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Human Rights Commission Minutes July 17, 2013 Page 2 of 6 2. Prejudice and stereotypes affect the way we perceive and interact with each other each other, even when we don't realize it. How do stereotypes affect our society and how do they damage human rights? Reference the US Constitution, the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights or the Bill of Rights in your answer. 3. Micro inequities (jokes or comments at the expense of a certain group of people) are prominent in our community. Sometimes it's hard to tell what is ok and what is offensive. How do we use language to protect or violate human rights? Reference the US Constitution, the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights or the Bill of Rights in your answer. 4. Describe a human rights movement that shapes our society today. What does it take to change society to protect human rights? Reference the US Constitution, the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights or the Bill of Rights in your answer. Chair Grefenberg indicated this could be done, as the Minnesota Human Rights Commission would then select one final topic. Commissioner Singleton suggested emphasis be placed on Topic #2 but recommended all four be passed along. Commissioner Groff agreed with this recommendation, as in his opinion all four questions were great. The consensus was to forward all four questions to the Minnesota Human Rights Commission prioritizing Topic #2 as number one, Topic #3 would be number two, Topic #4 would be number three and Topic #1 would be number four. Commissioner Singleton moved and Commissioner Groff seconded a motion to forward the four 2014 Student Essay Topics to the League of Minnesota Human Rights Commission as prioritized above. Motion passed unanimously. Committee Reports Chair's Report: Chair Grefenberg stated last month there had been some Commission discussion regarding the some Commissioners' feelings of being overburdening of the members from the Commission. It was discussed that more work was to be conducted at the meetings, and not in subcommittees to alleviate some of this stress. For this reason, a work schedule4-and calendar was created to assist the Commission in prioritizing its goals and objectives. Chair Grefenberg reported he participated in the Council's five interviews that were recently conducted for the Human Rights Commission seat vacancy. He was pleased there was great interest in the HRC and noted each of the five candidates were highly qualified. He advised Commission members that during breaks the idea of adding two new commissioners to assist with the HRC's work load had been informally raised.