Karen Franklin introduced Anne Spencer, Co-President of League of Women's Voter. Anne has been a teacher in the Iowa City School System. The League of Women's Voter begam in 1920 during Womens Suffrage. The League of Women's Voter's has been an important part of democracy. The state and national league has empowered voters by informing participation in government. The League has developed a workshop on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. The Goal of the workshop is to recognize racism in society and the role of privilege. Anne showed a video that gave examples of the role of privilege.
There are three one-hour sessions in the workshop. 1. Privilege: Urban and Rural, 2. White Procedure 101, 3. Process and Planning.
President Liz called the meeting to order at 7:06 am. Signage on the new trailer for Can-Do should be completed soon. We have two Outbound students interested in YE for the 22-23 year. The district may try and take about five inbound if we can find schools that will accept a student.
Mark Patton said that Sunday January 9,2022 he will be going to Mayfield, KY with the Mennonite group. He will be taking chain saws and other goods. If anyone has a chain saw that they would like to donate, please contact Mark. DG Alka and PDG Steve are going down Wednesday January 5, 2022.
Meeting adjourned at 8:00 am