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49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 Human Rights Commission Minutes January 16, 2013 — Draft Minutes Page 2 of 7 There being no one present wishing to speak to the Commission on an item not on the agenda, the chair moved to the next agenda item. Standin� Committee Reports Program Planning Committee Community Dialogue on Violence: Chair Grefenberg indicated the Civic Engagement Task Force'��° � ^r'�°a � ,;*'�'�;m�°'�had �e �� invited some residents ^ ^�r°rr°°°r*�*;�,°� from the community, to take part in this discussion. Vice chair Brisbois invited them to join the Commission at the table. 62 Mr. Grefenber,g indicated that the o�portunitv to receive a�rant from the Meadowlark Institute 63 had been brou�ht to him after the last Commission meetin� and with onl_y ten days before the 64 �rant deadline on December 29t". He immediatelv notified staff of the �rant's availabilitv and 65 the HRC's Operations Committee, and then worked with Megan Dushin, a member of the HRC's 66 Civic Enga�ement Task Force and the resident who had first brou h� t the grant to his attention, in 67 developin�a grant a�plication. 68 69 The rr��plication was for a Roseville Communit.�gue ��^'��a�r^ *'�° °^'�^^' a�°'�-�^* � 70 , to converse about ideas for violence prevention in the 71 community. He explained a grant application'�^�'�°°r a��^��°°°a was bein� considered to assist 72 with the expense of a professional facilitator for the event. Chair Grefenberg requested the HRC 73 discuss the proposed event and �� confirm the grant �e}�es��application which occurred 74 between Commission meetin�s. 75 76 Megan Dushin stated she began the grant application �eg-�r�with � informal communications 77 with �+�e the City Council asking if there was interest in a community-wide dialog on 78 violence prevention. The Mayor suggested she work with the HRC on this issue. 79 8o Chair Grefenberg stated after hearing about the proposed dialogue, he g1 �-t#e g�-t�e-�El-1��Ee-�e��-�� thought the � a��'��° ° � was appropriate 82 to assist in the Commission's Community Dialogue series approved in the fall of 2011, and so 83 consulted with the Chair of the Commission's Program Planning Committee and the Operations 84 Committee which acts as an executive committee in between Commission meetings.g�}e 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 r�^*;^r� *'�^* .•,°r°'�°'a'^�* �^". He�}t�-asked whether there were any comments and suggestions from the group on this matter. Ms. Dushin further discussed the grant application explaining it would cover the expense of two half-day community dialogues in Roseville on the topic of interpersonal violence ranging from playground bullying to more harmful criminal acts, and its prevention. The goals of the events are to bring the Roseville community together to examine the complex factors that contribute to violence, and to identify what the community can do to prevent violence.