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Human Rights Commission Minutes <br />May 15, 2013 — Draft Minutes <br />Page 2 of 6 <br />47 Old Business <br />48 <br />49 Program Planning Committee <br />50 <br />51 Revised process for 2014 student essay contest: Committee Chair poneen stated she has not <br />52 heard anything further from the school �t�Ramse�Area Middle School teacher who had <br />53 aslced that the Commission include posters (ed. note: ��phic crr�d vr.sucrl �•es�o<zses to tlie esscrv <br />54 contest questioy�/topics) in the HRC's annual essay contest.regarding the essay contest. <br />55 <br />56 Follow up on suggestions of youth poster contest: Chair Grefenberg� repol-ted that <br />57 as rec�uested at the last ineetin� he llad attended the most recent League of Minnesota Human <br />58 Rights Commission meetin� and �i-aised the idea of the League including a poster <br />59 ��in their annual student essay contest . At that meetin� he was told that °���'� ^^^�+°�� �T�^� <br />60 a^r° �„ *'�° „^�*'�•� the Minnesota Department of Human Rights sponsored just such a contest. <br />61 <br />62 Commissioner poneen asked if the League would allow for essays or posters for future contests. <br />63 <br />64 Chair Grefenberg �r�a^^�responded that the League members did not consider this at the <br />65 meetin� he attended, as they were under the mistaken impression this would not be allowed at <br />66 this time as the League had the understanding the Minnesota Department of Human Rights ran <br />67 their own poster contest. <br />68 <br />69 <br />70 <br />71 <br />72 <br />73 <br />74 <br />75 <br />Commissioner Groff expressed concern with how a poster contest would be judged. <br />Commissioner poneen�responded that this would be difficult and perhaps a poster contest <br />� should remain separate. <br />Commissioner Becker questioned if a separate poster contest could be sponsored by the <br />Roseville HRC. Commissioner poneen indicated this could be an option. <br />76 Preliminary report on Apri130 Community Dialogues on Creating a Safe and Connected <br />77 Community: Chair Grefenberg stated the two dialogues on Creating a Safe and Connected <br />78 Community were held. He noted the turnout was poor with only 14 people in attendance at the <br />79 second dialogue. However, he was pleased with the discussion and �e�ec� the fact that 12 of the <br />80 14 people in attendance � volunteered to work on implementin t_� heir <br />81 recommendations with the Roseville HRC. <br />82 <br />83 Chair Grefenberg further reviewed the information that was gathered from the dialogues and <br />84 how �* �°'�r^'r°r �'^�_,� those in attendance l�ad divided up into °° °r^' a;�� r°r' ^^+°^^r;°° four <br />85 grout�s focused on the followin�jectives: Communication with Action, Inter�enerational <br />86 Dialo�ues, Cultural Festivals, and Neighborhoods. <br />87 <br />88 Youth Commissioner Dao noted � the concept of holdin� cultural festivals � as discussed <br />89 centered around various ethnic foods and would provide an outreach opportunity <br />90 for the community. She did not anticipate the event could be planned for this summer, but <br />91 anticipated it to be a great event for 2014. <br />