Human Rights Commission Meeting Minutes Committee Meetings October 6, 2022 Virtual/Electronic Meeting 6:30 pm Click HERE to access rebroadcasts of past Human Rights Commission meetings on YouTube. Click HERE to access an archive of past Human Rights Commission work on the City website. Housing, Legislative, and Equity in City Government committees were not called to order. Community Engagement Committee 1. WELCOME a. CALL TO ORDER i. HRC Director, Todd Niemeier, called the meeting to order at 7:39 pm b. ROLL CALL i. Jeanette Abi-Nader c. MISSION (recited by all): Act as a strong advocate to justice and equal opportunity by providing citywide leadership and guidance in the area of civil rights. 2. MATTERS BY THE PUBLIC a. PUBLIC COMMENT i. None b. COMMISSION RESPONSE TO MATTERS BY THE PUBLIC i. None 3. WORK SESSION a. Legislative agenda poll update by OHR Outreach Specialist i. 100 English responses, 1 Spanish response 1. More detail in October regular meeting’s agenda packet that will go out ii. Affordable housing was consistently ranked highest 1. Closest competitor was mental health iii. Many respondents made use of the write-in question iv. Great response rate even despite technical difficulties b. Outreach Specialist describes upcoming events i. There is an additional event on the spreadsheet: Fry Springs Neighborhood Association Oktoberfest tabling on 10/9/22 3-5pm 1. A resource fair for families in the area ii. Also planning a community workshop for the OHR this year, as well as some kind of school system event like a parent/family night iii. Holiday season may bring more opportunity for events c. Commissioner says Community Climate Collaborative is hosting party for the planet on 10/7/22; volunteers to bring tabling materials i. Jeanette will stop by the OHR to pick up materials d. Commissioner says on 10/22/22, Wildrock is hosting a children’s event at Washington Park called Festival in the Bog e. Outreach Specialist is working on a Human Rights Jeopardy for tabling events i. Will be a Velcro-felt board targeted to most audiences (especially children) f. Commissioner suggests providing flyers at Wes Bellamy’s turkey giveaway; asks how Outreach Specialist has been flyering so far i. Outreach Specialist had already spent some time flyering around Charlottesville already g. Market Days are still occurring; end-of-year Market Day will be 10/22/22 i. Could also table these, but the environment would be very casual h. Review of previous Community Outreach committee meeting i. Can follow up about potential Downtown Mall tabling and doing another town hall ii. Up to the Commission for the time frame; could still do Downtown Mall tabling in this fall if there is interest 1. Outreach Specialist suggests setting up a hot chocolate table in front of the Regional Library 2. There are a couple flyers there already i. Outreach Specialist would like to do a community workshop as a general intro to human rights law i. Asks if there is interest/availability in doing a small community workshop about the HRC ii. Could do these two workshops together iii. Commissioner suggests doing it during a Commission meeting or publishing an informal video iv. There are sometimes requests that come in for the OHR to do talks for student groups; could do a presentation about this if there is an invitation for it 1. HRC Director could assist with this project v. Commissioner says her organizations get invited to speak about food justice at UVA frequently, though the OHR may prefer to reach a wider Charlottesville audience 1. And UVA is non-jurisdictional for the OHR 2. In the presentation, could also include what the OHR can do on a state and federal level in addition to local 4. MATTERS BY THE PUBLIC a. PUBLIC COMMENT i. None b. COMMISSION RESPONSE TO MATTERS BY THE PUBLIC i. None 5. COMMISSIONER UPDATES a. None 6. NEXT STEPS a. Jeanette i. Pick up tabling materials for 10/7/22 Community Climate Collaborative event 7. ADJOURN a. Meeting adjourned at 7:59 pm