WE DECIDE TO RESIDE IN NORWICK AND NOT MOVE BACK TO
UH, YEAH, LIKE I MENTIONED, UH, BECAUSE OF THE BROTHER AND THE PEOPLE HERE THAT
AND I, UM, DURING THE FIRST SCHOOL, WE ARE TAKING
UH, I HAVE THE BABY, THE KIDS, THREE CHILDREN TAKE CARE AND TO TAKE CARE, BUT I DECIDE TO VOLUNTEER, UH, WITH, UM, THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THAT'S MY DAUGHTER GO AT THAT TIME, UH, I STARTED TO DO WHAT IN MY ATTEND, LIKE, UH, BECAUSE I AM BILINGUAL
SO I TEACH AT, UM,
AND, AND THEN IN 2021 I GOT, UH, MY TWO TIME EMPLOYMENT WITH, UH, IS EVEN, UH, LIKE FULFILL MY, UM, MY WHAT I DECIDE FOR FACT, I WAS ABLE TO HAVE MY COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY THE SIMILAR BECAUSE, UH, WHAT THING I KNOW HERE, I, I LIKE, I PART OF MY MOM AND MY MOTHER-IN-LAW TOO WATCH, UH, EVERY TIME THAT I LIVE IN THE SENIOR, UH, WHEN I SERVE THEM, HAVE THEM ARE VERY
AND FOR THE FIT THAT
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ME AND THE HUSBAND IN CHARGE, UH, HAVE THAT INVOLVED WITH THE COMMUNITY, UH, VOLUNTEER, SEEING LIKE THAT SINGAPORE, BECAUSE I, WE BELIEVE THAT, UH, UH, IF WE, UH, PLAN THAT IN THE VERY EARLY AGE SO THEY CAN GROW LIKE STRONGER AND THE KINDNESS ANDUM, SO MY BIRTH PARENTS WERE ASIAN
UM, AND I WAS BORN HERE IN LONG BEACH AND MY TWO DADS, UH, THEY, I BELIEVE THEY LIVED HERE FOR A LITTLE BIT AND THEN THEY MOVED TO AL ALABAMA AND THEY BOUGHT A HOUSE THERE.
BUT, UM, THEY DECIDED TO, I THINK THEY MOVED BACK TO CALIFORNIA OR THEY, THEY LIVED IN BAN FIRST, BUT UM, THEY DIDN'T STAY IN ALABAMA BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO ADOPT A CHILD AND THEY DIDN'T DO THAT AS A GAY FAMILY.
UM, SO, UM, MY DAD IS FROM WEST VIRGINIA AND MY FATHER IS FROM THE PHILIPPINES AND HE MOVED HERE WHEN HE MOVED 12 YEARS OLD.
AND, UM, I JUST THINK IT'S REALLY INTERESTING HAVING THAT PERSPECTIVE IN MY FAMILY.
UM, AND UH, I'VE LIVED IN LONG BEACH ALL MY LIFE AND I HAVE GONE TO SCHOOL HERE SINCE IT'S PRESCHOOL EXCEPT FOR HIGH SCHOOL NOW.
AND I GO TO ORANGE, I GO TO HIGH SCHOOL IN ORANGE COUNTY.
AND, UH, I THINK I ALL PROBABLY MOVED BEFORE COLLEGE AS WELL.
UM, AND I FEEL LIKE I HONOR THESE LANDS BY SERVICE IN ING ENGAGEMENT, LIKE BEING INVOLVED
UM, ONE, IT'S LIKE THE LAU PROGRAM AT THE LONG BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY, AND I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THAT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW.
AND, UM, JUST EVEN IN SCHOOL, LIKE I WOULD GO TO THE FLOATING BRAIDS FOR CHRISTMAS AND STILL BE INVOLVED, BUT I'M STILL TRY THAT.
UM, I AM THE DAUGHTER OF A MIDWEST NURSE AND MY MOM'S FROM MICHIGAN.
MY DAD
I WAS BORN, I'M MY FAMILY OF LIKE, LABOR AND FARM AND WORKING THE LAND AND MOVING OUR HAND BUILT INTO ME, UM, AND FAMILY VACATION AND HOW WE INTERACT.
AND THEN I MOVED TO CALIFORNIA FOR COLLEGE IN AN EFFORT, I THINK TO SPREAD MY WINGS.
AND I FOUND UC, SANTA BARBARA, WHICH IS TRULY MIRACULOUS, KIND OF WITH OCEAN AND MOUNTAINS AND THINGS.
UM, AND THEN FROM THERE I FELT LIKE I STILL NEEDED, I, I HAD THIS SENSE OF LIKE NEEDING TO GIVE BACK AND I MOVED TO MEXICO MY FIRST AND WORKED WITH INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES, URBAN AND RURAL SPACES.
UM, AND THEN KIND OF SLOWLY STARTED MOVING MY WAY BACK UP, I GUESS LIKE, OH, SO I THEN I WAS IN TI ONE AND
AND THEN I, IN THAT TIME I WAS LIVING IN MEXICO, I HAD FRIENDS IN LONG BEACH AND WHERE I WOULD COME, I WAS ON NONPROFIT BOARDS THAT WOULD MEET HERE AND I GOT TO UNDERSTAND LONG BEACH AND ALWAYS JUST THOUGHT IT WAS A REALLY UNIQUE SPACE, I THINK IN TERMS OF IT, HOW IT BRINGS TOGETHER GEOGRAPHY AND PEOPLE AND THINGS.
UM, SO EVENTUALLY I MOVED BACK HERE IN LONG BEACH.
I'VE PROBABLY BEEN HERE FOR 10 OR 11, MAYBE 10 YEARS NOW.
UM, AND FEEL LIKE IT'S A NEW SPACE, LIKE MY COVID SPACE FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND CULTURE AND WORK AND LIFE.
AND I FEEL LIKE I'M ABLE TO DO THAT IN LONG BEACH.
UM, MY HUSBAND AND I ARE NOW RAISING A FOSTER SON.
SHE'S BEEN QUITE AN, AN ADVENTURE.
UM, AND I THINK MY SEEDS NOW ARE
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FIGURING OUT LIKE ONE WITH PROFESSIONALLY EARLY PARENT EDUCATION AND UNDERSTANDING HOW LIKE BOTH MINDS OR THE HOW WE'RE GONNA SOLVE COME UP.I THINK THE WORLD'S ATROCITY RIGHT NOW GOING FORWARD, LIKE INVESTING IN THEM OUT SUPPORT WOMEN'S ISSUE, LIKE REALLY STANDING THAT.
UM, AND THEN I THINK PERSONALLY IT'S LIKE FINDING HOW TO ALL THIS STUFF TRY AND LIKE TRYING TO PLANT MORE THINGS OF INTENTIONALITY AND IMPACT AND LIKE FIND THINGS THAT FEEL MEANINGFUL AND IT MEET PURPOSE WHILE LIKE, I THINK THAT BEING LOCALLY TO SOLVE MORE GLOBAL PROBLEMS THAT ARE GOING ON NATIONWIDE, INTERNATIONALLY.
MY PARENTS ARE BOTH FROM MEXICO,
IT RAISED A LOT WOMEN
UM, AND I GREW UP IN VERY DIFFERENT FAMILY.
UM, FAMILY DAD
UM, I HAVE, I GREW UP IN LA AND RAISED IN LA BUT PRACTIC HERE WORKED IN THERE MID TEENS THAT THEY HANG BY THEMSELVES.
BUT, UM, AND I LIVED FOR EXTENDED, WELL, NOT
I LIVED IN NORTH COUNTY, WHICH IS, UM, A VERY DIFFERENT PLACE IN LA.
UM, I LIVED IN BROOKLYN FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
THAT'S KIND OF WHAT AROUND CITY, BUT IT IS A VERY EVIL EXPERIE.
I ALWAYS FOUND MYSELF, EVEN WHEN I WAS UNDERGRAD, I FOUND MYSELF COMING TO LONG BEACH, COMING TO I IN LA.
UM, AND I, I LIKED, YOU KNOW, UH, THE CLUB SINKS.
I DID LIKE SALSA DANCING, BUT IT WAS ALSO JUST A VERY, VERY RELAXED, UM, VERY WELCOMING NEIGHBORHOOD, ESPECIALLY COMING FROM THE DIFFERENT CITIES IN IRVINE, UM, EVEN IN COUNTY.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I I ENDED UP MOVING BACK TO LA COUNTY, UM, AND GOT MARRIED EVENTUALLY MY HUSBAND AND I WERE WORKING FOR LIVE AND WE ENDED UP IN LONG BEACH.
ONE WAS, IT WAS IDEALLY LOCATED FOR US WHEN WE OPENED.
WE BOTH WORK, YOU KNOW, HE, HE STILL WORKS AT IRVINE AND, BUT ALSO BECAUSE, UM, WHEN WE WERE LOOKING FOR A HOME LOAN, NOTHING MORE TO LONG BEACH AND IT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE LIKE WALKING AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE NOTICED THAT THERE WAS, IT WAS ONE MUL ANKLE STONE, WHICH WAS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO US.
AND TWO, THEY WERE, THE NEIGHBORHOODS WERE ACTUALLY VERY FRIENDLY, WHICH IS ALSO VERY UNLIKE OTHER NORTH FAMILY PEOPLE,
SO THERE'S NO SENSE OF COMMUNITY.
UM, AND EVEN THOUGH WE WERE JUST LIKE STRANGERS WALKING THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND PEOPLE WOULDN'T SEE US, WE WERE LIKE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE NET CABS AND PLAYING HIGH AND, YOU KNOW, WOULDN BE WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST VERY, UM, I KNOW IT WAS JUST LIKE ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE FELL IN LOVE WITH THE HOUSE AND THERE, UM, ABOUT A DECADE, UM, HOW WOULD YOU WHITE ONE OF THESE LANDS, UM, FOR ME, UM, RECOGNIZING KINDA LIKE THE RIGHT WHERE I GREW UP AND JUST KIND OF REALIZING THAT RESOURCE ARE FINITE, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT HONORING OUR LAND'S, NOT HONORING THE PLANET FOR ME IS VERY IMPORTANT TO BE PROTECTED AS MUCH AS I CAN IN MY OWN WAY.
UM, AND TO TEACH SHOULD, YOU KNOW, TEACH LIKE RESPECT AND HONOR TO MY SON, FOR HIM TO TAKE CARE OF IT.
UM, AND FOR ME, LIKE IT'S, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LIKE, I THINK DO ALL TESTS ON THINGS THAT I
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UM, I, I IMPLEMENTED THIS LESSON AND SAID, OH, THIS WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA.
AND THEN AS I WAS WRITING IT OUT, I WAS LIKE, OH MY GOSH, THIS IS SO DIFFICULT, UH, YES TO REALLY THINK ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN, RIGO, MY ANCESTRAL VAN, UH, MY FAMILY IS, MY FAMILY'S FROM THE BIO, UH, NEW ORLEANS.
MY, UH, I'M ALSO FROM, I'M ALSO GERMAN.
UH, MY FAMILY COMES FROM THE MOUNTAINS OF GERMAN FROSTBURG, UH, AFRICA WITH NO COUNTRY CONNECTED, UM, THROUGH THE MIDDLE PASSAGE, UM, IN CUBA, UM, AS OF NEW ORLEANS.
AND WE ARE, I AM SPANISH FRENCH CREOLE, UM, AND, UM, CHI CHIRO, WHICH IS UM, WHICH IS A, WAS A NATIVE BERRY TRIBE SIDE OFF THE, UH, OFF THE BODY RIGHT ON THE WATER, UH, WHERE THE NIGHT BOARD IS NOW.
UM, THE COMMUNITIES I LIVED IN, I GREW UP HOMELESS FOR.
OKAY, WE ARE NOT GONNA GO INTO THAT BECAUSE THAT'S DEPRESSING, BUT, UM, YES.
AND SO I LIVED AT ICON, MOVED AROUND, UM, AS AN ADULT.
I LIVED IN SOUTH SOUTHEAST EL LAKE, UM, RIGHT OFF THE, WHERE THE ONE 10, WHERE THE ONE 10 EAST TO 1 0 5.
UM, SO I YOU EVER WINDY CHRYSLER PLACE IN, UM,
UM, I ALSO LIVED IN INGLEWOOD, UM, AS AN ADULT.
I LIVED, I LIVED IN, UM, THAT LIVED IN
I LIVED IN VENISON, SANTA MONICA, TORRANCE, THEN AS AN ADULT, AS A RESEARCHER IN CO PROFESS I LIVED IN TEXAS CANDY COLLEGE, ASIA, SOUTH VIRGINIA, UM, UH, NEW YORK CITY, MARIETTA, UM, ON, WHICH IS ON THE BOARD OF OHIO, THAT WEST VIRGINIA AND LAS VEGAS.
UM, I'VE DONE A RESEARCHER, I WAS THERE INTENTIONALLY TO DO RESEARCH AND PLACE SPACE RESEARCH AS WAY TO HONOR THE LAND AND HONOR THE SEEDS, UM, AND PLANT NEW SEEDS AND KIND OF CREATE MUL, UM, MULTI CULTURAL AND ISTIC PERSPECTIVES OF COMMUNITIES, UM, AND TELL THE STORIES THAT ARE OFTEN, UM, SUPPRESSED OR HIDDEN.
UH, SO I WAS SCARED WITH THE INTENTIONS OF DOING THAT.
I SOMETIMES, I'M ACTUALLY HIRED, UM, AND SHE PUT THIS, I WAS ACTUALLY HIRED FOR THOSE INTENTIONS.
UH, AND HOW DO I HONOR, HOW DO I HONOR THESE LANDS? UM, AS WE'RE FROM DWAY PLAY BASED WORK, I TEACH A LOT ABOUT THE STUDIES IN INDIGENOUS NATURE.
I DO A LOT OF SERVICE, UM, A LAND WORK AT THE FARM AND GROVE FOR, UH, ROSE AT ZERO.
AND THE IMPACT OF THE SEEDS I WANNA LEAD IN LONG BEACH RIGHT NOW IS I WANNA, I'M TRYING TO LEARN ABOUT NATIVE PLANTS IN LONG BEACH.
I AM BIT EXCITED AROUND THIS COMING YEAR BECAUSE ALL OF THE BIRDS I LIVE ON THE RIVER AND THE RIVER, UH,
THE, THE LA RIVER IS THE RIVER AREA.
WELL, AND YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE BIRDS COMING DURING THIS TIME OF THE YEAR TO, TO, UH, AND IS KIND OF EXCITING.
AND I ACTUALLY GO OUT AND JUST LOOK AND WELCOME THEM.
I TRY TO WALK AROUND MY COMMUNITY.
I ALSO WANNA REMOVE THE MINUTES THAT CONSTANTLY PERMEATE NORTH LONG BEACH ABOUT BEING A FOOD, A FREAKING FOOD DESERT IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
HOW HAS THAT BEEN POSSIBLE? UH, WE'RE NOT GONNA GO, BUT YEAH, AND I AM ALSO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BROUGHT ME TO LONG BEACH BESIDES THE THICK DISCOUNT ON MY HOUSE DURING THE, DURING THE HOUSING CRISIS AND UM, IS, UH, I BECAME VERY INVOLVED IN THE BRIGHTER FOUNDATION OF LONG BEACH AND TRYING TO REMOVE THE GREAT WATER AND BRING BACK NATURAL, UM, A NATURAL HABITAT, NATURAL HABITATION BACK TO THE WATERS.
UM, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON IT.
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AND I'M ALSO TRYING TO PLAN IDEAS OF EQUITY, NOT JUST AMONG, UM, EQUITY AND LABOR JUSTICE FOR WOMEN IN, UM, IN, NOT JUST IN LONG BEACH, BUT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE STATE.THERE'S JUST A LOT OF INEQUITABLE THE WAY SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES AND LABOR IS STRUCTURED.
AND THEN WHO GETS PAID AND WHO DOESN'T GET PAID AND WHO HAS TO DO UNPAID INTERNSHIPS HAVE BEEN, CREATES A LOT OF INEQUITABLE STRUCTURES THROUGHOUT, THROUGHOUT THE, THROUGHOUT OUR, OUR SYSTEMS. AND I'M TRYING TO ADDRESS THAT IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE TO ANYONE.
UM, I DO REC, THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS ABOUT, I MEAN, AS THIS FOR, UH, I, AS I SAID, I LIVED IN TORRANCE.
UM, SOME OF, YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO GO AROUND AND SAY MY LITTLE JAPANESE FACES A JA THE JAPANESE NUMBER.
UM, I DO RECOMMEND GOING TO LOOK AT, UM, THE IDEAS OF
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
I HOPE WE GOT A CHANCE TO LEARN FROM EACH OTHER AND ACTUALLY KNOW EACH OTHER A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
UM, AT THIS TIME, THANK YOU EVAN.
GOING TO PARTICIPATING IN
AND I THINK ONE WORD THAT DESCRIBES EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US, UM, PASSIONATE, WE'RE ALL PASSIONATE ABOUT THE WORK THAT, SO THANK YOU FOR THIS.
UM, GOOD FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS, FOR YOUR THOUGHTS, WHETHER YOUR PART REQUEST
SO AT THIS TIME, UM, LET'S SEE.
I WOULD DEFINITELY NEED TO, UM, HAVE A MOTION, UM, RIGHT.
AND JUST BRING, UM, WHAT IS IT WHEN ABOUT TO DO THIS AT THE BEGINNING? NO, NO, THAT WAS JUST YOUR WELCOME INTRODUCTION.
SO, BUT THIS, THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME NO, IT WASN'T WELCOME INTRODUCTION.
WE WANNA GET SOMETHING A LITTLE COMPLETE THAT, RIGHT.
SO GOES TO THE BOTTOM PAGE ONE AND, UM, THE FIRST TIME, LET'S SEE.
OKAY, TWO OF ALL MEETING PARTICIPANTS, I WILL PERIODICALLY MY COMMISSIONER AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO REJECT YOUR VOICE WHEN MADE COMMENTS, WHATEVER, MADAM, PLEASE CALL FROM THE FIRST FIRE.
ITEM NUMBER ONE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS THE CURRENT ACTIVITIES, ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AND CHALLENGES OF THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS.
OKAY, COMMISSIONER I FOR THIS.
I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF NOTHING GOOD, GOOD ENERGY IN THE ROOM AND LIKE THE VALUES THAT WERE MENTIONED THAT WE ALL HAVE, I THINK IS REALLY, UM, SO WE ARE GOING TO GET TO KIND OF REVIEWING OUR LEARNING FROM THE PAST YEAR.
I WONDER, JUST WALK US THROUGH WHAT THE, OUR REST OF OUR DAY WILL LOOK LIKE AND THEN WE'LL DIVE INTO THAT PART.
UM, SO I THINK TODAY AFTER SEEING, LIKE WE WE'RE IDENTIFYING ALL THESE COMMONALITIES AND THESE BEAUTIFUL THINGS THAT WE SHARE AND VALUE, AND AT THE SAME TIME WE ALL
BUT TODAY IN THE OPPORTUNITY FOR TO TALK A LITTLE MORE
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FREELY AND COME TOGETHER AS COMMISSIONERS TO REALLY KIND OF OUTLINE OUR PLAN FORWARD.SO WE'RE GONNA SPEND SOME TIME IN THE MORNING TALKING ABOUT OUR LIKE THREE YEAR GOALS, WHAT OUR VISION WOULD BE FOR THREE YEARS, REALLY COMING TO TOGETHER ON THAT FINDING BENEFIT BECAUSE WE ALL BRING THESE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA GET THAT ON PAPER.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE IN THE SECOND PART OF THE DAY, WE'LL GO TO LIKE A ONE YEAR PLAN.
SO WE'LL REALLY MAP OUT WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO ACHIEVE TOGETHER IN THIS NEXT YEAR.
UM, SO HERE IT'S BEING KIND OF A OVERVIEW, BUT WE'LL BE HERE WHAT WE CALL OUR PRACTICAL VISION.
THERE'S MOMENTS WHERE LIKE NATURAL BREAKS, SO WE WON'T TAKE UP FORMAL BREAKS, SO AS YOU NEED TO END UP YOU DIRECTOR,
UM, SO WE'LL BE WORKING ON THIS PRACTICAL VISION IN THE MORNING.
AND THEN AFTER LUNCH WE'RE GONNA MOVE.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THERE'S ALL THESE MINI WORKSHOPS IN THE, WE'RE GONNA SPEND SOME TIME TALKING HERE EACH MOMENT OF THE DAY.
THERE'S TIMES FOR LIKE INDIVIDUAL REFLECTION, SMALL GROUP TALK, WHICH WE'RE ALREADY SMALL GROUP, BUT WE'LL SAY PAIRS.
UM, AND THEN LARGE GROUPS WORK WITH EACH OTHER.
SO I THINK THAT THEY'RE GETTING INTENTIONAL TIME.
UM, BUT THE ONE YEAR PLAN, WE'LL TALK ABOUT OUR, WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE AS SUCCESSES.
UM, BY THE END OF THIS NEXT YEAR WE'LL DO A STRENGTH CONNECT OPPORTUNITIES AND BREADTH ANALYSIS.
WE'LL DO SOME ANALYSIS ON THAT.
AND THEN WE'LL REALLY DECIDE THAT THE GROUP, WHAT CAN WE TO, UH, WILL, THOSE WILL BE LIKE ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
WE'LL ORGANIZE THOSE, BUT LET'S CALL STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS JUST TO GET KIND OF THE ORDER TO THESE THINGS THAT WE'RE COMMITTING TO.
AND THEN WE'LL PUT 'EM ON A CALENDAR AND WE'LL FIND IT ALL BEFORE THREE O'CLOCK TODAY.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE LIKE A REALLY SOLID PRODUCT BY KIND OF, I'M GONNA WORK TO MOVE US FORWARD.
I HAVE MORE OF LIKE FACILITATOR HAT ON AND COMMISSIONER HAT BECAUSE I'M GONNA LEAD US THROUGH THIS RATHER THAN PARTICIPATE SO THAT WE CAN GET THROUGH IT ALL.
AND REALLY JUST RELYING ON THE ENERGY AND THE, THE KNOWLEDGE, THE EXPERIENCE, LIKE EACH OF US IN THIS ROOM.
SO WE REALLY NEED EACH PERSON VOICE.
THEN THERE SHOULD BE TIMES THROUGHOUT THE DAY TO HELP EACH PERSON LIKE THEIR VOICE.
SO THIS WILL BE A COMBINED PRODUCT AND REALLY
UM, SO JUST A FEW REQUEST, UH, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF MATERIAL WE WANNA GET THROUGH AND WE'RE STAYING WITHIN SOME OF THE CITY GUIDELINES.
BUT FOR US AS WE INTERACT, I'M GONNA SAY ONE, HELP US STAY ON TIME, BUT WHEN WE'RE MOVING BETWEEN ACTIVITY, THEN YOU COULD COME BACK, UM, AND REALLY HELP US DO THAT JUST BECAUSE WE DO WANNA GET THROUGH A LOT OF INFORMATION.
I'M GONNA SAY ONE PERSON AT A TIME, WHICH I THINK WE'RE, UH, PRETTY GOOD AT.
BUT EVEN WHEN YOU HAVE LIKE THE SIDE CONVERSATION THAT YOU COULD BRING IT TO THE GROUP SO THAT WE COULD ALL HEAR, EVEN IF IT'S A QUESTION ABOUT WHERE'S THE RESTROOM, MAYBE WE ALL NEED TO HEAR IT, OR IF IT'S LIKE AN IDEA THAT YOU'RE HAVING, BRING IT TO THE GROUP SO WE CAN ALL EXPERIENCE THAT, UNDERSTAND IT.
AND ALSO SO THAT IT'S SO MANAGE ON THE BOARD.
UM, I'M GONNA HAVE TO KEEP IT BRIEF JUST BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA MOVE THROUGH SO MUCH INFORMATION.
SO AT TIMES IT'LL FEEL LIKE THERE'S ONE THING THAT YOU REALLY WANNA SORT OUT AND, AND MAYBE IN THE WEEDS OR, UM, SOMETHING THAT WE CAN MORE FUN LATER.
SO I'M GONNA KEEP US MOVING AFTER YOU KEEP BREATHE AND THEN BREATHE AND STAY.
THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, COMMITTING YOUR TIME.
I THINK WE GOT THIS ON THE CALENDAR FAIRLY QUICKLY.
I KNOW WE MADE TIME, SO IT DEFINITELY TIME TO BE HERE ON A SATURDAY, BUT I REALLY MIGHT WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE EXCELLENT USE OF OUR TIME.
THEN WE HAVE AT OUR LAST COMMISSION BE, UH, DR.
KEL WALKED US THROUGH AN EXERCISE THAT GAVE US SOME FEEDBACK.
AND THIS IS WHAT WE CAME OUT WITH.
AND THIS IS KIND OF JUST A HOLD OUR PLANNING FOR THE DAY.
SO FOCUS QUESTION, HOW CAN WE, THE LONG BEACH COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS ADVANCE THE SAFETY CONFERENCE IN OUR HUMAN FACULTY COLLABORATION WHILE PARTNERING WITH DIVERSE ORGANIZATIONS COMMUNICATING EFFECTIVELY AND BUILDING THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS NEEDED TO ADVOCATE EFFECTIVELY IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS.
WHAT KEY WORDS DO YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE BOOK ADVANCED PREPARATION, SHARING, ADVOCACY,
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THIS IS REALLY, REALLY WELL DONE.
ALRIGHT, SO THAT'S WHAT'S FROM THE HERE.
UM, SOT WE'RE GONNA TAKE JUST A FEW MINUTES READING THROUGH THIS.
SO THIS JUST KIND OF A QUICK REMINDER OF WHAT THE ENDING HERE AND YOU CAN HIGHLIGHT ON HERE IF YOU DON'T WANNA MARK IT UP.
MAKE NOTE ON THE SIDE, JUST THINGS THAT STAND OUT TO YOU, UM, AS WE GO THROUGH IT.
MAYBE SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE LEARNED, MAYBE SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED, SOMETHING THAT MIGHT HELP US AND WE THINK ABOUT OUR GOALS FOR THIS THIS NEXT YEAR.
SO JUST TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO LOOK OVER.
I ASK YOU TO FIND A PARTNER AND JUST SHARE WHAT STOOD OUT TO YOU AS YOU LOOKED THROUGH THE REPORT.
SO A PARTNER, WE MIGHT HAVE ONE GROUP OF,
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AND I THINKI'M GONNA BRING US BACK ENOUGH EACH GROUP TO SHARE JUST ONE OR TWO HIGHLIGHTS FROM YOUR CONVERSATION AND WHAT YOU THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THE WHOLE GROUP TO HEAR TO, BASED ON YOUR, BASED ON YOUR SHARING, WHAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT YOU, THE WHOLE GROUP WOULD BENEFIT FROM HEARING TO CARRY FORWARD? ARE WE ALL READY?
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ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS IN OUR SMALL GROUPS, LIKE FINDING THE WAY OF FINDING WAYS TO ENSURE THAT OUR PARTNER, THE COMMUNITY IS HAPPENING REGULARLY AS WELL AS WITHAND WE TALKED ABOUT IT IN THE TERMS OF DOING, MAYBE DOING A LITTLE WORKSHOPS OF THESE SPONSOR LIBRARY OR WHATEVER ON FINANCIAL LITERACY, SAFETY ISSUES, DOMESTIC PLANNING, UM, THOSE KIND OF TOPICS THAT WERE THE FIRST TWO, UM, FOCUSES HAVING A SURVEY AND, AND SPREADING THEM OUT IN DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES SO WE COULD, YOU KNOW, HAVE, I MEAN THERE LIBRARIES IN EVERY COMMUNITY.
SO WE TALKED ABOUT HOW WELL WE DO AT FOUNDATION.
UH, AND WE SO MUCH MORE OF THIS, HOW THINGS SUCH IMPACTED US, HOW WE MOVE QUICKLY BECAUSE WE GEL WELL TOGETHER.
AND ALSO HOW WE ARE, WE, UM, WE THINK BECAUSE WE GEL WELL TOGETHER, WE ARE ABLE TO BRING, GET OUR, UM, BYLAWS TO GET, UM, DONE QUICKLY.
WE WERE ABLE TO WRITE OUR LETTERS, UH, TO FIND TO, UM, REGARDING WORK AT LABOR EQUITY IN NORTH BEACH.
AND UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ALSO BECAME AWARE OF SOME OF THE GAPS, UM, SUCH AS WE NEED TO, WE ARE WOMEN, GIRLS IN A STRATEGY TO ADDRESS GROWTH ISSUES AND OUR ADVOCACY FOR WORK IN, UM, EMPLOYMENT AND ENTRY.
YEAH, JUST LIKE A SHARING OF WHAT YOU TALKED ABOUT THAT YOU THINK WOULD BENEFIT THE GROUP AS WE MOVED INTO MAYBE, MAYBE SOMETHING THAT WAS HIGHLIGHTED FOR YOU AS YOU LOOKED THROUGH THE REPORT.
UM, WELL SOMETHING THAT STOOD OUT TO THE CONNECTION OBJECTIVES AND FUNCTIONS IS I, I FEEL LIKE THAT, UM, REPRESENTS WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO AS A CONNECTION.
UM, THERE'S, I, I THINK MAYBE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT IN THE DEFINITION, UM, IN MIDDLE CITY, JUST, OKAY, I'M GONNA MOVE UP INTO THE NEXT, I THINK, BUT I'M WONDERING IF WE NEED TO PAUSE AND DO THAT.
I THINK THAT ESSENTIALLY WAS THE FIRST THIS IS, AND NOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE INTO THE NEXT WORKSHOP OF THE THREE YEAR VISIT.
OKAY, SO THAT WOULD BE APPLICANT.
SO WE NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT? YES.
PLEASE SPEAK OUT WITH PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT AND CLERK, PLEASE CHECK TO SEE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SEE ON THIS ITEM.
I'M ACKNOWLEDGING FOR THE RECORD THAT THERE ARE NO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PRESENT TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME.
COMMISSIONER MOSCA, VICE CHAIR ARCH ARCHULA.
ITEM NUMBER TWO IS RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS THE THREE YEAR VISION OF THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS.
BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD, UH, DO WE HAVE A, WOULD YOU LIKE TO CALL FOR A MOTION IN A SECOND? I
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THANK YOU.SO HOPEFULLY IN THESE PROTOCOL, RIGHT, WE'LL CALL THAT WE DON'T LOSE TRACK OF THE CONVERSATION WE WERE HAVING.
SO EACH OF THESE BITS OF INFORMATION THAT WE ATTRIBUTED THEY'RE HAVING, UM, THEY'LL GO INTO LIKE OUR OVERALL.
SO THAT'S PART STAGE, JUST HAVING A, UM, OKAY, NOW WE'RE INTO OUR KIND OF FIRST OFFICIAL WORKSHOP WHERE WE'RE GOING TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION, WHAT DO WE WANT PUT SEE IN PLACE IN THREE YEARS AS A RESULT OF OUR ADOPTION? SO WE'RE THINKING, UH, THREE YEARS IN THE FUTURE, WHICH, UH, STEPHANIE REMINDED ME THAT IS ALSO LIKE IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR YEARS OF
NOW WE HAVE THREE MORE YEARS REALLY TO SET OUT WHAT DO WE WANNA SEE IN PLACE.
SO YOU CAN KIND OF THINK ABOUT IT IN TERMS OF WHAT WE WANT TO HAVE HAPPENED BY THE END OF YOUR FIRST TERM.
UH, SO THIS PRACTICAL VISION, THIS IS A WAY TO CAPTURE KIND OF OUR HOPE AND DREAM THAT EACH OF US VARY THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO SEE AND BECOME A REALITY.
THESE COULD COME FROM THEIR, YOUR EXPERIENCES, BUT THEY'RE KIND OF CURRENTLY JUST OUTSIDE OF OUR REACH.
SO IT'S NOT A MISSION STATEMENT OR OBJECTIVES.
THEY'RE NOT EVEN REALLY GOALS WHICH ARE VERY STRATEGIC AND TACTICAL.
UH, THIS IS KIND OF COMING FROM WITHIN.
THIS IS THE POWER, THE MOTIVATION, THE INTRINSIC MEANING BEHIND THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.
THIS IS WHAT'S GONNA FUEL US WITH ENERGY, WITH ENDURANCE.
UH, IF WE DENY THIS VISION, IT CAN LEAD TO LACK OF MOTIVATION, CONFUSION.
WE KIND OF ALL GOING IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.
SO WE'RE GONNA TRY TO REALLY HONE IN ON OUR COMBINED KIND OF PASSION.
AND, UM, SO WE DON'T WANNA JUST DRIFT AIMLESSLY.
THIS IS GONNA HELP KIND OF DIRECT THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.
SO IN ORDER TO DO THIS, IT'S FIRST GONNA BE AN INDIVIDUAL BRAINSTORM AND THEN WE'RE GONNA DO PARTNER WORK AGAIN.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA GET ON THE BOARD.
UM, AND I'M GONNA GUIDE US IN KIND OF A VISUALIZATION, GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO DREAM A LITTLE BIT.
AND IT'S HARD TO THINK TODAY, LIKE THREE YEARS IN THE FUTURE.
UM, SO YOU CAN TAKE SOME NOTES AS I READ JUST THE LIST OF QUESTIONS YOU DON'T, DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE TO ANSWER EACH QUESTION, BUT YOU CAN KIND OF LET IT WATCH OVER YOU OR MAYBE YOU DRIFT OFF THINKING ABOUT ONE PARTICULAR THING AND YOU WRITE THAT DOWN.
UM, AND THEN THERE'LL BE KIND OF STEPS ALONG THE WAY TO BRING OUR IDEAS TO LIFE.
UH, ARE WE READY? SO, UH, IT'S THREE JUNE INTO THE FUTURE.
SO STEP SEPTEMBER, 2020 PAGES THE WORK THAT THE LONG BEACH COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS HAS WON AN AWARD AND WE HAVE BEEN CHOSEN AS THE IDEAL MODEL FOR COMMISSIONS NATIONWIDE COMMISSIONERS ARE OFTEN PARTNERSHIP ARE DRIVING THE WORKING TO BE HIGHLIGHTED BY A MAJOR NEW OUT.
YOU HAVE BEEN SELECTED TO CONDUCT A TOUR OF THE REPORTERS TO SHARE ABOUT BEGINNING THAT WE ARE DOING TO MAKE THIS COMMISSION SO
SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT THIS MEETING WITH THE REPORTERS, WHAT ACHIEVEMENT ARE YOU MOST, UH, RELATED TO THE WORK OF? WHAT ARE THE SHINING DEMONSTRATION OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENT? WHAT IS SOMETHING TOTALLY NEW THAT NO ONE EVER IMAGINED THAT YOU ARE SHOWCASING? WHAT OFFERING THEY'RE BEING PROVIDED TO THE GREATER COMMUNITY? WHAT IS BRINGING PEOPLE TO THE ACTIVITIES THAT YOUTH ORGANIZE? WHAT KEY ISSUES ARE BEING ADDRESSED? WHAT ARE SOME ALLIANCES THAT HAVE FORMED OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS? WHAT IS CONTRIBUTING TO THE SUCCESS OF THE PARTNERSHIP THAT HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED? WHAT DO PEOPLE LOOK LIKE? WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THEATER? HOW ARE PEOPLE INTERACTING WITH KIND OF MARKETING COMMUNICATION?
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WHAT SYSTEMS ARE YOU TALKING WITH? DISPLAY? HOW ARE COMMUNITY MEMBERS BEING INCLUDED AND ENGAGED? WHAT IS MAKING OUR ADVOCACY EFFORT SO SUCCESSFUL? WHAT ACTIVITIES ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT? WHAT NEW AND CREATIVE STRATEGY WORKPLACE? WHAT SOUNDS DO YOU HEAR WHEN YOU COME INTO A COMMISSION MEETING? HOW IS INFORMATION BEING ACCESSED AND SHARED? WHAT NEW ROLES ARE PEOPLE PLAYING? HOW DO PEOPLE FEEL WHEN THEY GET INVOLVED IN THE WORK OF THEIR COMMISSION PROGRAM? HOW ARE YOU CELEBRATING ACCOMPLISHMENTS? HOW ARE ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TOGETHER? WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON THAT YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THE REPORTERS KNOW ABOUT? WHAT STORY WILL BE TOLD ABOUT THE COMMISSION'S WORK? HOW ARE WE GETTING DESCRIBED? AND FINALLY, WHAT HEADLINE WOULD YOU PRINT TO DESCRIBE THIS STORY? OKAY, I'M GONNA HAND OUT THIS WORKSHEET SO YOU CAN REFERENCE YOUR NOTES IF YOU WANT, BUT REALLY HERE YOU'RE GONNA TRY DO YOUR BEST TO COME UP WITH AS MANY IDEAS AS POSSIBLE OF WHAT DO WE WANNA SEE IN PLACE IN THREE YEARS AS A GOAL.SO THE FIRST COUPLE WILL PROBABLY COME REALLY EQUALLY.
AND THEN PUT YOURSELF AND KEEP IN MIND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT DO WE ACTUALLY WANT TO SEE IN PLACE.
THEN WE'RE GONNA GET INTO PARK ROOMS.
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IT'S LIKE, OKAY, HERE'S A FEW MORE INSTRUCTIONS THAT YOU'VE WORKED TO SUM UP WITH AS MANY IDEAS AS POSSIBLE.I'M GONNA CHALLENGE YOU TO REALLY MAKE SURE THESE ARE WHAT WE'LL CALL HARD IDEAS.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER MAILED THE PATRIOT, NOT SOFT IDEAS, BUT THAT'S LIKE IMPROVED COMMUNICATION.
SO WE'RE REALLY PUSHING OURSELVES TO LIKE, WHAT DO WE ACTUALLY WANNA SEE IN PLACE? IT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING TANGIBLE.
SO YOU WANNA MAYBE VISUALLY YOU'RE STANDING IN THREE YEARS FROM NOW AND YOU'RE LOOKING AROUND, WHAT ARE THE VISIBLE TANGIBLE RESULTS? THIS PRACTICAL VISION SHOULD REPRESENT YOUR HOPE, YOUR DREAMS, YOUR ASPIRATION.
SO DON'T LIMIT YOURSELF TO WHAT YOU THINK TODAY MIGHT BE POSSIBLE, BUT WHAT COULD BE POSSIBLE IN THREE YEARS.
AND THEN REALLY TRY TO CREATE A WORD PICTURE OF THAT FUTURE THAT YOU WANT TO SEE FROM
YOU CAN ALSO STATE WHAT YOU HOPE TO ACHIEVE ON BEHALF OF OTHERS WHO AREN'T IN THE ROOM TODAY.
AND REALLY TRY TO USE DESCRIPTIVE NOW ADJECTIVE AND THINK COMPREHENSIVELY ABOUT ALL ASPECTS OF INTERNAL EXTERNAL SYSTEM OPERATIONS, EXTERNAL RELATIONS.
SO TAKE A FEW OF MORE MINUTES, UH, SEE WHAT ADDITIONAL IDEAS YOU CAN WRITE DOWN AND THEN WE'LL GET INTO PROGRAM.
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OKAY, LET'S MOVE FORWARD THEN EAR AND JOIN.
SO FIND PARTNER, FIND SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVEN'T WORKED WITH YET TODAY.
SOMEONE NEW AND MAYBE SOMEONE THAT YOU WERE LIKE, DON'T GET INTERACT, WORK THAT MUCH.
IT'S PART OF TODAY IS THAT YOU KNOW, ONE ANOTHER.
SO FIND PARTNER AND TOGETHER YOU'RE GONNA COME UP WITH 10 IDEAS, EIGHT TO 10.
AND YOU'RE GONNA WRITE 'EM ON THE CAP SHEET OF PAPER.
THESE WHITE CAP SHEETS OF PAPER THERE.
YOU'RE GONNA WRITE THE IDEA IN THREE TO SEVEN WORD LIKE THIS.
YOU'RE GONNA WRITE BIG LIKE THIS.
THAT'S WAY THOSE BIG MARKERS ARE THERE.
AND YOU'RE GONNA WRITE ONE IDEA PER CAR.
SO BY THE END OF THIS EXERCISE YOU WOULD HAVE EIGHT, UH, TO PEN THEN CARDS.
THESE THREE I'M GONNA ASK TO YOU, YOU THREE JUST WORDS TOGETHER.
SO THEN NEW, SORRY, WE SHOULD JUST HAVE PARTNERS RIGHT NOW AND YOUR MIC CAN JOIN.
UH, EVERYONE YOU CAN STAND UP.
STRETCH, GRAB WHAT YOU PARTNER.
DO YOUR BEST TO 10 WAY EIGHT TO 10.
LET'S SEE HOW FAR WE GET MAYBE AS WELL.
I'M NOT ALSO NO FIDGET FIDGET LEADER CLEANER.
UH, TO MAKE THE BRACELET WITH PEARLS LIKES AND MAKE
PUT HAND THE TATTOO ON WHILE YOU'RE SO YEAH, THANK YOU.
WHERE? RIGHT HERE FACE IS RIGHT HERE, THERE.
AND THEN TOGETHER COME UP WITH EIGHT TO 10.
AND WE'RE GONNA TRY TO KEEP THIS TO JUST LIKE 10 MINUTES.
SO DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE TO BE PERFECT.
WE'RE JUST GONNA GET 'EM OUT ONTO THE PAPER.
ENJOY SOMETIME JOIN A GROUP, KEEP GOING.
YOU SHARING SIGNAL AND THE GROUP COMING UP WITH A EIGHT TO 10 AND YOU'RE GONNA WRITE ONE IDEA AND BIG LETTERS ABOUT
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LOOKING AT SO MYSELF, I WOULD SAY TO THAT BENEFIT, UM, THAT WAS BIT SO, UH, BE SUCCESS.ALL REACH AND, AND NOR THE POINT COMMISSION BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I THINK LIKE WE COULD HAVE YOUNGER GIRLS AROUND MY AGE BECAUSE THE STUDIES, I THINK THERE MANY ORGANIZATION, ITIES AND
THINK GET, UM, RESEARCH ATIONS UNIVERSITY MATERIAL.
ANYTHING ELSE? I STRENGTH WE SAY RIGHT NOW FAULT THAT IDENTIFY RESOLVING, WE WERE ABLE TO
SHOULD BE WRITING ABOUT YOUR, AND REMEMBER WE'RE DOING ONE IDEA PER CARD.
WRITE THREE, SEVEN WORD AT THIS POINT I TWO.
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THAT'S ANOTHER VERY EXCITING SOMETHING.SOMETHING LIKE JENNIFER, I, YEAH LIKE JUST PUT, IS IT, ARE THEY, DOES IT FALL WITHIN THREE TO SEVEN WORDS AND CAPTURE WHAT YOU WANNA BE? SO ONE IDEA FOR CARD THREE TO SEVEN IDEAS.
SO WORDS THREE WORD, SORRY, ONE IDEA FOR YOU'RE NOT SURE HOW TO MAKE IT LIKE REALLY CONCRETE.
I PUT IT OUT, PUT IT ON THE PAPER, AND THEN THEY HAVE THE CRITICAL, IT HAS TO BE 7 3 7.
IT'S REALLY FORCING YOU THE GROUP EIGHT TO 10.
SO MAYBE THERE'S SOME IDEA THAT YOU'RE LIKE, THIS IS A HALF IDEA AND MAYBE SOMEBODY CAN HELP YOU MAKE IT INTO SOMETHING.
SO ALSO, YEAH, SO YOU, AND AND THEN
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SHE SAID OH YEAH, TO SAME THING BUT NEEDS TO DIFFERENT WORDS.THERE'S A CERTAIN ALL THE WAY DOWN THE BOX ON THE SIDE.
HOW ARE WE DOING? I THINK WE'RE GOOD.
WE CAN YOU HAVE YOUR IDEAS SORT THROUGH THEM AND COME UP WITH THE FIVE THAT YOU THINK ARE THE CLEAREST, THE EASIEST FOR THE GROUP TO UNDERSTAND YOUR FIVE CLEAREST IDEAS.
WHAT IF WE HAVE REALLY CLEAR IDEAS AND MORE THAN FIVE, ARE THEY THREE TO SEVEN MORE WRITTEN WITH THREE TO SEVEN MORE? NO.
SO YOU WANT A TOTAL OF EIGHT TO 10 IDEAS PER GROUP.
AND THEN FROM THERE WE MAKE THE FIVE CLEAR AND ONCE WE MEET 4, 5, 6 CLEAR.
SO IT'S NOT JUST LIKE BOTHERING CLEAR.
AND I'LL TAKE YOUR TOP FOUR TO FIVE CLEAREST IDEAS.
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HAVE IT AND THEN WE'RE GONNA MAKE OUR WAY BACK TO THE TABLE.SO I, I GUESS I'M HAVING A DIFFICULTY IN TRYING TO SEPARATE EVENTS OR ACTIVITIES, ISSUES.
ARE WE DEALING THINK THAT ANOTHER ISSUE MM-HMM
AND SO RATHER EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE BEING ISSUED, WHY USED SHE WAS CERTAIN, WHAT WOULD YOU SEE IN PLACE?
JUST FROM SAYING INCREASE THE, YEAH.
OKAY, SO I'LL TAKE YOUR TOP FIVE.
OKAY, ONE MORE WE'RE GONNA TEACH YOU.
THAT SHOULD BE ALONG WITH STARTING.
SO BRING THOSE CARDS BACK WITH YOU TO THE TABLE.
DID I GET CLEAR? HE ALL ON? OKAY.
WE LOST A DO HOW MANY WE NEED SIX.
SO THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO GRAB SOME FOOD, DRINK REFILL, QUICK RESTROOM, BREAK, WRITE YOUR RECOMMENDATION ON THE CALENDAR.
YOU FOUND A RECOMMENDATION AND YOU WANT THEY'RE NODDING.
ZOOM HERE ONE COMES YOU, I THINK YOU IS JUST A SPACE THING ONE WITH YOU.
AND THEN WE HAVE MARKERS IN THE BACK.
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BACK YOUR TEACHING.I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE MANAGE FOR TIME AND I'LL JUST DO A BRIEF ROLL CALL BEFORE WE GET BACK INTO IT.
COMMISSIONER MA AND VICE CHAIR.
WE HAVE COR I'M, SO WHEN WE'RE MOVING FROM ONE ACTIVITY TO THE NEXT, I'M GONNA ASK US TO MOVE FROM ONE ACTIVITY TO THE NEXT.
I KNOW WE GET REALLY WE'RE WORKING WITH, BUT NOW WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING ON THE BOARD TOGETHER SO EVERYONE CAN BE REALLY IMPORTANT.
KEEP IT BRIEF BECAUSE WE'RE STILL TRYING TO MOVE THROUGH EVERYONE'S IDEAS.
SO WE'RE ANSWERING THE QUESTION.
WHAT DO WE WANNA SEE IN PLACE IN THREE YEARS AS A RESULT OF OUR ACTIONS? WOMEN, GIRLS, EMPOWERMENT, LEADERSHIP BY INSPIRING THEM.
SELF-DEFENSE WORKSHOPS, CELEBRATION OF OUR DIVERSITY.
PARTNERSHIP WITH DIVERSE MULTI ORGANIZATION TO DIG THE ISSUES DESPITE CARE FOR MOTHERS AND PARENTS FOR RESPITE.
CONSISTENT OUTREACH TO SPECIFIC COMMUNITIES SUCH AS ELAC, NORTH LONG BEACH, OREGON, CAMBODIAN, AND, UH, BLM.
WORKSHOPS FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS WITH FOOD AND CHILDCARE.
YOUNG GIRL PIPELINE, COLLEGE FOR SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL ELEMENTARY FOR SPONSORSHIPS AND OTHER CO-SPONSOR LEADERSHIP CONFERENCES FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS.
GENERATE A REPORT ON WOMEN TRAFFICKING.
INCLUDE THE YOUTH COMMUNITY'S PERSPECTIVE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM IN PLACE FOR COMMUNITY FEEDBACK.
PARTNERING WITH PUBLIC ENTITIES, IE POLICE HEALTH COLLEGES.
WHAT QUESTIONS OF CLARITY DO YOU HAVE? DOES EVERYBODY KNOW WHAT
THERE USED TO BE A PROGRAM IN LONG BEACH THAT PROVIDED, UM, RESCUE CARE FOR PARENTS, PARTICULARLY HIGH RISK PARENTS WHEN THEY WERE GETTING STRESSED OUT AND THEY COULD TAKE THEIR KIDS AND IT WAS VERY, VERY EFFECTIVE.
AND IT WAS FUNDED FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.
AND THEN THERE WAS A LOSS OF FUNDING AND PRIMARILY, UM, WE WERE LOOKING AT A LOT OF PARENTS.
WE WERE, MAYBE THE MOMS ARE HOME AND THEY DON'T GET A BREAK AND THEY CAN'T AFFORD CHILDCARE AND IT'S, IT'S REALLY A PREVENTATIVE WITH CHILD ABUSE.
AND IT'S A, IT WAS A REALLY GREAT PROGRAM.
WE COULD, WE THEY COULD FIND AN ONGOING FUNDING RESOURCE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF CLARITY ON ME? I WOULD LIKE TO ADD ON.
OKAY, SO NOW WE'RE GONNA TRY TO FIND PAIR.
WHAT, TWO PARTS, TWO THINGS GO TOGETHER BASED ON SIMILAR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, LINKING CARE.
SO THE BI WORKSHOP AND THE SELF
WHAT ARE THE TIERING? DO YOU SEE? UM, SIMILAR COMMUNITIES.
PARTNERSHIPS WITH DIVERSE MULTI ORGANIZATION THAN WHICH ONE? PARTNERING MORE ABOUT PARTNERSHIP.
AND DOES THAT KIND OF SHOW WITH CO OUTREACH CARE? MAYBE WE'RE GONNA STICK TO JUST PARK CARE RIGHT NOW.
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CONSISTENT OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM.GENERATE A REPORT ON WOMEN TRAFFICKING.
OKAY, WE'RE GONNA SOME MORE IDEAS.
SO GO THROUGH YOUR CARD THEN I'LL TAKE TWO MORE IDEAS FOR EACH GROUP.
MAYBE AN IDEA THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM WHAT'S UP HERE.
LET'S SEE WHAT NEW IDEAS WE HAVE UP HERE.
BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER FROM DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES WHO WOULD NOT USUALLY SPEND TIME TOGETHER.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
CONTINUOUS CAPACITY BUILDING THROUGH RELEVANT RESEARCH WEBSITE THAT CAN INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMITED TO OPINION PIECES, FEATURE ARTICLES.
WHAT'S THAT? IS THERE, IS THERE SOMETHING FOR THE GROUP? UH OH, I, NO.
YEARLY CALENDAR FILLED WITH ACTIVITIES OR WITH COMMUNITY.
BE A RESOURCE IN THE COMMUNITY.
COLLABORATION WITH DIVERSE WOMEN'S GROUP.
ANY QUESTIONS OF CLARITY? ANY NEW PAIR? OR NOW WE CAN START TO COMBINE.
EITHER ADD TO THE POEM OR COMBINE FOLLOW.
OH, WE CAN ADD THE FOLLOW NOW DIVERSITY.
AND SO THE, THE BIMONTHLY WORKSHOP AND THE SELF DEFENSE WORKSHOP GOES WITH CALENDAR ACTIVITY.
COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
THAT WOULD GO GENERATE A REPORT PITCHING WHERE
I THINK SO THE TOP ONE GENERATORS LOOK REPORT IS ON WOMEN TRAFFICKING AND THEN SOMETHING.
THOSE ARE ALL KNOW THE NEXT QUESTION.
WE'RE THE QUICK ONE, TWO WORD TITLES HERE.
SO KNOWLEDGE AND COMMUNICATION.
WHAT OTHER, ANY NEW PAIRS?
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MM-HMMWHAT IS THE, THAT PARTNERSHIP AND COLLABORATION.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT I'D SAY THE SECOND COLUMN AS THINGS THAT WE PUT OUT AS A COMMISSION.
AND I SAY THE THIRD COLUMN AS WAY THAT WE PARTNER WITH EXISTING OR UHHUH VERSUS PARTNERS.
SO THERE A PROPOSAL, WE WILL MAKE IT.
THAT'S ANOTHER, BUT THAT'S COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIP.
AND PART IS ABOUT PARTNERSHIP.
WHAT ABOUT THIS COLUMN? WHAT'S THIS ABOUT? LIKE GIVING, LIKE GIVING IN A DIFFERENT WAY? I WANNA SAY FASTER, BUT, UM, ADVOCACY, BUSINESS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT IS, AND I THINK IT'S GETTING BETTER.
LIKE CAN I EXTRAPOLATE OR, OR NOT RIGHT NOW? MAYBE WHAT CAN I EXPAND OR NOT? RIGHT? LIKE EXPLAIN.
SO WE WERE SAYING LIKE HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE LONG BEACH GIRLS COULD APPLY TO THE COMMISSION FOR SCHOLARSHIPS FOR SCHOOL.
AND THEN MIDDLE AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GIRLS AND THEIR MOTHERS COULD APPLY TO THE COMMISSION FOR SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THINGS LIKE SPORTS AND OTHERS, OTHER CAPACITY BUILDING FOR THOSE AGE GROUP.
AND WE HAVE THE, THE BUDGET, I MEAN, WE HAVE THE BUDGET, BUT WE COULD ALLOCATE A
WE OUTSIDE, WE DONATE OUTSTANDING PAID INTERNSHIP BECAUSE SO MANY THINGS HAD TO DO.
SO IT JUST LIKE PROJECT AT THE, OF THE COMMISSION, LIKE THE WORK OF THE COMMISSION.
WORK OF THE WHAT KIND BRANCH WOULD LIKE GIVE GIVING, LIKE PHILANTHROPY MAYBE.
SO WE, AND, AND EMPOWERMENT AND ASPIRING WOMEN.
IF WE COULD OUR SCHOLARSHIPS AND WE THINK OF RESPITE, UM, WE COULD ALSO GIVE GRANTS OR SCHOLARSHIPS TO MOTHERS SO THAT THEY CAN ENGAGE IN IDEAS OF RESPITES, OF GOING TO STUDIOS, PILATES, ANDS, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, TRIPS TO LOCAL, LOCAL TRIPS TO THE MOUNTAINS OR TO CATALINA WHERE WOMEN AND FRIENDS ARE, ARE, THEY'RE ABLE TO, THEY'RE, THEY'RE STILL PARENTING THAT ARE PERFECT.
THEY'RE ON THE TRIP, BUT THEY'RE PEOPLE WHILE WE ARE GETTING SOME TIME TO HEAR YOURSELF.
SO WHAT WOULD THIS COLUMN BE ABOUT? IT'S, IT'S REALLY SUPPORTIVE.
WHAT ABOUT THE SPECIFIC OUTREACH TO SPECIFIC ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS
PART PART OF ACKNOWLEDGING COMMUNICATION.
IT'S, IT'S PART OF ITS COLLABORATION.
I GUESS THAT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE THE EDUCATIONAL PIECE.
'CAUSE WE WRITE ABOUT WORKSHOPS AND EVERYTH AND THINGS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
YEAH, I FEEL LIKE IT, WE HAVE A WEBSITE.
UH, WHAT ABOUT THIS, THIS CALL?
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SO THAT WOULD BEWHAT IS THIS COLUMN ABOUT PEOPLE TOGETHER DIFFERENT, WELL, WOULDN'T USUALLY SPEND, SPEND TIME TOGETHER.
AND, AND WHAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT WITH THAT IS IN 45 BEERS, I, THEIR PARTNERS, EVEN EVEN THOSE GROUPS, THEY CHURNING PEOPLE WHO JUST GOT OUT OF PRISON.
PEOPLE WHO WERE DOCTORS, PEOPLE WHO WERE
AND THEY CAME TOGETHER AND WE FORMED COMMUNITY AND WE HELPED RESPECT FOR EACH OTHER AND CARING FOR EACH OTHER.
AND WE NEVER WOULD'VE SPENT TIME TOGETHER HAVING DIFFERENT GROUPS,
AND I WAS THINKING OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO WITH CONSCIOUSNESS AND, AND IN SEVENTIES BROUGHT QUALITY LIFE.
BUT IN DOING THAT, I THINK WE SHOULD REALLY ALSO THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN INVOLVE OTHER OF THE
WE CAN'T, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE CAN ONLY OUR TOLERATE AWAY IF I KNOW THAT OUR GOAL IS VERY SPECIFIC, BUT WE SHOULD FIND WAYS, OR WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT WAYS TO ENGAGE, NOT OR NOT WOMEN, NOT SUPPORT NETWORK OF THE DAY.
WE IMPROVE ARTS
SO JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE.
UM, SPEAKING OF DIVERSITY IS LIKE, OKAY, HOW WE THAT I THOUGHT WE THINK THAT I
SO THIS LIKE EXPAND EXPANSIVE DIVERSITY.
IT'S SOMETHING LIKE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW DO WE GET OUTSIDE OF OUR OWN YEAH.
WHAT WE COULD DO, WE COULD DO, UH, WORKSHOPS THAT WOULD GENDER WITH, YOU KNOW, WAS TRYING TO FIND PARTNERSHIPS.
SO THIS ONE, THIS ONE'S GETTING PRETTY LONG.
SO I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT LUMPING TOO MANY THINGS TOGETHER.
SO MAYBE THERE'S THINGS THAT COULD, WE COULD MOVE FROM HERE OVER THERE TO HAVE THAT.
IS IT ABOUT PARTNERSHIP? SO IF IT IS, WHAT ELSE COULD WE, THERE WAY TO WHAT THIS, THIS ONE SAYS IN THE ONE THAT YOU SAID THAT BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.
ISN'T THAT A PARTNER? ISN'T THAT THE DEFINITION OF A PARTNER? SO YEAH, I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE PART WHERE SAYS, BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.
AND DOESN'T THAT MEAN TO PARTNER OR TO SET UP IN THE COMMUNITY? IS IT ABOUT LIKE DIVERSE AUDIENCES OR DIVERSE
AND THEN, OKAY, SO WE HAVE THIS ONE EXPANDING COLLABORATION WITH
SO THIS, WE SHOULD HAVE MAYBE A COUPLE REMAINING CARD.
SO LOOK AT THE CARD THAT YOU STILL HAVE AND DRAW A SYMBOL THAT YOU THINK CORRESPOND.
WHAT COLUMN DOES THE CARD GO IN? DRAW A SYMBOL ON IT SO WE CAN KNOW WHERE TO PUT 'EM.
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CAN PUT IT, PUT IT UP.YOU'RE NOT SURE WE CAN LEAVE IT.
WE ADDED PROMOTE VISIBILITY OF PERMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS IN OUR KNOWLEDGE AND COMMUNICATION.
WE ADDED AN EXPANDED CONFERENCE WITH MORE PARTNERSHIPS UNDER PARTNERSHIPS AND COMMUNITY COLLABORATION.
AND WE ALSO ADDED WORKSHOPS THROUGHOUT THE CITY ON RELEVANT TOPICS, FINANCIAL LITERACY, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND THEN WE ADDED CREATE WAYS THAT BENEFIT WOMEN AND GIRLS.
SO THE NEXT PHASE IS WE'RE GONNA TITLE THESE COLUMNS.
SO EACH OF THESE COLUMNS ARE GONNA GET A BIGGER TITLE THAT IS IDEALLY AN ADJECTIVE, ADJECTIVE, NOUN TO DESCRIBE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
WE JUST PUT LIKE A COUPLE KEY WORDS.
WE'RE GONNA TRY TO DI DIVE A LITTLE DEEPER.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IT COULD BE SUPPORTIVE COLLEGIAL WORK ENVIRONMENT IN OUR EXAMPLE.
SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION, WHAT DID WE WANT TO SEE IN PLACE IN THREE YEARS AS A RESULT OF OUR ACTION? SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE ALL OF THESE INDIVIDUAL IDEAS AND NAME THE COLUMN.
AND WE'RE GONNA START WITH THIS LONG CALL LINE HERE.
SO THIS IS GENERALLY ABOUT PARTNERS AND ALONG WITH MENTAL HEALTH BY TAKING SOME NOTES.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA PUT IT ALL TOGETHER.
PARTNERSHIPS AND COMMUNITY COLLABORATION.
SO EXPANDED CONFERENCE WITH MORE PARTNERSHIPS.
BIMONTHLY WORKSHOPS FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS IN FOOD AND CHILDCARE, SELF-DEFENSE WORKSHOPS.
YEARLY CALENDAR FILLED WITH ACTIVITIES FOR BORN WITH COMMUNITY.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
BE A RESOURCE IN THE COMMUNITY, PARTNERING WITH PUBLIC ENTITIES, IE POLICE, HEALTH COLLEGES.
PARTNERSHIP WITH DIVERSE MULTI ORGANIZATIONS TO DIG THE ISSUE WORKSHOPS THROUGHOUT THE CITY ON RELEVANT TOPICS.
FINANCIAL LITERACY, DOMESTIC FUND.
WHAT ARE KEY WORDS IN THIS COLUMN THAT TELL US, INDICATING WHAT THIS IS ABOUT? COMMUNITY TO COMMUNITY AND ENGAGE.
OKAY, I'M GONNA KEEP US MOVING.
YOU KNOW WHAT I ALSO, OKAY, WE'LL DO OUR BEST.
GENERATE A REPORT ON WOMEN TRAFFICKING.
CONTINUOUS CAPACITY BUILDING THROUGH RELEVANT RESEARCH WEBSITE THAT CAN INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMITED TO OPINION PIECES,
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FEATURE ARTICLES.CONSISTENT OUTREACH TO SPECIFIC COMMUNITIES SUCH AS EL LABS, NORTH LONG BEACH OR CAMBODIAN.
AND LIVE LIVES MATTER COMMUNICATION SYSTEM IN PLACE FOR COMMUNITY FEEDBACK.
PROMOTE VISIBILITY OF COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS.
WHAT ARE KEY WORDS? WELL, COMMISSION VISIBILITY WAS ONE.
WHAT WOULD BE GOOD NOW? VISIBILITY.
BECAUSE YOU NEED COMMUNICATION.
WHAT ARE WE, WHAT ARE WE HOPING IS GONNA BE DIFFERENT THREE YEARS FROM NOW THAN WHAT EXISTS TODAY? COMMUNICATION.
BECAUSE CONVENTION, COMMUNITY POINT.
SO CONVENTION, COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND EVERYTH.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATION.
I THINK INFORMATION I WE DON'T WANT ANYMORE.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT IS WHAT IRRITABILITY TO BE OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND, AND WE ARE A LITTLE CONCERNED.
THE VISIBILITY WITH THE CONVENTIONS.
SO THE PEOPLE KNOW THERE AND KNOW THEY CAN'T COME SOMETHING.
OKAY, WE HAVE ANOTHER IDEA HERE.
VISIBLE CONTINU, VISIBLE C, ENGAGE.
THAT'S WHAT WE WANNA SEE IN PLACE.
WHAT'S IN PLACE? HOW WOULD WE KNOW THAT? THAT, YEAH.
SO HAVE THAT COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND DOING HERE.
NOW THIS IS, WHAT DO WE THINK? WHAT IS THE ALMOST DISCRIMINATION OF INFORMATION AND OUTREACH IS YES.
SO WE'RE FINDING THEY'RE GONNA AVENUE.
HOW ABOUT COMMUNITY OUT TEAM AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATION.
THAT WHAT THIS GROUP ABOUT THIS THAT HAPPEN.
I WOULD LIKE NOTION THAT, THAT OR I, I WANT, I GUESS WE KNOW A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS.
SO DISSEMINATION, COMMUNICATION, COMMUNITY OUTREACH, COMMUNICATION ALSO.
UM, SOMETHING THAT I WOULD CONVEY TO MY STAFF ALL THE TIME.
UM, HAVE TO REMEMBER OUR AUDIENCE AND TRY TO BE AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE.
WE COMMUNICATE, YOU KNOW, THAT THEIR DISSEMINATION, ALL THESE WORDS ARE GRADE AND WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE THEY PERSON.
DO THEY UNDERSTAND IT? THE NON-ENGLISH SPEAKER WILL THEY UNDERSTAND THESE WORDS.
SO HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE, HOW DO WE DO EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND AND WHAT, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO CONVEY.
THERE'S ALSO SOME LIKE, VERY TANGIBLE THINGS IN THIS COLUMN.
LIKE A SYSTEM, A REPORT WEBSITE.
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CLEAR, SPECIFIC.WHAT IS SPECIFIC WHERE THAT, WELL, I CAN SAY HOW THIS WILL SERVE.
THIS WHOLE THING IS VERY
SO THIS IS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE BLUE TITLE.
IT'S GONNA BE OUR RESULT, OUR COMBINED THING AROUND WHAT DO WE WANNA SEE IN PLACE IN THREE YEARS THAT WILL THEN WE'RE GONNA BACK IT UP INTO THE IN ONE YEAR.
WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO? THESE THINGS START.
AND THE WHOLE CITY, RIGHT? SO THAT'S USED TO BE ONGOING COMMUNICATION.
BUT WE WENT COMMUNITY SPECIFIC, RIGHT? I MEAN, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT
THE, THE ONGOING, THERE'S NOT ONGOING SPECIFIC COMMUNICATION COMMUNITY.
AND NOT NECESSARILY, BUT WE DON'T YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT COMMUNITY.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BLACK LIVES MATTER.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CAMBODIAN.
WE, BUT THOSE WERE JUST, WE ARE SO ONGOING.
C WE KEEP COMING BACK TO THAT ONGOING COMMUNICATION.
ONGOING ACCESS, COMMUNICATION.
ONGOING EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION.
THIS IS THE HARDEST PART OF THE DAY.
'CAUSE NOW WE'VE GOT ALL THESE IDEAS AND WE'RE TRYING TO COMBINE AND REALLY GET CLEAR AND THAT THE VALUE OF THE METHOD THAT WE'RE REALLY GETTING CLEAR UNDER WHAT WE, A LOT OF TIMES WE THINK WE'RE ALL SAYING THE SAME THING.
AND THEN WHEN WE START LIKE FLUSHING IT OUT, IT'S LIKE, OH WAIT.
SUPPORT WOMEN WORLD EMPOWERMENT.
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR LONG WEEK YOUNG GIRLS.
HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE FOR SCHOOL.
MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY FOR SPORTS AND OTHER RESPITE CARE FOR MOTHERS AND PARENTS.
CREATE WAYS THAT BENEFIT WOMEN AND GIRLS.
WHAT THIS COLUMN SUPPORT
IS THERE ANOTHER ADJECTIVE? SUPPORTIVE? LET'S GO THE LADY.
INCLUDE THE YOUTH COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVE.
POSTPONE THEIR LEADERSHIP CONFERENCES FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS IN HIGH SCHOOL.
WHAT DO WE WANNA PLAY FOR THREE YEARS? SORRY.
AND THEN IF THERE ARE ANOTHER ADJECTIVE, I DON'T THINK WE, YOUTH ENGAGEMENT.
IS THAT THE FOLLOW? WELL, WHAT DO YOU THINK? ENGAGEMENT.
AND, WELL YOU THINK IT'S SIMPLE.
YOU THINK ENGAGEMENT REALLY TALKS ABOUT IT.
YOUTH ENGAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP.
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AND FINAL ONE.BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER FROM DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES WHO WOULD NOT USUALLY SPEND TIME TOGETHER EXPANDING COLLABORATION WITH DIVERSE WOMEN'S GROUP.
WHAT OTHER KEYWORD HERE? COMMUNITY THAT SAY TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER FROM DIVERSE COMMUNITIES WHO WOULD NOT USUALLY SPEND TIME TOGETHER.
AND THEN EXPANDING COLLABORATION WITH DIVERSE WOMEN.
WHAT IS THIS COLUMN TELLING US ABOUT WHAT WE WANNA SEE IN LIKE, ABOUT WITH SH INCLUSION? DIVERSE.
HOW ABOUT INCLUSION? WHAT WE ACTUALLY WANNA SEE? HOLD COMMUNITY TOUCH.
RIGHT? LIKE DIVERSE, INCLUSIVE PARTICIPATION.
OR BEFORE WE INTO THE, WE SAY DEPART MY FUNDRAISER.
DIVERSE DEPARTMENT HERE WE DON'T, WE DON'T MENTION
WE GET TOGETHER AND EMBRACE RED AND WE, UH,
AND I KNOW THAT
WE, WE TALK ABOUT A LOT OF WHAT'S THERE, EVEN IN SECOND COLUMN THAT WE COULD MEASURE HERE.
SUCCESS TOGETHER FOR A VARIETY OF THOSE THINGS.
I MEAN, THAT'S HOW YOU ACTUALLY SEE IT, IS JUST SEEING OTHER PEOPLE ARE GOING AND DO IT.
AND BECAUSE I THINK THAT ACTUALLY IS PART OF THE STAMP COLLEGE, THE SECOND COLUMN PART OF MM-HMM.
WHAT'S THE UMBRELLA? THE, THOSE, UM, COMMUNITY COLLABORATION AND CELEBRATING DIVERSITY.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF DIVERSITY.
I SEE IT BECAUSE I SEE LIKE, BY EXPANDING THEIR PARTNERSHIPS, YOU'RE GONNA EXPAND.
THE WHOLE POINT OF PARTNERING IS TO, TO REACH A DIFFERENT AUDIENCE.
RIGHT? AND SO THAT IS, THIS IS THE RESULT OF THAT.
EXPANDED, EXPANDED, DIVERSE PARTNER PARTNERS.
I EVEN THE WORKSHOPS WE'RE TALKING THAT EVEN THEIR BRAIN AND PEOPLE WHO NORMALLY MORE YOU SELL FOR COUNSELOR QUITE SOMEPLACE.
AND I, I, I'M JUST THINKING THAT WHEN WE DO, IF WE DO SELF DEFENSE WORKSHOPS AND WE DO
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DIVERSE COMMUNITIES, BUT WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER THAT ARE NOT NORMALLY GET TOGETHER.SO MAYBE WE'RE DOING IT AT A LOCATION THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WANNA COME TO OR A PUBLIC LIBRARY THAT'S, YOU KNOW, LOCATED IN A DIFFERENT AREA.
BUT THEN WE WOULD BRING PEOPLE IN FROM, WE WENT OUT AND REACH TO ALL THESE D TECH PEOPLE COMING TO, I SEE.
WHEN WE LOOK FOR THE LAST CATEGORY, I SEE DIVERSE, I SEE IT AS BEING A LITTLE BIT DEEPER.
IT SAYS THAT BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.
SO THAT'S FELLOWSHIP USUALLY DO NOT COME TOGETHER.
UM, AND THEN IT SAYS EXPANDING ON THE DIVERSE MINISTRY.
SO IT'S
UM, SO I WOULD, FOR ME, I WOULD GO WITH DIVERSE, UH, DIVERSE ENGAGED FELLOWSHIPS OR MULTICULTURAL, UH, MULTICULTURAL FOCUS FELLOWSHIPS.
AND THE ONLY REASON I HAVE ANY OF THE WORD FELLOWSHIP IS IT'S VERY MUCH ASSOCIATED WITH CHRISTIANITY.
AND I'M THINKING, I THINK IT, UM, I LOVE THE WORD, I LOVE THE CONCEPT.
UM, BUT I THINK THE WORD STYLE IS, CAN BE LIMITED.
I'M, IS THIS ABOUT LIKE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE AUDIENCE OR THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD PARTICIPATE IN, YOU THINK, IS THIS ABOUT OUTREACH? LIKE DIVERSE, INCLUSIVE OUTREACH? I THOUGHT WHEN I WROTE ABOUT ONE WHERE I WAS THINKING MORE OF DIALOGUE, BRINGING, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT GROUPS TOGETHER TO HAVE DIALOGUE TO EXCHANGE, YOU KNOW, TALK WITH IDEAS.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT.
AND I DIAL LIKE RACE OF MY GENDER.
SO BRING DOWN, UM, CAN WE, FOR THIS ONE, BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF TROUBLE, CAN WE ALL, CAN WE JUST ADJUST OUR, OUR PARAMETERS AND JUST ALL ABOUT LIKE, WELL THAT TALKING LIKE A DIALOGUE LIKE STATE, IS THAT, IS THAT WHAT THE THE YEAH, I WAS WORD.
OH MEANS HAVE CONVERSATION, BUT MORE REFLECTIVE.
IT A DEEP DIALOGUE AND CONVERSATION EVEN WHICH IS COMMON.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR KEYWORD, THE NATURE TITLE.
AND I THINK WE REALLY WANNA SEE
WHAT DO WE WANNA SEE IN PLAY AS A RESULT OF OUR ACTIONS? OR WHAT IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT IN THREE YEARS FROM NOW THAT WE DON'T HAVE TODAY? WHAT ARE SOME KEYWORD? THIS, THIS.
CELEBRATE DIVERSITY, INCLUSIVITY, PARTICIPATION, INVOLVEMENT, EXPAND FELLOWSHIP, MULTICULTURAL DIALOGUE, EXCHANGE AND
MY FIRST DIALOGUE, DIVERSE DIALOGUE COURSE AND YES, YES.
WANTS, I THINK A DIVERSE DIALOGUE.
DIALOGUES TO ME SOUNDS LIKE A, LIKE A WORKSHOP OR A, A THING THAT'S HAPPENING.
THIS TO ME FEELS MORE LIKE OF LIKE THE WHO.
THE WHO IS PURCHASING AUDIENCE.
SO WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE IN PLAY WE SEE DIFFERENT KINDS OF PEOPLE, DIFFERENT KINDS, DIFFERENT GENDERS, DIFFERENT TOPICS, DIFFERENT LIKE THAT.
WHAT IS THAT? WHO THE, LIKE WE HAVE AUDIENCES THERE.
IS THAT THE WHO? THE WORK
I MAY IS THIS THIS FEELS LIKE A BYPRODUCT OF THESE OTHER COLUMNS.
IS THAT, IS THAT RIGHT? LIKE IT FEELS LESS AS LIKE AN ITEM AND MORE LIKE A RESULT? NO, FOR ME IT'S VERY TIGHT.
I THINK IT WITH DIFFERENT PARTNERS WHAT'S, WELL MAYBE WE PUT, MAYBE WE PUT THAT IN THE SEGMENT COLUMN AND WE PUT SOME SMALL PART OF THE, OR IT'S, IT IS PART OF THE SAME GOAL KIND OF GOAL OR VISION OR WHATEVER.
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NEXT STEP, AND I DON'T KNOW, BUT LIKE, ARE WE GOING TO PICK, GET ON A GOAL BASED TO OFFER THESE COLUMNS? SO THEN THAT IS A GOAL.SO WE'RE GONNA DO THE ONE YEAR PLAN.
IT'LL BE NOT, IT WON'T BE SPECIFIC TO EACH COLUMN.
IT'LL BE LIKE AN AS WE BOOK, IT'S THAT CUMULATIVE TOTAL.
WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO FIRST? SO IT COULD BE, IT'S OKAY TO HAVE LIKE A, AGAIN, LIKE A FORMAT THEY SAY IT.
INSTEAD OF AN LIKE A WITH BEING YOU SAY A THEME OR A APPROACHING OR INCLUDING VERSUS A TO DO.
I HEARD THAT ISN'T
UHHUH AND, AND I LIKE, I DON'T SEE IT LINEARLY.
I MEAN, LAST I SEE IT AS PART OF A WHOLE
SO WHAT IS THE, WHAT, WHAT IS THE, WHAT THAT YOU'RE SEEING AS PART OF THE WHOLE WELL, I'M SEEING THAT WE, THAT EVEN THE FIRST COLUMN THAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS TRYING TO BRING COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND THAT WE'RE TRYING TO OUTREACH TO DIVERSE COMMUNITIES AND WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE DIALOGUE THAT, UM, INSPIRES INTERACTION AND MAKE GROUPS OF PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT NORMALLY LIVE TOGETHER.
AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE FOCUSED ON DIVERSITY, WE'RE FOCUSED ON CELEBRATING OUR, I MEAN, INTERSECTIONALITY.
WELL, YOU KNOW, FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT INTERSECTIONALITY IS.
BUT WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT WITHOUT THE WORDS.
LIKE, WE USED TO TALK ABOUT GENDER WITHOUT ABUSING SEXISM.
RIGHT? WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS PEOPLE HAVE OF EACH OTHER.
AND THOSE ARE, BY THE WAY, I, I MEAN WITH THE POLICE CADETS, I HAVE ONE OF THE BEST GENDER DISCUSSIONS I'VE EVER HAD IN TERMS OF WHAT IS YOUR FANCY, IF IT WAS A PARTNERSHIP, IF THERE, WHAT? OKAY, I THINK WE'RE STILL, WE'RE ALMOST THERE.
I DON'T WANNA LEAVE THIS TRAIN.
CAN YOU READ BACK AGAIN THE KEYWORD WE'RE ALMOST THERE.
DIVERSITY, UM, PARTICIPATION, INVOLVEMENT, EXPAND OF HAD MULTIPLE DIALOGUE EXCHANGE DISCOURSE.
I WANTED TO SPRINKLE IN, IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS YOUR FRAMEWORK.
SO I WOULD SAY INTERSECTIONAL ADVOCACY FRAMEWORK OF WHAT IT SEEMS LIKE.
'CAUSE IT'S INFORMED HOW YOU ENGAGE, HOW YOU COMMUNICATE, BUT ALSO WHAT POLICIES AND PROGRAM NAMED
SO INTERSECTIONAL ADVOCACY AND, UM, INTERSECTIONAL ADVOCACY.
SO IS THAT ABOUT THE, THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING OF THE ADVOCACY DIVERSITY, INTERSECTIONAL, INTERSECTIONAL ADVOCACY.
THAT IS, WE'RE UP ALREADY STARTED TODAY.
AND, UH, REALLY QUICKLY AND JUST IN TIME FOR LUNCH.
SO LET ME READ THESE BACK TO YOU.
WHAT DO WE WANT TO SEE IN PLACE IN THREE YEARS AS A RESULT OF OUR ACTION? WE ARE GONNA SEE ONGOING EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION, COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AND RESOURCES, YOUTH ENGAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP AND INTERSECTIONAL ADVOCACY.
SO JUST TO CLOSE OUT THE PART, UM, AS YOU LOOK AT THESE TITLES ON THE BLUE CARDS, WHICH IS THE CLEAREST YOUR MOST TANGIBLE BRIEF, YOU, YOU SAY
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ONE SUPPORTED VICTIM IS ALSO, WHICH IS A PART US TO IMAGINE COLLABORATIVE.IT'S NOT THE HARDEST TO IMAGINE, BUT EDUCATED, I THINK THE THING.
SO, AND OUR WORK
AND I SERIOUS
UM, AND I SEE THIS, UM, OUR YEAR WHERE WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL BUT TO SHARE INFORMATION.
SO I THINK IN WAY IT'S ALREADY HAPPENING AND IT'S GONNA CONTINUE TO HAPPEN.
SO I WOULD THINK THAT ONE IS GONNA BE A BIG, IT'S ALREADY
UH, AND SO THAT COMMUNICATION, SO I PLAN TO WHERE IT'S THERE ALREADY.
WELL, THE ONGOING WORKSHOPS OUTSIDE STUDENT, SO THE ONGOING
WHAT'S THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS? THE CHANGE THAT THE COMMUNITY WELL COLLEGE HAVE, IF WE ARE ABLE TO DO, SOMETIMES IT'S WE IMPACTING, BECOME A COMMUNITY WHO WILL THEN HAVE OTHER IMPACTS IN COMMUNITY
AND, AND THE OTHER THING IS THAT WE PUT OURSELVES BACK THERE SO THE COMMISSIONERS ALSO BECOMES MORE VISIBLE, WHICH MEANS PEOPLE DID COME WHO EVEN, YOU KNOW, IF WE ONE DO THINGS ADVOCATING THERE THINGS THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO THEN GO TO SEE COUNCIL, I MEAN TO PIGGYBACK ON, AROUND AND GO.
WELL WITH THAT, THAT IS OUR PRACTICAL BUSINESS.
SO WE HAVE THANK YOU SO MUCH, JENNIFER.
UM, ANYWAY, UM, DID WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ACKNOWLEDGING FOR THE RECORD THAT THERE ARE NO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AT THE MEETING TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT.
MS. UH, NDSU AND MADAM CLERK PAUL?
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BOTH.COMMISSIONER DON STAFF COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ.
COMMISSIONER MOS, VICE CHAIR ARCH.
ITEM NUMBER THREE IS RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS AND IDENTIFY PRIORITIES FOR THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS.
I THINK EVERYONE'S FEELING PERFECT.
AND THIS IS GONNA BE, SO WE LOOKED HERE THIS MORNING, WE DID OUR PRACTICAL VISION AND NOW AFTERNOON, WE'RE GONNA GET THROUGH ALL OF THIS.
SO THIS IS GONNA GO REALLY FAST.
SO NO AFTERNOONS, NO, NO POSTPONES.
AND THIS IS GONNA BE A LOT OF MAKING SURE WE HEAR EVERY EVERYONE'S VOICE READY.
SO NOW WHILE WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR ONE YEAR ACTION PLAN.
SO WE'RE GONNA IMAGINE THAT WE ARE NOW IN SEPTEMBER, 2020 SIXTH.
WE HAD THE MOST SUCCESSFUL YEAR YOU WOULD EVER MET.
EVERYTHING WENT RIGHT, BUT NOTHING WENT WRONG.
EVERYTHING WAS EASY AND FLOWING.
AND I WANT YOU TO ENVISION WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED.
AND YOU CAN KEEP IN MIND WHAT WE'RE SHOOTING FOR IS THREE MONTHS WORKING FOR IN THREE YEARS.
THIS IS WHAT WE WANNA SEE IN PLACE BECAUSE IT'S STILL UP HERE AS A REFERENCE.
UM, BUT NOW WE'RE REALLY JUST GONNA FOCUS ON THE NEXT FOLLOWING MONTH.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE STANDING IN SEPTEMBER, 2026, AND I WANT YOU TO ENVISION WHAT ARE THE SIGHT, THE SOUNDS, SMELLS, FEEL OF ALL THAT HAPPENED THE NEXT MONTHS.
AND WE'RE JUST GONNA GO AROUND AND AROUND MEET TWICE.
AND YOU'RE JUST GONNA SAY WHAT WE SAW.
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE OVER SEPTEMBER, 2020? I'M JUST GONNA WRITE IT OUT, BUT WHO WANTS, WE PARTNERED WITH
HER PARTNER OF JUNIOR LEAGUE WELLNESS ON LEGAL? YES.
THE LEADERSHIP, LEADERSHIP CONTEST FOR HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS.
OKAY, SO
THAT SECOND ITEM OR IS THAT PART? THAT'S PART OF IT.
AND COLLABORATION WITH CAL STATE MON MM-HMM
ALAN, WHAT ELSE ARE REFILLS? I DAY WE'RE STILL AGREE THAT WE HAVE GIVEN SCHOLARSHIPS TO
WE ARE CELEBRATING THAT WE HAVE A CALENDAR THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN EASILY REPRESEN THE COMMUNITY CAN REP.
WE OFFERED WORKSHOP TO THE COMMUNITY.
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YOUNG GIRLS AND MM-HMMNEXT WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL GROWTHWORKS THAT SELL IN LONG BEACH.
EVERY YEAR IS FILM, UH, THAT IS SPELLED IN EVERY YEAR.
A WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE CONFERENCE? UM, IT'S FOR GIRLS.
WE ARE CELEBRATING, UH, CELEBRATING, NO, THAT WE, UH, PARTICIPATED IN THE, UH, CONVENING OF THE STATEWIDE WOMEN'S COMMISSION NEXT MONTH.
ALEX, WHAT ELSE ARE WE CELEBRATING? WE'RE CELEBRATING THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED FUNDING SOURCES FOR RESPITE CARE.
AND I WANNA TAKE A MOMENT, JUST CIRCLE BACK TO OUR FOCUS QUESTION AT THE GROUNDING POINT.
ALSO, HOW CAN WE, THE LONG BEACH COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS ADVANCE THE SAFETY ONG BRAND? WE PRETTY MUCH
SO WITHIN THIS FIRST YEAR, WHAT ELSE ARE WE CELEBRATING? THANK, SORRY.
UM, WE'RE CELEBRATING THAT WE, UH, WE
IS IT THE SAFETY CONTRACT? MM-HMM
WE CELEBRATING THE WEBSITE, UH, THAT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RESOURCE FOR COMMUNITY IN D WEBSITE WITH RESOURCES AND DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, UM, CELEBRATING ALLIES.
WHO ELSE HAS ONE PAST THE ERA ON MOTIVATION? MM-HMM
CITY AS THE CITY WE TESTED AS CITYWIDE.
CAN WE HAVE, WE HAVE A WEBSITE.
RESOURCES ARE D WE ARE, UH, SENDING UH, APPRECIATION NOTICES TO ALL OUR PARTICIPANTS.
CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS AND THEN BUYING THEM TO SAVE THE DAY.
I HOPE I GOT THE JUICES FLOWING IN TERMS OF WHAT LEADS AND MONTHS FORWARD.
AND NOW PUT THAT, THE PIE IN THE SKY.
ALL THESE THINGS WILL BE AMAZING.
WE'RE GONNA PUT OUR FEET ON THE GROUND AND LOOK AT OUR CURRENT REALITY.
SO OUR CURRENT REALITY THAT MAY OR MAY NOT MAKE THESE THINGS POSSIBLE.
WHAT ARE OUR INTERNAL STRENGTHS AS A COMMISSION? OUR MEMBERSHIP.
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DIVERSE.WE HAVE CONNECTIONS WITH DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE DIFFERENT SKILLS IN
WE HAVE A YEAR OF EXPERIENCE OF WORKING TOGETHER.
AND LIKE, LIKE WE LIKE EACH OTHER.
WE DO MORE FEMINIST PROCESS IN THIS GROUP.
BECAUSE WE DO COLLABORATIVE WITH MEET ME AND CONSENT.
WE CAN GO BACK AND ADD A MEETING.
NINE THINGS THAT MIGHT GET IN OUR WAY.
WHAT DO WE MEAN BY TIME? WE ALL HAVE BUSY LIVES.
FAR FROM THE FAR FROM WHAT ABOUT OUR RESPONSIBILITY? ARE THERE OTHER COMPETING WORK? MM-HMM
WHAT ELSE? I THINK OUR AWARENESS OF WHAT GOES ON OUTSIDE OF OUR, OUTSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY NETWORK.
AND SO WE MAY KNOW WHAT GOES ON FOR LONG, LONG FROM NORTH LONG BEACH OR WITH THOSE, WHAT OCCURS FOR ASIAN FOR BEING, I KNOW WHAT GOES ON FOR THE ROOTS THAT ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDERS AND, UM, IN, UM, NORTH LONG BEACH.
BUT IF THERE'S A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION THAT'S NOT ELICITED OR NOT THERE OR DOES SOME INTERESTING, I MAY DEVELOP MM-HMM
WHAT OTHER INTERNAL WEAKNESSES? UM, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S INTERNAL, BUT COULD BE
WE KIND OF LIVE IN A, A CITY OF TWO, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? UH, TWO TAILS.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, UH, UH, ONE SIDE OF A CITY THAT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, WELL AND OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE AND WE HAVE ANOTHER PART OF THE CITY THAT IS LACK RESOURCES, UNITY.
THAT'S, I THINK, SO FOR US, WE TEND TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE OR TO GUIDE, UH, ON ISSUES, YOU KNOW, REGARDING TO WOMEN.
THE CHALLENGES GUIDING THROUGH LIKE LOCAL ECONOMIC MYSTERY.
WELL, WE REALLY CALL IT SENIOR AT THE TALE OF TWO CITIES.
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THEN TALE.STORY MEANING THE NEEDS OF THOSE TWO COMMUNITIES.
BUT THE OTHER THING THAT I, I I WANNA BRING BACK TO THE EXTERNAL THOUGHTS, INTERNAL STRENGTHS.
AND ACTUALLY THE DIVERSITY, THE DIVERSITY IN I CITY IS THE STRENGTH.
ANY OTHER WEAKNESSES? RESOURCE? UH, ARE YOU REFERRING TO SOMETHING IN PARTICULAR? WELL, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY BE, UM, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, WE WANTED TO COMMUNICATE A CERTAIN ACTIVITY.
THE THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE.
LIKE IDEALLY WE WOULD HAVE BANNERS OR WE WOULD HAVE LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD HAVE LIKE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE PRESENT IN THE COMMUNITY TO INFORM THEM.
BUT WE DON'T GETTING LIKE A BIG SIGN AND UPLOAD KNOW WHAT MEAN? LIKE HAVING INFORM THE COMMUNITY.
SO YOU HAVE HAVE TO BE STRATEGIC WITH HOW WE GET OUR COMMUNICATE.
WE NOT HAVING FULL UNDERSTANDING IT HOW WE UTILIZE OUR RESOURCES.
AND SO KEEP, I WANT YOU TO BE MINDFUL AS WE'RE ANSWERING THESE QUESTIONS, THERE IS LIKE IDEAS STARTING TO PERCOLATE OF WHAT ARE WE ACTUALLY GONNA COMMIT TO.
SO THEY'VE BEEN PERCOLATING SINCE OUR FOCUS QUESTION IN HERE AND HERE.
SO KEEP THOSE IN MIND SO THAT, BECAUSE WE ARE GONNA LAND ON WHAT ARE WE ACTUALLY GONNA HAVE TO, OKAY.
AND THIS IS, WE WANNA KEEP THIS, THIS SIDE, WE'RE GONNA BE HUGE SLIP.
WE WANNA KEEP THIS TANGIBLE, PRACTICAL, NOT LIKE TO PROMOTE WORLD PIECE.
LIKE SOMETHING THAT'S VERY RELEVANT, THAT WE'RE ALMOST THERE.
WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, I WOULD SAY, UM,
THEN THEY'RE WILLING A STATEWIDE COMMUNITY OF WOMEN AND GIRLS.
SO BEING PART OF THAT, UH, THAT ANNUAL CONVENING OF COMMUNITY IS IMPORTANT.
THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS.
WE ALSO HAVE THAT LIKE WORKING WITH OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, OUR, OUR ANNUAL S TO PUT IT ON.
WHAT ABOUT THE FACTOR SHIFT THAT WE HAVE? THE, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH A LOT OF NON-PROFIT B COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS.
IS THERE ANY THAT WE, THAT WAS ON FOR GIRLS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY? LONG BEACH? HUMAN? OKAY.
WHAT ARE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO IMPEDED OUR WORK? LET'S REALLY GET IN THE WAY HERE.
WHAT ABOUT THE FUNDING? FUNDING THAT
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THE AGENDA OR THE SPIRIT CHANGES IN? LET ME FIGURE OUT CHANGES TO FUNDING.IN TERMS OF CHANGES TO FUNDING.
DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION IS, I'M, I'M SEEING LOCALLY PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO DO THAT.
TALK ABOUT THE BOUNCE STEPS, USE OF LANGUAGE AND THE TERM TERMINOLOGY.
IS THAT A AS A WEAKNESS OR A GROUP? LIKE LARGER? THAT'S, THAT WOULD BE AN EXTERNAL.
WHICH ALL THANK YOU
ANY OTHER EXTERNAL THREATS? UM, I DON'T KNOW.
IT WOULD BE, UM, I FEEL A CHANGE IN GLOBAL ADMINISTRATION RIGHT NOW.
COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE.
RIGHT NOW WE COULD CHANGE TO OUR LOCAL LEADERS CHANGE.
WE ALSO JUST, WE ALSO LOST THREE.
YOU DON'T SEE TURN, TURN, TURN OVER THERE.
SO NOW WE'RE GONNA LOOK, WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT OUR INTERNAL STRENGTH AND OUR EXTERNAL OPPORTUNITIES.
SO THESE TWO, WE'RE GONNA THINK THROUGH WHERE CAN WE AFFORD TO INVEST BASED ON THE INTERNAL STRENGTH AND INTERNAL OPPORTUNITIES.
BUT FIRST I WANNA READ THIS TO YOU AND HELP ME IDENTIFY WHICH OF ALL OF THESE WE ARE REALLY VALUABLE TO US.
WE REALLY WANNA KEEP IN IN MIND MEMBERSHIP, DIVERSE SKILLS AND CONNECTIONS, SOCIAL CAPITAL NETWORKS, COMMON GROUND AND PASSION, ORGANIZATIONAL SKILL, ANNUAL BUDGET, CITY STEM.
ONE YEAR OF EXPERIENCE, LIKE-MINDED LIKE EACH OTHER.
COLLABORATIVE DECISION MAKING, GOOD CHAIR, DIVERSITY OF CITY PARTICULARLY GONNA BE PARTICULARLY HELPFUL FOR US.
CAN YOU SAY MORE ABOUT TIME AND OF G RESOURCE? PEOPLE ACTUALLY TRYING TO RELATE TO EACH OTHER.
IT IS TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T OVERWHELM OUR SHARE.
SO HAVING THAT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO, WE NEED TO INVEST
IS THAT ALSO ABOUT HOW, LIKE JUST THAT BACK TO LIKE THE ORGANIZATION OF THE ATION, NOT ABOUT ORGAN.
SO BEFORE WE DIVE TOO MUCH FARTHER THAN THAT, I WANNA LOOK AT THE EXTERNAL OPPORTUNITY AND WHICH ONES COULD WE REALLY ELEVATE THIS YEAR? CONNECT WITH OTHER, UH, WOMEN AND GIRLS COMMISSION THE ANNUAL EVENT, WORK WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS,
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PUT ON CONFERENCE PARTNER WITH NONPROFITS FOR GIRLS AT A UW, JUNIOR LEAGUE HUMAN.WHICH OF THOSE ARE REALLY VALUABLE? PARTNER WITH NONPROFITS FOR GIRLS.
AND, OKAY, SO LOOKING AT THE STRENGTH OF OPPORTUNITY, WHERE CAN WE FORWARD TO INVEST OUR PARTNERSHIP? I THINK WE CAN REACH OUT CONNECTION COMMUNITY.
SO IN, IN PARTNERSHIPS AND MAYBE DIVERSE COMMUNITY AND ANY OTHER, UM, INTERNAL STRENGTH EXTERNAL.
SO WE CAN LEAVE IT THERE FOR NOW.
WE WANNA COME BACK AND ADD TO IT SO WE CAN, THE NEXT ONE, BASED ON THE INTERNAL WEAKNESSES AND EXTERNAL THREAD THERE, DO WE NEED TO BE SASHA? WHERE DO WE NEED TO BE REALLY MINDFUL? SO FIRST WE'RE GONNA REVIEW THE INTERNAL WEAKNESSES AND I WANT YOU TO HIGHLIGHT WHICH ONES ARE PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT.
TIME, BUSY LIVES, RESPONSIBILITIES, PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS, AWARENESS OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OTHERS.
CHALLENGES GUIDING THROUGH TWO SOCIAL ECONOMIC DISPARITIES.
RESOURCES TO INFORM A COMMUNITY NOT FULLY UNDERSTANDING HOW, NOT FULL UNDERSTANDING OF HOW WE CAN USE RESOURCES, IDEALISM, TURNOVER OVER COMMIT.
I KIND OF FALLS INTO THAT BUSY LIVES PART TIME.
CAN I GO VISIT UNDER EXTERNAL THREATS, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT POTENTIAL CHANGES TO FUNDING USE OF LANGUAGE AND TERMINOLOGY CHANGE IN THE LOCAL ADMINISTRATION, WHICH ARE PARTICULARLY AS FINANCIAL, NOT SO MUCH THAT CHANGE IN IN GOVERNMENT
SO LOOKING AT THE INTERNAL WEAKNESSES AND EXTERNAL THREATS.
WHERE DO WE NEED TO BE CAUGHT? THINK WE'RE GOOD.
GO AS WE DO THINGS, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE TO, THESE ARE NOT PERFECTLY OR FEEL WE'RE GONNA HAVE CERTAIN EXPECTATIONS BEING THERE THAT WE'RE DOING OUR BEST AND WE'RE GONNA LEARN, WE MOVE ALONG.
HOW DO WE PHRASE THAT? AND THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
LIKE YOU'RE TAKING THE WEAKNESS INTO LIKE, I THINK LIKE THE NEED TO BE PERFECT OR LEARNING.
IF WE DON'T GO BE PART OF
WE WANT THE COLLABORATION AND WE HAD TO VIEW MAYBE THAT TOGETHER IN OUR WAY SOMEWHERE BETWEEN WHAT'S PERFECT AND WHAT'S GOOD WORK THAT COMES TO MIND.
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I, I THINK SOMETIMES TOO, WITH THE 5% AND WORK COMMITMENT, UM, UM, THE THOUGHT AND, AND I KNOW I'VE SEEN THIS HAPPEN IN VARIOUS GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS, THAT WE GET TWO ACTIVITY FROM THAT RATHER THAN CENTERING ON ONE OR TWO ISSUES, WE DEVELOP A, A LAUNDRY LIST MM-HMMOF ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS THAT WE WANTED TO DO.
AND SOMETIMES, UH, THOSE BECOME VERY, YOU KNOW, OVERWHELMING AND, UM, PEOPLE BURNOUT OUT.
IT'S JUST TOO MANY COMMITMENTS, TOO MANY ACTIVITIES.
AND A LOT OF TIMES THEY DON'T RESULT IN WORKING INITIALLY WERE TRYING TO MM-HMM.
YOU KNOW, WE, WHAT WE SET OUT TO
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.
I KNOW, AND I'M SAY THIS OUR EXPERIENCE, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, DURING COVID BECAUSE THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, THAT GAP.
SO WE DID A LOT OF ACTIVITIES OVER, YOU KNOW, VIRTUALLY.
BUT THEN WHEN YOU TRY TO REPLICATE THOSE IN PERSON, JUST BECOMING TOO OVERWHELMING AND WE HAVE WE TO REALIZE THAT THERE WAS NO WAY WE COULD KEEP UP THAT SCALE OF ACTIVITY AND WITH PERSON.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING WE HAVE TO BE GOOD INTENTIONS, BUT MAY NOT ABLE TO SAY SO MAYBE MM-HMM
AND I HEARD LIKE THE MANAGING EXPECTATION, THE WORKING THAT WE'RE GOING ALSO SAY THAT WE
AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO ADJUST WITH THE SAME REPORT WITH THE WOMEN OR THE COMMUNITY.
SO THAT WE WANTED AS OPPOSED TO WHAT WE WALKED.
UM, AND BECAUSE WE WERE SELECTED BEFORE WE READ THE REPORT.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING TO BE CONCEPT OF NOT WHAT WE WANT, BUT WITH OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS.
UH, OUR C MEETING, OUR COMMUNITY EXPECTATIONS OVER OWN.
HOW DO WE TALK AGAINST CREATING, CREATING, UM, POLICIES BASED ON COMMUNITY? AND I ALSO SEE IT AS ACTUALLY, UH, IT COULD BE, THEY COULD GO UNDER THAT EXTERNAL, UM, BUT IT SAID THREATS AN EXTERNAL EXPECTATION THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS A BUS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, YOU KNOW, IS THAT THAT EXPECTATION IS BASED ON THE REPORT THAT OUTLINED WHAT THE WOMEN'S COMMISSION SHOULD BE WORKING ON.
AND IF WE DON'T AND WE'RE, IF WE'RE NOT ALIGNED WITH THAT, THAT COULD BE AN EXTERNAL THREAT BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY COULD THEN, YOU KNOW, COMPLAIN ABOUT WE'RE NOT
YOU'RE GONNA DIVE JUST A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO THE WEAKNESSES AND THE THREAD.
WHAT IS HOLDING THESE IN PLACE? AND THIS COULD BE SYSTEM PATTERNS, BEHAVIORS, ATTITUDES, AND NOT TRYING TO STAY AWAY FROM BLAME AND TRYING TO REALLY UNDERSTAND OUR CONTEXT.
SO AS WE LOOK AT THESE WEAKNESSES AND THE THREAT, WHAT IS HOLDING THE EVENT? SORRY, I'M NOT FULLY
SO IT COULD BE LIKE, UH, LIKE I THINK WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE'RE WORKING WITHIN A BUREAUCRATIC SYSTEM OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT MIGHT HOLD THOSE THINGS.
IS THE REPORT SOMETHING THAT'S HOLDING IT IN PLACE? UH, I WOULD SAY MORE LIKE THINGS LIKE THAT ARE, UH, THAT WE'RE WORKING WITHIN.
SO MAYBE THERE'S A COMMUNITY ATTITUDE.
UH, MAYBE IT'S THE HOW A WOMEN ARE VIEWED.
MAYBE IT, IT COULD BE WELL WHERE, YOU KNOW, I WAS TALKING ABOUT IT TALE TO TWO CITIES.
SO PERHAPS THE VALUES IN TERMS OF WHAT PEOPLE WANT IN DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES.
WE, THE DIVERSITY OF OUR, OUR CITY BOTH, UM, IN, IN ALL WAYS SOCIOECONOMICALLY GENDER.
WE'VE GOT A-L-G-B-T COMMUNITY, WE'VE GOT A BIG
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VOTING COMMUNITY.I MEAN, THE DIVERSITY OF OUR CITY MIGHT PROVIDE SOME STRENGTH AS WELL.
I'M GONNA ADD CITY BUREAUCRACY THEN I WAS GONNA YEAH, I WAS GONNA AGREE WITH THAT.
BECAUSE WE ARE A, AN ENTITY THAT FUNCTIONS UNDER THE CITY.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT THEY WANNA DO THAT AND
SO, AND, UH, YOU SAID PARAMETERS.
AND THIS IS JUST LIKE, KEEP IN MIND LIKE WE HAVE RESTRICTIONS, WE HAVE BROWN HACK RESTRICTIONS, WE HAVE LIKE, ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE GONNA LIMIT OR WE'RE WORKING WITHIN ANOTHER THING.
ANOTHER THING WE LIKE, WE'VE SAID IT AROUND THE EDGES, BUT LIKE, WE'RE ALL VOLUNTEER.
LIKE THAT'S PART OF LIKE, WHAT'S HOLDING IN PLACE IS WEAKNESS OF TIME.
LIKE WE'RE ALL VOLUNTEERS DURING THIS ON TOP OF IT.
JUST, THESE ARE AGAIN, THE THINGS THAT KEEP IN MIND.
AND ALSO THAT WE ARE BASICALLY JUST AN ADVISORY.
WE SERVICE AN ADVISORY CAPACITY.
THE, WE CAN'T REALLY TO POLICY.
OKAY, WE'RE GONNA LEAVE IT THERE.
WE GOT THROUGH THESE FIRST THREE.
SO NOW WE'RE GONNA, AFTER ALL OF THIS CONVERSATION, WE'RE GONNA DECIDE ON WHAT CAN WE ACTUALLY, SO WE WANNA PHRASE THIS AND I'M LIKE, I'M GONNA, EVERYBODY STAND UP, FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO STRETCH, STRETCH, STRETCH, STRETCH.
AND WE'RE GONNA BEGIN TO ANSWER THIS
AND BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THIS GROUP, I'M GONNA SAY COULD BE FOUR, COULD BE SIX, BUT WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR A HUGE, A HUGE LOOK.
AND THEN THOSE THINGS ARE WHAT WE'RE GONNA ORGANIZE AND PUT ON A CALENDAR.
SO THIS IS WHEN WE REALLY, REALLY COMES DOWN TO IT.
SO BASED ON THIS, WHO HAD A SUGGESTION, AND WE'RE GONNA PHRASE THIS IN HALF 10, SOMETHING THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN ONE PERCOLATING BASED ON, LET ME READ OUR VICTORY.
PARTNERED WITH JUNIOR LEAGUE OF LONG BEACH ON LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE.
COMPLETE REPORT ON TRAFFICKING AND COLLABORATION WITH CAL STATE LONG BEACH SCHOLARSHIPS, WOMEN AND GIRLS.
WITH CITY CALENDAR, THE COMMUNITY CAN, CAN REFERENCE PROVIDED SIX WORKSHOPS, SELF-DEFENSE WORKSHOPS, YOUNG GIRLS INVOLVED, PARTNERED WITH MIDDLE SCHOOL CONFERENCE FOR GIRLS, PARTICIPATED IN CONVENING OF STATEWIDE COMMISSION, DEVELOPED FUNDING, SOURCES OF SUGGESTIVE CARE PART PARENTING CLASSES, EXECUTED SAFETY CONFERENCE WEBSITE WITH RESOURCES AND DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.
ALLIES FOR THE COMMISSION PASSED ERA OF THE CITY, SENDING APPRECIATION AND NOTICES TO SAFETY CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS FOR 2027.
WHAT'S ONE? WE'RE GONNA HAVE THIS ACTIONABLE AND MEASURABLE CONFERENCE.
WHAT ABOUT THE CONFERENCE? WE DO IT, WE TELL HELP CONFERENCE AND IT WAS GREAT.
WE PARTNERED WITH JUNIOR LEAGUE OF LONG BEACH ON THE GIRLS LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE.
WE PARTNERED WITH BOARD GIRLS ON THE MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS SUBJECT.
I I KNOW IRIS, WHEN YOU PUT ME IN HERE, THERE'D BE A LOT OF CONSENSUS AROUND THE SAFETY CONFERENCE.
SO LET'S TALK THROUGH THESE IDEAS.
YOU SAY THEM AGAIN FOR THE RIGHT.
WE PARTNERED WITH JUNIOR LEAGUE OF LONG BEACH ON THE HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE.
WE PARTNERED WITH FOUR GIRLS TO GRADE BOTH MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS.
WHICH ONE IS MORE DIVERSE? UH, THEY'RE THE SAME BECAUSE I KNOW JUNIOR LEAGUE IS KIND OF ADVANTAGE THING.
NOT NO, THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T HOLD OR DEBUTANTE
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ANYONE.UH, JUNIOR, IF THEY'RE SEEN WAS MAKING ASSISTANCE LEAGUE.
UH, HE PROBABLY BE IN JUNIOR LEAGUE, BUT JUNIOR LEAGUE HASN'T DONE THAT.
SO THE GIRLS, THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCES THAT I, THAT THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE IS FOR
I THINK WE SHOULD PICK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU MENTIONED.
I'M GONNA ADVOCATE FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL ONE.
DEFINITELY ONE OF THE DATA SCHOOL GIRLS.
SO WE CAN, SO ANYONE IN ADDITION TO ME CAN COME IN AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT FOR THE GIRLS CONFERENCE, FOR THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE BECAUSE IT'S THE FIRST YEAR AND IT WILL CONTINUE YEAR AFTER YEAR.
ARE WE PARTNERING? I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A PARTNERSHIP FOR THIS FIRST CONFERENCE.
AND THE PARTNERSHIP WOULD LOOK A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
IT WOULD BE A SMALL PARTNERSHIP WITH STAR, RIGHT? AND THEN MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PARTNERSHIP IS.
IS THAT A FINANCIAL PARTNERSHIP? IS THAT A THAT'S FOR US.
UM, BUT WHEN WE ARE SAYING WHAT WILL BE SOMETHING MEASURABLE IN ACCOMPLISHMENT IN, UH, 12 MONTHS AND WEEK HAVE OPPORTUNITY.
THIS IS THE THING THAT WE CAN DO FOR GIRLS.
THE FOUR GIRL, UH, FOR, FOR HIGH SCHOOL.
THE, THE FOUR GIRLS, UH, CONFERENCE.
WELL IF WE HAVE TO SKIP ONE
AND IN INAUGURAL THE FOUR GIRLS CONFERENCE.
THAT IS AS THE LONG BEACH HAS BEEN AROUND FOR I THINK FOR ABOUT A DECADE.
I'M LOOKING AT, UM, MEGAN PARTICIPATED LAST YEAR OR TWO YEARS AGO.
SO LET'S TO KEEP US OUTTA THE WEEDS ON THIS BECAUSE WAS ALREADY HIGH.
I THINK IT'S HELPFUL TO LEAST TALK IT THROUGH A LITTLE BIT.
SO IS THERE, I HEARD LIKE ESTABLISH A PARTNERSHIP WITH FOUR GIRLS NO, FOR ESTABLISHMENT, A PARTNERSHIP WITH JUNIOR LEAGUE PY JUNIOR I HAD, YOU SAID YOU PICKED ONE MM-HMM
UM, FOR THEIR GENERAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE.
I, UM, I WOULD SAY, UM, AN EASILY MEASURABLE ONE AND WE KNOW WE CAN TAKE IT OUT OF OUR BUDGET IS A SCHOLARSHIP TO SET UP A SCHOLAR FUND COME UP WITH THE AMOUNT TO COME UP WITH THE WAYS WE WAY, I WOULD SAY I, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD KIND OF GET OURSELVES GOING OR WE EVEN EXPLORE ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN THAT WE'RE GONNA DO OUR FIRST CONFERENCE, OUR FIRST LIKE REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
I, I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD WORK FIGURE OUT WORK, WORK WITH WHAT WE HAVE.
AND I DON'T, I DON'T WANNA USE THE WORD SELFISH, BUT LIKE WE NEED TO KIND OF KEEP THAT TO, BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT DATES ARE GONNA TALK.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE, WE HAVE NO IDEA.
IT'S OUR FIRST TIME THAT WE'RE GONNA DO A CON AND WE ARE GONNA DO ACTIVITIES.
LET'S JUST LIKE KEEP THE TALK AND THEN, AND THEN, AND THEN LIKE MAKE DATE.
WE CAN DO STUFF, WE CAN DO THINGS LIKE THAT OR EXPLORE IT.
SO I FEEL LIKE EXPLORING NOT, BUT WE SHOULD JUST, BUT SOMETHING WE, WE THEN SAY LIKE, CAN WE COMMIT TO FIVE $100
I FEEL LIKE WE CAN COMMIT 500.
I I AGREE WITH MARIA AND WE NEED TO EXPLORE AT THIS POINT BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT INVOLVED DOING THE SCHOLARSHIP AND YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST SETTING THE MONEY ASIDE, BUT IT'S IN THE APPLICATION PROCESS, SCREENING THAT.
AND IT'S A VERY TIME CONSUMING PROJECT TO DO ON
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A VOLUNTARY BASIS.WHAT ABOUT LIKE, SCHOLARSHIPS?
WHAT, WHAT SOMETHING ABOUT A COMMUNICATION CALENDAR.
YEAH, JUST LIKE HAVING SOMETHING THAT SEND OUT HOW WE HAVE THESE SPEAKERS PLANNING IT BAR AND MAP SO THAT IF SOMEONE IS SPECIFICALLY INTERESTED IN SEEING OR SEE IT FEBRUARY THEY PLAN AHEAD.
GET THE, YOU KNOW, GET, DO WHAT THEY CHOOSE TO DO TO MAKE SURE THEY ATTEND THE
SO JUST HAVING AN ESTABLISHED CALENDAR ALMOST THAT I LIKE TO ABLE TO SAY LIKE, OH LOOK, OUR CALENDAR WORK EFFECTIVELY, WE WILL, WE REALLY HAVE, LET'S START THAT HOW WE GET PEOPLE TO LOOK AT THE CALENDAR.
I MEAN THAT IS, THAT'S PART, THAT'S A COMMUNICATION THE CITY, BECAUSE WE PARTNER WITH OUR COUNCIL.
SHE SAID HOW BUT DON'T FIRST YOU FIRST WE HAVE THREE CALENDAR.
SPEAKER ACCOUNT, GOOD ACTIVITIES OR WHATEVER.
THAT'S NOT ONE MINUTE GROVE LANDER MADE PUBLIC PUBLIC SIDE PUBLISH.
THEN I HEARD ADDITIONAL NUMBERS WE'RE SHUTTING DOWN, BUT I DID ABOUT PARTNERING WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS.
BUT AREN'T WE AUTOMATICALLY PART BRING TO COUNCIL MEMBERS JUST BY BEING THE COMMISSIONERS FOR THEIR REPRESENTED, YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S LIKE ENGAGE GA.
I THINK TO GO UP, BE PART OF THEIR BREAD.
WHAT DOES, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? SET? THAT SOUNDS LIKE REALLY CONCRETE IDEA.
MAYBE ACH NINE AROUND TRAFFICKING.
BUT THAT'S OBVIOUSLY AN INITIATIVE.
DO WE HAVE SAME CATEGORY READING BACK? I'M SORRY.
SO OH, WE PLANNED, WE, YEAH, WE COUNCIL MEMBERS ON OUR PRIORITY GOALS, LIKE THE ONES THAT ARE RELATED TO OUR, WE SHOULD
SO IF WE SAY PARTNER WITH OUR, OUR COUNCIL PEOPLE, WE ALREADY KNOW THE AGENDA.
WE WANNA TALK ABOUT HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
DEALS WITH A LOT OF VISIBILITY.
ES SHOULD WE, LET'S FOCUS ON WELL, AND MAYBE WE DON'T EVEN, WE DON'T EVEN HAVE SAY, DEPENDING HOW THE GROUP FEELS
LIKE IS IT MORE ABOUT ENGAGING THEM OR IS IT ABOUT THE SPECIFICALLY THE HUMAN TRAFFICK? WELL, IT ABOUT ENGAGING AROUND HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
IN RELATION TO ALL OF OUR GOALS MM-HMM
I WANNA SAY AROUND HUMAN TRAFFICKING, BECAUSE THAT IS PART OF WHAT, LIKE OUR FOCUS QUESTION WAS SPECIFICALLY HAVING SAID AROUND WOMEN TRAFFICK COLLABOR.
LIKE KNOWING THAT THAT IS A GOOD ISSUE, ESPECIALLY WITH
LIKE WHEN WE ALL GET BEHIND THERE GAPS
SO ENGAGED COUNCIL MEMBERS ENGAGED AROUND, WE DON'T NEED ALL OF THAT.
ONE, THE ONLY REASON I BRING UP LIKE FIVE MEN BECAUSE IT'S IT LIKE VERY SPECIFICALLY TED, LIKE THEY'RE PROTEST.
BUT, BUT I I'M SAYING NOT BY REPORT, I'M SAYING I'M AGREEING WITH YOU ON
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LIKE FOCUSINGI, I I SEE
WE MEET WHERE ONE OF OUR SUPERVISORS, UM, GREAT WITH WE TO FIND OUT, THEY WANNA FIND OUT WHAT WE'RE DOING AT THE REPRESENTATIVES AND THEN THEY ALSO TELL WHAT THE SUPERVISOR WANTS TALK AND THAT'S HOW
SO THAT, THAT'S
SO IT'S NOT JUST ON ONE SPECIFIC PITCH, BUT IT'S WHAT ARE THEIR PRIORITIES? AND THEN WE'RE LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE AND HOW, WHAT, HOW WE THEIR
WHAT, UH, ANYTHING ABOUT OUR VICTORIES?
SO LIKE, MAYBE WE DIDN'T POST THE WORKSHOPS, BUT WE SET THAT STAGE OR LIKE WE DID THE PLANNING FOR BEING ABLE TO PROPOSE THESE WORKSHOPS.
AND THIS LIKE, LIKE WHAT WOULD, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN BEFORE? BECAUSE NOW I'M, I'M VERY, I'M THINKING ABOUT THE TIME AND THE CONSTRAINTS AND THE ENERGY AND ALL OF THAT.
SO WHAT WOULD HAPPEN BEFORE, DURING THIS YEAR? WHAT WOULD HAPPEN FOR US TO PREPARE SO THAT IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR WE CAN HOST SIX WORKSHOPS FOR THE COMMUNITY.
MAYBE NOT JUST SIX, MAYBE FOUR.
THIS FOURTH A QUARTER IS THREE OF ONE QUARTER.
BUT WHAT SECTION IS COMING HERE? SO WHAT WOULD WE, WHAT WOULD YOU CALL PLANNING? SO WITH TALKING ABOUT MAKING CONNECTIONS.
MAYBE WITH A PUBLIC LIBRARIES OR COMMUNITY, UM, AGENCY IS VERY DEEPLY AND EVERYTHING JUST YEAH.
PLANNING PLAN TO PLAN, PLAN, IMPLEMENT.
SO WE PLAN TO, WE RESEARCH AND PLANNED FOR WORKSHOPS IN THE COMING YEAR.
I THINK WE, WE SHOULD ALSO THINK, REMEMBER TO HAVE TWO GIRLS.
ONE FOR ONE SPECIFICALLY FOR MOTHERS.
VERY, VERY
WE NEED MORE WEBSITE ON OUR CURRENT AD HO COMMITTEE.
NOW WE'RE GONNA ORGANIZE THESE GUIDE STRATEGIC DIRECTION OVER THE MEET OUR STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS USING AN IMG UH, WORD.
SO ASSUMPTION, LIKE ANALYZING, ENHANCING, DEVELOPING, ENGAGING, DELIVERING, INNOVATIVE, UNITING, OPTIMIZING.
SO IF WE HAVE A THANK YOU COMMENTS HERE, IS THERE ANYTHING HERE THAT GOES WITH THE SAFETY CONFERENCE IN TERMS OF, UH, STRATEGY? WELL, THE WORKSHOP.
WORKSHOP, THEY COULD BE PART OF THAT BECAUSE WE DO WORKSHOPS THAT WE MIGHT WANT
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OR IDENTIFY ORGANIZING MEANS BY STRATEGY.LIKE WHAT YOUR STRATEGY THAT LIKE WE ARE HERE WOULD BE WE ARE PROMOTING WOMEN AND GIRLS SAFETY OR PROMOTING WOMEN.
OR WE COULD BE OKAY, WE PROMOTING
ARE THOSE SO MATCHING THEM FIRST? YEAH.
SO MATCH THEM FIRST AND THEN WE'LL DECIDE LIKE WHAT BUCKET, WHAT, HOW DO WE CHANGE THE BUCKET? SO THIS ONE IT SAYS WE WEREN'T QUITE SURE.
WHAT ABOUT, SO IF WE PUT COMMISSION FOR WOMEN, GIRLS, ANNUAL CALENDAR PUBLISH.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER ONES THAT GO WITH IT? I THINK THE COUNCIL NUMBERS AND THE
WHAT, WHAT ARE THOSE TALKING ABOUT? IS THAT SEPARATE? IS THAT A THIRD OR IS THAT'S HOW I HERE, SO WHAT ARE THOSE REFERRING TO IN TERMS OF STRATEGY? THOSE ARE THAT WE DELIVERING DELIVER.
THEY'RE THEY ALL, THEY'RE ALL
SO WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE AS A COMMISSION? WE'RE WE'RE DELIVERING.
WE'RE INNOVATING, WE'RE OPTIMIZING.
OH, I LIKE, WE WE'RE DEVELOPING, WE'RE DOING A LOT DEVELOP
WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE DEVELOPING? A CONFERENCE.
WE'RE ALSO DEVELOPING COLLABORATIONS, DEVELOPING INFORMATION.
BECAUSE IT'S FUTURE
SO EVERYTHING ELSE IS SOMETHING THAT IS AN ONGOING ACTIVITIES.
ARE WE ESTABLISHING LIKE ESTABLISHING PROJECT, ESTABLISHING SERVICES OR ROUTINES OR THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT LIKE, THESE ARE THE OFFERING THAT WE'RE OF THE BUILDING.
THIS IS LIKE THE STUFF, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT.
WHAT ARE WE DOING? I THINK WE'RE DEVELOPING AND DELIVERING.
WHAT, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE SUMMARIZE THESE THINGS? UM, UM, PROGRAM WORKSHOP.
MEAN THE WORKSHOP OR AT AND D OUT FOR THE PROGRAM MEETINGS.
DEVELOPING COMMUNITY COVERING.
THAT'S WHAT THE CONFERENCE IS, THAT'S WHAT THE CALENDAR DOES.
UM, SCHOLARSHIP, THE COMMUNITY PROGRAM TOO.
TO ME IT'S MORE LIKE DISSEMINATING INFORMATION.
BUT IS YOU HAVE AN ACTIONABLE EVENT? WELL, YES, IT IS.
AT CONFERENCE, YOU'RE DETERMINATING INFORMATION ABOUT SPECIFIC
WHEN YOU'RE EDUCATING, YOU'RE INFORMING THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
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YOU'RE SHARING EXPERT, YOU KNOW, AND MAYBE IN SOME SORT THE WAY PROVIDING ALSO RESOURCE, BECAUSE I'M SURE THAT WITHINIT DOES FEEL MORE INVOLVED, BUT THIS IS KIND OF, THESE WILL BE LIKE WHEN SOMEONE'S LIKE, WHAT'S THE COMMISSION UP TO THIS YEAR? BE LIKE, OH, WE'RE, HMM.
AND WE'RE WHAT? WE'RE LEARNING RELATIONSHIPS.
WE'RE BUILDING COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS.
IS THAT THIS ONE? WE'RE ENGAGING WITH COMMUNITY MM-HMM
FOR THIS, THIS, WELL, FOR ALL OF THEM.
I REALLY THINK THAT UP ONE IS ABOUT DEVELOPING THIS SYSTEM, DEVELOPING
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH FIND MONEY? YOU KNOW? IT'S LIKE, OKAY, WHAT DID YOU BRING TO THE COMMITTEE? WE, WE BROUGHT THESE PROGRAMS TO THAT.
WE, WE SPEND TIME TOGETHER, BUT IT, LIKE, WE OFFERED SOME THESE.
THAT'S MY SO DEVELOPING PROGRAM, HOW WOULD THAT RESONATE? DEVELOPING PROGRAMS SOUNDS BIGGER TO ME THAT, I MEAN, WHEN WE DEVELOP A PROGRAM, I MEAN, YOU'RE PUTTING TOGETHER SOMETHING THAT I, I DON'T KNOW, IT JUST SEEMS BIGGER TO ME.
LIKE, I THINK ABOUT DEVELOPING A PROGRAM, LIKE IF A WOMEN SHOW DEVELOPING THAT PROGRAM.
SO, SO I MEAN, AND, AND IF NOT PARENTS WE'RE DEVELOPING, UM, INFORMATIONAL, WE'RE DEVELOPING RESOURCES FOR PEOPLE.
WE'RE DEVELOPING RESOURCES,
SO I REALLY GO WITH DEVELOPING OUR PROGRAMING BECAUSE THAT IS FROM THE REPORT.
AND THIS IS WHAT SAID, DEVELOP ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS HERE TO TOWARDS WOMEN AND GIRLS IN LONG BEACH.
AND BRING THAT AND YEAR FROM OUR REPORT, WE'RE EMPLOY MULTI-LEVEL STRIVE STRATEGIES THAT FACILITATE INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITY AND STRUCTURAL CHANGES.
THAT THE ECONOMIC EQUITY, THE LEARNING GROWTH AND
AND THEN WITH THE NEW MULTI-LEVEL STRATEGY, OH, DEVELOPMENT INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITY AND STRUCTURAL CHANGES.
SO WHAT ARE WE DOING? I WOULD GO WITH THE WORKSHOP.
IT ENCOMPASSES BEING THEME SIX, EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT.
WELL, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO, UM, IMPACT, I MEAN WE'RE, WE'RE DOING FINANCIAL LITERACY, BUT WHAT ARE WE, WHAT PROGRAMS ARE WE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT TO, TO DO, I MEAN, FINANCIAL EQUITY WITH ONE NINE GIRLS.
I MEAN, WHAT BEYOND, UH, A WORKSHOP OR A COUPLE WORKSHOPS THAT'S COMING.
BUT THE CONFERENCE, WE WANT TO DO THAT EVERY YEAR.
THAT THE PROGRAM GIRL PROGRAM.
CAN WE CALL THIS DEVELOPING PROGRAM? OKAY.
AND THEN WHAT WAS THE BOTTOM ONE? WE HAD? I THINK LIKE ENGAGING COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY NETWORK, BUILDING RELATIONSHIP.
WHAT DO WE WANNA, HOW DO WE WANNA NAME IT? I WOULD, I, I, UH, SUPPORTING EDUCATION.
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HAVE THINGS ON ING WORK.IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE, BE ANY, ANY INP SUPPORTING EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS.
AND WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBERS IN HERE TOO.
OOH, HOW'S THAT? IGNITING PARTNERSHIPS TO SUPPORT US IN OUR GOAL.
WE'RE COMING INTO THE FINAL STRETCH HERE.
WHAT MARIA? WAITING FOR ALL DAY.
WE'RE GONNA NEED THE CALENDAR.
SO THESE ARE QUARTERS GOING DOWN.
AND THESE ARE ROADS FOR OUR STRATEGY.
SO WE'RE GONNA IDENTIFY BY WHEN EACH OF THESE WILL BE COMPLETE.
SO FUTURE WORKSHOPS, RESEARCH AND PLAN.
WHEN WILL THIS, WHEN WILL WE DO THAT? JULY.
LIKE EIGHTH CONFERENCE IS APRIL.
WAIT, YOU SHOULD BE MINDFUL THAT WE'RE ALREADY OCTOBER.
IGNITING PARTNERSHIPS, PARTNERSHIP WITH JUNIOR LEAGUE FOR CONFERENCE THAT BE BADGES RIGHT NOW.
SO WE NEED TO START IN JANUARY, MARCH.
DID AND DID A WORKSHOP WITH TENA AND DR.
LIKE ENGAGING OUR COUNCIL MEMBER.
NOW WE'RE GONNA ASSIGN WHO IS GOING TO BE INVOLVED IN THE, AND WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF BROWN ACT.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA ASSIGN, I MEAN, I'LL TAKE ON, UM, MAKE CHECKING WITH EVERYBODY ON THE
I, I'M THROWING MYSELF OUT THERE.
AND THEN, UM, WHO ELSE WANTS TO BE ON THIS CALENDAR? SORRY, PETER.
WELL, I JUST, I HAVE A QUESTION.
NOW THAT WE'RE DOING THIS TIMEFRAME, AND THEN WE'RE DOING ASSIGNMENTS, HOW DOES THIS BE WITH OUR COMMITTEES THAT WE HAVE AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY INVOLVED IN THOSE COMMITTEES? AND IS THIS GOING TO WORK INDEPENDENTLY FROM THE COMMITTEES? OR HOW IS THIS GOING TO TIE INTO, I MEAN, I KNOW THAT THE CONFERENCE TIES INTO THE SAFETY
AND SO WE HAVE MEMBERS ALREADY THAT ARE PART OF IT MEETING MM-HMM
SO IN DOING THAT, I, THE CALENDAR DOESN'T FIT INTO ANY OF OUR, AND, BUT IT COULD FIT INTO THE OUTREACH COMMITTEE.
SO, SO SHOULD WE PERHAPS CONSIDER THAT INTO HOW THESE ACTIONS OR THESE INITIATIVES FALL INTO THE COMMITTEES THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE MM-HMM
SO THAT WE CAN KNOW WHERE IT GOES.
SO THIS QUESTION WE COMMITTEE HAVE CHAIR, SHOULD WE APPOINT SOMEBODY WITHIN THE COMMITTEE? SHOULD IT BE CHAIR? SHOULD BE SOMEBODY ELSE WITHIN THEY LIKE ABSOLUTELY.
SO WE SHOULD, I THINK WE SHOULD KEEP IT.
I THINK WE SHOULD KEEP OUR COMMITTEES OR OUR COMMITTEES THE SAME.
DID FIND OUT WHICH ONE IT IS, AND THEN THAT IS
VANESSA OR PONY, OR THIS IS THE WORK THAT WE CAN COMMIT TO AS AN ADC COMMITTEE.
BECAUSE I, I KNOW THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WE'RE LIKE, LOOK, DO ALL THESE CAMPAIGN, WE'RE SAYING THIS IS WHAT WE WANT.
SO WE'RE SAFETY COMMITTEE, TAKE ON WORKSHOPS, GET YOUR WORKSHOPS.
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I THINK, I MEAN WHATEVER, WHATEVER THE CONSENSUS IS.
BUT I DO TEACH THE WORKSHOPS AND THE SCHOLARSHIP WITHIN OUTREACH AND VENTURE AND I, SO WORKSHOPS UNDER OUTREACH MEMBERSHIP.
BOTH ARE TWO SEPARATE, BUT I, I BOTH ARE THE TWO THAT I'M IN.
SO WHO I, I WOULD VOLUNTEER FOR BOTH OF THEM, WHICH I, OH, OKAY.
SO FUTURE WORKSHOP IS OUTREACH AND SCHOLARSHIP.
SO I, WHO'S ON OUTREACH WITH YOU? IM SAM, RIGHT? I
AND THEN, UM, MENTORSHIP AND, AND PAM AND
THAT'S MY, AND SO WOULD THAT, WOULD THAT BE PARTNERSHIP WITH JUNIOR AND THE YEAR FALL OR, I WOULD SAY THAT THAT'S, GEN JUNIOR LEAGUE IS DEFINITELY THE MENTORING ONE IS, YEAH.
IF I WOULD SAY THAT THE ACCOUNT, THE MENTORSHIP IS ON SALE.
EDUCATING COUNCIL PEOPLE ON IDEAS FOR RELATED TO HUMAN TRAFFICK STRETCH.
ARE WE, WE ALREADY HAVE A, WE ALREADY HERE WHERE WE HAVE IN NORTH LONG BEACH AG, WE HAVE A HUMAN TRAFFICKING HANDBOOK.
AND UM, WE CAN TAKE THE, THE
SO MARIA, ALICE AND I, THE SAFETY.
AND SO THE CONFERENCE AS WELL.
SO THAT COULD BE UNDER SAFETY.
AND SO WITHIN THOSE AD HOC, CAN WE ASSIGN SOMEONE LIKE IF MARIA'S ON THE SAFETY AD HOC, BUT SHE'S, SHE'S GONNA LEAVE THIS CALENDAR.
SO HERE FOR FUTURE WORKSHOPS, WHO'S GONNA LEAVE THIS FROM THE OUTREACH? VANESSA, YOU'RE SAYING I CAN DO THE WORKSHOPS AND THEN WE CAN GET SCHOLAR EXAM.
ATTENDS ARE, UM, HER ACCEPTANCE OF, AND I'LL SEE THAT SHE'S, I'LL HAVE CONNECTION WITH, OKAY.
ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS ENGAGED AROUND HUMAN TRAFFICKING? THIS IS THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING AD.
I THINK WE COULD EACH TAKE THAT ON.
WE CAN JUST KIND OF MAYBE VERBALLY COMMIT TO REACH OUT, BUT I THINK HAVE TO BE BROWN ACT WE AFTER.
WE CAN'T JUST DO IT, COMMIT INTENTLY.
ACTUALLY NOT TALK TO JOIE ABOUT IT.
I, MY EXPERIENCE REACHING OUT TO COUNSEL, I FEEL LIKE I NEEDED, BUT I DID IT FOR THE COMMUNICATION.
I FEEL LIKE I NEEDED SOMETHING LIKE TO INVITE THEM TO SOMETHING.
SO I THINK WE, THE APP HUMAN TRAFFICKING A HOW THEY LIKE CREATE YEAH.
TALKING POINTS OR A
'CAUSE I, I HAVE SPOKEN TO JODY AND THIS LIKE SEPARATE MEETING CHIEF STAFF COUNCIL.
UM, BUT YES, TALKING POINTS OR SOMETHING WOULD BE GREAT.
LET'S KEEP, LET'S SIT ON THE LEADS ON THIS BOOKS LATER ON.
IN FACT, THEY, THEY APPROACHED ME ABOUT THIS AT ONE OF THE COUNSELING MEETING.
AND AGAIN, BECAUSE I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT A OLD ONE IN TERMS OF COMMUNICATING DIRECTLY, I JUST REFER THEM TO ALANA.
SO, YOU KNOW, THEY COMMUNICATE THROUGH HER AND THEN SHE WOULD LET US KNOW THEY INVITE AS ION TO LET THE KID ON HUMAN TRAFFICK.
AND CAN YOU IMMEDIATELY WE START TO, NO, WE STOP.
BUT THEN JUST GIVING ONE SECOND.
YEAH, I THINK IT'S, AND SOPHIA, WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE SOPHIA'S REQUESTED FOR WHAT SHE WAS, SHE WOULD LIKE TO BE PART OF MEETING AND THEN, AND THE HUMAN
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THAT ONIS THAT SET? ANYBODY? THIS ONE?
YEAH, SHE, SHE'S THE ONE THAT INITIATED THIS.
SO DOES THIS LOOK DOABLE? AND I WANT YOU TO LOOK GOING THIS WAY, THIS WAY WE HAVE 'EM ALIGNED WITH OUR AD HOC.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT DOESN'T FEEL REALISTIC? ANY ADJUSTMENTS THAT NEED TO BE? WE STARTED THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THEY SHOULD, BUT AREN'T YOU ALREADY DR.
LIKE WHO'S CONVENING WHO I THINK WE'RE ALL GONNA HAVE, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAVE RESPONSIBILITY TO CONTACT ANY ADJUSTMENTS.
WHAT WOULD HELP US KEEP THIS PLAN ON RESPECT? THE ONE SUGGESTION I MIGHT MAKE IS IF WE WERE, WHEN WERE ALLOWED LIKE AN IDEA, BUT TO HAVE, UM, EVERY QUARTER, LIKE IN JANUARY, SPEND SOME TIME AT THE COMMISSION MEETING AND REVIEW WHAT HAPPENED.
AND AS A LARGER GROUP REVIEW, WHAT DO WE LEARN? WHAT'S GOING ON? I DON'T KNOW IF IT, MAYBE IT COULD BE AS PART OF UPDATES, BUT A MORE FORMAL, LIKE, REVIEW OF THIS PLAN.
THEN IN APRIL WE MOVE FOURTH AND MAYBE WE'LL HAVE ADJUST THE SAME
WE'RE ADJUSTING, WE'RE MOVING THINGS.
SO HOW TO KEEP THIS ALIVE AND CORRECT.
MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THAT EVERY QUARTER WE'RE REVIEWING AND WE'RE THE
AND THEN TWO, ARE THERE OTHER, LIKE, ALSO, AND I THANK
SO THAT IT IS, WE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ALSO CHECK OUT WHAT WE HAVE COMPLETED IN THIS REPORT.
BECAUSE I, I, IT MAY COME A TIME WHEN WE MAY ASK TO, HOW WOULD YOU, WHAT'S THE, WHAT WOULD THAT TAKE YOU? LIKE HOW WOULD DO THAT? WELL, I, I WOULD SAY THAT FIRST OF ALL, WE, THIS MIGHT TAKE LITTLE BIT MORE ACTUALLY LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE EXPECTATIONS EXPECTED AND TO, UM, YOU KNOW, PREPARE THAT AGAINST WHAT WE'VE DONE, WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AND THEN, AND HERE ARE IN TERMS OF MEETING THOSE EXPECTATIONS.
SO IT DIDN'T REQUIRE US REVIEWING THIS AND THEN REVIEWING WHAT WE JUST COMPLETED TO SEE WHERE WE ALIGN.
WOULD YOU SEE THAT ON LIKE WITH AD HOC REPORTS OR DURING THIS QUARTERLY, DURING THAT QUARTER REGION.
AND ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE REASONS TO DO THE CONFERENCE WAS WE WERE ADDRESSING THE FIRST
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THAT WAS, THAT WAS PART OF THE, THE IDEA IN THE CONFERENCES THAT WE WENT HEAD ON, ADDRESSED SOME THOSE I THEY DO.AND SO THAT WE ARE ALIGNING WITH THE, WITH THE GOALS OF THE CITY.
IF THE GOALS OF THE CITY REPORTS TO
SO WHAT WOULD, SO WE WOULD SEND HOW, HOW, HOW WOULD WE INTEGRATE SURVEY RESULTS INTO OUR, WE WOULD BE, CAN WE SURVEYS OFFERED LIKE EVENTS
SO WE HAVE, WE WOULD SEE, SEE IF WE, YOU KNOW, THEY FEEL SAFE OR TALKING THIS WORKSHOP BECAUSE THEY, THE REPORT EXPRESS THAT THAT SAFETY.
SO THAT SOUNDS LIKE A WHOLE NEW YEAH, IT IS.
THEY KIND OF SEE IN A WAY, I FEEL LIKE DO IT ANYWAY BECAUSE HOW WOULD WE KNOW WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE, RIGHT? LIKE IN US, WE, THESE THINGS, HOW DO WE KNOW WE'RE DOING THEM EFFECTIVE? LIKE THE ONLY WAY TO KNOW WE'RE DOING EFFECTIVELY IS TO HEAR FROM THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE DOING FOR.
WE CAN'T BE LIKE, OH YEAH, WE DID THE WORKSHOP.
WE SUCCESS, HOW DO WE KNOW IT WAS THINGS SUCCESS? LIKE, WE'RE ALREADY GONNA KNOW WHAT IS MAKES, LIKE THE PEOPLE THAT ATTENDED IT ABOUT SOMETHING OUT IT.
WHAT IF WE PUT, WHAT IF MAKES, LIKE, CAN WE PUT A NOTE HERE, LIKE STAY OUT OF THE WEEK HERE.
LIKE THAT WOULD BE LIKE, INCLUDE A FEEDBACK OR PART.
THEY, WE WANTED US GET EVERYTHING THAT WE DO WITH IT.
EVERY TIME WE ENGAGED IN COMMUNITY.
I THINK WE WANT CONGRATULATIONS.
WELL, WE ARE ALLOWED, WE ARE ALLOWED TO DEVELOP QUESTIONS TO SEE IF IT'S SOMETHING
AND WE ARE HAVE TO, BECAUSE, UM, YEAH, WE WOULD HAVE TO, WE HAVE THE QUESTIONS, BUT IT TELLS US RIGHT HERE THAT THIS, HE, UH, WE, WE WANT TO HAVE THESE RELATED TO HARASSMENT.
DO YOU KNOW HOW TO CONFRONT YOURSELF? CAN YOU IDENTIFY, CAN YOU IDENTIFY WHEN YOU ARE BEING HARASSED BASED ON THIS WORKSHOP? SO COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, I HEAR, I THINK TWO OPTIONS INTEGRATED INTO EACH STANDALONE EVALUATION FEEDBACK.
I WOULD LEAVE THAT TO THIS GROUP.
WHO'S PLANNING THAT? NATURE HAS, WE'LL DO THAT.
WE'LL DO THAT FUTURE WORKSHOP THAT DOING YES.
IS THAT JUST NO, WE'RE GONNA, THAT SHOULD BE AN EXPECTATION EMBEDDED.
SO QUARTERLY REVIEW PLAN, AND THEN THIS PIECE ABOUT OUR SURVEY RESULTS.
HOW ARE WE REFLECTING ON THOSE ON A QUARTERLY BASIS? HOWEVER, REFLECTING ON MEETING.
WELL, I, I THINK MORE THAN ANYTHING IT JUST LOOKING AND DETERMINING WHETHER THE TOPIC FOR IDENTITY AND THE EXPECTATION IN TERMS OF HOW TO RESOLVE THESE ISSUES, ALIGN WITH THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING THAT WE, THE WAY THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING.
SO DO THOSE MEET, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THIS, THE, THE EXPECTATION, I WONDER IF WE MAKE THEM DO THAT.
LIKE ON AN ANNUAL, LIKE NEXT YEAR WHEN WE'RE PLANNING FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR, OFTEN REVIEW THE
SO WORK THAT IS BEEN MET MM-HMM
SO THAT'S, UH, IT'S, IT'S SIMPLE.
I DON'T THINK ONE MAKE IT TOO COMPLICATED.
WE DON'T, I YOU THINK THE, LIKE LOOKING AT THE FULL RECOMMENDATION OR WELL, YES.
POLICY AND PROGRAMMATIC SOLUTION THAT THE THING THAT WE HAVE PLANNED TIE INTO ALL OF THESE FOUR BUCKETS.
BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE
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NOT AT THE POINT WHERE WE'RE LIKE ABLE TO INCENTIVIZE THE EXTENSION OF CHILDCARE FACILITY.THE CHILDREN SHOULD BUY, YOU KNOW? SO I, I DO THINK THOUGH THAT LIKE TO YOUR POINT THERE, THERE MIGHT BE SOME, SOME PLANNING WE CAN DO TO ENSURE THAT WE, WE COME TOGETHER AND STUDY THE NEED SO THAT WE CAN YEAH.
IF I CAN CLARIFY THE I INTENT OF THE REPORT, IT'S NOT THAT YOU'RE DOING ALL THESE THINGS, BUT YOU'RE MAKING THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.
COUNCIL, SO THAT THE CITY IS DOING RIGHT AND, AND WE'RE ADDRESSING MISSION.
SO WE LIKE, WE'VE ALREADY, WE'VE ALREADY DONE THAT WITH THE FIRE DEPART, UM, RECOMMENDATION.
WE'VE DONE SOMETHING WITH THE RECOMMENDATION
THEY KEEP US, YOU KNOW, KIND OF TO CONNECT THE PIECES, RIGHT? LIKE JANUARY, WE'RE LEADING WITH DR.
BOBBY AND MAYBE, AND THAT IS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF TO PUT IT TOGETHER FOR US.
I THINK WHEN WE PUT IT TOGETHER, I, BECAUSE WE KNOW THIS, IDEALLY WE KNOW THIS SO WELL, UH, THAT WE ALREADY KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING.
WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE REPORT LAST YEAR AND WE HAVE BUILT ON THE, WE HAVE BUILT ON THE REPORT.
THE KEY IS NOT TO, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REMAIN OVER OUR NEXT, OVER OUR TENURE, THAT WE REMAIN ALIGNED TO REPORT BEING THAT WE ALL CAME TO, WERE ASSIGNED OR APPOINTED TO THIS COMMISSION.
BUT BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT WOMEN AND GIRLS IN EQUITY, ET CETERA.
WE'RE WE HAVE A FEMALE MENTORING, UM,
I'M GONNA OCTOBER, THIS WAS, I DO KEEP OUR PLAN ON TRACK.
I RECOMMEND QUARTERLY REVIEW PLAN.
IF THERE'S SOMETHING WITH THE SURVEY THAT WE NEED TO DO THAT WE NEED TO DOCUMENT RIGHT NOW, WE NEED TO REVIEW IT ANNUALLY.
WE DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT REVIEW.
PROBABLY ANOTHER A
YEAH, BUT I MEAN, I THINK EVEN IN TERMS OF WHO WE SCHEDULE FOR SPEAKERS, WE HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE REPORT AND, AND PULLING IN, I MEAN THE
WELL, I, I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THAT.
I WOULD HAVE CONVERSATION ALSO.
MAYBE YOUR, WE COULD TALK ABOUT IT.
AND WHEN WE ARE PLANNING, WE DO KEEP IN MIND WHAT IS
UM, THERE'S NOTHING THAT EVERYTHING THAT LINES TO, I CAN FIND A LAWYER LINES EVERYTHING THAT IS UP THERE RIGHT NOW TO WHAT IN THE FIVE THINGS IN THE BOX, THE FINDINGS OF THE REPORT.
IF THAT IS, IF, IF THAT'S THE WAY FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD TO THE NEXT STEP.
SO I THINK WE ONLY NEED TO DO IT ANNUALLY.
WE DID IT IN DETAIL LAST YEAR AND WE JUST NEED TO, WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THINGS AND WHAT WE WANNA BRING FORWARD, WE JUST NEED TO LOOK AT PAGE THREE, SIX THROUGH 40 IN OUR REPORT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.
MAKE SURE WE'RE, WE'RE STAYING ON, WE'RE STAYING ON ALIGNED WITH, WITH THE, WITH OUR CITY, UH, WANTS US TO DO, UH, SAFETY IS HUMAN TRAFFICKING COMPROMISED SAFETY.
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ALWAYS, WE CAN ALWAYS FIND A WAY TO PUT IT IN THE REPORT.ACTUALLY WANTED TO DO, FOR INSTANCE, A SELF-DEFENSE WORKSHOP.
IF IT SAYS SELF DEFENSE IS A BIG THING, I THINK ALL WE NEED IS THE SPACE.
AND WE HAVE ONE HERE,
THAT'S PART OF THE RIGHT WORK WORKSHOP.
ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED TO KEEP THIS PLAN ON TRACK? LIKE DO WE NEED TO, DO WE NEED A REPORTING TEMPLATE? DO WE NEED TO EACH AD HOC WEEK, MONTHLY? DO WE NEED TO, OR QUARTER LIKE ONCE ARE DO WE NEED THOSE? SEND, WILL EVERYBODY FIGURE IT OUT? MIGHT EACH OTHER TO CREATE SOME PAPER TO GET ALL OF THIS
SO EACH GROUP IS GONNA BE
AND, AND A LOT OF THEM ARE ABOUT PROGRAMING AND FUNDING AND POLICY.
SO I'M WONDERING LIKE, WOULD THESE RECOMMENDATIONS, THE, LIKE WE PUT AROUND THE TIME OF THE CITY BUCKET, THEY SHOULDN'T BE HAPPENING YEAR THEN.
SO AS YOU ALL ARE TAKING ON THE ISSUES, RIGHT, AND YOU'RE MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO, SO WHAT
I WOULD SAY THAT YOU SHOULD ALSO BE RECITE IN WHAT, YOU KNOW, INFORMS YOU ALL OF THE FORMATION OF THIS COMMISSION BY CITING AND SEE THAT NO ONE ALL THE ADDITIONAL RESEARCH HONOR WOULD WE BE AS A COMMISSION, BE ABLE TO SET UP A SCHOLARSHIP FUND?
I MEAN, WE HAVE TO GET THE, SO
SO WE'RE GONNA TO DO SOME RESEARCH TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS
I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE
SO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE AFTERNOON IS, UM, AS WE'LL TAKE UP.
SO THAT IS OUR PLAN, OUR ONE YEAR PLAN FOR THE COMMISSION,
SO IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THAT WE ACCOMPLISHED TODAY, HAVING THE BEAUTIFUL INTRODUCTION, WE HAVE IDEAS.
IT'S
WE HAVE FLOATING GROUND, GET FLOW DOCUMENTED.
UM, WE CREATED OUR PRACTICAL VISION OVER HERE FOR THREE YEARS.
WE TALKED THROUGH OUR ONE YEAR VICTORY.
WE ANALYZE THAT WITH OUR CURRENT REALITY AND WE CREATED THIS TALENT.
SO ALL THAT WE ACCOMPLISHED TODAY, WHAT STANDS OUT, HEAR EVERYBODY, HOW MANY SHARE WHAT PARTNERSHIP, ANNUAL LEADERSHIP, GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER A LITTLE BETTER.
AND ALSO THE WHOLE PROCESS, THE PROCESS OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AND LISTENING TO EVERYBODY AND YOU KNOW, AND SEEING THAT IT'S PRETTY DARN EASY TO COLLABORATE WITH THIS GROUP.
AND WE ALL, UM, I'M REALLY ENGAGED BY THE PROCESS THAT WE BE ENGAGED IN AND I'M REALLY SURE TO JEN FOR, UM, TAKING US THROUGH THIS TODAY.
UM, I'M EXCITED FOR, TO SEE LIKE WHERE WE GO IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS, IN THE NEXT YEAR, THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
AND I, UM, SUPER LIKE ENERGIZED BY THE PASSION THAT WE ALL
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HOLD AND, UM, SHARE WITH EACH OTHER IN, UM,YOU'RE GONNA BE GROOM GETTING ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE INVOLVED.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE
FORWARD TO, IT'S VERY EXCITING.
WHAT ARE YOU FEELING ANXIOUS ABOUT SOMETIMES TOWARDS HOLIDAY PARTY? I ASSUMING ACTUALLY THAT ALANA AND VANESSA AND WHAT, AND THEN GOING BACK TO THE CONVERSATION.
YOU KNOW WHAT, LIKE, LETS MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PLAN SUCH BIG, THEY INEVITABLY
AND JUST IT, EXCEPT WHEN THINGS DON'T GO EXACTLY THE WAY WE FIND THE OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, I FEEL BAD ABOUT IT.
LIKE I SAID, WE'RE ALL A VOLUNTARY GROUP AND IF IT'S COMMISSIONING COMMISSION, UM, IT'S, I THINK IT STARTS AT NINE AND
AND SO THEY WANTED TO REMIND US AND, UM, I'M SURE WE MADE THIS
SO MISSION FROM ALL, WHAT'S GONNA BE, WHAT'S HAPPENING TO OUR MISSION MEETING NEVER AIRPLANES OR WELCOME HAVE VEHICLE.
I THINK THIS IS REALLY, REALLY POWERFUL WORK.
WE GOT THROUGH EVERYTHING AND WITH TIME TO SPARE, I THERE'S ANY CLOSING? WELL, THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU SO MUCH JENNIFER
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AND STEPHANIEWILL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT, ACKNOWLEDGING FOR THE RECORD THAT THERE'S NO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THIS MEETING TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT.
MOTION CARRIES FOR THE PUBLIC.
SORRY, THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR
EACH SPEAK SPEAKER IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES TO MAKE THEIR COMMENTS THIS EXTENDED.
ARE THERE ANY, THERE'S NO PUBLIC TO PROVIDE PUBLIC NON-AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT ANNOUNCING, BUT I DON'T WANNA UNDER UNLESS YOU WANT UNDER RECORD.
SO THOSE OF YOU WHO GOT TO HEAR MY, MY NIECE SAY AT OUR PARTY, SHE'S, UM, PERFORMING LIVE ON BROADWAY RIGHT NOW.
AND I I BOUGHT IT THROUGH HER SO I CAN STREAM IT WHEN I GET HOME, I GUESS.
BUT SHE, YEAH, SHE'S, AND SHE WAS ALSO A FINALIST FOR WICKED, THE, THE NATIONAL TOUR AND, AND THE BROADWAY SHOW.
SHE WAS ALREADY, SHE WAS ONLY LIMITED BY, UH, WELL THE PERSON WHO GOT IT WAS ALREADY ON THE BROADWAY KIT, SO SHE'S
AND THERE'S NO ANYONE ELSE? I'M NOT SURE I HAVE SHUT THE, THIS IS, UM, SO I'LL CHECK.
YEAH, I'LL, I'M SURE THAT OUR STAFF WOULD SEE, UM, INFORMATION OF THAT FROM THE, UH, FROM THE STATE.
OKAY, THEN, UH, WE ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT TWO 14.