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Human Rights Commission Minutes November 20, 2013 — Draft Minutes Page 3 of 10 93 Program Outreach: Commissioner Becker suggested the local churches be contacted to assist 94 with advertising this event. Chair Grefenberg stated he was looking to advertise the event in 95 December and was seeking volunteers to assist with properly advertising the Community 96 Conversation. He reported the school district was willing to promote this event and would be 97 sending out an emaiL This email would reach 4,000 households. 9g 99 100 ioi 102 103 104 Commissioner Thao explained there were three Baptist churches the Karen community had become involved with that would be great resources. Carolyn Curti reported the Community Conversation would be posted in the paper and would also be sent out to the City of Roseville's listserv. 105 Chair Grefenberg suggested the event also be posted in the City's bimonthlv newsletter, and 106 asked Carolvn Curti to see if that could be arran�ed. He requested the youth commissioners 107 speak with the minority ethnic groups within their schools to inform them of the upcoming 108 conversation. 109 110 What Next?: Chair Grefenberg su�,�ested the Commission consider what results and what 111 follow it desired to occur from the Communitv Conversation �rogram. He r��'�d 112 su ,ggested the Program Planning Committee could create a list of � opportunities for 113 Conversation �artici�ants to become involved in � 114 s�3� Roseville's civic life. This could then be handed out to those who attend the 115 Communitv Conversation in Januarv. Such an obbortunities for involvement could even include 116 upcomin� volunteer o�ortunities of which newcomer could avail themselves. 117 11s Chair Grefenber� asked the Commission to �ive some thou�ht to this issue of how anv follow-u� 119 opbortunities should be offered at the conclusion of the Januarv 15th Communitv Conversation, 12o and asked Commissioners and the public to contact him on how the HRC could connect with 121 other immigrant and/or ethnic minorit�grou�s. 122 123 He added that the HRC had established communication with KOM with re�ards to the Karen 124 communitv, and had initiated contact with some of the minoritv student �roups at the Roseville 125 Hi�h School., but em�hasized that this was not enou�h considerin� the varietv of communities in 126 Roseville. 127 128 Commissioner Courneva encoura�ed the Commission to see the Januarv 15th Community 129 Conversation as the initial attem�t to ask minoritv communities not onlv on their rece�tion in 130 Roseville but how thev might wish to become involved in their communitv, followed bv the 131 A�ril Naturalization Ceremonv and Rece�tion, and concludin� with the June Culture Fest.. She 132 said this should be seen as part of an on�oin� effort on the part of the Commission and the 133 Council on becomin� a more welcoming or�anization, as well as creatin� a Welcoming 134 Communitv. Courneva noted that she had seen this as a theme articulated at the HRC's ioint 135 meetin� with the Council last summer. 136