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Roseville Human Rights Commission November 16, 2011 - Draft Minutes Page 2 of 4 48 49 The Operations Committee moved that the Commission establish a Youth Engagement Task Force 50 to be composed of the youth commissioner and other commissioners. The purpose of this task force 51 is to identify human rights issues, educational opportunities and programs to serve youth in the 52 Roseville community. Motion prevailed 6/0/1 with one abstention. 53 54 The Operations Committee moved continuing membership in the League of Minnesota Human 55 Rights Commission (LMHRC), including paying dues of approximately $180. Motion prevailed 56 unanimously. 57 58 Youth Commission Report 59 60 Commissioner Siliciano said she is working on the Facebook page and a communications plan. It 61 would be used to post what is happening in the community and would be a good way to reach 62 youth. Commissioner Siliciano, along with City staff, would have administrative rights to add new 63 items to the page. 64 65 Commissioner Kaying Thao and Carolyn Curti provided information about the movie "Not in Our 66 Town." The movie was about a community where some youths attached immigrants as a "sport" 67 and their actions escalated until an immigrant was killed. The movie looked at what led up to the 68 murder and the community's response. Commissioner Thao and Curti had only seen about 15 69 minutes of the movie. They said the movie touched on a very serious subject suggested that the 70 commission watch it to help plan the program and consider speakers to facilitate the discussion 71 following the movie. 72 73 Carolyn Curti said the committee is looking at two approaches to show the movie to the community. 74 The school district wanst to incorporate into their curriculum and show it in specific classrooms and 75 cultural groups. The second approach would be to have the Human Rights Commission sponsoring 76 showing it at the public library and inviting the community to attend. 77 78 Currently, the committee plans to include the Human Rights Commission, Roseville Police 79 Department and the Roseville Library, as well as considering involving other groups. They are just 80 in the beginning of planning and have a lot of details to work out. 81 82 Commissioners discussed whether the Commission as a whole should watch the movie. 83 Commissioners agreed to show the movie and invite others to watch it, if they are available. 84 85 Outreach Committee 86 87 Commissioner Wayne Groff said that he and Commissioner McKenzie and Chair Grefenberg 88 interviewed five impressive candidates and by consensus agreed to recommend Joan Dao and Kayo 89 Kadir to the youth positions. He emphasized that it was a very difficult decision because of the 90 strong candidates. Chair Grefenberg clarified that although it was not a consensus, he agreed to 91 support their recommendation. 92