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ORDER-2016-126 : Appointment of Maya Jamaleddine, 10 Melrose St., to the Human Rights Commission for a three-year term; said term to expire on the last day of February 2018
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ORDER-2016-126 Appointment Appointment of Maya Jamaleddine, 10 Melrose St., to the Human Rights Commission for a three-year term; said term to expire on the last day of February 2018 Recommend Passage Board of Aldermen City of Melrose Page 1 Updated 3/30/2016 3:36 PM Minutes Appropriations Committee March 28, 2016
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▶ 27:16 Peter D. Mortimer: you thank you the next order we have before us is order 2016-126 it is the appointment of maya jamala dean of 10 melrose street to the human rights commission for a three-year term said term to expire on the last day of february 2018. mr maladin would you join us please
▶ 27:48 Peter D. Mortimer: Good evening, thank you very much for coming and thank you very much for be willing to volunteer to be on the Human Rights Commission here in Melrose. Would you like to make an opening statement or proceed directly to questions and answers?
▶ 28:00 Maya Jamaleddine: No, I can just talk about myself. Please do. I'm a resident of Melrose for three years now. I have four kids. a mother of four kids with my husband and with my kids I worked as a medical assistant slash billing in a doctor's office and I had good experience about
▶ 28:33 Maya Jamaleddine: diversity and in Monroe especially and about people that would difference between people that they would accept diversity and I would love to help in
▶ 28:55 Peter D. Mortimer: accepting diversity in my rules thank you very much are there any alderman wishing to be heard at this time just by a by a nose Alderman Medeiros be your president con please proceed Alderman Medeiros thank you thank you very much
▶ 29:07 Monica C. Medeiros: thank you for stepping up to be involved I just was wondering if you could talk a little bit about your motivations for wanting to join the Human Rights Commission and is there any particular item that you might have you want to
▶ 29:27 Maya Jamaleddine: forward with as an agenda item coming forward as the agenda I would like to now I'm gonna I'm gonna specify as far as my experience and and with my kids and the school I to say at least I wasn't accepted when I first came to
▶ 30:03 Maya Jamaleddine: my rose from many parents as as well as my kids and I worked hard to try to make you know friends around and try to explain to people that we need to accept differences between the one the other as far as I'm not disrespecting or hurting other people I do accept differences even if I if I'm not I'm I'm gonna say even if I'm not I don't believe in it but I have to accept you as different
▶ 30:41 Maya Jamaleddine: than I am and I because I was hurt from this part I do feel with other people and I would like to serve this thank you thank you very much thank you thank you
▶ 30:50 Peter D. Mortimer: alderman Medeiros president Khan please yeah we'd all like to thank you here
▶ 30:53 Speaker 1: from coming forward to volunteer this is an important position in the community and we welcome you joining the Human Rights Commission thank you thank you
▶ 31:04 Peter D. Mortimer: president Khan are there any other members of the Appropriations Committee committee who would like to participate in the call at this time
▶ 31:13 Mary Beth McAteer-Margolis: Baldwin MacMaster Margolis thank you and and welcome English is not your first language it's not Arabic French so I think that's great to even just bring a different language someone whose first language is not English to the to the Commission have you ever gone to any of the dinners or anything have you
▶ 31:40 Maya Jamaleddine: participated in any of the events did the the the annual multicultural okay dinner I did once I wasn't able to this year as but I did like them the first time I went there because I had the baby I had my I wasn't able to attend it that's all yeah yeah well I'm sure it's difficult with them working and for kids we've all kind of been in that some put some of those positions but thank you very much for coming forward and we look forward to hearing some good ideas from
▶ 32:15 Peter D. Mortimer: you thank you good luck Thank You alderman MacMaster my goal is seeing no further alderman wishing to be heard motion to recommend we have a motion to recommend this order for passage from alderman boy cell duly second by who is that please second alderman MacMaster my goal is all in favor please say aye any opposed none this order will be recommended to the full board at our next full board meeting you need not come again thank you for coming tonight