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<br />? <br /> Held a training on April 16, 2005, attended by over 50 people <br />? <br /> Developed plans to expand the program to the Bethel and 4J school districts <br />? <br /> Updated the ten-year-old video for the Paso a Paso program <br /> <br />Mr. McGowan reported that the highest number of cases still were in relation to the EPD, with race, <br />ethnicity, and disability cases also being high. <br /> <br />Ms. Urbina gave an update on the HRC’s commitment to addressing emerging issues. She said that a <br />difficult problem for the HRC was to say “no.” She said that people were always bringing issues before the <br />commission with the expectation that the commission would do something about those issues. She repeated <br />that these issues were important and that it was extremely difficult to say “no.” Ms. Urbina reported on the <br />following issues which the commission did address: <br /> <br />? <br /> The Eugene Public Library access issue – brought forth by an HRSS advocate <br />? <br /> Racial Profiling/Race Relations – partnered with the City Club for Study Circles on Racism and <br />partnered with the City to provide diversity training for City Councilors <br />? <br /> Held a Mental Health and Human Rights Forum on March 26, 2005 – future forums were planned <br />? <br /> Held a joint meeting with the Police Commission <br />? <br /> Worked with Communities United for Better Policing (CUBP) <br />? <br /> Participated in and monitored the Complaint Process and Civilian Oversight research done by the Police <br />Commission <br />? <br /> Social Security Number Policy Outreach – The HRC was charged with developing and administering <br />the $5,000 contract to coordinate outreach activities in the Latino and Spanish-speaking communities. <br />The HRC selected Centro LatinoAmericano to conduct the project. Commissioners and EPD personnel <br />visited six area churches and presented information to a total of 1,130 adults. This provided entire <br />families with the opportunity to have one-on-one time with representatives from the EPD, the HRC, and <br />the Police Commission. <br /> <br />Ms. Rich reported on the Gender Identity Code revision work which had been ongoing since 2002. She said <br />that the ultimate goal was to add gender identity as a protected class in the City’s anti-discrimination <br />ordinance. She said that the process had been an extraordinary learning experience for all involved and that <br />the more that was learned, the more it was apparent that there was much to do before passing the legislation <br />on to the City Council. Ms. Rich said there had been wonderful community input and response. She noted <br />the list of Gender Identity Work Group members on page 14. She thanked those members and the staff for <br />all of their time and research. She said that the work would continue. <br /> <br />Ms. Rich began a review of the 2005-06 Work Plan. <br /> <br />Goal 1: Build Community Within the Human Rights Commission that Encourages Accomplishing its <br />Community Work with Integrity <br /> <br />Ms. Rich said that the HRC would be concentrating on actively recruiting new members for the HRC and its <br />committees. She said that it was exciting meeting people at different events such as the Asian Celebration, <br />informing them of the HRC and its work, and eventually having some of them become active members and <br />participants in the program. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council October 24, 2005 Page 11 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br />