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Human Rights Commission Minutes September 18, 2013 —Draft Minutes Page 3 of 10 91 Commissioner Thao thought this was a tg tg i 0 flgreat idea, and was something for 92 which the community had been asking for quite a while. She asked what the cost 93 of such a program would be. 94 95 Chair Grefenberg indicated that he had just very recently been in contact with Advocates for 96 Human Rights, so he could only preliminarily estimate the event would cost 97 approximately $250 -300. He anticipated the Karen community could be invited to the event. He 98 was in favor of directing the Program Planning Committee to pursue an immigrant forum in 99 November. 100 101 Youth Commissioner Thomas questioned how the information gathered from this event would be 102 used. Chair Grefenberg stated the data gathered could be passed along to the legislature and 103 governor, and could also be an event to welcome new immigrants to the City of Roseville. 104 105 Chair Grefenberg moved and Commissioner Singleton seconded a motion to approve the 106 Program Planning Committee pursuing a Community Conversation with Immigrants Forum to 107 be held in November with the expense not to exceed $300. Motion passed unanimously. 108 109 Immigration Reform Forum on August 20: Chair Grefenberg discussed the Immigration 110 Reform Forum that was held on August 20, sponsored by the two local DFL Senate district 111 organizations. He was pleased with the focus and discussion of the forum. 112 113 Commissioner Thao agreed, indicating that she had also attended this forum and and was 114 of the opinion that the presenters provided a great deal of educational information. She 115 commented the current federal law was discussed along with the proposed changes. She 116 estimated that 60 people were in attendance at the Forum. 117 118 Grefenberg noted that he had also contacted the local Republican organization and offered to 119 cooperate on similar programs with them. He concluded his report on this event by noting that 120 the event organizers had agreed to provide to the HRC the contact information of the Roseville 121 residents who had attended. He asked staff liaison Carolyn Curti to pursue eg tting that 122 information; Commissioner Kaying also indicated she could assist in eg tting that information as 123 well. 124 125 Report on September 6th Meeting with Karen Leadership (KOM): Chair Grefenberg 126 discussed how the HRC could welcome the Karen community to the City of Roseville. He 127 indicated that he and Commissioner Groff attended a meeting on September 6 with the Karen 128 leadership. He requested comment from the Commission on how to address the comments 129 gathered from this meeting. He anticipated that collaborating with the Karen community would 130 become an important HRC initiative ° u12 t, and not a single one -time event oT,gram. 131 132 Commissioner Groff thanked Chair Grefenberg for the background report and meeting summary 133 he wrote on the Karen Community. He indicated the Karen community was seeking fair 134 treatment from the school district and with housing. Several examples were discussed with the 135 Commission.