Human Rights Commission Inclusive Community Subcommittee Meeting
Regular MeetingNorman, OK · November 4, 2019
Minutes
INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY SUBCOMMITTEE MINUTES
SPECIAL MEETING
Human Rights Commission
City of Norman
November 4, 2019
The Inclusive Community Subcommittee of the Human Rights Commission of the City of Norman,
Cleveland County, State of Oklahoma, met in the Municipal Complex located at 201 West Gray
Street on November 4, 2019, at 6:30 p.m., and notice and agenda of the meeting were duly posted
48 hours prior to the beginning of the meeting.
Item 1, being: ROLL CALL
PRESENT: Co-Chair Marjaneh Seirafi-Pour, A. Miles Francisco, Betty J.
Robbins, Charlotte Gordon, Farzad Khalili, Helen Grant,
Jacob Tsotigh, James Chappel, Jeff Yamada, Jennifer Ahrens-
Sims, John Drayton, Julianna Kershen, Marcie King, Michael
Givel, Randy Henning, Samuel Woodfork, Stephanie
Williams, Steven Davis, Summayah Anwar
STAFF PRESENT: Assistant City Attorney Kristina Bell, Officer Ali Jaffrey,
Officer Jeff Casillas, Legal Admin Tech Sarah Encinias
Item 2, being: WORKING GROUPS BREAKOUT DISCUSSIONS: FURTHER
ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION OF RELEVANT PUBLIC SURVEY DATA AND
PREPARATION OF RECOMMENDED ACTION ITEMS
Committee members divided into the following working groups and continued analyzing and
discussing relevant public survey data relating to said topics:
Working Group 1: Grappling with our History: Sundown Town/Tribal Nations/
Indigenous People/Land Acknowledgment/Reconciliation/Museum;
Working Group 2: Education/Youth/Single Caregivers/Families;
Working Group 3: Disabilities/Senior Citizens/Transportation;
Working Group 4: Homelessness/Mental Health;
Working Group 5: Economy/Business/Housing Development/Facilities;
Working Group 6: People of Color Caucus;
Working Group 7: Immigration/Bilingual/Sanctuary City; and
Working Group 8: Further Research/Assessments/Training/Formerly Incarcerated.
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Working groups also continued discussing each focus group topic and continued preparing
recommendations for potential action items for each topic.
Item 3, being: ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 p.m.
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