HomeMy WebLinkAboutHRCAgenda_2023_04_13Human Rights Commission
City of Brookings
Meeting Agenda
Brookings City & County
Government Center
520 3rd St., Suite 230
Brookings, SD 57006
Phone: (605) 692-6281
Fax: (605) 692-6907
Brookings City & County Government Center
520 3rd St., Suite 230, Conference Room 241
5:30 PMThursday, April 13, 2023
If a member of the public would like to join this meeting virtually,
please call the HR Dept. at (605) 692-6281 for meeting access.
1. Call To Order
2. Approval of Agenda
3. Approval of Minutes
4. Public Comment
5. Old Business
a. Educating ourselves (Thasing, Neubauer)
b. Taskforce to meet with Police Chief re. pamphlets (Fickes: schedule meeting with
Nagy, Thasing, Moore, and Collins)
c. DEI training (Fickes: outreach to Marlene Schultz; all: suggestions)
d. Transition from student seat to 3Y term (Bell)
e. Suggestions for school staff summer professional development (All)
f. Anti-bullying campaign (Thasing, Nagy)
g. Medicaid expansion (Fickes)
h. MEI presentation (Novotny)
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6. New Business
a. BACC New Resident Taskforce (Nagy)
b. Goal strategizing: Launch Citywide DEI and Welcoming Initiative (Nagy)
i. Assemble an advisory committee
ii. Catalog DEI best practices of peer cities
iii. Devise a citywide DEI action plan
c. Expanding the budget (Thasing)
d. SDSU Students' Association liaison (Nagy)
e. SDSU Student Representative (Thasing)
f. Increasing our agility (Nagy)
g. Officer elections (Thasing)
7. Reports
a. Liaisons
i. Brookings Police Department
ii. SDSU Police Department
iii. Brookings Sheriff Office
iv. Brookings School District
v. SDSU
vi. Library
vii. Disability Committee
viii. CLEAR
b. Working groups
i. Social Media/Communication
ii. Common Read
iii. LGBTQ Awareness
1. TDOV
2. Brookings Pride, June 3
iv. International Outreach
v. Inclusivity/Community Outreach
1. Listening session: Religious Minorities, March 22
2. Potluck: McCrory Gardens, April 22
vi. Trainings/Complaint Process
vii. Africans in the Diaspora Culture Awareness
1. Juneteenth
viii. Indigenous Peoples
c. Budget (Bell)
7. Adjournment
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Human Rights Commission Members: Amanda Fickes, Lawrence Novotny, Carla Gatzke, Emma Nusrat Qurashi,
Dianne Nagy, Nieema Thasing, Erica Moore, and Pastor Mark Johnsen; College Student Representative VACANT,
SDSU Liaison: Alex Wood, Brookings School District Liaison: Michelle VandeWeerd; County Appointment:
Behnoosh Amandi; LGBTQ Liaisons: Lawrence Novotny; Police Liaisons: Brookings County Sheriff's Department
Marci Gebers, SDSU Police Department Chief Timothy Heaton, Brookings Police Department Caleb Johnson. City
Staff: Casey Bell Human Resources Director.
Assisted Listening Systems (ALS) are available upon request by contacting (605) 692-6281. If you require
additional assistance, alternative formats, and/or accessible locations consistent with the Americans with
Disabilities Act, please contact Casey Bell, City ADA Coordinator and Human Resources Director, at (605)
692-6281 at least three working days prior to the meeting.
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