Item 2G: Interim Appointment to Human Rights Commission

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I.. What experience, training, and/or qualifications do you have for this particular board or commission? I served on the Human Rights Commission from 2000-2004, when I moved to Queens, NY for one year. I am a grassroots ~rganizer with experience. working in collaboration with many. different types of groups. .1. work at Community Alliance of Lane County (CALC) as a program Co-Coordinator and have been employed there for more than one year. The're are a number of projects that I, as a staff person at CALC, work on in collaboration with the Human Rights Commission. These include Study' Circles and Responding to Hate Activity in Lane County. In addition to these projects, 1 am a member of the City Council's Committee on Race and also the Mayor's Blue Ribbon Task Force on Homelessness. .1 also sit on the Education and Outreach subcommittee. . 2. What specific contribution do you hope to make to the board or commission? Why do you want to become a member? It is my hope that as a human rights commissioner I can help to further the momentum that Study Circles has created in our community. I am working on a project to get Study Circleson Race and Racism into local. high schools, I also. hope to be able to work on creating a protocol around the city's' response to hate activity. I would bring to the comlnission an extensive network of allies that reaches 'into many different areas of the community. I enjoyed the time that I spent on the commission in the past and nope that I will get the chance to work with all of the wonderful people on the current commission. NOTE: To allow a large number of citizens to serve on boards and commissions, the City Council policy allows individuals to sen'e on only one standing board or commission at a 'tiine.A current member of a board/commission who is a succe~sfu/ applicant.for another board/commission will be required to choose between the two appointments. This policy does not apply to ad hoc comntittees or departn'lental committees()r positions that are designated for memb~rs of specific advisory ~roup. t e.g. the Huntan R/ghJs Commission member assigned to the Police Commission). . Information subnlitted on this applicationis'pub1ic information. The information prov'ided herein is.true and' complete.. A false or misleading statement maybe cause for elimination from consideration. Signature of Applicant ~ tR ~ Return completed applications to: ... 0 ~- .Human Rights Center 833 Willamette Street Eo.gene, OR 97401 541-682-5177 . .' 541~682-5221 (F~x) (Applications may be faxed) .Date C:\Documents and Scttings\fergusonjenkins\Desktop\mo's documents\HRC app'.doc