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Communities of Color Meeting - Table #9 <br /> <br />Note taker: Denise Smith <br />Facilitator: Mo Young <br />Participants: Angie Sifuentes <br /> Kitty Piercy <br /> Ken Nagao <br /> Kenge Kobayashi <br /> Sandra Stubbs <br /> Sarita Black <br /> Charles Dalton <br /> Terry Leary <br /> <br />Thanks for coming. <br /> <br />Came because of Kitty. This even seemed to be the City reaching out to the <br />Communities of Color. <br /> <br />Question - Why are we here? <br /> <br />Here because - Optimistic and wants to give Kitty Piercy’s administration a chance. <br /> <br />Sense of obligation to her community. Doesn’t feel as hopeful. Helped with planning <br />this event. <br /> <br />Wanted to share some of his life experience during the war and racism he encountered. <br />Was 14 years when entered internment camp. For years felt ashamed and has not spoken <br />about his experience. Now wants to work on opening up. Here to tell his story and share <br />about the Hult Center monument. Memorial will be where groups of Asians gathered to <br />go to the camps. Hopes the memorial will help both Japanese Americans and others. A <br />step towards eradicating racism. Not just about Japanese Americans, but everyone. <br />Monument represents the constitution. <br /> <br />Here to learn. Learned about it from a chain. Felt it was a hand picked community. <br />What does the City expect of Communities of Color? How can we be ourselves and <br />voice our opinion? What does the City Council want? Racism is taught by parents and <br />schools. Won’t go away. <br /> <br />Thanked person for his story. Happy to see new faces. Encouraging. Wants to share <br />even if it’s area that’s been repeated before. Hopeful of the new faces in the room. At <br />end of day would like some measurable outcomes - goals. <br /> <br />Feels she is at the table in role as mayor and also as community member and parent of <br />micro Asian child. Hopes that for role of mayor - how to use it to make it a more <br />welcoming community. What should we be doing around public policy? Wants to be a <br />pleasure to have so many parts to the community. Persons’ story was our community <br />story, not just his family story. We are not far from the potential of the situation to repeat <br />Communities of Color 40 July 12, 2006 <br />