Minutes

Commission for Diversity, Inclusion, & Community Relations · from the Town's website · 2 pages · 57 KB
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CDICR MEETING MINUTES 6-10-26 
Attendees: Scott Mahoney-Wright, 
Celeste Ribeiro-Hewitt, Anita Preble 
1) Pride Potluck and Bike Ride on Sat. 6/13 - all set to go 
Guest speakers: 
James Giessler (North Shore Alliance for GLBTQ+ Youth) 
Q Club members from CASA 
High School Drama kids 
Senator Lydia Edwards 
- Project Play with have a play area set up 
- Parks and Rec is providing some outdoor activities like
frisbees and cornhole 
- Farmers Market will be handing out Magnets 
2) 6/19 - Juneteenth - Flag raising and Proclamation at 
9:30 am in front of the E.B. Newton 
3) The Town had a vigil on Monday night for Jaclyn Berry who
was murdered - it was at 4:30 and many WPD officers, town
councilors, and the Dept of Public Health was there
(Meredith Hurley and Jane Rupp) to discuss Domestic
Violence 
4) Celeste is reaching out to Chelsea’s commission on Diversity
to talk about what they are doing and how they connected
with members and the town council so we can gather ideas
for our commission

5) Since the Town Council hasn’t responded to our email about
ICE protocols, we will try reaching out to the Police Chief 
6) There was a discussion about how the town could potentially
make money off the ice rink by partnering with an outside
business to run it. 
7) Pride Pub Crawl is set for 6/20 at 4:00 - there are 34 people
signed up already and more are expected to join. There will
be 4 groups going around and trivia with a prize of 3 month
membership to RPM Fitness and an hour of personal
training. La Siesta, Blackstrap BBQ, Hong Kong, Thai Taki 
Next meeting will be Wednesday at 6:00 in town hall Jul 8, 2026 
rm 2 meeting room.