Human Relations Commission

Human Relations Commission AGENDA FOR REGULAR MEETING February 18, 2021 HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION: Babs Gellman, Chair Tina Meier, Vice Chair Ed Bryant Jason Dunn Jessica Ross-Sutton Donalee Gastreich Dr. Suzanne Leake Dr. Wade Steinhoff Lt. Thomas Wilkison (Representing PD) Dan Borgmeyer, Mayor Tom Besselman, City Council Liaison Chuck Lovelace, Staff Liaison and Secretary/Treasurer Commission Members: ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2021 AT 4:30P.M. THE CITY OF SAINT CHARLES HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION WILL HOLD ITS REGULAR MEETING VIA ZOOM. THE PUBLIC WILL BE PERMITTED TO ATTEND THE MEETING VIA ZOOM UTILIZING THE FOLLOWING LINK: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89227106682?pwd=aFYyZzZoRzhKZ240NjRVUVd3WUkxUT09 OR, YOU MAY CALL IN TO LISTEN VIA ZOOM CALL AT: 1 312 626 6799. Meeting ID: 892 2710 6682 and Password: 392917 I. Call To Order (5 min) II. Review and Approval of January 21, 2020 minutes (5 min) III. Comments from the Mayor (5 min) IV. Old Business A. Committees’ 2021 Goal Finalizing with full Commission (20 min) 1. City Education Committee (Tina, Ed, Jessica, Wade) 2. Social Media & Marketing Committee (Babs, Chuck) 3. Partnership & Community Outreach Committee (Jason, Suzanne, Tom, Donalee)  4. Administrative Committee (Babs, Tina, Chuck) V. New Business A. Committee Updates 1. City Education Committee (Tina, Ed, Jessica, Wade- 5 min) 2. Social Media & Marketing Committee (Babs, Chuck- 5 min) 3. Partnership & Community Outreach Committee (Jason, Suzanne, Tom, Donalee- 5 min) 4. Administrative Committee (Babs, Tina, Chuck- 5 min) B. First Annual Report Review (Babs- 5 min) D. Safe Zone Training (Jason- 5 min) VI. Comments from Commissioners (5 min) VII. Next Meeting- Next general meeting will be held on Thursday, March 18, 2021 VIII. Adjournment Upcoming General Meeting Schedule: March 18, April 15, May 20, June 17, July 15, August 19, September 16, October 21, November 18, December 16 The City of St. Charles offers all interested citizens the opportunity to attend public meetings. If you wish to attend this public meeting and require an accommodation due to a disability, please contact the Office of the City Clerk to coordinate an accommodation at least two (2) business days in advance of the scheduled meeting at 636-949-3282 or 636-949-3289 (TTY – for the hearing impaired). The City of St. Charles, Missouri fully complies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and related statutes and regulations in all programs and activities. For more information or to obtain a Title VI Complaint Form, please call the City Clerk’s Office at 636-949-3282 or visit City Hall located at 200 North Second Street, St. Charles, Missouri, 63301. Agenda Posted 2/12/21 @ 5:00 p.m. By: CWL HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION AGENDA PAGE 2  HRC Updates January 21, 2021 Babs Gellman - Chair  The St. Charles Fair Housing Commission existed until May-2020 at which time the City Council repealed the ordinance that created the Commission, effectively abolishing the Commission. This was part of an initiative by Mayor Dan to repeal unneeded, unnecessary and outdated ordinances and boards. At that time the intent was that the purpose and mission of the Fair Housing Commission would be transferred to the Human Relations Commission. No official transfer has taken place. Chuck has kindly made me aware of this situation and we will be gathering more information and sharing it when we have a better picture of what this means to the HRC.  As we approach conversations about the budget, we are seeking guidance from the City relating to the process of making purchases and will communicate that when it is available. Chuck Lovelace – Secretary/Treasurer and Staff Liaison  2021 February Budget Report Total $2,000.00 - 79.80 HRC Award Plaque $1,920.20 (Note: Total includes $1,000.00 for City Lights)  Budget- Be prepared to talk further in March. Committees and commissioners need to discuss their needs/ suggestions for 2021 & 2022 (rough costs). Please submit them to Chuck by March 10 for discussion on the March 18th meeting agenda. Page 1  ST. CHARLES CITY HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION COMMITTEES EDUCATION COMMITTEE SOCIAL MEDIA & MARKETING PARTNERSHIP & COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE OUTREACH COMMITTEE COMMITTEE Purpose: Purpose: Purpose: Identify ways to offer and deliver Purpose: Develop partners, representing Create an infrastructure and education on Diversity, Equity & Deliver messaging focused on various identities, whom the HRC processes to enable the HRC to run Inclusion to City residents, fulfilling HRC’s Purpose, and news can rely upon to provide input, efficiently and effectively. businesses, staff and City Council. about HRC activities, to ensure the messaging, and active support for Committee is aware of, and engaged HRC’s work. with, the HRC. Members: Members: Members: Jason Dunn Members: Babs Gellman Tina Meier Suzanne Leake Tina Meier Babs Gellman Tom Wilkison Ed Bryant Chuck Lovelace Chuck Lovelace Donalee Gastreich Jessica Ross-Sutton Wade Steinhoff 2021 YEARLY FOCUS TOPICS: GOAL SETTING: Specific Impactful Measurable Realistic Three for the Year  The mission of the Human Relations Commission (HRC) is to promote respect, harmony and understanding throughout the St. Charles community. EDUCATION COMMITTEE Purpose: Identify ways to offer and deliver education on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to City residents, businesses, staff, and City Council. Members: Tina Meier, Ed Bryant, Jessica Ross-Sutton, Wade Steinhoff 2021 Yearly Focus Topics: Goal Setting (Pick Three): Specific | Impactful | Measurable | Realistic 1. Edit and finalize a recommendation letter to Shanton Fountain, Human Resources Director for the City of St. Charles quarterly workshops based on the survey results that were conducted through Survey Monkey during the week of October 20, 2020. A total of 178 responses were collected (Trauma Informed Training 59%, Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity Training 34%, and LGBTQ Training 4%.) Once we hear back from Shanton Fountain, Human Resources Director for the City of St. Charles with approval for the quarterly workshops, we will work on dates, topics, and logistics in collaboration with Shanton Fountain. 2. Create an education information sheet, PowerPoint, etc., for all City of St. Charles employees to know more about the Human Relations Commission and what we do. Out of 178 responses, 133 people or 75% know very little or nothing at all about the HRC. 3. The sense of belongingness will increase within the student body of St. Charles City residents. The sense of community, and inclusion, will be fostered via youth representation. Through monthly youth council meetings, the issues surrounding mental health, and homelessness, will be addressed through solution based methods. 4. Making book resources available to Commissioners and Council members which are being held at Chuck Lovelace’s office.  The mission of the Human Relations Commission (HRC) is to promote respect, harmony and understanding throughout the St. Charles community. SOCIAL MEDIA & MARKETING COMMITTEE Purpose: Deliver messaging focused on fulfilling HRC’s purpose, and news about HRC activities, to ensure the community is aware of, and engaged with, the HRC. Members: Chuck Lovelace, Babs Gellman 2021 Yearly Focus Topics: Goal Setting (Pick Three): Specific | Impactful | Measurable | Realistic 1. Hold three events/activities over the course of the year, to promote awareness of the HRC and increase community engagement. 2. Redesign the HRC City website to provide more information regarding the HRC and our work to the public. Make it user friendly, accessible and relatively easy to maintain. Recommended changes delivered to the Commission by end of April. 3. Increase HRC Facebook Page likes by 10% by year end, to further broadcast the message and mission of the HRC and educate and engage the community. Extend the Facebook reach by adding a feed to the website.  The mission of the Human Relations Commission (HRC) is to promote respect, harmony and understanding throughout the St. Charles community. PARTNERSHIP & COMMUNITY OUTREACH COMMITTEE Purpose: Develop partners, representing various identities, whom the HRC can rely upon to provide input, messaging, and active support for HRC’s work. Members: Jason Dunn, Suzanne Leake, Tom Wilkison, Donalee Gastreich 2021 Yearly Focus Topics: LGBTQ+ Homelessness Mental Health Goal Setting (Pick Three): Specific | Impactful | Measurable | Realistic 1. Build a list of allies and resources aligned with the work of the HRC to be shared with the community. 2. Each commissioner on this sub-committee agrees to making 4 connections each quarter. 3. By year end, aim to host a live program or event to support Mental Health within the St. Charles city community. 4. Support our allies in fundraisers and local activities  The mission of the Human Relations Commission (HRC) is to promote respect, harmony and understanding throughout the St. Charles community. ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE Purpose: Create an infrastructure and processes to enable the HRC to run efficiently and effectively Members: Babs Gellman, Tina Meier, Chuck Lovelace 2021 Yearly Focus Topics: Goal Setting (Pick Three): Specific | Impactful | Measurable | Realistic 1. Develop a process to ensure the Human Right’s Campaign is kept apprised of actions taken by the City of St Charles that would impact our Municipality and Equality Index (MEI). Plan completed by May 1. 2. Create an on-line hub accessible to the Commissioners, for the purpose of storing and collaborating on their work, and to provide easy access to non-public Commissioner resources. This will make our work easier and produce informed, cohesive, better quality, work. Officer Hub pilot to be completed by Jul 1. 3. Create a Commissioner Handbook to provide written requirements, guidance, policies, procedures, and standing plans for the HRC, so that we approach and carry out our work with the same understanding, speaking and acting on behalf of the Commission. First draft completed by Sep 1.  Education Subcommittee of the Human Relations Commission City of St. Charles, Missouri Education Committee Members: Tina Meier, Ed Bryant, Jessica Sutton Topic: February Report Committee Mission: The mission of the Human Relations Commission is to promote respect, harmony and understanding throughout the Saint Charles community.  Please note that the Education Committee has had trouble with communicating and being able to meet via Zoom due to scheduling conflicts. Further assessment on the communication breakdown will be needed in order to ensure that the Education Committee a viable one.)  Recommendation was made by Ed Bryant to have book resources available to Commissioners and Council Members. These books are held by Chuck Lovelace at City Hall.  Education Committee submitted goals outline to Chuck Lovelace on February 10, 2021.  Social Media & Marketing Committee Report February 12, 2021 To: HRC Commissioners From: Chuck Lovelace Babs Gellman Social Media & Marketing Committee Purpose: Deliver messaging focused on fulfilling HRC’s purpose, and news about HRC activities, to ensure the community is aware of, and engaged with, the HRC. Events GOAL: Hold three events/activities over the course of the year, to promote awareness of the HRC and increase community engagement. Attached to this report is an activity week proposal. Please review and let us know if you have any questions or comments. If we don’t hear otherwise we will proceed with refining and implementing the proposal. We will publicize this event through city media and we ask our PD, City Council and School District Commissioners to promote and participate in this event to the extent they see possible. Website GOAL: Redesign the HRC City website to provide more information regarding the HRC and our work to the public. Make it user friendly, accessible and relatively easy to maintain. Recommended changes delivered to the Commission by end of April. We have had our first design session and will continue with this work. At this point we are on track for making recommendations by end of April. Facebook GOAL: Increase HRC Facebook Page likes by 10% by year end, to further broadcast the message and mission of the HRC and educate and engage the community. Extend the Facebook reach by adding a feed to the website. Our FB page likes increased 4.5% from Jan 1, 2021 to Feb 1, 2021 (see Appendix A). Our page likes at the end of that period were 255. Number of posts in January (55) was an increase of 139% from the prior month (see Appendix B). Commissioners continue to provide content with no one missing their opportunity during January to help broadcast the HRC cause. Thank you all! And thank you to those who provided more than one post, this has helped us keep our page active. The Social Media and Page 1  Social Media & Marketing Committee Report Marketing Committee members are filling in between Commissioners’ posts to cause a substantial increase in posts, especially as you look at last year (see Appendix B). Chuck has added February’s HRC Meeting as an Event on FB and will continue adding our meetings each month. We continue to look at what draws viewers and engagement. Rabbi Landa’s very personal and compelling story posted on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, broke all previous records. It reached 3.7k people and received 247 reactions, comments and shares. It is interesting to note that approximately 77% of that activity occurred on shared posts, not the original. Proof that the sharing of posts is key to getting our message disseminated. Please make an effort to share the HRC’s posts. We have discussed various ways to increase engagement. Asking individuals to provide answers to questions posed by the HRC (as done with Rabbi Landa) is one way, as personal stories are interesting and add a personal point of view from outside the HRC. We have asked Heather Fleming, a long-time St. Charles resident and author of “My Black Friend Says”, to submit a response for publication during February, Black History Month. We are searching for a candidate for March, National Women’s History Month. If you have a suggestion, let us know. Other potential approaches:  If you would like to write a review on one of the books, or media in our library, and submit it to be used for an “HRC Recommends” piece on FB. Let us know.  We are also searching for people to do live readings of children’s books, short stories or poems. The reader would match the identity (race, ethnicity, language, sexual orientation, etc.) of someone in the story to give it a feeling of authenticity. If you know someone who might be open to doing such a reading, please let us know. Page 2  Social Media & Marketing Committee Report APPENDIX A Number of HRC FB Page Likes On First Day of Month 300 255 244 250 236 221 228 210 196 202 200 180 187 171 170 171 150 100 50 0 FEB-20 MAR-20 APR-20 MAY-20 JUN-20 JUL-20 AUG-20 SEP-20 OCT-20 NOV-20 DEC-20 JAN-21 FEB-21 Page 3  Social Media & Marketing Committee Report APPENDIX B Number of Posts Per Month 60 50 40 30 55 20 23 10 9 6 2 1 1 3 3 1 1 2 0 FEB-20 MAR-20 APR-20 MAY-20 JUN-20 JUL-20 AUG-20 SEP-20 OCT-20 NOV-20 DEC-20 JAN-21 Page 4  Social Media & Marketing Committee Report The St Charles Human Relations Commission invites you to take part in: Respect, Harmony & Understanding Week HRC Social Media Challenges and Event April 19-23, 2021 Monday April 19, 2021 Diversity is More Than Just Window Dressing Challenge! Decorate your home or business windows with a message of openness and acceptance. Take a picture and share it with us on the HRC Facebook Page. Tuesday April 20, 2021 Above and Beyond Video Challenge! Create a video to thank or recognize someone, who because of the pandemic, has been doing more for us all than ever. Examples include: police, EMT, fire department, nurses, doctors, teachers or that person doing your shopping for you. Post the video on the HRC Facebook Page. Wednesday April 21, 2021 Uplifting Card or Letter Challenge! Keep in touch with socially isolated friends and family by sending them a card, postcard or letter. Once you’ve sent yours, come to the HRC Facebook Page and challenge others to do the same. Thursday April 22, 2021 Diversity Chalk the Walk Challenge! Create a chalk drawing on the sidewalk or driveway outside your residence or business, to show what diversity means to you. Take a photo and tell us all about it when you post it on the HRC Facebook Page. Friday April 23, 2021 Donate to Those in Need Challenge! Donate to a local group working to assist vulnerable people within our community whose finances and/or physical, mental, Page 5  Social Media & Marketing Committee Report or emotional health, have been negatively impacted by COVID 19. Examples of where to donate: food banks, anti-bully advocates, youth support service providers, suicide prevention groups, disability support groups, homeless helpers. Share our post and ask people you know to do the same. Follow us on Facebook during this week for daily posts where you can add your comments, photos, videos and stories - and challenge others to join in. Page 6 Partnership and Community Outreach Committee February 2021 Conversations and dialog around establishing partnerships I am reaching out on behalf of the “Partnership & Community Outreach Committee” within the St. Charles CIty, Human Relations Commission. I am one of 4 commissions on this committee, the others are listed at the end of this message. Our mission, within HRC, is to promote respect, harmony, and understanding throughout the St. Charles community. We aim to eliminate prejudice among citizen, groups, agencies’ dnd departments. within the city. Our focus in on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and this year we’ve added COVID recovery, specifically .the mental health aspect as it relates to those in our community. We are working to build and develop partnerships with organizations like ______________ WHY? • to build a resource directory of agencies offering support around theses topics A. LGBTQ+ B. Mental Health C. Homelessness D. DEIB training and education E. Support for minority groups ie. immigrants • to stay abreast of current data and trends • to offer access to support groups both online and in person • to build relationships and collaborate forward action I would like to schedule a time to speak with you next week to find out more about your organization, who you serve, and the various programs and offerings available both free and fee based. Together we achieve more. Positively, Partnership & Community Outreach Committee / City of St. Charles HRC Donalee Gastreich Jason Dunn Suzanne Leakes Lt. Thomas Wilkison Google doc in which to collect and store our data of the partnerships and alliances that we’ll be building https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lfSuo64B2JW1qedfGMnArVnA1v2AcKiTyHFmRyubz TM/edit#gid=0  Administrative Committee Report February 12, 2021 To: HRC Commissioners From: Tina Meier Chuck Lovelace Babs Gellman Committee Purpose: Create an infrastructure and processes to enable the HRC to run efficiently and effectively MEI Updates GOAL: Develop a process to ensure the Human Right’s Campaign is kept apprised of actions taken by the City of St Charles that would impact our Municipality and Equality Index (MEI). Plan completed by May 1. We have discussed ideas about the steps to be taken in order to get this accomplished and have assigned the work within the subcommittee. HRC Hub GOAL: Create an on-line hub accessible to the Commissioners, for the purpose of storing and collaborating on their work, and to provide easy access to non-public Commissioner resources. This will make our work easier and produce informed, cohesive, better quality, work. Officer Hub pilot to be completed by Jul 1. We discussed several possible tools and identified one that seems to meet our needs. We have assigned the work within the subcommittee. We were unable to establish an account to start, so have reached out to the City to help us set up an account for us to begin evaluating. Commissioner Handbook GOAL: Create a Commissioner Handbook to provide written requirements, guidance, policies, procedures, and standing plans for the HRC, so that we approach and carry out our work with the same understanding, speaking and acting on behalf of the Commission. First draft completed by Sep 1. We have had initial discussions on the types of things that might be included and have assigned the work within the subcommittee. Page 1  February 12, 2021 Honorable Mayor and City Council City of St. Charles 200 North Second Street St. Charles, MO 63301 RE: Human Relations Commission 2020 Annual Report Dear Honorable Mayor Borgmeyer & Honorable Councilpersons, As you know, per the St. Charles City Ordinances, the mission of the Human Relations Commission (HRC) is to promote respect, harmony and understanding throughout the Saint Charles community. Our vision is an equal-opportunity community in which all persons respect one another and give and receive fair treatment. Our stated goals are to: a. Promote mutual understanding and respect among all social, racial, religious, cultural and ethnic groups in the community, and to b. Endeavor to eliminate prejudice among various groups in the community and create harmonious relationships among citizens, groups, agencies and departments within the City. While you all have access to the Human Relations Commission’s Agendas and Meeting Minutes, and are welcome to attend our meetings, or reach out to the Commission at any time, we respectfully submit this Annual Report as a summary of events in 2020. The Human Relations Commission held two “in person” meetings until meetings were suspended due to COVID 19 and City restrictions. Virtual Human Relations tele-conference meetings started in June and, given County Health Department restrictions, that became the meeting format for the remainder Commission of the year. The Commission held a total of nine meetings during the year, having a quorum for every planned meeting. Page 1  The Human Relations Commission started 2020 with seven members and closed the year with ten Commissioners and one open Commissioner position. Those who started the year were: 1. Tina Meier 2. Alex Reichert 3. Jason Dunn 4. Ed Bryant 5. Tom Besselman 6. Rodney Lewis 7. Tom Wilkerson (representing the police chief) * Chuck Lovelace (Staff Liaison) Five new Commissioner were appointed during the year: 1. Jessica Ross-Sutton as of 7/21 2. Babs Gellman as of 7/21 3. Donalee Gastreich as of 8/18 4. Dr. Suzanne Leake as of 9/15 5. Dr. Wade Steinhoff as of 10/20 Two Commissioner left during the year: 1. Rodney Lewis in February. 2. Alex Reichert’s term expired in November. As the number of members increased, the Commission established both a three-member City Educational Subcommittee and a three-member Social Media and Marketing Subcommittee on Aug 20. The major, and time-consuming, accomplishment for the year was City Council’s passage of gender identity and gender expression non- discrimination ordinance changes, as proposed by the HRC. This specific work began on August 15, 2019 when the HRC unanimously voted to put forth the recommendation to City Council to include terminology for Human Relations gender identity and gender expression within ordinances relating to Commission discrimination protections. On Dec 3, 2019 the HRC presented their initial recommendations along with why these changes were important. Page 2  At that meeting, City Council requested the HRC review and make specific language recommendations regarding the ordinances. The HRC began the review of City ordinances. Of those ordinances, they identified nine Sections for which they created language and proposed changes. Bill 13169 was introduced at City Council on November 3, 2020. At the November 17th City Council meeting the Bill with (due to a required review oversite) the Planning & Zoning Section 400 being held back, was voted upon. Two dozen members of the community, even with COVID as a deterrent, appeared in person and fourteen gave public comment in support of the Bill. None spoke in opposition. Bill 13169 was passed. On Jan 5, 2021 the Planning and Zoning Commission submitted an application to amend that Section of Bill 13169 that had been removed from the original Bill, that and passed on Jan 19, 2021. With that final step, all changes proposed by the HRC were passed. These changes afford basic Human Rights protections to our neighbors who have lived without stated protections under the law, that so many others have long enjoyed. The Human Relations Commission selected Youth In Need, as the recipient of the City of Saint Charles 2020 Human Relations Award for service year 2019. Youth In Need is a nonprofit child and family services agency that is dedicated to building positive futures for the community’s most vulnerable children, teens and families. The award, in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Day was presented by the Commission at the January 21, 2020 City Council meeting In May, the Commission participated in inaugural Mayors for Meals campaign. The event- hosted by St .Louis Area Foodbank, aimed to collect food that was used to make Covid-19 Disaster Relief Boxes and given out at Food Pantries and Food Fairs. Its goal was to help create a stronger and healthier bi-state region where no one goes to bed hungry. The Commission participated by assisting at the event site (St Charles Police Dept.) and by dropping off food items. Regionally, the Mayors for Human Relations Meals Campaign brought in 30,000 pounds of food. That helps create Commission 24,490 meals. St. Charles collected 1,004 pounds of food. Page 3  The Commission invited Shanton Fountain, Director of Human Resources for St. Charles City to attend a meeting on August 5, 2020 where we sought her input and exchanged ideas about how the HRC could provide support for diversity, equity and inclusion training to be delivered to City staff. The City Educational Subcommittee then continued to work with Shanton and agreed the first step was to elicit staff input. A survey was sent to all City staff and the results shared between the Commission and HR. The City Educational Subcommittee has evaluated that input and will soon be making a recommendation to HR regarding education. The 17th Annual St. Charles City Lights, sponsored by the HRC, received seventeen entries. An on-line interactive wayfinding map was published so residents could view the entrants. Due to COVID, we decided against gathering together and traveling by bus to judge the entries as has been done in the past. Instead, judges traveled on their own across December 4th, 5th and 6th, and submitted their votes. Ten winners, plus a Mayor’s Choice, were announced at the December 15th City Council meeting and commemorative ornaments, created by local artist Serena Boschert, and a yard sign by local company Master Signs went to all winners. In November the sitting Chair (Alex Reichert) and Vice-Chair (Jason Dunn) announced their intention to step down from their roles as Commission officers. Alex had spent two years and Jason two years serving in this capacity. The HRC has greatly benefitted from their leadership, wisdom and perspectives and we thank them for their service. Officers nominations were made at this same meeting and voting took place at the December meeting. City Liaison Chuck Lovelace remains the Secretary/Treasurer, Tina Meier became the Vice-Chair and Babs Gellman the Chair. These terms are for one year and can be extended or discontinued at that time at the choice of the Officer, or vote of the Commission. In December the HRC started a media library, selecting items providing support for, and education on, diversity, equity and inclusion. These Human Relations materials are available to HRC Commissioners, City Council Members, Commission Mayor, City staff and residents, to borrow. Human Resources has been advised of the library so that they can communicate its existence to staff. Page 4  Staff Liaison Chuck Lovelace is maintaining the HRC library and managing all requests. The HRC encourages St Charles government officials and city staff to take advantage of this library as knowledge on these topics will provide an understanding that should help when serving St. Charles residents, businesses and visitors. Throughout the year, the Commission utilized the City Newsletter, weekly e-Newsletter, the St Charles City and HRC Facebook pages, and the HRC City web-page to provide information to, and engage, City businesses and residents. The Social Media and Marketing Subcommittee got off to a rocky start, with two members leaving the Subcommittee early on. However, by year end, the remaining Subcommittee member was able to share some Facebook statistics and develop a plan, which was accepted by the Commissions, to gain more regular support in creating Facebook posts, with the intent to increase public awareness of the HRC, promote our message, and to educate on topics related to diversity, equity and inclusion. Taking a look at 2020, HRC Facebook Page Likes rose from 164 at the start of the year to 244 by year-end, or a 49% increase. A total of 115 Posts were made over the year. Our top three posts were: The HRC is in the process of planning for 2021 and will share those plans once agreed upon within the Commission. We are humbled to serve our neighbors and committed to carrying forth this work in 2021. Human Relations Sincerely, Commission Babs Gellman Chairperson, Human Relations Commission Page 5