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ANTIBIAS TASK FORCE OF SOUTHOLD TOWN
Monday, August 19, 2019
Draft Minutes
Present: Marjorie Day, Loretta Hatzel-Geraci, Leroy Heyliger, Jean LePre, Eleanor Lingo, Christopher
North, Carolyn Peabody, Valerie Shelby, David Schultz, Sonia Spar
Excused:, Emily Geiger, Susan Dingle
Guests: Joan Hughes
1. Minutes from July meeting
Agreed to discuss them during September meeting.
2. Forum on how to handle bias incident respectfully
The next meeting of the subcommittee will be on August 26 at St. Agnes at 10:30am.
3. Unity Picnic Information
2020 Unity Picnic approved to take place on August 8, 2020
Food – Give more business to regular food donors and reduce by half quantity of food usually
purchased, in order to avoid having a surplus of food.
Raffles – Create new signs for welcoming table/raffle tickets.
Drop current BBQ vendor and identify cost efficient alternative.
BBQ – Request Town officials to purchase BBQ for Picnic and other official town events.
Request tote for clear easy storage of utensils and miscellaneous needed for picnic.
4. Members in attendance agreed to postpone discussion to a later date.
5. Helen Prince
Honoree: Mrs. Sarah Benjamin
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Anne Smith, Chair, North Fork Initiative for Behavioral Health, past
Superintendent, Mattituck Cutchogue School District and 2017 Helen Prince Honoree.
Food and Location: Peconic Landing – very low budget.
To Do: confirm location’s availability, give Dr. Smith copy of Helen Prince diary, reach out to
Suffolk Times, reach out to schools, ask Mrs. Benjamin for her resume.
6. Become Census Ambassadors to guarantee that clear and accurate information reaches all
the members of our community. Members discussed about the possibility to do an
informational forum and create a bilingual flyer.
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7. It was agreed that ABTF will participate in Behavioral Health Town Meeting on October 3.
8. Discussion on SHS new exhibit on Slavery. How to help them be in touch with other experts in
Suffolk County who have done in depth research for their exhibits on the topic. It was also
suggested that a one pager with bullet points be put together based on a resource David
Schultz mentioned regarding use of primary sources.
9. Report
A. Police Department – Event with the Paul Drum Foundation had a positive impact.
B. Schools