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Home My WebLink About01/02/1996AGENDA REVISED/APPROVED MAPLEWOOD HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION Tuesday, January 2, 1996 Maplewood City Hall Conference Room A 7:00 p.m. I. CALL TO ORDER II. AGENDA APPROVAL III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES IV. OLD BUSINESS A. Follow-up on possibility of joint venture with and/or donation from the Partnership - Lynne B. Follow-up on Family Violence Play Performance by Mixed Blood Theater- Regina and Lynne C. Reminder to call school contacts for Diversity Awareness Award and Diversity Poster Contest -All D. Follow-up on Regional HRC Meeting -All E. Plan Community event and/or Regional HRC Meeting -All F. Report on Discrimination Complaint - Gordy and Carole V. NEW BUSINESS A. Review first draft of annual report including items from members (pictures, documents, etc.) for inclusion in the annual report -All B. Welcome new members -All C. Interviewing Candidates, An Outline VI. OTHER BUSINESS A. Diversity Issues at MCC - Bruce Anderson VII. REPORTS A. City of Maplewood B. Agenda items for next time VIII. ADJOURNMENT C:\WPWIN60\HRC\AGENDA Maplewood Human Relations Commission Minutes from Dec. 5, 1995 Present: Marie Koehler, Gordy Heininger, Regina Laroche-Thune,Carol Cude, Lynne Croes. Absent: Gail Schiff, Linda Wainio.Ex officio: Mike McGuire, Sherrie Le The meeting was called to order at 7 :05 pm by Chair, MarieKoehler. A motion to approve the agenda was moved, seconded and passed. A motion to approve the minutes was moved. Discussion of the mintues concerning the wording of whether we decided to have acommunityprogramondomesticviolence. We had not made a finalagreementonthistopic. The change was noted. The motion toapprovetheminutes, as amended, was seconded and passed. OLD BUSINESS A. Undate/reminder on school contacts for diversity and postercontest: We will call all schools in early January. The lettersandinformationhavebeensentout. Sherrie will make extra copies of them for us if the school contacts are unable to locatethecopiessentbymail . B. Review revised draft of letter to businesses: One revision wasmadeintheletter. They will be sent to businesses when the annual report it ready. C. Review draft letter to area HRC' s : All found the letter to beappropriate. It will be sent out right away. D. Update on Premier Bank donation: Mike has reached approvalfromthebankforthedonation. Addition to Old Business: New members - We've been informed bySherriethatwemustforwardtwonamesforcandidatesforeach opening we have on the commission. The City Council willinterviewbothcandidatesandmakeachoice. The selected candidate will be formally appointed at a council meeting. ThecandidateswerecommmendedwillbeinterviewedonDec. 7. Mike suggested that we have a short report as to why we are making therecommendationsandsendthistothecouncil . The new candidatewillbeatournextmeeting. NEW BUSINESS A. Draft publicity for poster contest: We reviewed the draft andmadeafewchanges. This will be submitted to local papers andto "Maplewood in Motion. " B. 1996 Officers: Nominations for chair, vice-chair and secretaryweremade. The results are: Chair: Gordy Heininger, Vice-Chair:Carol Cude, Secretary: Lynne Croes. C. Annual Report Preparation: Discussion on what to include inthe1995Annualreport; possibilites included a picture of the members, new quotes, new information such as last year ' s whichincludedacceptabletermsforpeoplewithdisabilities, award winners for the contests, diveristy pledge, events we participated in or sponsored, violence-related information. Lynne will look for information to include. Marie will check on getting permission to include a Children' s Diversity Pledge. OTHER BUSINESS Lynne reported on the information she had from contacting theFamilyViolenceNetwork. If we pursue a community event on thistopic, they want to participate in some way. They do have a speakers bureau. Lynne will contact the Mayor to see if Maplewood' s "Partnership" group would like to join us. Lynne will also call the Mixed Blood Theater group to see if they will perform the play they wrote for Allina Health Systems on familyviolenceandaskaboutthecost. We discussed sources offunding, which could include charitable gambling, the schools ( if they are included) , and charging a small fee. Sherrie received a call from a citizen who had a complaint aboutdiscriminationatalocalrestaurant. Gordy will contact this person to gather information and make an appointment if they want. Carol will assist. REPORTS Mike reported that one complaint against a former city employeehasbeendismissedbytheDept. of Human Rights. Another complaint has been filed by a citizen against the police. A meeting was held and all thought the issue was settled but aletterhasbeenreceivedbytheCityfromtheDept. of Human Rights. The police officers have started training in dealing with Hmongmembers. An attorney, who is Hmong, made the presentation. There has been no response to the bias offense report from November. AGENDA FOR JANUARY 2, 1996: Report on the Mixed Blood Theater and response from the Partnership. Reminder to call the schools. Items for consideration for the annual report. Replies to invitation to regional HRC meeting. Regina will not be able to attend January's meeting. ) Re pectfully submitted, ATIA'Q--- C-11AY'-d-- e Croes HRC Secretary HVOA 6\AA kYY\( Q 6s QTY-C'\r. T.,Mpe. w."S''.!...r.. Sr';t''..;0—t; 0jt' ' J' $; t b t. fi t 5 k ,(\_Ss F m. ' ir ..1 ,.:, , ' t."-4 .; ' . i '''-'''"•. i ' ''-''',i • .`1 ',"'',:Z.>• s l ( v ffid4 F.7 {1;:..1-1,7h_. 1,1 ia 1 A gi- grt 0 l'-:---,,, A,.. ;-:.; . .. OL';',.- ' . ;--(- ' 'de¢ 1 •" M 4: 1+ 1`2. ms:.. .« ' . 4''''',.,i'' 1:', 4:.....:, ',': :''. - ' 11.,,,,,,..7_,,,,,1 L '' . in t _ 9AJ .,, t„-toit*s.i4eftd-4,44,FAA.4. -.,.., Ti-i.,..-„ ,....-...,..: ........,...c.c .... , - : - i. f'. 11t.E flesS eve ay. V ie f. f,11:4... i..- F..T„";, e,:- ,1it, e••• ir7, -,,,7,- 0•,,,,,,... or.- t...,,,a_To• lis,j.; ‘170,,„..1cq,,..,,T).- iv,t0;:.„ ,. - : .. . I ,, .•.•:, ., - 1 11:0-sill-le- r fob ll d 0 4,.i z's n '•. t:. 0 C11tete. i.. wivevv 4 4 quality merchandise mk.H,..-4,44,0444,-..,;.,..,,,:i., ..,2„...,_,, _. A. 11 e a on e e, 1.5k4,or o Soyes' dhir .. v:p iia. -" t Y arMbackgrra:tv . t6nAa b y 11 r PI9k seciEEE DED I t_: December 15, 1995 Ms. Marie Koehler, Chair Maplewood Human Relations Commission City ofMaplewood 1830 E. County Road B Maplewood, MN 55109 Dear Ms. Koehler I am writing to respond to your letter of December 6, 1995, regarding the planning process for ameetingofallhumanrelationscommissionsinourareain1996. The Roseville Human RightsCommissionwouldcertainlybeinterestedinparticipating. Either myself, or RosevilleCommissionerMikeHermes, will plan on attending the planning meeting at Maplewood City Hall on January 23. We appreciate Maplewood's initiative, and look forward to working with you. Sincerely, A),Le-) Michael Trainor, Chair Roseville Human Rights Commission 2660 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE • ROSEVILLE • MINNESOTA • 55113-1899 612-490-2200 • TDD 612-490-2205 1996 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES Establish a partnership with local businesses, educational, religious and/or fraternal organizations regarding human rights. Sponsor and promote sensitivity awareness activities for the residents of Maplewood which will address an area(s) of human rights. Offer no fault grievance mediation services to residents of Maplewood. Invite and encourage local schools to participate in the annual Diversity Awareness Award and the Diversity Awareness Poster Contest sponsored by the MHRC. Develop a working relationship with one or more of the Human Relations Commissions in the area. Attend various workshops and educational/informational activities related to diversity and human rights. Collaborate with the Department of Human Rights on projects of mutual concern. Advise the Mayor, City Council and the City of Maplewood on human relation issues. 5 THE LEAGUE OF MINNESOTA HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONS 4221 Lake Road, Robbinsdale, MN 55422 Telephone (612) 535-1051 i Board of Direness: Ed Labne. Peskiest Mmnepolu Jame Etnteldt•Brwa Crystal V....e Pres. Bloomington Sherry Maddox,Brooklyn Center Given Wilema,Fabon Heights M",on HeYrid,Golden valley December 8th , 1995PatriceSewed,Columbia Heights Eileen Hyland.Coon Rapids Jan imam.Roe>beter Pile Mento,Eben Prime Curt Nelson,Nee Ulm To: Board Members & Commissions Linda Mask-Roe St.lar Part Thelma McKenzie,Roevile Jane MePanWdSt.Ocud From: Ed Lohnes - President Roberta Tonka Bloom:moo Pat Wakeman.Maplewood Smile Shah Arde1 Hfll As you can see from the enclosures ,we haveWallaceMoore,Amin JaieBesm Cottage Grove concluded our initial series of 5 regional meetings Deem Gear, ' senaCO around the state with educators and students toDaryaGulley,Columbia Heights Parr Eamon.Minneapolis spur the formation of Human Rights Task Forces LarryNm"``.M within the schools throughout Minnesota. Spear- Larry Nirbolaon.Moorhead John Trdw.cli Falmn Heights headed by Marion H e l l a n d of our Golden Valley Membercamm.rQea: Commission , and who serves as head of our Educa- tion Committee, they went very well , attended by Aden HI about 250 educators and students . Now we are be-wrderu HiIY Amm ginning to plan for 4 - 5 more this spring , to Bloominton mole e cover other areas of the state. If your CommissionBrookynCenter mtynPark would like to help us by hosting a regionalColumbia Coon Rapids meeting , or having your own local area workshop, Came Grim please call Marion at 612-546-7469 , or Mort Ryweck Crystal Belem Milne at 612-376-0525 . Edina n Heights Faila Several new Commissions have requested materials from us on the guidelines and criteria other Aaaan alksy robbing Commissions use who present an annual Human Rights Hoptim Award . If you have this information , please share LakeElmo with us your procedure and guidelines by sending Mankato them to us at the address above . Also please send amod Marshall us any brochures and news stories on your recent M"fmals programs for our forthcoming newsletter . Thanks. Moorhead New Brighton NeeUC January 15th is Dr . Martin Luther King ' s birthday,Nobles County Northfield and February 1st is the beginning of Black History North St.Paul Month . Both afford excellent opportunities for Oakdale Orono programming with the schools , the religious Pymath community, and your city. If we can be of any WingRid assistance to you with resource suggestions , please Ro°°sdaM let us know.Redman Roemvilie Part• Cload All good wishes for the holiday season and thescum.' St.Paul New Year . St Pilar Romeo White Bear late ends . WtYm.r Weenie STUDENT HUMAN RIGHTS TASK FORCE REGIONAL MEETING November 1, 1995 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm Roseville Schools for the Seven County Twin Cities Metropolitan Area Educational Development Center of the Fairview Community Center 1910 West County Road B,Roseville,Minnesota Welcome/Overview: Marion Helland — Hamline University Adjunct Instructor SEED and World of Difference Trainer Editor of Together, League of Minnesota Human Rights Commissions Newsletter Panel Moderator: Morton Ryweck — Project Coordinator, League of Minnesota Human Rights Commissions Panelists: Marilyn McGowan — Program Planner, Metro ECSU The Lyceum Series" Jane L. Sigford — Assistant Principal, St. Paul Central Community for Unity Group" Nancy Nutting — Teacher, Anderson Multicultural School, Minneapolis Public Schools Barbara Owens — Lead Teacher, School of Many Voices How Multiculturalism Impacts the Curriculum" Ginger King — Teacher, Technology Learning Campus, Robbinsdale Area Schools Organizing Student Multicultural Groups" Question and answer session with comments and ideas from audience Panelists: Rick Whippler —Principal, Mahtomedi High School Lynn Allen — Teacher, Roseville Schools, in charge of Conflict Resolution Joyce Bell — Teacher, Roseville Schools, CLAI Community of Leaders Active in Inclusion) Emma Duren — Teacher, Roseville, SEED Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity) Lee Bauer — Multicultural Coordinator, Roseville Schools Question and answer session with comments and ideas from audience Wrap -Up: Marion Helland A NEWSPAPER FOR METROPOLITAN AREA EDUCATORS rr7etroEDNEWS ecsu EPTEMBER, e•A Publication of the Metro ECSU and TIES Vol.3, No. 1 Human rights task forces to be formed in Minnesota schools The League of Minnesota Human Rights Commissions is sponsoring six regional meetings across Minne- sota late this fall,to spur the forma- tion of Human Rights Task Forces in our state's secondary and elementary schools.The metropolitan area work- shop will be held on November 1, Wednesday,from 3:30-5:30 p.m.,at the Roseville Schools, 1910 West County Road B,Roseville,in theEdu- cational Development Center of the Fairview Community Center. The aim is to encourage all schools to develop their own Task Forces so that every school can be a force in foster- ing a positive, mutually respectful climate for intergroup relations, and can help students to develop leader- ship skills as they implement pro- grams to counter prejudice, bigotry and violence. Please call, Ms Helland at 612-546- 7469 orMr.Ryweck at 612-376-0525, for registration information. STUDENT HUMAN RIGHTS TASK FORCE REGIONAL MEETING Sponsored by the League of Minnesota Human Rights Commissions in cooperation with the Central Minnesota Service Cooperative November 13, 1995 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm Central Minnesota Service Cooperative 4150 2nd Street South,5th Floor St.Cloud,Minnesota Welcome: Robert C. Cavanna, Ed. D. — Executive Director, Central Minnesota Service Cooperative Overview: Marion Helland — Hamline University Adjunct Instructor SEED and World of Difference Trainer Editor of Together, League of Minnesota Human Rights Commissions Newsletter Panel Moderator: Morton Ryweck — Project Coordinator, League of Minnesota Human Rights Commissions Panelists: Les Green — St. Cloud State University Cultural Diversity" Connie Buhrmann — Education Coordinator, Stearn County Heritage Center Immigration" Dr. Bruce Hyde — Professor of Communication and Speech, St. Cloud State University Chair, St. Cloud Human Rights Commission Communication and Dialogue" Question and answer session with comments and ideas from audience Kate Trevick — North Branch School District Cultural Diversity" Nancy Johnson — Cambridge Peer Mediation" Pat Mullin — Assistant Principal, North Jr. High School St. Cloud Ron Clark — Social Studies Teacher Rocori High School, Cold Spring Erica Poff— Student, Rocori High School, Cold Spring Question and answer session with comments and ideas from audience Wrap -Up: Marion Helland L C CD r O i 0 o 4as 5.• ... .2 Cn1110•• Cl 0. 0 V U o cr 1.1..l'im. _ c .u) cn 5 zVZ0- cr) IIICE N / / ti Hca CO N cx: w11 Ulli 0 7, CO cc$o c:i CI U) E cLL = .. c,U OQ Cltr C O i.ac "= rV 0. 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