DIRE Comm discusses restorative practice; upcoming Community Panel Discussion w/ the Stockbridge Munsee Community on Thu, Oct 22, 5pm (live on WilliNet TV ch 1303); Select Board statement responding to WPD Officer Sacco's letter; Reporting Mechanism for Not In My County Pledge...
DIRE Committee will no longer meet weekly, going forward will meet 1st & 3rd Monday’s at 5:00pm. Next meeting Mon Oct 19. at 5:00pm. Watch live on WilliNet TV channel 1303.
DIRE Comm. reviews document of process, responds to information requests, discusses police presence at MGRSD schools.
DIRE Comm. outlines their process & articulate: "...like every other community in the U.S., our town & its residents are impacted by racism. Our work is to discover if our town's institutions and rules (policies, laws, procedures) deliberately or inadvertently encode such inequities. Our goal is not to assess blame but to seek accountability where appropriate and change as needed."
DIRE Comm begins internal dialogue to clarify principals & values, mechanism of engagement, defining the process that will guide them to build the trust in the community for sustainable change, on their Agenda for next meeting.
