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ProgNam Planning Committee Recommendation To the Commission atJune 2012 Meeting PROGRAM PLANNING PARAMETERS Pursuant to City Ordinance the Roseville Human Rights Commission will promote, sponsor, and support programs that aim to advance civil and human rights in the City of Roseville, MN. In that the Human Rights Commission is charged with developing formal and informal educational programs to assist with the implementation of the Minnesota State Act Against Discrimination, and in that the Commission is responsible for providing leadership in recognizing and resolving potential problem areas related to civil and human rights in the community (204.05), the Commission welcomes opportunities to collaborate in educational programming in various ways with other groups around such areas of concern. The Human Rights Commission may facilitate presentations and events offered by diverse groups that aim at addressing concerns pertaining to civil rights, human rights, and/or civic engagement. The Human Rights Commission may opt to support, sponsor, and/or promote programming as follows: Support: The Human Rights Commission may support programs or events whenever said programs or events reflect an established position of the Human Rights Commission. Prior to supporting a program, the Commission or Committee will research the nature of the program and the topic. Reasons for support will be shared at an open meeting of the full Commission. Specific programs are supported by the Commission only when the program is advancing a particular cause (or position) and the cause (or position) is one supported by the Commission. Sponsor: The Human Rights Commission may sponsor another's program in the community, or in another local community, whenever it decides to collaborate with another group in order to host a program in support of human or civil rights. Specific programs are sponsored by the Commission if and only if there is agreement by the Commission that the program will be developed in collaboration with others and that the program will provide a valuable opportunity for the community to engage in consideration of human or civil rights issue. Promote: The Program Planning Committee may promote events being offered in the community that come to their attention, so long as the program is relevant to Roseville and so long as the Committee finds the program to aim at advancing civil or human rights. When a group offers programming that is clearly intended to address a civil or human rights concern (in their own view), the Program Planning Committee may promote the event by notifying City residents of the event. Promoting an event does not imply that the Human Rights Commission or the Program Planning Committee supports the group's interpretation of the issue, nar that the Commission or Committee is sponsoring the presentation. The purpose of promoting events is not to take a position, but to notify the public of educational opportunities pertaining to human rights or civic engagement issues in the community. The promotion of a program is dependent upon the Committee being notified of the program. Because such programs are neither supported nor sponsored by the Commission, it is not incumbent upon the Committee to locate alternative programs on the same issues. Promotional advertisements will include the following disclaimer: "Notification of this event is brought to you by the Roseville Human Rights Commission for the purpose of civic engagement, though the Commission neither endorses nor disputes this presentation."