Item B: Annual Meeting with Human Rights Commission

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HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRAM FY 2006 ACTIVITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS INTERN AND VOLUNTEER SUPPORT Volunteers The Human Rights Program depends on the gener- osity of its program members' willingness to volunteer their time and energy to thousands of hours of meetings, events, and pro- jects. More than forty commissioners and committee members attend monthly meetings, staff booths at community events, tes- tify at public meetings, help at the office, coordinate events, and much, much more. The Human Rights Program was fortunate to a number of interns during the reporting period Interns: work with In addition to the many hours volunteers contribute, a few spe- cific volunteer efforts are noted below Education and Outreach Committee member Steve Smith vOlun- teered an afternoon every week to providing office support to the program. Steve helped organize office supplies, entered Paso a Paso case data, and assisted with other projects Raquel Wells, a City employee at Petersen Barn and a Family and Human Services Major at the University of Ore- gon, completed an internship with the program during the winter term of 2006. In consultation with Human Rights and Human Resource and Risk Services staff, Raquel de- veloped a resource guide about gender identity issues for use by City employees who are transgender or are working with someone who is transgender. She also assisted with the implementation of the community Study Circles on Race pogram The Human Rights Program continues to benefit from volunteer James Dean's tireless dedication to the program. During FY 2006, James Dean spent 20 - 60 hours each week providing such essen- tial tasks as office, phone and meeting support, Human Rights Support System case intake and assignment, tabling/booth or- ganization and staffing, meeting support, and more. James Dean's actions allowed the program to provide a level of service that otherwise could not have been offered. Intern Wendy Watson, a Political Science major at Lane Community College, assisted with commission work during the winter term of 2006. She completed research on assis- tive listening systems in preparation for the purchase of equipment for the Atrium's Sloat Room, provided genera office support, and developed volunteer manuals. Eve Terran, graduate student in the Conflict and Dispute Resolution Program at the University of Oregon Law School, spread her summer internship time between the Human Rights Program and Womenspace. She attended meetings to acquaint herself with the program. Eve was recently hired by Lane County to work on human rights ef- fa rts. Page 20 FY 2007/2008 Work Plan FY 2006 Annual Report and Eugene Human Rights Commission