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Human Rights, Inclusion and Engagement Commission Minutes <br />July 17, 2019 <br />Page 8 of 17 <br /> <br />community member the same thing as being a Patriot <br />engage young people in the community. <br /> <br />Commissioner James thought focusing on the internet and the community citizen <br />thing is more appropriate for this age group and because this is an engagement <br />committee that should be a major part of what the Commission is looking for. He <br />thought the question should be phrased to get information from the student about <br />question it should have something to do with engagement and inclusion. He thought <br />all of those things should be a major part of how the question is phrased. <br /> <br />Chair Beltmann agreed with Youth Commissioner Iverson and liked question five <br />under social media. She indicated she liked what the questions under the Community <br />Member topic was going for and felt like Patriotism was really charged right now and <br />was not sure that was something the Commission wanted to get into. She also did not <br />think the word citizen should be used, whether it is capitalized or not because she <br />thought right now that specific term is really charged and not something the <br />Commission wants to get at as more of being a community member then a citizen. <br />She wanted to make sure the Commission is being inclusive in how the questions are <br />being asked so people are not being turned off. <br /> <br />Commissioner Peterson thought the social media topic will get more answers and <br />would be more engagement in that questions because of it being that question. She <br />indicated she was also partial to question five as well. <br /> <br />Youth Commissioner Iverson stated when he did the essay question, it was a part of <br />their social studies curriculum and tied back to the universal declaration of human <br />rights and so this year the Commission is kind of branching away from total human <br />rights. He wondered if that will reduce the number of teachers that will want to have <br />students enter the contest or not. He wondered if this should be targeted towards <br />English teachers instead. <br /> <br />Commissioner Peterson agreed. <br /> <br />Ms. Olson indicated from a staff perspective, that was going to be her comment as <br />wellers <br />and principals and the ones that do it, kind of anticipate it year after year. <br /> <br />Commissioner Peterson thought this would be a little bit of a departure from the <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />