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Home My WebLink AboutTRC March 3 Packet Ad Hoc Truth and Reconciliation Commission Agenda Thursday, March 3, 2022, 7PM Emma J. Harvat Hall Iowa City City Hall 410 E. Washington Street In order to encourage input from the public, the Commission intends to offer the opportunity to participate in the meeting remotely. However, this meeting is in-person, and those wishing to ensure their ability to participate should attend the meeting in-person. If you instead wish to participate remotely, you may attempt to do so by joining the below link. Please note that the meeting link and ID for the first Thursday of each month is different than the link and ID for the third Thursday of each month. First Thursday Meetings https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cMIaaV6cTxGwOlWu2-hFHg ID: 867 2424 8095 Third Thursday Meetings https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_lcIl8llPSRq1u0xPlL-1Ew ID: 895 3695 0485 If you have no computer or smartphone, or a computer without a microphone, you can call in by phone by dialing (312) 626-6799 and entering the meeting ID when prompted. Meeting Agenda: 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL 3. READING OF LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 4. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 17, 2022 5. PUBLIC COMMENT OF ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA (TRC MEMBERS SHALL NOT ENGAGE IN DISCUSSION WITH THE PUBLIC CONCERNING SAID ITEMS) 6. UPDATE ON THE EXCLUDED WORKERS FUND 7. DISUSSION ON FACILITATOR PROPOSAL 8. ANNOUNCEMENTS OF COMMISSIONERS/STAFF (TRC MEMBERS SHALL NOT ENGAGE IN DISCUSSION WITH ONE ANOTHER CONCERNING SAID ANNOUNCEMENTS) 9. ADJOURNMENT If you will need a disability-related accommodation to participate in this meeting please contact the Equity Director, Stefanie Bowers, at 319-356-5022 or at stefanie-bowers@iowa-city.org. Early requests are strongly encouraged to allow sufficient time to meet your accessibility needs. AD HOC TRUTH & RECONCILIATION COMMISSION MARCH 3, 2022, MEETING PACKET CONTENTS AGENDA ITEM #3 • TRC AND HRC LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT AGENDA ITEM #4 • DRAFT MEETING MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 17, 2022 AGENDA ITEM #6 • CORRESPONDENCE FROM COMMISSIONER ERIC HARRIS ON THE EXCLUDED WORKERS FUND February 17, 2022 Draft Ad Hoc Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Minutes Emma J. Harvat Hall City Hall Commissioners present: Amel Ali, Kevo Rivera, Wangui Gathua, Clifton Johnson, Mohamed Traore, Eric Harris (via Zoom). Commissioners not present: Chastity Dillard, Daphney Daniel, Sikowis (Christine Nobiss). Staff present: Stefanie Bowers. Community members who spoke at the meeting: None. Recommendations to City Council: No. Meeting called to order: 7:06. Reading of Land Acknowledgement: Ali read the Land Acknowledgement. Approval of Minutes from the February 3, 2022: Ali moved, and Rivera seconded. Motion passed 5-0. (Harris not present for vote). Public Comment of Items not on the Agenda: None. End Exclusionary Discipline for Elementary Students’ Presentation by Dina Bishara and Heidi Pierce: Race, gender, and incarceration are disproportionate within the US. One and three Black men, 1 and 6 Latino men will be imprisoned in their lifetime versus 1 in 17 white men. One and eighteen Black women, 1 in 45 Latina women will be imprisoned in their lifetime compared with 1 in 111 white women. The US has 5% of the world’s population but imprisons 20% of the world’s population. Sixty-thousand of those imprisoned are youth. Policies and practices within school systems make it more likely for students to end up in confinement and punishment systems also known as the school to prison pipeline. Some of the things that lead to the disparities are seclusion and restraints, suspension and expulsions and zero tolerance policies. Rivera made a motion for the TRC to add their support to the petition to end exclusionary discipline for elementary students within the Iowa City Community School District, Ali seconded. Motion passed 5-0. (Harris not present for the vote). Excluded Workers Fund Update: At a recent Johnson County Board of Supervisors meeting the Excluded Workers were met by Sheriff’s Deputies before they even got to the door to enter. The County is stonewalling, and everything is up in the air at this point. Facilitator Update: At the March 1 TRC meeting the Commission will be presented with a facilitator proposal that they will then vote on. If approved they will make a recommendation to City Council at that time. The local partners want more time to work on implementation of their plan. Commission Announcements: Gathua reported on the recent death of a Black male who was 42 years of age and was found deceased on Friendship Street at 6am on February 2022. The African community of Iowa City feels that the proper offices have not reported or publicized his death due to the fact that he is a Black male who immigrated to the US from Africa. Harris gave a reminder that he is the Fatherhood Coordinator at Dream City and to encourage any fathers to connect with him. Adjourn: 7:44 PM City meetings are recorded and can be viewed in their entirety by visiting this link. AD HOC TRUTH & RECONCILIATION COMMISSION ATTENDANCE RECORD YEAR 2022 (Meeting Date) NAME TERM EXP. 1/20 2/3 2/17 3/3 3/17 4/7 4/21 5/5 5/19 6/2 6/16 7/7 7/21 8/4 Ali 6/22 P P P Daniel 6/22 A P A Dillard 6/22 P P A Gathua 6/22 P P P Johnson 6/22 P P P Harris 6/22 A P P Nobiss 6/22 A P A Rivera 6/22 P P P Traore 6/22 P P P KEY: P = Present A = Absent Correspondence from Commissioner Eric Harris.