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Human Rights Commission Minutes May 20, 2015 Page 5 of 10 Commissioner Slade stated she would attend the planning meeting and report to the Commission at the next meeting. Ms. Collins pointed out that the screening would be for a documentary and would only be playing for 40 minutes. This would allow time for discussion after the screening. e. Mental Health Update Commissioner Slade stated the next Mental Health forum could be held in July and she would like to do Immigrant Mental Health in July and in the fall do Youth Menta] Health. She would start by contacting Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, the Southeastern Asian Mental Health ACT Team and Center for Social Healing. She has also been in contact with the Center for Victims of Torture. She has contacted Comunidades Latinas Unidas en Sericio (CLUES) and she would like to have 2-3 people on the panel for discussions. An update would be provided at the June meeting. Commissioner Bachhuber stated the Roseville Block Nurse Program Reinvention Task Force has been looking at how the health needs are met for underrepresented populations in Roseville. They are currently conducting a survey and the information from this would be presented to the City Council at the end of the summer. This information could help in forming the Immigrant Mental Health discussion. She suggested, if possible, to wait until the survey has been completed to setup this discussion. Commissioner Thao stated the Commission usually does not meet one month during the summer and this may be in July. Chair Groff suggested putting the next discussion off until the fall. The Commission still needs to contact the attendees from the first dialogue and let them know what else is being planned and worked on. Commissioner Christiansen asked if the City was concentrating on a particular group for these discussions. Commissioner Slade explained the idea is to cover different topics and areas of inental health and also address the needs of the underrepresented populations within the City. Chair Groff stated mental health and domestic violence are topics of interest in the community, especially within the Karen population. Because the topic of inental health is so broad, the Commission had decided to break down the discussions into smaller segments. He suggested scheduling the next session in September/October. Commissioner Slade agreed the start of the Holiday season would be a good time to start a discussion on mental health.