City of Eugene Human Rights Commission

City of Eugene Human Rights Commission Human Rights Commission Meeting 11-27-18 Packet Contents Draft Agenda Page 1 Draft Minutes from 10/2018 Page 3 Budget Update Page 11 Support Request – Housing and Homelessness Work Group Page 12 Support Report – CALC: Raising Respectful Kids in a Diverse World Page 15 EPD Policies Requested in October Meeting Page 17 UOPD Policies Requested in October Meeting Page 31 January HRC Draft Agenda Page 53 Office of Human Rights & Neighborhood Involvement | City of Eugene | 99 W 10th Ave | Eugene OR 97401 | (541) 682-5272  City of Eugene Human Rights Commission The mission of the Human Rights Commission is to promote implementation of universal human rights values and principles in all City of Eugene programs and throughout the wider community. To carry out this mission the commission shall affirm, encourage and initiate programs and services within the City of Eugene and in the wider community designed to place priority upon protecting, respecting, and fulfilling the full range of universal human rights as enumerated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. To support and promote human rights, the commission will: provide human rights education, be proactive in human rights efforts, address human rights violations, ensure active public participation, be transparent and open, be publicly accountable for human rights progress. Human Rights Commissioners: Joel Iboa (Chair), Ibrahim Coulibaly (Vice Chair), Ela Kubok, Ibrahim Hamide, Serena Markstrom, Rick Guerra, Bonnie Souza, Aria Seligmann, Aimee Walsh, Councilor Emily Semple Human Rights and Neighborhood Involvement Staff: Jason Dedrick, Katie Babits The Human Rights Commission meets on the third Tuesday of each month. Tuesday, November 27, 2018 5:30 – 7:30 PM Meeting Bascom Tykeson Room, Eugene Downtown Public Library, 100 W 10th Street Contact: Katie Babits, 541-682-5177 katie.e.babits@ci.eugene.or.us ITEM _______________ACTION______ TIME 1. Agenda/Minutes Review and Approval (Chair) Discuss/Vote 5:30 - 5:35 (5 min) 2. Public Comment (Chair) 5:35 - 5:45 (10 min) 3. Support Request (Chair) Discuss/Vote 5:45 – 5:50 (5 min) 4. Jennifer Maclean from NAMI 5:50 – 6:05 (15 min) 5. EPD Liaison: Questions from October Update 6:05 – 6:15 (10 min) 6. Implications of Elections Discuss/Vote 6:15 – 6:20 (5 min) 7. Discuss Day Shelter & Dusk to Dawn Downtown 6:20 – 6:30 (10 min) 99 W. 10th Avenue, Suite 116, Eugene, OR 97401 541.682.5177 |ehrcenter@ci.eugene.or.us | www.eugene-or.gov/hrc 1  8. Upcoming HRC Selection Committee 6:30 – 6:35 (5 min) 9. MLK Award Committee 6:35 – 6:40 (5 min) 10. Work Group Lead Updates 6:40 – 6:50 (10 min) 11. Commission Liaison Updates 6:50 – 7:00 (10 min) 12. Council Update 7:00 – 7:15 (15 min) 13. Staff Update 7:15 – 7:25 (10 min) 14. January HRC Meeting Agenda 7:25 – 7:30 (5 min) The Eugene Human Rights Commission welcomes your interest in these agenda items. This meeting location is wheelchair accessible. For the hearing impaired, FM-assistive listening devices are available or an interpreter can be provided with 48 hours’ notice prior to the meeting. Spanish-language interpretation will also be provided with 48 hours’ notice. To arrange for these services, contact staff at (541) 682-5177. La Comisión de Derechos Humanos agradece su interés por participar en los asuntos de esta agenda. El local de la reunión tiene acceso para personas en silla de ruedas. Para las personas con dificultades auditivas ofrecemos sistemas FM para ayudarlo a escuchar, o intérpretes de lenguaje de señas. También ofrecemos intérpretes de español. Si necesita cualquiera de estos servicios por favor solicítelos con 48 horas de anticipación, llamando al (541) 682-5177. 99 W. 10th Avenue, Suite 116, Eugene, OR 97401 541.682.5177 | HRNI@ci.eugene.or.us | www.eugene-or.gov/hrc 2  City of Eugene Human Rights Commission MINUTES Tuesday, October 16, 2018 5:30pm – 7:30pm Meeting Atrium Building, Sloat Room, 99 W. 10th Avenue, Eugene Present: Human Rights Commissioners: Joel Iboa (Chair), Ibrahim Coulibaly (Vice Chair), Ela Kubok, Ibrahim Hamide, Rick Guerra, Bonnie Souza, Julia Johnson, Councilor Emily Semple Equity and Human Rights Center Staff: Jason Dedrick, Katie Babits 1. Agenda/Minutes Review and Approval Motion: Move to approve the October 2018 agenda. Made by: E. Kubok Second: I. Hamide Vote: Unanimous Motion: Move to approve the minutes from the September 2018 meeting. Made by: E. Kubok Second: I. Hamide Vote: Unanimous 2. Public Comment J. Iboa: Thank you for bringing your concern to the Human Rights Commission. It is critical that we hear about issues such as this. Please understand that the Human Rights Commission is a policy advisory body to the City Council and is not designated to resolve issues at its public meetings. The Commission has a full agenda tonight and will not discuss or make decisions immediately on the issue you have presented us. If you need additional information on this issue before the next Human Rights Commission meeting, please contact Office of Human Rights and Neighborhood Involvement staff at (541) 682-5177. Due to time constraints, we are permitting three minutes for each commenter. You will be given notice when 30 seconds remain and when your time is finished. Maurie Denner: There was a recent case the Civilian Review Board (CRB) reviewed which occurred on UO campus, involving an unhoused person who suffered injuries sustained by someone who was staying with a student for the weekend. This person become angry with the homeless person and the law enforcement response was inadequate. UOPD responded along with 3 EPD officers, and the EPD officers who were involved have been reprimanded. This item seemed to fall under human rights and I wanted to bring it to your attention. The CRB appreciated the HRC bringing the Under the Bridge film series to City. We will be watching it as a Board and breaking into two parts over the winter. I also wanted to let the Commission know that this is the last meeting I will attend. Carolyn Williams, the CRB Vice Chair, will be attending HRC moving forward. 99 W. 10th Avenue, Suite 116, Eugene, OR 97401 541.682.5177 |HRNI@ci.eugene.or.us | www.eugene-or.gov/HRC 3 3. Support Request Dio Dmitri: CALC is holding an event called Raising Respectful Kids in a Diverse World at the Xcape Dance Academy. Bonnie will be our sponsor and Serena will be moderating a panel. This came as a request from the dance studio owner to address racism in the dance community that ends up targeting kids. It will be a community conversation for studio owners and kids to stand up and intervene when they witness this type of activity. Johnny Lake will lead the part about skills building, and we will lead role plays on intervening. The goals of this event are to bring the inclusive and culturally diverse dance and movement communities together, strengthen community bonds; to create a safe place to have critical dialogue and conversation; to hear how racism, heterosexism and ableism have been affecting members of the community; to develop a more self-reflective stance around these issues; to improve parents’ and adults’ skills to address these harms with kids early on in their development. CALC is requesting co-sponsorship to cover the cost of the main presenter. R. Guerra: You mentioned there will also be a panel portion of the event? D. Dmitri: Yes, Serena will be moderating six panelists, Johnny will transition to a group discussion and then we will break up into role plays to put into action the skills he presented. Councilor Semple: How big is the dance community? D. Dmitri: There is preschool in morning, classes for middle and high school aged kids in the afternoon. Councilor Semple: How many participants do you think would attend this event? D. Dmitri: Currently there are 20 people registered and other studios are signing up with the owners. What we have seen is that as studios sign up, they do so in chunks of participants. Councilor Semple: My questions are leading to ask how the message from this event can ripple into the community. It sounds like you will have a large reach, and I am very much in support of this. Motion: Move to support the CALC event Raising Respectful Kids in a Diverse World at the Xcape Dance Academy. Made by: B. Souza Second: Councilor Semple Vote: Unanimous Anne Milhollen: I am part of the working group on homelessness. This group started a film series showing Under the Bridge at the Bijou. The event was such an overwhelming success that we expanded it to the community centers: four city facilities and two on River Road. The events typically drew 40 people. There were different facilitators on discussion panels after the film. These were led by Wayne Martin, Heather Seilicki, Betty Grant and Eric Jackson. We attracted people who were already supportive of the topic, with maybe 1 or 2 people who were unsupportive. Typical questions were ‘what can we do about it’ and ‘what can others do?’ We would like to hold another film series, this time showing the film Tony – The Movie. This film begins with interviewing Tony and finding out what life is like as a homeless person in San Diego. The director flies Tony around the country to talk to cities with successful programs to reduce the numbers of people unhoused on the street. We ask for co-sponsorship and $50 monetary funding to print flyers for the events. Motion: Move to cosponsor the film series for Tony – The Movie and $50 worth of printing promotional materials for the film series. Made by: E. Kubok Second: B. Souza Discussion: J. Iboa: As part of the requirements for co-sponsorship by the HRC, we need to designate someone who will go to the events. I. Hamide: I believe in the work plan Aria is listed as lead for the work group, and that she would attend on behalf of the Commission. I. Coulibaly: I agree with Ib, I think that it would be Aria. Vote: Unanimous 99 W. 10th Avenue, Suite 116, Eugene, OR 97401 541.682.5177 | HRNI@ci.eugene.or.us | www.eugene-or.gov/HRC 4 4. EPD Liaison Update Lt. Natt: You may have noticed that there has been quite a bit going on in Eugene not related to the HRC, so I would like to let you know that we are working diligently on other crimes. You have in your packets the third quarter report on hate and bias crimes in Eugene. From July 1st, 2018 to October 10th, 2018, a total of 13 hate or bias crimes were reported to the Human Rights and Neighborhood Involvement Office by the Eugene Police Department. By comparison, in the 2nd quarter of 2017, 22 hate crimes were reported. In the third quarter for 2018, 6 crimes were assault, 3 were vandalism, 2 were threats, 1 was robbery and 1 was disorderly conduct. In 2017, 4 were due to assault, 8 were vandalism, 8 were threats, 2 were disorderly conduct and 1 was reckless driving. Significant decrease in race and increase in gender identity. For hate and bias crimes year to date, 27 have been suspended or are inactive, 12 have been cleared by arrest, three remain open and one is pending further information. Our arrest rate on bias crimes is 27%, which is a pretty good rate in comparison to arrest rates not listed as hate and bias. J. Iboa: In this report there is a case reference which occurred at the Catholic Church. Can you provide additional information about that case? Was that motivation based on religion? Lt. Natt: That case has been referred to the FBI. What I know and can tell you is that he kept coming back repeatedly and based on the factors the case was referred to the FBI. They are continuing to investigate federal charges. I. Coulibaly: Can you give us an update on the hiring of an assistant police chief? Lt. Natt: Chief has said that he is very interested in having the right person in the position. One of the two finalists pulled out of the process. It sounds like he wants to be thoughtful in selecting the right person and will have ongoing discussions with the City Manager to make a determination. 5. HRC FY19 Work Plan J. Iboa: We have the HRC FY19 Work Plan starting on page 20 of your packets. I want to take a chance for everyone to review. Let us start with Objective 1. Does anyone have thoughts or any changes they would like to see? Seeing none, we will move on to Objective 2. The action statements seem pretty solid. E. Kubok: This language gives a good baseline of what we can do. If we ask for the City to promote events through social media, we can show people how having HRC support is beneficial for their events. Councilor Semple: this is really important to take our work out into the community. J. Iboa: Moving on to Objective 3, advisory communication and recommendations to City Council. This is so important, touching on the work we all do outside of the HRC. This helps us promote the work that we do through the systems in place locally. Councilor Semple: From Council viewpoint this is critical. This helps me know what the HRC wants to promote to Council and it helps me move things forward. J. Iboa: In years past HRC members have had Council buddies. I would be interested to revisit that after the elections are over. The Chair and Vice Chair have had great meetings with the Mayor and City Manager. It would be great to know Councilors on a deeper level. Councilor Semple: Councilors have budget buddies and it is really helpful. J. Johnson: I really appreciate both the education and the advisory objective. One is taking our work out into the community, and the other brings it back in. It helps us represent constituents, especially when timely issues arise. B. Souza: There is a lot of overlap on the advisory objective with the WeCU work group. We have a standing agenda item talking about issues that arise in different marginalized communities. I am glad to see Ibrahim is on this work topic because he also attends WeCU. J. Iboa: The last objective gives a specific scope. In years past we have been ambitious in what we are hoping to accomplish, and in conversations with Ibrahim, Aria and Councilor Semple this seems like a much more achievable objective than in years past. It will take much more than City Council to impact housing and homelessness locally, since so many of the services and funding to this cause lie at the County level and with non-profit agencies. However, we are hopeful that we can have conversations on a larger scale and impact housing and homelessness in our community. 99 W. 10th Avenue, Suite 116, Eugene, OR 97401 541.682.5177 | HRNI@ci.eugene.or.us | www.eugene-or.gov/HRC 5 I. Coulibaly: I want to amend the work plan to change Rick as the liaison to the Equity and Human Rights Board and I will gladly be his back up. Motion: Move to approve the HRC FY19 Work Plan as presented in the October 2018 meeting packet. Made by: E. Kubok Second: I. Hamide Discussion: I. Coulibaly: Make a motion to amend the HRC FY19 Work Plan to reflect changes with Rick Guerra as the liaison to the Equity and Human Rights Board and Ibrahim Coulibaly as the backup. Vote: Unanimous 6. Work Group Lead Updates J. Iboa: Last month we agreed to write a letter to council responding to the citing of homeless people. I want to take a few minutes for everyone to read the letter in your packet and we can discuss if there are any amendments. E. Kubok: Did Aria work with any of the lawyers on the work group? Councilor Semple: She worked with Laurie Hauber and I have looked over the original drafts. I was reviewing from a lens to determine if it is concise and will capture the attention of City Council. I love the idea of eliminating the outstanding fines. B. Souza: Does anyone have information on number three? Councilor Semple: The rule listed in the letter defines a campsite as something that has bedding, cooking or any type of items that one would find in a campsite. For example, if you have a big coat you would be fine under this rule, but if you have a blanket or a jetpack stove, you would be considered camping. The goal of number three in this letter would take out that having a blanket constitutes camping. I believe the goal is that basic items to keep someone alive through the night, such as a blanket, sleeping bag, tarp, a pad, a small tent, should be taken out of the campsite definition. If there is a large tent, that would be considered a campsite. E. Kubok: If you have been by the courthouse, you can see there is a protest currently in process. We need to be speaking to this topic. If this letter has been vetted by Laurie Hauber, I am fully in support of it. It is specific and makes direct asks to Council. I suggest reformatting the letter so it is one page. J. Iboa: For number two, is there a statute which could be referenced in the letter? How would this be enforced? E. Kubok: My understanding is that if there are designated areas within the City to sleep, you would not be woken up if you were sleeping in those areas. The City does not have any areas where it is not illegal to sleep. Councilor Semple: What I have heard in opposition of the violation and citation is that if they are sleeping, what harm are they causing? I do not know that it could be an ordinance, it would be an implementation to ask EPD to wake people up in the morning instead of the middle of the night. J. Iboa: I can see if there is a drunk driver sleeping in their car and this was implemented, they would not be able to wake them up to enforce that law. Councilor Semple: They are not waking people up at night. They come on duty between 6:00am and 6:30am and ask people to move along. If it is too nebulous we could remove it from the letter. B. Souza: Or we could add to it to be more specific. It might relate to the prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment. If people cannot get enough sleep that is cruel. Councilor Semple: If we put the emphasis on number four we could make both points clear under one point. J. Johnson: Could we take out number two and add it to number four? E. Kubok: If there is a policy we can reference, then it would make sense to do that. Councilor Semple: Waking people up is at the discretion of the person enforcing the rules. B. Souza: Should we prioritize the items to move number four to the number two position and delete number two? J. Iboa: Number five discusses engaging in a formal process to identify more cites. 99 W. 10th Avenue, Suite 116, Eugene, OR 97401 541.682.5177 | HRNI@ci.eugene.or.us | www.eugene-or.gov/HRC 6 Councilor Semple: We have been looking for sites for a long period of time. On our approved list of work sessions not yet scheduled is rest stop citing. Maybe instead of identifying sites, we could address loosening the parameters for locations. R. Guerra: Are there criteria for acceptable locations? Councilor Semple: Yes, there are currently restrictions surrounding sites located on or near schools, parks, other parameters. Councilor Evans wants a work session to address rules to make them less onerous. J. Iboa: Maybe instead our request should include having a work session to revise the parameters in order to identify more sites for rest stops. Councilor Semple: The poll for the work session was approved November 9th last year. J. Iboa: Can we request to have Council make the work session on revising the parameters before the end of 2019? Motion: Move to approve the letter to Council with following amendments: the second request from HRC to be removed. The fourth request moved to number two, change number 5 to request Council to have a work session before January 1, 2019 to revise parameters of rest stop criteria in order to identify more sites for rest stops and car camping. Made by: J. Iboa Second: I. Hamide Vote: Unanimous J. Iboa: Are there any other work group updates? B. Souza: The International Human Rights Day event will be at Churchill High School, and it will be a joint event with the HRC and high school student organizations. The theme is Children’s Rights Human Rights. I would like to formally request the dollar amount we have historically requested for this event, $1,000. Motion: Move for the HRC to approve up to $1,000 for Children’s Rights Human Rights IHRD 70th Anniversary Celebration. Made by: B. Souza Second: E. Kubok Vote: Unanimous E. Kubok: What is the date when the celebration will be held? B. Souza: It will be December 9th. 3-6:30pm 7. Commission Liaison Updates I. Hamide: I unfortunately did not make it to the Housing Policy Board meeting. B. Souza: I would like for the HRC to declare a space for liaisons too speak at the beginning of our meetings and provide updates. The Civilian Review Board holds time at the beginning of the meeting for liaisons to speak. We could and should do this for those coming to our meetings so they can share any updates. Lisa Fragala is here from the Planning Commission. They officially have a liaison to the HRC, it is in their plan. J. Iboa: The Police Commission does this too, I am workshopping what would be best for us and want to come with a proposal. I want to make sure that when liaisons attend, there is a process for them to do that as well. Thank you Bonnie for bringing that up. Ibrahim and I will discuss and bring back a proposal to another meeting. In the Police Commission meeting, we discussed what Maurie Denner brought to us in public comment. This young man beat a homeless person senseless and the police response was inadequate. Those officers have been reprimanded, but we know these things will likely come up again, we have visitors for Duck games, not to mention the gentleman who was beat to death downtown a week ago. The violence to the unhoused is rising, and we should keep bringing light to these issues and provide solutions. E. Kubok: When you discussed this at the Police Commission, what is the next step of follow up after someone is reprimanded? Are they provided trauma informed training? 99 W. 10th Avenue, Suite 116, Eugene, OR 97401 541.682.5177 | HRNI@ci.eugene.or.us | www.eugene-or.gov/HRC 7 J. Iboa: They do go through training, maybe Katie can find out the training schedule and what they are trained on when. Do they have training for working with unhoused populations, and if so what is the curriculum like? Maybe someone from EPD or Katie could share what that looks like so we can stop future events like this from happening. J. Johnson: What is the difference between campus police and EPD? J. Iboa: Both jurisdictions responded and the City of Eugene does not have oversight over UOPD. J. Johnson: Is there a benefit from collaboration between the two jurisdictions? J. Iboa: If we are keeping EPD accountable, how do we keep UOPD accountable? I. Hamide: I agree that it would be best to ask Lt. Natt to provide answers. E. Kubok: What is their trauma informed training? I. Coulibaly: They are trained on de-escalation and crisis intervention. B. Souza: It would be good to know the training and extent in all those areas so we can see if there are areas needing to be emphasized. J. Iboa: We have heard time and again that EPD is slow to respond. In this situation, they made the wrong choice. I know there is limited capacity but they did not make the situation better. They are going to fill their open vacancies, but it takes 18 months until those new hires are trained up to go out on their own. We still need to hold them accountable as they work to fill those 19 vacancies. Councilor Semple: Many of their vacancies are due to retirements without a succession plan. Because those positions have not yet been filled, under hire and backfill the funding is there. My feeling is that we will have some lateral transfers that will not take as long for officers to be on the street. The bridge funding is bringing in money for 10 new officers. J. Iboa: The new Chief is happy with the new hires so far. There will be new mobile robotic cameras that will be placed downtown with floodlights and will eventually have capacity for sound. E. Kubok: I agree that we definitely want to hear from Lt. Natt. 8. Council Liaison Update Councilor Semple: There is a work session tomorrow on a temporary day center and a dusk-to-dawn pilot. The Technical Assistance Collaborative report on the public shelter feasibility and homeless service system analysis was presented last Wednesday. They provided a lot of information and you can access the report online in the agenda for that day. They will return with specific information in a future session. We are doing so many things, we want a shelter, a wet bed shelter, and we also want to put money into transitional housing and affordable housing. The summation of the report is that this is complicated, and a shelter will not solve the issue but it will be a piece of moving forward to address the issue. We also discussed community justice, the system needs more staffing and more beds, among other things. Right now funding is being approved to bridge the gaps identified over the next 18 months, throughout three different levels of funding. Here are some examples of what will be covered: Youth mental health Inclusion Services = $115,000 Community Court Continuation = $444,000 Day Resource Center = $414,000 I am glad they included more items in the total community justice system. You may have noticed there is a protest at the butterfly lot. There were issues with public restrooms. There are four public restrooms open in day time, yet there is only one open at night. I wrote to Sarah Medary, Executive Director of Public Works, that we cannot solve all of the problems today but we needed an extra portable toilet by tonight and it worked. One was delivered by that evening. We have learned that there are video cameras coming to downtown, and there are also benches coming. There is a City hall agreement between Lane County and the City. The land swap concept was discussed in court and they have been permitted to move forward. Kenneth S. Darling has 30 days to counter the decision. Transportation system development charges will go up, but there will be none for 80 years. There will be a cap on how much incentive can be paid out. 99 W. 10th Avenue, Suite 116, Eugene, OR 97401 541.682.5177 | HRNI@ci.eugene.or.us | www.eugene-or.gov/HRC 8 LTD gave a presentation on transit and how they are working to address funding and needs, such as determining distance to bus stops, more ridership, or covering more area. I met with Jennifer McClean from NAMI. She would like very much to come and talk to the HRC about organizations working together in Eugene on human rights issues. Your voice is more important than your vote because you can influence other people to vote. The squeaky wheel truly does get the grease. I Hamide: You mentioned that SDC’s are going up. Does it say by what percentage? Councilor Semple: I do not recall the percentage, although bigger developers receive a bigger rise. We did pass an amendment to split the charges to do half in the first year and half in the second year. E. Kubok: Can you tell us more about the benches you mentioned? Councilor Semple: Councilor Taylor and I want benches for people to sit on and want them high enough off the ground so you can put things under them. This will help with the spread on a sidewalk, people can put their bags under the benches when they are sitting, and having benches for people to sit on is humane. E. Kubok: Do you know how many or where they will be located? Councilor Semple: I do not know that information. I. Hamide: Will they be designed or intended for or against people sleeping on them? Councilor Semple: I am not familiar with the design. J. Iboa: Do we know when they will be installed? Councilor Semple: They have already been scheduled for installment. I will ask Jon in my monthly meeting with him tomorrow. I also wanted to let you all know that the railroad quite zone is moving forward. E. Kubok: The letter we voted on earlier, once we submit to Council, what should we do next? Councilor Semple: I am not certain what the next steps are. You should send a separate copy to the Mayor. She is very passionate about this topic and I think that you should send it to each Councilor individually and also the mass email. B. Souza: I think we should add into the closing of the letter that we hope to hear back from Council addressing our concerns, and/or in a month send a request for an update. Also include City Attorney Kathryn Brotherton. 9. Staff Update K. Babits: I wanted to remind everyone that the November meeting will not be on the regular date. The regular date is during the week of Thanksgiving. J. Iboa: Who will be out of the country? I. Hamide: I will be out of the country the week before Thanksgiving. J. Iboa: Can anyone do November14th? Unanimous: No. J. Iboa: Are people available on November15th? Group: Some are available. J. Iboa: What about November12th? E. Kubok: November 12th is Veterans Day. J. Iboa: We can hold November15th contingent on finding a location for the meeting. B. Souza: There are three Commissioners who are not here, perhaps we should find out their availability as well. Motion: Move to hold November HRC meeting on November 13th or November 15th, whichever more people are able to attend. Made by: J. Iboa Second: E. Kubok Vote: Unanimous K. Babits: I also wanted to update you all that the recommendations made in the work session by the WeCU group form the Marginalized Voices report are moving forward, and the liaison position is being sent through 99 W. 10th Avenue, Suite 116, Eugene, OR 97401 541.682.5177 | HRNI@ci.eugene.or.us | www.eugene-or.gov/HRC 9 the budget process. My understanding is that it begins going through the process now and the decision will be made in May. The HRC FY19 Work Plan will go to City Council either October 31 or November 19, once the Council agenda has been determined. I also wanted to announce that I will be moving and we will be working to fill my position. Once that positions posts, I plan to reach out to you all so that you can talk to people in your networks who you think would be ideal for this role. We can connect in more detail one on one to give you more information. 10. November HRC Meeting Agenda J. Iboa: Does anyone have ideas on what they would like to see in the November agenda? E. Kubok: I would like to see the EPD liaison respond to the questions we asked regarding EPD training. B. Souza: I would like to talk about the implications of the elections, we will know the outcomes by then and we should be able to respond to human rights impacts of the elections on people in our community. Councilor Semple: I would like to see some time to hear from Jennifer Maclean form NAMI. Motion: Move to adjourn the October 2018 Human Rights Commission meeting. Made by: E. Kubok Second: R. Guerra Vote: Unanimous 99 W. 10th Avenue, Suite 116, Eugene, OR 97401 541.682.5177 | HRNI@ci.eugene.or.us | www.eugene-or.gov/HRC 10 Human Rights Commission Budget Fiscal Year 2019 (FY19) DATE REQUESTING GROUP EVENT OR DESCRIPTION AMOUNT BALANCE 7/1/18 $4,500.00 SPONSORSHIP U nder The Bridge HRC Homelessness Workgroup Film Showing & Discussion $30.00 $4,470.00 Tony - The Movie HRC Homelessness Workgroup Film Showing & Discussion $50.00 $4,420.00 Workshop CALC Raising Respectful Kids in a Diverse World $200.00 $4,220.00 SUBTOTAL $280.00 WORKPLAN EXPENSE IHRD WeCU IHRD Celebration $1,000.00 SUBTOTAL $1,000.00 TOTALS $1,280.00 $3,220.00 11 12 13 14 From: Dio Dmitri To: Human Rights and Neighborhood Involvement Subject: Report on Raising Respectful Kids workshop Date: Thursday, November 08, 2018 1:53:39 PM " Raising Respectful Kids in a Diverse World" The Back to Back program at CALC organized a diversity workshop for the dance and movement communities that took place on October 28th. A local dance studio owner and woman of color had asked for support in addressing racism, gender oppression, and ableism when kids are involved, for both parents and teachers. We held a panel made up of parents whose children experience these oppressions and a workshop portion led by Dr. Johnny Lake. The event brought more than 50 community members together to hear about the impacts and lean into strategies to combat these oppressions. The event raised a lot of energy and I heard a lot of “this is needed, it’s about time". It was a taster to get people excited and on board and plan for doing some followup work with continuity. The panel was powerful. Two hours of working with Johnny wasn’t enough, it felt like scratching the surface. The audience was restless at the end, they needed to interact and discuss more, less listening. We have a followup roleplay practice planned for early December facilitated by Dr. Charise Cheney and the group is excited to continue to develop these skills. CALC is now planning a 6 week series with Dr. Lake this coming spring, to understand oppression and intervene with kids present. This will be open to a larger audience, especially parents and teachers in the school system. There is potential for a repeat series, focused on different topics. We are exploring collaborating with the 4J school district. We brought in $745 at the door, plus $400 in co-sponsorship. We reimbursed snacks and gave Dr. Lake a $400 honorarium. We now have seed money for future events!! Thanks! Dio   -- Best, Dio Dmitri (they/them/theirs) 15 Coordinator, Back to Back: Allies for Human Dignity Community Alliance of Lane County (CALC) 458 Blair Blvd., Eugene OR e: backtoback@calclane.org p: (541) 819-0820 Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter! 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To support and promote human rights, the commission will: provide human rights education, be proactive in human rights efforts, address human rights violations, ensure active public participation, be transparent and open, be publicly accountable for human rights progress. Human Rights Commissioners: Joel Iboa (Chair), Ibrahim Coulibaly (Vice Chair), Ela Kubok, Ibrahim Hamide, Serena Markstrom, Rick Guerra, Bonnie Souza, Aria Seligmann, Julia Johnson, Aimee Walsh, Councilor Emily Semple Human Rights and Neighborhood Involvement Staff: Jennifer Lleras Van Der Haeghen The Human Rights Commission meets on the third Tuesday of each month. Tuesday, January 15, 2019 5:30 – 7:30 PM Meeting Sloat Room, Atrium Building, 99 W 10th Street Contact: Jennifer Lleras Van Der Haeghen, 541-682-5177 jvanderhaeghen@eugene-or.us ITEM _______________ACTION______ TIME 1. Agenda/Minutes Review and Approval (Chair) Discuss/Vote 5:30 - 5:35 (5 min) 2. Public Comment (Chair) 5:35 - 5:45 (10 min) 3. 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