Human Rights Commission
                                                  AGENDA
                                Annual Retreat and Strategic Planning Meeting
                                           Thursday, March 16, 2023
                  Hybrid Meeting (in person meeting with remote participation available)
                 Carver Recreation Center Main Room, 233 4th St. NW, Charlottesville, VA 22902
                                                   5:30pm

    Please take Notice that this hybrid meeting of the Human Rights Commission is for the purposes of planning, developing, and
    drafting management and administration documents for the Human Rights Commission. This hybrid meeting will be a limited
    public forum to discuss the agenda items presented below and to ensure the continuity of services provided by the
    Commission. The Commission Chair may limit public comments or discussion points that are unrelated to agenda items or
    that pertain to topics outside the scope of this Agenda. This will be a hybrid meeting open to the public and registration
    information for remote participation is available at www.charlottesville.gov/zoom.

    The Commission welcomes comments and questions and commits to listening carefully and thoughtfully to what is presented.
    A maximum of sixteen public comment time slots are allotted per meeting. Each speaker will have three minutes to speak.
    The Commission requests that members of the public refrain from engaging in personal attacks against Commissioners and
    staff members and asks that comments and questions focus on matters related to human rights within the City.



    1. WELCOME
         a. CALL TO ORDER
         b. ROLL CALL
         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.
         d. Icebreaker
         e. Privilege Bead Activity
    2. WORK SESSION
         a. 2022 Annual Report overview
         b. Charlottesville Human Rights Ordinance Sec. 2-433 and Sec. 2-434 overview
         c. 2023 Strategic Planning
    3. MATTERS BY THE PUBLIC
         a. PUBLIC COMMENT (Webinar attendees use the “raise hand” function, phone attendees use *9)
         b. COMMISSION RESPONSE TO MATTERS BY THE PUBLIC
    4. COMMISSIONER UPDATES
    5. NEXT STEPS & ADJOURN


* ACTION NEEDED


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ADA Coordinator at (434) 970-3182 or submit a request via email to ada@charlottesville.gov. The City of Charlottesville
requests that you provide a 48-hour notice so that proper arrangements may be made.