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Issues <br />tĞƐƚƌŝǀĞƚŽŵĂŬĞƵŐĞŶĞĂƐĂĨĞ͕ůŝǀĂďůĞ͕ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚŝǀĞĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJĨŽƌĞǀĞƌLJŽŶĞ͘ƵŐĞŶĞŝƐǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ <br />ŽŶďĞĐŽŵŝŶŐĂŚƵŵĂŶƌŝŐŚƚƐĐŝƚLJ͕ĐĂŶLJŽƵŝĚĞŶƚŝĨLJƐƉĞĐŝĨŝĐŝƐƐƵĞƐŽƌƚŽƉŝĐƐǁĞƐŚŽƵůĚĨŽĐƵƐŽŶŝŶ <br />ƚŚĞƐĞĞĨĨŽƌƚƐ͍ <br />Table 5: Frequency of issues the HRC should focus upon according to survey <br />respondents. <br />Topics&IssuesHRCshouldfocuson <br />CountFrequency <br />Homelessness7 <br />SupportfortheLatino/acommunity7 <br />Focusonracisminthecommunity7 <br />High <br />PreventinghatecrimesandbuildingtoleranceforLGBTQpersons7 <br />Rightsandservicesforundocumentedimmigrants6 <br />Servicesfortroubledyouth6 <br />Diversitytrainingsforpoliceandcityemployees4 <br />Moresupportservicesforelderlypopulation3 <br />Medium <br />Supportforthementallyill3 <br />Increasedsafetyandlightinginpublicparks3 <br />Resourcesforthedeafandhardofhearing3 <br />Source:Equity&HumanRightsCenterSurvey <br /> <br />HRC Activities <br />dŚĞŝƚLJŽĨƵŐĞŶĞĂŶĚ,ƵŵĂŶZŝŐŚƚƐŽŵŵŝƐƐŝŽŶĂŝŵƐƚŽƌĂŝƐĞƚŚĞƉƌŽĨŝůĞŽĨŽƵƌŚƵŵĂŶƌŝŐŚƚƐ <br />ǁŽƌŬŝŶƚŚĞĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJĂŶĚďĞĂǀŝƐŝďůĞƉƵďůŝĐƌĞƐŽƵƌĐĞ͘ŚĞĐŬĂŶLJŽĨƚŚĞĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐŽƉƚŝŽŶƐƚŚĂƚ <br />ƌĞĨůĞĐƚLJŽƵƌƉƌĞĨĞƌƌĞĚŵĞƚŚŽĚĨŽƌŐĞƚƚŝŶŐĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJŚƵŵĂŶƌŝŐŚƚƐŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƚŝŽŶ͘ <br />Theresultsshowatrendthathalf(6outof12)ofthetopics,50%orgreaterrespondentslisted <br />theseactionitemsastopprioritiesfortheHRC.Figure1graphicallyrepresentsprioritiesfor <br />theHRCandeachisdisplayedusingapercentageofthosewhorespondedtothequestionsto <br />normalizeresults.HRCActionItemslistedas͚sĞƌLJ/ŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ͛(50%ormore)accordingtothe <br />SurveyOnline: <br />Advocatingincitygovernmenttoprotect,respect,andfulfillhumanrights <br />ProvidingtrainedadvocatestoassistEugeneresidentswhofacediscriminationor <br />harassment; <br />Researchingandprovidingsolutionsforhumanrightsissues; <br />Educationandoutreachprovidinginformationon͚ŬŶŽǁŝŶŐyourƌŝŐŚƚƐ͖͛ <br />Advisingcitycouncilonpolicyinvolvinghumanrightsmatters;and <br />Holdingpublichumanrightstrainingevents. <br />Amongtheleastpopularresponsesinclude:conductingresearchandpublishingreportson <br />humanrightsissues,advocatinginSalemforhumanrightslegislationonthestatelevel,and <br />holdingpublicmeetingsandcoordinatingactionsonhumanrightsconcerns.Twentyone <br />HRC Priorities <br />July 2011 Page | 6 <br /> <br />