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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />~SBVfbbE <br /> <br />Human Rights Commission Minutes <br />February 8, 2005 <br /> <br />Present: Thelma McKenzie, Phillip Crump, Janet Delmore, Karen Vnuk, Larry Voeller <br />Absent: Steve Smith <br />Staff: Carolyn Curti <br /> <br />The Commission came to order at 7:05 p.m. <br /> <br />Commissioners reviewed the DVD, This is MyHome, which was produced by the University <br />of Minnesota Human Rights Resource Center and TPT MN Channel 2. The program <br />followed several Minnesota youths who talked about their school and life experiences dealing <br />with discrimination. <br /> <br />Following the viewing, members discussed what the Commission could do to bring the <br />Human Rights curriculum to Roseville. Chair McKenzie said that she contacted both the <br />State Department of Human Rights and the University of Minnesota Human Rights Resource <br />Center (UM - HRRC) about conducting a workshop in Roseville. The workshop should <br />include Roseville teachers and principals. McKenzie said that Dr. Leon Rodriguez, one of the <br />participants in the production, would come to the meeting to talk about the curriculum. <br /> <br />Commissioner Delmore said she would like to try the curriculum in her school. Chair <br />McKenzie will speak with the UM-HRRC about getting a copy of the curriculum for <br />Commissioner Delmore. <br /> <br />Approve Minutes <br /> <br />Chair McKenzie thanked the Commissioners for the productive January meeting. She said it <br />is important to meet each year with the Superintendent of the Roseville Schools. She <br />expressed disappointment that no teachers commented on the New Teachers Packet. Carolyn <br />Curti will try to talk individually with the new teachers at Parkview School when the <br />Commission attends the Martin Luther King reenactment. <br /> <br />Commissioner Crump moved and Commissioner Vnuk seconded approval ofthe minutes. <br />Motion prevailed. <br /> <br />I <br />