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16 <br />groups, and charge this staff member with coordinating a campaign of public awareness <br />building and advocacy for those experiencing discrimination. <br /> <br />3. Charge the Human Rights and Neighborhood Involvement Office with making the Rights <br />Assistance Program (RAP) much more visible and user friendly to marginalized <br />communities, and reporting quarterly to these communities on the types of complaints <br />received by RAP and from which groups, along with their disposition. <br /> <br />4. Make organizations that advocate for Eugene’s vulnerable communities more visible and <br />their activities more easily accessible by using the City’s website to describe and provide <br />links to these organizations, their leaders, their programs and resources, and their <br />calendars of activities. <br /> <br />5. Designate City-owned physical space(s) for members of marginalized groups to gather on a <br />regular basis to welcome newcomers, make new friends, network with others, share <br />common concerns and celebrate cultural traditions. <br /> <br />6. Establish a planning committee for a centrally located, comprehensive multi-cultural center <br />in Eugene, with the majority of committee membership drawn from marginalized groups. <br /> <br />7. Require the City staff members responsible for programming events downtown in the Park <br />Blocks, in Kesey Square and elsewhere in Eugene to systematically reach out to <br />marginalized communities each year to find out what events they would like to see occur, <br />what events they would like to participate in and if/how they would like to showcase their <br />presence to the broader community. <br /> <br />8. Fund a summit for marginalized communities where attendees explore common problems <br />and needs, discuss ways in which they can cooperate with and support one another, and <br />identify issues on which it would be most effective to speak with a common voice. <br /> <br />9. Provide Know Your Rights trainings on a regular basis aimed at marginalized communities. <br /> <br />Goals attainable in the longer term <br /> <br />1. Establish a centrally located, City-owned, multi-cultural center that provides a home base <br />where members of marginalized communities – young and old – can gather, meet, teach, <br />provide information and celebrate their cultural traditions. <br /> <br />2. Expand cultural competency and gender diversity awareness trainings for all City <br />employees, including police, which focus on marginalized communities in Eugene, and open <br />these trainings up to teachers and administrators at 4J and Bethel Schools. Seek <br />recommendations directly from marginalized community members as to which trainings <br />and trainers would be most effective. <br /> <br />3. Provide City resources and support to groups in the community interested in resurrecting <br />the annual Eugene Celebration in the form of a Multicultural Parade and Festival, an event <br />showcasing the foodstuffs, music and other cultural attributes of the different communities <br />that make up Eugene. <br />September 12, 2018, Work Session - Item 1