03-08-2017Richfield Human Rights Commission
Meeting Agenda
8 March 2017 - 6:30pm
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Human Rights Commission
1. Call to Order & Attendance
2. Approval of Agenda
3. Approval of Minutes
4. Open Public Comment
Anyone who is not on the agenda who would like to address the Commission must inform the Chair at this time. Please
provide full name and address. Each speaker is to keep their comment period to three minutes to allow sufficient time for
others and so that we can complete our meeting agenda. Comments are an opportunity to address the Commission on
items not on the agenda.
5. Reports
a. Chair's report
b. Secretary's report
c. Vice Chair's report
d. Liaison reports
6. Committee Reports
a. Naturalization event recap (Swopnil, Mark, Debbie)
b. Black History Month book reading event recap (Mark)
c. Black Lives Matter resolution (Chara, Jeff, Swopnil)
d. Islam 101 event — May 2017 (Ben?)
e. Yard signs/Community Outreach/Sanctuary City (Ben, Debbie, Carrie)
f. CEDAW resolution update (Mark, Mike)
7. Unfinished Business
a. Social media officer role
b. Reminder of upcoming events:
i. Read -in at Augsburg Park Library — Monday 4/24, 4-8 PM (Sabing
Zimering's "Hiding in the Open: a Holocaust Memoir")
ii. University of Minnesota's Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies
forum at Augsburg Park Library — Wednesday 4/26, 6:30-8 PM (Graduate
scholars present on how the media plays a role in the coverage of
genocide and human atrocities)
iii. Irene Colston photography presentation at Augsburg Park Library —
Thursday 4/27, 2-4 PM ("The Other Voices of Auschwitz")
iv. Fred Amram speech at Augsburg Park Library — Saturday 4/29, 1:30-3:00
PM ("We're In America Now: a Survivor's Story")
8. New Business/Announcements/Open Forum
a. Call for Jacobsen Award nominations
b. Create 4th of July Parade committee
i. Assign registration tasks
9. Next meeting: Tuesday, April 4, 2017
10. Adjourn