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Human Rights Commission Minutes October 16, 2013 Page 2 of 9 Line 358 Commissioner Singleton stated his thoughts would be to have the pilot program funded by Line 359 outside sources and would not begin until 2015 2014 . Grefenberg then moved to amend the minutes by the addition of the following language (in red) beginning on line 362 on page 9 of the draft minutes as found in the Commission's meeting packet. That amendment is a follows: Ln 361 Chair Grefenberg requested staff seek additional information on funding sources or grants that 362 may be available to the City of Roseville for human rights for such purposes as the Office of Human Rights & Civic Engagement suggestion of Commissioner Sin_ lei ton. Staff Liaison Curti agreed to do so. [Make a new paragraph of the following sentence] - Grefenberg also sugges asked that 363 Commissioners receive business cards for official use and op be., tcsy at future events 364 the 14 C in the Commission's outreach efforts. 365 366 Commissioner Groff agreed with this recommendation. Commissioner Singleton commented he 367 knew of a Roseville business that was willing to provide business cards at a reduced rate for the 368 HRC. 369 370 Staff Liaison Curti said she would raise this request with City Manager Trudgeon. Commissioner Singleton moved and Commissioner Groff seconded a motion to approve the minutes of September 18, 2013 as distributed in the meeting packet and as amended by Singleton and Grefenberg. Motion passed unanimously. Public Comment 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. Old Business Community Conversation Program Presentation by Advocates for Human Rights: Chair Grefenberg explained that in September the Commission had recommended the Program Planning Committee pursue holding a community conversation with immigrants in cooperation with the organization Advocates for Human Rights with the expense not to exceed $300. He indicated Madeline Lohman with Advocates for Human Rights (AHR) was present this evening to provide the Commission with an overview on AHR and a presentation on Community Conversations. Madeline Lohman provided the Commission with a handout noting the Advocates for Human Rights was a non - profit organization based out of Minneapolis that has been in operation for the past 30 years. Migrants' and women's human rights were main focuses, along with human rights education. Ms. Lohman discussed Advocates state -wide project called One Voice Minnesota and recently completed, and was continuing encouraging communities to be welcoming and inclusive, often in cooperation with local human rights commissions. In the course of this work AHR found itself training local groups and developing models and best practices for organizations working with immigrants in diverse communities.