Live reporting by
Citlali Perez
The second meeting of a state-level task force charged with addressing violence against Chicago women and girls was spent establishing its foundation and next steps.

Here is today's agenda as well as past meeting documents icjia.illinois.gov/news/meetings/
icjia.illinois.gov/news/meetings/

This is a relatively new task force created to, "examine and report on the systemic causes behind violence that Chicago women and girls experience." illinoissenatedemocrats.com/caucus-news/52…
illinoissenatedemocrats.com/caucus-news/52…

Walking into the room a copy the agenda and last meetings minutes are available.

People are joining virtually as well. If you reach out to me directly I can share the link with you.

meeting called to order at 2:35 but we wait for one of the members to come back to take roll call.

After people come back the meeting is called to order again at 2:40 and roll call is taken.

With quorum a new member of the task force is introduced, Diane N. Walsh, who introduces herself on the video call


The task force members are reminded of the trainings they are required to take and to send their bios.

The last reminder is regarding setting up state of Illinois email accounts for those interested. One by one the task force members are named and they state whether they would like to set one up.

moving on to new business, the next item is regarding nominations for chair and vice chair. The responsibilities of each role are explained.