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City of Brookings
Meeting Agenda - Final
Brookings City & County
Government Center
520 3rd St., Suite 230
Brookings, SD 57006
Phone: (605) 692-6281
Fax: (605) 692-6907
3rd Floor Community Room 30012:00 PMMonday, August 14, 2017
REGULAR MEETING
1. Call to Order
2. Designate a recorder
3. Adoption of the Agenda
4.ID 2017-0484 Approval of minutes
July 10, 2017 MinutesAttachments:
5. Discussion regarding Equity Lens, Diversity Council, Bias-Hate Crimes Response Plan by Nathan
Ziegler, SDSU Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Access
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August 14, 2017Human Rights Commission Meeting Agenda - Final
6.ID 2017-0485 Updates/Reports:
A.Comprehensive Master Plan Stakeholder meeting
B.2017 Butler Human Rights Awards
C.Dr. Martin Luther King Day - review draft essay rubric, 2017 task
list, select themes
D.Community Common Read Committee Report
E.Fall Diversity Potluck
F.Brookings Inclusivity Team
G.Municipal Equality Index (MEI) Scorecard Committee
1)2017 Scorecard Submittal
2)City Diversity Training
3)Safe Zone Program
4)Update on Boys & Girls Club initiatives
H.Brookings PFLAG (parents, family & friends of lesbians & gays)
Chapter Kick-off Meeting - September 28 at 6:30 pm, Brookings
Public Library
Draft Essay Rubric
MLK Task List
Attachments:
7. Correspondence/Announcements/Calendar
8/14 HRC 12:00 pm
9/12 HRC 12:00 pm
9/28 PFLAG, Library, 6:30 pm
10/8 Fall Diversity Potluck, McCrory Gardens Education & Visitor Center, 5-7 pm
10/9 Native American Day Holiday
10/10 HRC 12:00 pm
11/14 HRC 12:00 pm
12/7 Mayor’s Holiday Party
12/11 HRC 12:00 pm
12/31 Terms expiring
8. Adjournment
Human Rights Commission Members: Lawrence Novotny, Maggie Owens, Chandradhar Dwivedi, Laura Renee
Chandler, Penny Hauffe, Steve Bayer, George Hamer, Judy Karen, Shafiqur Rahman, and Meagan Irvine-Miller.
SDSU Liaison: Dr. Nathan Ziegler, SDSU Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Access. LGBTQ Liaisons:
Sergeant Marci Gebers, Brookings Police Department; Chief Timothy Heaton, University Police Department;
Lawrence Novotny, Mayor's Office & Human Rights Commission; Lieutenant Derrick Powers, Brookings Police
Department; and Deputy Chuck Umberger, Brookings Sheriff's Office. City Staff: Shari Thornes, City Clerk.
Assisted Listening Systems (ALS) are available upon request. Please contact Shari Thornes, Brookings City
Clerk, at (605)692-6281 or sthornes@cityofbrookings.org. If you require additional assistance, alternative
formats, and/or accessible locations consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act, please contact Shari
Thornes, City ADA Coordinator, at (605)692-6281 at least three working days prior to the meeting.
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