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01-27-14 HRC Agenda Packet AGENDA �-1�� Human Rights Commission �1�� City of Golden Valley �' 7800 Golden Valley Road Va �, Golden Valley, MN 55427 January 27, 2014 6:30 pm Council Conference Room I. Call to Order II. Introductions (if needed) III. Approval of December 17, 2013 Meeting Minutes IV. Request from League of Women Voters Presented by Marti Micks, Mary Anderson or Lynn Gitelis V. Council Updates (if any) VI. Old Business A. Review of HRC Conversations, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Event B. Refine 2014 Work Plan C. Joint Human Rights Commissions Meeting with Neighboring Communities February 5, 2014 from 6-7pm, Rockford Road Library Meeting Room, Crystal VII. New Business A. Global Golden Valley Events a. "Who Is Your Neighbor? Immigration Stories from Around the Globe" b. Naturalization and Citizenship Ceremony B. Consider Alternate Meeting Date for February 25, 2014 C. Discussion of Commissioner Terms VIII. Communications A. League of Minnesota HRC Annual Meeting IX. Adjourn MINUTES L��,, �� - Human Rights Commission (HRC) City of Golden Valley Ol �n 7800 Golden Valley Road � T � Golden Valley, MN 55427 Y � � Council Conference Room December 17, 2013 Commissioners present: Andrew Snope, Chair Adam Buttress, Vice-Chair Jonathan Burris Brian Cook Carla Johnson Christopher Jordan (arr. 6:05pm) Commissioners absent: Payton Perkins �� Ethan Meirovitz : "t � Debra Reisner � Staff Liaison: Chantell Knauss Assistant City Manager �,� The meeting was convened at 5:39 pm by Chair Snope. A�proval of November 26. 2013 Worksession and November 26. 2013 Reqular Meetinq Minutes Motion by Commissioner Cook, second by Commissioner Burris to approve both the Worksession and Regular minutes. Motion carried 5-0. Finalize Planninq of Martin Luther Kinq (MLK), Jr. Dav Event It was the consensus of the HRC that the event in partnership with Spirit of Hope Church will be advertised to begin at 7:30am with a continental breakfast provided by the HRC with the live televised viewing of the General Mills Foundation's Annual MLK event broadcast from the Minneapolis Convention Center at 8:OOam. Commissioner Johnson will get more detailed information of the event(speaker, etc.)to Knauss. Commissioner Burris agreed to pick up the refreshments and have them to the Spirit of Hope Church at 7:OOam the day of the event. Commissioners were all encouraged to attend the event as well as assist with setting and cleaning up. Finalize 2014 Work Plan Commissioners agreed that the goal of the HRC's "Conversations" events would be to draw attendance from the local Golden Valley community versus Metro wide or regionally. It was the consensus of the HRC to establish set dates/activities for Martin Luther King, Jr. event, have a presence at the Twin Cities Pride Festival June 28-29, and sponsor the September 11 Day of Service and Remembrance in partnership with Second Harvest Heartland. Human Rights Commission December 17,2013 Meeting Minutes Page 1 of 3 The HRC also agreed to focus its 2014 "Conversations" events on the theme of"abuse." The specifics of the theme will be narrowed down (elder, domestic/relationship, etc.) based on further discussions at future meetings. The 2013 Annual Report and 2014 HRC Work Plan will be presented at the Council/Manager Worksession on January 14 at 6:30pm. Review Draft 2013 Annual Report Commissioners reviewed the draft 2013 Annual Report. Commissioner Cook suggested including the 2013 Budget and Expenditure amounts in the report. Consider Alternate Meetinq Dates for Januarv 28, 2014 and Februarv 25, 2014 At a previous meeting, it was suggested that Commissioners participate in the Police Department's Citizen's Academy which is scheduled to be held on Tuesday nights beginning January 21. The HRC's January and February meetings would conflict with the Citizens Academy for any Commissioners participating in it. �:��., Motion by Cook, second by Burris to reschedule the Tuesday,��anuary 28 meeting to Monday, January 27 at 6:30pm. Motion carried 5-0. Request from Citv of Crvstal Human Riqhts Commissioner Aniie Flowers Crystal HRC Commissioner Anjie Flowers has been contacting neighboring HRCs to see if they would be interested in a joint meeting, a date to be determined in the future. It was the consensus of the Golden Valley HRC that it would be interested in participating in this joint meeting. Knauss will provide information when she receives it from Flowers. Update on Global Golden Vallev Kakehashi Proiect (November 16) Commissioner Jordan reported that there were 15-20 students that presented on their experiences while spending a week in Japan. The event was held at the Golden Valley branch of the Hennepin County Library with approximately 70 people in attendance. Bill Hobbs Award Knauss reported one email nomination for the Bill Hobbs Award was received. No official nomination forms were received. It was the Motion by Commissioner Cook, second by Commissioner Burris to promote nominations for the Bill Hobbs Award for 2014 and not award it in 2013. Motion carried 6-0. Discussion of HRC Officers There was discussion as to the pending HRC Chair vacancy due to Chair Snope's election to the City Council with the swearing-in to be January 7, 2014. Vice-Chair Buttress indicated he would be willing to serve as Chair to complete Chair Snope's one-year term. Commissioners requested HRC term expiration information for discussion at the next meeting. Adiourn Motion by Commissioner Cook, second by Commissioner Burris to adjourn the meeting at 6:50 pm. Motion carried 6-0. Follow-up Items: • Commissioner Johnson to get more detailed information of the General Mills Foundation Event (speaker, etc.) to Knauss. • Commissioners need to bring their ideas for"HRC Conversations" events to narrow down the theme of"abuse" for 2014 to the January meeting. Human Rights Commission December 17,2013 Meeting Minutes Page 2 of 3 RespectFully Submitted, Chantell Knauss Assistant City Manager Approved by HRC: Month XX, 2014 .::�:>..:.:...:;y \�� v;�;.;:�o Human Rights Commission December 17,2013 Meeting Minutes Page 3 of 3 Minnesota Humanities Center � Toward a More Perfect Union � .� 1lir�r�f�sc�t�i � �{i��1��fi��'ti Calendar� Contact�Join Our Mailing List�Support Us �.Plllt'I• HOME ABOUT US RESOURCES PROGRAMS&EVENTS PARTNERSHIPS NEWS EVENT CENTER Toward a More Perfect Union � � The Minnesota Humani[ies Center,in partnership with Twin Cities Public Television,announces � ,� a call for host communities for Toward a More Perfect Union:Ta/kingAbout the 11�1 ��1j�` /'�,�1�.j1,� , Constitution. �. --•.. .c��, . r., . _ ___, " ;��;.Do we feel a common connection to the Constitution? �\t�t�� If so,how can that connection help us engage our communities? .�,�,>....'u j...�.r..rR....:,...y:._.,.__ � If not,how can we find shared connection to"the document that keeps us from falling apart'? �. �,__„-..,. i i . .a.�. ✓� _ . ,,t';;_ 1 .r. i..'�., " "`' Pleasejoin a groundbreaking°communiry of Minnesota communities"who are talking about ,. ,.. ,.. ,. : , . . .. the United States Constitution! 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ABOUT US RESOURCES PROGRAMS& PARTNERSHIPS NEWS EVENT CENTER CONTACT US ABSENT NARRATNES EVENTS OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE NEWS MEETING SPACES STAFF AND BOARD RESOURCE COLLKTION ABSENT NARRATNES ST.PAUL PUBLIC SCHOOLS MEDIA CENTER RENTAL W FORMATION SUPPORTUS ABSENTNARRATIVEVIDEOS APPROACH MENUS �� lii��i�c�s��ta �/ �� • tpt� TWIN CITIES PUBlIC 1ELEVfSION ll�uiiaiiit.ies � Ccr�tcr Toward a l�iore Perfect Union: Talking 1lbout the Constitution CONSTITUTION USA Online Resources and Episode Descriptions CONSTITUT�ON USA Wi��k �� _ This document contains information about, and condensed content from, the CONSTITUTION USA website. It includes a description of each CONSTITUTION USA episode and summaries of other online resources available on the website. Please use this information to familiarize yourself with the episodes themselves and the ideas behind them. We hope you will find this information helpful as you prepare your Toward a More Perfed Union host community application. Visit the CONSTITUTION USA website: pbs.org/constitutionUSA Each of the series' four episodes has its own "mini-website,"with a home page, sub-pages, and a question meant to encourage conversation. Find these by going to the CONSTITUTION USA homepage and clicking the appropriate link along the top menu bar. The table below shows at a glance what is covered in each episode. Episode Home Page Sub-Pages One: Federalism Enumerated powers, state powers,the Commerce Clause. Question Does the Federal Government Have Too Much Power? Two: Rights The First and Second Amendments, privacy and property rights,crime and punishment. Question Should There Be Limits on Freedom of Speech? Three• Equality Citizenship and privileges clauses of the Fourteenth � Amendment, due process clause,equal protection clause, disenfranchising felons. Question Do the Children of Illegal Immigrants Have a Right to a Public Education? Four:We The People Separation of powers, political parties,the amendment process. Question Is Political Gridlock Built Into the Constitution? 1 Episode One: A More Perfect Union. Themes and selected clips: http://www.pbs.org/t�t/constitution-usa-peter-sagal/federalism Watch full episode: http://www.pbs.org/tpdconstitution-usa-peter-saQal/watch/a-more-perfect-union One of the most revolutionary aspects of the Constitution is "federalism," the innovative system that created a strong national government while at the same time preserving much of the independence of the states. This delicate balance of power, seemingly hard-wired for disagreement and conflict, has served America well for more than two centuries. But it has also led to tensions throughout American history and still sparks controversy today. In this episode, series host Peter Sagal travels across the country and meets people who believe that the federal government has grown too big and has assumed more power than the framers intended. He talks with a Montana gun rights advocate who believes that federal firearms regulations are taking away his constitutional rights, and to the owner of a medical marijuana dispensary in Oakland that is legal in the state of California, but for which he could be subject to the death penalty according to federal law. On the flip side, Peter meets passionate advocates who point to the essential contributions that can only be made from a strong central government, like the construction of dams and interstate highways, protection of food and drugs, and maintaining clean water and air. He learns how, in times of crisis, such as the battle over integration of schools in Little Rock, Arkansas, it was the federal government that dramatically stepped in to make a difference. Episode Two: It's a Free Country. Themes and selected clips: http://www.pbs.org/tpdconstitution-usa-peter-sagal/rights Watch full episode: http://www.pbs.org/tpUconstitution-usa-peter-sagal/watch/iu-a-free-country Ask Americans what the Constitution's most important feature is, and most will say it's the guarantees of liberty enshrined in the Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments of the Constitution. Americans are fiercely proud of their freedoms but they continue to argue about what those basic rights are and how they can be sustained in a changing world. Are our rights unchangeable, or should they evolve over time?What is the proper role for the courts in interpreting rights? In this episode, Peter looks at historic cases that have expanded or enforced basic liberties, including freedom of religion and the right to legal counsel. But he focuses on the first amendment, freedom of speech, and on the second amendment, the right to bear arms, to help us understand that no right is unlimited.As Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes said, "freedom for the thought we hate" is important to finding truth, and as Yale law professor Akhil Reed says, "The framers recognized that self-government requires the people's access to bullets as well as ballots." Episode Three: Created Equal. Themes and selected clips: http://www.pbs.org/t�Uconstitution-usa-peter-sagal/equalitX Watch full episode: http://www.pbs.org/tpdconstitution-usa-peter-sagal/watch/created-equal The high ideals stated in the Declaration of Independence that"all men are created equal"and endowed 2 with "inalienable rights," did not make it into the Constitution in 1787. It took three-quarters of a century and a bloody civil war before the Fourteenth Amendment of 1868 made equality a constitutional right and gave the federal government the power to enforce it. In the wake of the Civil War, three amendments were added to the U.S. Constitution. The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery (1865), the Fourteenth Amendment made freed slaves citizens of the United States and the state in which they lived (I 868), and the Fifteenth Amendment gave the vote to men of any race (I 870). Of the Civil War Amendments, the Fourteenth Amendment had the most far-reaching effect on the meaning of the Constitution. It conferred both national and state citizenship upon birth, thereby protecting the legal status of the newly freed slaves. Eventually, the amendment would be interpreted to apply most provisions in the Bill of Rights to the states as well as the national government. And finally, the Fourteenth Amendment introduced the ideal of equality to the Constitution for the first time, promising"equal protection of the laws." A key feature of the Fourteenth Amendment was that it directly prohibited certain actions by the states. It also gave Congress the power to enforce the amendment through legislation. The Fourteenth Amendment represented a great expansion of the power of the federal government over the states. It has been cited in more Supreme Court cases than any other part of the Constitution. In fact, it made possible a new Constitution—one that protected rights throughout the nation and upheld equality as a constitutional value. In many ways, it is this "Second Constitution"that governs the nation we live in today, and it is the Fourteenth Amendment that underlies many landmark Supreme Court decisions that have reshaped the contours of American society. In this episode, Peter travels to Tyler, Texas, to meet the Lopez siblings, whose parents successfully challenged a law that prohibited the children of illegal aliens from attending public school. In Kentucky, he talks to a former convict who has served her time and is fighting to regain her right to vote. In Berkeley, California, two women's insistence on their right to marry has thrust them into a battle with the state of California, in a case headed to the United States Supreme Court(which they won in June, 2013). And in New Haven, a white firefighter successfully challenges affirmative action policies that blocked his promotion, claiming the right to "equal protection." Episode Four: Built to Last? Themes and selected clips: http://www.pbs.org/tpdconstitution-usa-peter-sagal/we-the-people Watch full episode: http://www.pbs.org/tpUconstitution-usa-peter-saQal/watch/built-to-last In 1787, the framers of the Constitution designed a system of government that distributed power among three branches—legislative, executive, and judicial. Having just overthrown a king, the framers did not want to concentrate power in one ruler, whether a president or a congress. Therefore, they established checks and balances for each branch over the other two. Some modern critics argue that this system creates gridlock and is ill-suited to the demands of the 2 I st century. But even the framers themselves did not think the Constitution was perfect. That's why they included an amendment process in Article V, allowing the citizenry to make changes to the Constitution 3 as they saw fit. Over the past 225 years, the people have added 27 amendments. In the end, each generation strives to create a"more perfect union"for those to come. In the series final episode, Peter travels to Iceland, where, a few years after the country's economic collapse, leaders decided to create a new constitution, turning to the U.S. Constitution for inspiration and guidance. This prompts Peter to consider the extraordinary longevity of our own founding document. He talks with a variety of Americans, including Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, about why the Constitution, famously brief and full of vague language, has survived for more than two and a quarter centuries. He tells the story of the failed Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution, and shows how sex discrimination was eventually dealt with by court decisions and acts of legislation. One law, Title IX, helped promote girls' sports programs, and Peter meets one of the beneficiaries of that legislation, seventeen-year-old Olympic boxer, Clarissa Shields. Peter also revisits the story of Watergate to see how the system of checks and balances set up by the Constitution prevented the president from overstepping his power. He talks with Congressman Barney Frank, journalist P.J. O'Rourke, and others about threats to our national charter today, including excessive political partisanship, money in politics, gerrymandering, and gridlock. The series ends with reflections on what has kept our Constitution alive and allowed it to stay relevant. Its creation was not a miracle of perfection—some of its innate tensions nearly ripped our country apart, and some trouble us deeply even now. But while our Constitution may not be perfect, scholar Akhil Reed Amar tells Peter that it is perfectible. "It's this epic, flawed, spectacular conversation over more than two centuries and it's still going on. It's a great gift." Classroom Resources There are two sets of student guides—one for middle schools and another for high schools— developed by the National Constitution Center. There are four guides in each set that correspond to the series' main topics of Federalism, Rights, Equality, and We the People. In addition to the student guides, there are video clips for classroom use. This section of the CONSTITUTION USA website also includes a supplemental reading list of books by the experts interviewed in the series. These guides are also available in Spanish. Constitution Games These interactive games, developed by iCivics, are geared for students, but could easily make fun family games. In addition to the iCivics game, there is a citizenship quiz that features actual questions from U.S. naturalization tests. Questions? Need more information? Contact us! If you have questions or would like more information, or if you would just like to think out loud with a member of the Humanities Center's Toward a More Perfed Union staff, please email or call Elizabeth Fei, elizabethf(c�mnhum.org, 651-772-4244. 4 Funding for CONSTITUTION USA with Peter Sagal is provided by U.S. Bank Wealth Management,Anne Ray Charitable Trust, the National Endowment for the Humanities, The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, Baker &McKenzie LLP, Dorsey& Whitney LLP, Shearman & Sterling LLP, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and PBS. Toward a More Perfed Union is supported in�art with funds from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund created by a vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008, and by the National Endowment for the Humanities. CLEAN ��" . N�TION�IfNDOWMFNTfORTNE �� WAT E R . �I.AND & ��I�;a: HUI�YIaI11t1eS / LEGACY � q�i�.�un�E.��r 5 . � ' CITY OF GOLDEN VALLEY HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION 2014 PROPOSED WORK PLAN The Golden Valley Human Rights Commission (HRC) proposes the following work plan for 2014: Martin Lu#her Kina. Jr. Dav The HRC, in partnership with Spirit of Hope Church is sponsoring a continental breakfast and live televised viewing of the General Mills Foundation and United Negro College Fund presentation of the 24th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Breakfast "Reimagine the Future" with keynote speaker ponna Brazile. Twin Cities Pride Festival The HRC would like to participate or have a presence in the Twin Cities Pride Festival to be held June 28-29, 2014. HRC Conversations The HRC plans to host one to two HRC Conversations centered on the theme of abuse for this year. The Commission is working to narrow the theme to a specific area of abuse such as: domestic/relationship violence, elder or child abuse. Based on the specific theme selected, the events may be a speaker presentation, community book reading, movie viewing with follow-up discussion or other type of event with the goal of sparking a conversation in the community about the issue. September 11 Dav of Service and Remembrance The HRC would like to again sponsor a September 11 Day of Service and Remembrance in partnership with Second Harvest Heartland in Golden Valley. This was a successful event in 2013 and HRC would like to continue sponsoring this volunteer effort, possibly on an annual basis. Council/Manager Meeting: January 14, 2014 Human Rights Commissioners • Jonathan Burris, May 2016 • Adam Buttress, May 201 S • Brian Cook, December 2014 • Carla Johnson, May 2016 • Christopher Jordan,May 2014 • Deb Reisner, May 2015 • Ethan Meirovitz, May 2014 • Payton Perkins, May 2014 Date indicates term expiration. �""�� .�� ' � � .��J��T�► ��.T� � � '�`� � � �� 4?Ot�LaksvrewAv�nue t►�vrt9a:��b�;�t�d�l�, 9�fN�54�2 Te�ephane�"'783)535-9C�5'1 rv�vw.t��pu�ofn�nhumanr htrr.� s.ar,a � � � � � � � �� . � � � � � �� • � � �`�,. � � � ��.�� v�� '" � . . . � . �� 1'1..1 iT.l.w i.J��1,,,,�.A7l.14:.+#:i��5.:/ . . ��t�t��,��bru��-y��,2(f14, 1�. u,�a.-�3 p.�9 et��eld�ity�I�I� �S7�t�P�ar�Ianc��v��". ��a�1d,M�V �5�23 �� R y�� d:: m�; '� q � � �� " '; � � � � ' v�"k ` � � �,'� �'�. r, � �� >