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Human Rights Commission Minutes October 16, 2013 — Draft Minutes Page 4 of 10 137 138 Commission Groff asked Ms. Lohman who would take notes on the small group discussions. 139 Her response was that Commission members would be responsible for taking notes, making sure 140 the discussion was on track and that all participants had an opportunity to speak. In the best 141 situation AHR interns would take notes but their availability in the fall was limited. 142 143 144 ' ' Lohman encouraged the 145 Commission to heavily advertise the event to draw a diverse group of immigrants from the 146 community. ' 147 ron�r.ao.a 148 149 Discussion of program implementation in Roseville: —Vice Chair Brisbois stated she was 150 pleased with the conversation at the Falcon Heights community dialogue and was especially 151 pleased with the stature of the Falcon Heights residents who were present, such as the police 152 chief and council members. She expressed some confusion on if the Falcon Heights 153 Conversation since she thought that program was conducted for study purposes. 154 155 Ms. Lohman explained that information gathered from the Falcon Heights event would possibly 156 be used in a report by AHR and the report was due in January of 2014. 157 158 Regarding _ getting word out on this program, Chair Grefenberg related that a council member had 159 suggested that the Commission contact the state agencies who relate to communities of color and 160 ask for their assistance in communicating information on this program. 161 162 Grefenberg discussed the recent Community Dialogues on Creating a Safe & Connected 163 Community He noted the first event was well attended 164 with 45 residents in attendance, while the second event had 12 residents in attendance. He stated 165 it would be ' critical this time for the Commission to aggressively- advertise 166 this event to the immigrant community and te. ;__+ores+ f- ffl,-.-, a variety of immigrant groups, 167 as well as other newcomers and the general 4-Roseville community. 168 169 Ms. Lohman encouraged the Commission to speak with the Falcon Heights HRC to discuss their 170 outreach methods. Further discussion ensued regarding how to reach immigrant communities. 171 172 Ms. Curti asked if children should be welcomed at the event. 173 174 Ms. Lohman stated the Roseville HRC could offer childcare or open the event to children as this 175 may encourage more immigrants to attend the event. 176 177 Ms. Curti suggested the possibility of this Community Conversation beii held on 178 a Saturday morning to encourage higher attendance. 179 180 Grefenberg mentioned that the problem with the last Community Dialogue hosted by the 181 Commission was the difficulty of recording the small group discussions and summarizing major