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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06-20-2017 Human Rights Commission1 r ,;will CITY OF IOWA CITY 410 East Washington Street Agenda Iowa City, Iowa 52240-1826 (319) 356-5000 h Human Rights Commission g gov.or356-S09 FAX ww. icov. o rg www.lcgov.org Helling Conference Room, City Hall 410 E. Washington Street Tuesday, June 20, 2017 5:30 PM. 1. Call Meeting to Order and Roll Call. 2. Approval of Minutes from the May 16, 2017 meeting. 3. Public Comment of Items not on the Agenda. 4. Collaborating with Community Organizations. 5. Parties in the Park. 6. Juneteenth (June 24 from 12-5PM Mercer Aquatic Center). 7. Speaker Suggestions for 2017 Human Rights Awards Breakfast. 8. Update on Social Justice and Racial Equity Grant Process FY18. 9. Update from the Rapid Response Team. 10. Update on Building and Crossing Bridges Together Programming. 11. Report from the Iowa City Community School District's Equity Committee. 12. Report from the University of Iowa's Center for Human Rights Advisory Board. 13. Announcements from Commissioners. 14. Announcements from Staff. a. Strategic Planning Meeting for the Social Justice Racial Equity Grant and Commission Subcommittees is set for Tuesday, July 11 from 5:15-7:15 (Meeting Room A at the Robert A. Lee Recreation Center). 15. Next Regular Meeting: July 18, 2017 at 5:30PM. 16. Adjournment. If you will need disability -related accommodations in order to participate in this meeting please contact the Equity Director, Stefanie Bowers, at 319-356-5022 or at stefanie-bowers0iowa- . Early requests are strongly encouraged to allow sufficient time to meet your access needs. Agenda Item Materials Draft Minutes Human Rights Commission Hailing Conference Room, City Hall May 16, 2017 Members Present: Jeff Falk, Adil Adams, Barbara Kutzko, Tahuanty Pena, Joe Coulter, Andrea Cohen, Kim Hanrahan. Members Not Present: Eliza Willis, Shams Ghoneim Staff Present: Stefanie Bowers. Recommendations to City Council: No. Call to Order: Hanrahan called the meeting to order at 5:31 PM. Approval of April 25, 2017 Minutes: Coulter moved to approve the minutes; the motion was seconded by Kutzko. A vote was taken and the motion passed 6-0. (Hanrahan abstained as she was not present at this meeting). Collaborating with Community Organizations: The Commission discussed ways in which it could reach out to other organizations who are doing similar work in the area of human rights. The hope is for this to result in less duplication in events and programs occurring in the community. This will again be discussed at the June meeting where Commissioners will consider drafting a letter to other local humanitarian organizations. Hancher Programming Opportunity: On September 30, Hancher and the Commission will collaborate on an all -day event that will feature a performance by Niyaz, an Iranian Canadian musical duo. Over the next few months, more details of the event will evolve. For example, target audience, the role of the Commission in the actual event, and making sure there are free and reduced price tickets available for persons to participate in the event. Refugee Summit: Hanrahan will forward information on how to register for the summit. Staff will follow up with the planners for more information on the event. Iowa City Pride: Coulter and Willis plan on attending this event on behalf of the Commission. The event is scheduled to be held on June 17 from 12-5 PM. Parities in the Park: Commissioners Falk and Kutzko volunteered to participate in the parties in their neighborhood parks as representatives of the Human Rights Commission. Report from the University of Iowa Center for Human Rights Advisory Board: Cohen attended her first meeting of the Advisory Board on May 1 and noted the many events that are scheduled over the next year that the Center is sponsoring. Announcements: Adams reported on the number of Sudanese graduates from both Kirkwood Community College and the University of Iowa this May. Staff: The strategic planning meeting for the Social Justice Racial Equity Grant is set for July 11 from 5:15 — 7:15 PM at the Robert A. Lee Recreation Center. Next meeting date June 20, 2017 at 5:30 PM. Adjournment: 6:55 PM 2 Human Rights Commission Attendance Record TERM June July July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May NAME EXP. 21, 7, 19, 16, 20, 18, 15, 20, 17, 21, 14, 25, 16, 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 Barbara 1/1/ --- --- --- -- X X X X X X X X Kutzko 2020 Jeff Falk 1/1/ -- - - _- --- --- --- --- X X X X X 2020 Tahuanty 1/1/ --- -- - - - - - -- - - - X X Pena 2020 Joe Coulter 1/1/ X X O/E X O/E X X X X X O/E X X 2019 Adil Adams 1/1/ X X X X X X X X X X X X X 2019 Eliza Jane 1/1/ X X X X X X X X X X X X O/E Willis 2019 Andrea 1/1/ X X X X X X X O/E X X X O/E X Cohen 2018 Kim 1/1/ X X X O X X X X X X X O/E X Hanrahan 2018 Shams 1/1/ X X X X X X O/E X X X X X O/E Ghoneim 2018 Kev X = Present O = Absent O/E = Absent/Excused R = Resigned Agenda Item 5 PARTIES IN THE PARK 2017 6:30-8 pm June 8 Court Hill June 15 Kiwanis June 22 North Market Square June 29 Oak Grove July 6 Creekside July 13 Reno July 20 Mercer July 27 Glendale August 3 Wetherby August 10 South Hickory Hill August 17 College Green August 24 Brookland Park 3AV JAY N NC�r19N® a 6 SMNYN DaIBONIWWfIH 153AMYH WMV3 11005 OA1911Wa iy rm BO NM O z C.,) 'ARCH IP `2 C oov o R $ 5 iLL LE HARVE E o _ <s x od ls3 ° m a31sv d _ 0 w ®�3Atl 15T y ' RRA LYN � O � � � �/i3c� VERGE' .. c w p d� �GP3w© g31;Y9 0 ELT'¢ 1 & �y O �NDELL p" 3NId � "ONY.UB m i ii RUSSELL Houvi w NIINNC. d' lHY3d OAKlAN9 tt S ® g x owe TT 2 SNVA SUNNST 6 O P AYMDYONB N3X0 LK z ' ® x $ O ORJS 39000 AOaVW WAaAOB O Z W /`13ano NYA Y /le�T p�0 � NNIT W 151139E0 w well :a-• :.'-.. 15 30UOB00 tidmi r. 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Fa �CNN3N 31aIYad DIM A Lcc „�„INFr�JS 33 B a ZZZOSIn i CJmp CARD µBW POD Nrvrvrvmmmmmmmmmm vvva�a vv�a 3 a a3MoruoTs Y 3 y Zk Y p t _ d O Y C 1 �.� d AY � q C i O .— C ry pp RR b a Z00W C�WL-iLWCN�O ZN 15 Cl LLl` O iR eINMONUJ^�mOti Ntiti NNti�mNNNNNN d N N N Agenda Item 7 Stefanie Bowers From: Stefanie Bowers Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2017 11:28 AM To: Stefanie Bowers Subject: Follow Up HRC Meeting Attachments: IC Compassion Letter.pdf To follow up on the meeting held on Tuesday, May 16 attached is the vendor letter for the upcoming Refugee Summit and Kim has provided the link to register. If any commissioners are interested in attending please let me know and the City will pay for your registration. Here is the link to Not In Our Town: Resoonding To Hate PowerPoint Below is the list of Keynote Speakers from 2006-2016 for the Human Rights Breakfast. Please send me names of persons you would like to see Keynote the 2017 Breakfast. Dr. Georgina Dodge, Chief Diversity Officer U of Chad Simmons, Diversity Focus Orville Townsend, Community Member Diane Finnerty, Office of the Provost U of I Wallace Loh, Former Provost U of I Pak Nurack, Former owner of Thai Flavors William L. Boyd, President Emeritus U of I Former Congressman Jim Leach Reverend Orlando Dial Alfred Ramirez, Diversity Focus Thanks! Dave Leshtz After 25 years as a social worker and University of Iowa disabilities educator, Dave Leshtz has devoted himself to issue advocacy and politics statewide and nationally. He served for eight years on the Iowa Civil Rights Commission, four as chair. He has been a board member of the Iowa Center for AIDS Research and Education (ICARE), ACLU of Iowa, and Americans for Democratic Action, an organizer for Service Employees International Union, and co-editor of The Prairie Progressive. Dave served as Constituency Outreach Director for Gov. Howard Dean's presidential caucus campaign, and since 2007 has been a District Representative for Congressman Dave Loebsack. Congressman Dave Loebsack Congressman Dave Loebsack is currently serving his sixth term in the United States House of Representatives. He represents Iowa's Second Congressional District which encompasses much of Eastern and Southern Iowa. In 2015, Dave began serving on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which is the oldest standing committee in the House. It has jurisdiction over a wide range of issues, including energy policy; healthcare policy; trade policy; telecommunications and the internet; environment and air quality; and consumer affairs and protection. Having a seat on this committee allows Dave to make a greater impact on job creation, growing the economy, making sound investments in renewable energy such as wind, solar and biofuels and growing the Middle Class in Iowa and across the country. Previously, Dave served as a member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce and the House Armed Services Committee. Jeri and Dawn BarbouRoske The BarbouRoskes are an Iowa City couple who were co -plaintiffs in a lawsuit that produced a unanimous Iowa Supreme Court ruling that same gender couples have a right to marry in Iowa. They join a hallowed roll of Iowa civil rights pioneers on the national stage, a list that began in 1839 when the Iowa high court held "no man in this territory can be reduced to slavery." Karen Kubby Social activist and national third -party political workshop speaker, Karen served 11 years (1989- 00) as Iowa City council member and directed Emma Goldman Clinic (1999-08). She is the current co-owner of Dawn's Hide & Bead Away. She teaches, creates, and sells pottery, craftwork and jewelry. She first lived in Iowa City from 1970-72. Since returning in 1978, her impact on local political life has mushroomed, especially "green" and "progressive" causes. After two unsuccessful candidacies, her election to city council brought ascendency of her voice for socialism and liberalism locally and beyond. Jean Hall Lloyd -Jones A member of the League of Women Voters since 1955, she's served as local and state president. She was elected to the Iowa General Assembly in 1978, serving four terms in the House and two terms in the Senate. As a state legislator, she and others formed a support group for women pages, which later became the Legislative Women's Caucus. She managed the "Buckle up Baby" bill, steered the government reorganization bill through the House, and led the effort to revitalize rail service through central Iowa. She conceived the idea for the Iowa Peace Institute, worked to build and fund that organization, and served as its chair for the first eight years. She is the only woman in Iowa to have been nominated by a major party for the US Senate. She has been a member of the Iowa Sister States Program for many years, traveling to China, Russia and Japan as a citizen ambassador. Lloyd -Jones was inducted into the Iowa Women's Hall of Fame in 2003. Dorothy Whiston Dorothy is the Pastor at First Baptist Church (FBC) in Iowa City. FBC is a friendly, progressive congregation that welcomes people of all backgrounds and orientations and seeks to serve the wider community. June Correspondence I r t `�rlrt®rq� races._ July 1, 2017 CITY OF IOWA CITY 410 East Washington Street Iowa City. Iowa 52240-1826 (319) 356-5000 (319) 356-5009 FAX www.icsov.org Thank you for your interest in seeking sponsorship from the Iowa City Human Rights Commission. The Commission provides funding to organizations and agencies to offset the costs of organizing, planning, and facilitating educational public forums or programs and activities that are designed to eliminate racial, religious, cultural, and other intergroup tensions, including but not limited to, sex, color, creed, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, age, and national origin. To process your request for sponsorship, we need you to take a few minutes to fill out the attached application form. Please note sponsorship requests are due by 5 p.m. on the second Monday of each month. The Iowa City Human Rights Commission will review the request at their monthly meeting and staff will contact you to let you know whether the request has been approved. If you are awarded funding, you will be required to submit a full (one page) summary of funding impact, including but not limited to, number of persons involved in your project, anecdotal stories to share with the team about the event, frequency of the event, and other essential information. Reporting instructions for full reimbursement of funds are attached to this document. If you have any questions about the application process, please do not hesitate to contact Equity Director,Stefanie Bowers at 319-356-5022 or stefanie-bowersna,iowa-citv.org. Sincerely, Stefanie Bowers Equity Director/HumanRights Coordinator HRC APPLICATION FORM REQUESTING SPONSORSHIP FY18 Today's Date: Group/organization Name: Contact person: Phone number: Date of activity/event/program: Event location and address: Is the event location wheelchair accessible? Email address: Is the event location accessible to individuals with visual impairments? Describe the activity/event/program and how it contributes to Human Rights: Amount of funds requested and itemized budget (provide the budget on separate sheet): Other funders involved? How will this activity/event/program be marketed? it t CITY OF IOWA CITY 410 East Washington Street Iowa City. Iowa 52240-1826 (319) 356-5000 (319) 356-5009 FAX www.icgov.org Will sponsors be mentioned and/or sponsor logos be used in the marketing of the activity/event/program? Is the activity/event/program a fundraiser? If so, explain: Please acknowledge by initialling here that you have read the cover letter to this form: Submit request to: Stefanie Bowers City of Iowa City 410 E. Washington Street Iowa City, IA 52240-1826 Or By facsimile to 319-887-6213 or email to stefanie-bowers@iowa-city.org. Funding Changes - Human Rights Commission - Funding applications must be submitted a month before an event as the Human Rights Commission meets and votes on requests on the 3rd Tuesday of every month. If you are awarded funding, you will be required to submit a full (one page) summary of funding impact, including but not limited to, number of persons involved in your project, anecdotal stories to share about the event, frequency of the event, and other essential information. Each organization must submit both receipts and an invoice to Stefanie Bowers within 3 weeks (fifteen business days) after the event to receive reimbursement. The invoice must include the dates of the receipts, a W-9, and the address for where payment should be remitted. Funding reimbursement will not be issued until receipts, invoice and the report are submitted. If you have been approved for funding and you no longer need it, you must notify Stefanie Bowers within 3 weeks (fifteen business days) after your event so that we can release the funding for other community organizations to have an opportunity to apply for the funding. THE JOHNSON COUNTY COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PRESENTS N! N! N! N? N! N! N? N! N? N? N? In Her Shoes: Living with Domestic Violence An Interactive Community Experience Wednesday June 21, 2017 2:30-4:30PM Iowa City Public Library Meeting Room A How does the world look from another's perspective — particularly from the view of a woman who is experiencing violence? In Her Shoes allows us to temporarily experience life as a woman experiencing violence. It is an interactive, educational exercise used in a workshop setting to help us connect to the day-to-day reality for women experiencing violence, deepen our empathy and compel us to take action. QUESTIONS? Scott-Stevens@iowa-city.org C01� � 1041 CIA 01 � THE SANKOFA OUTREACH CONNECTION AND THE IOWA CITY AREA JUNETEENTH COMMITTEE INVITES YOU TO THE JUNFTEENTH Tk4,MLRLA2ER5 i\APARDS 23 JUNE 20171 DOORS OPEN AT 6PM AWARD CEREMONY PROMPTLY AT 7PM RADISSON INN CONFERENCE CENTER, 12201ST AVE, CORALVILLE 00/ BLACK TIE ATTIRE EVENT KEYNOTE SPEAKER Marian L Coleman Marian Coleman served for nearly 40 years as an educator and an administrator within the ICCSD Marian is a life-long educator and innovator of programs. She has focused her career on education, civil rights and community service where she was and still is a strong advocate for the underrepresented populations. She is known for her willingness to mentor others and she works tirelessly to share herjourney with others in the pursuit of Education. 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I thought I would also include Andrea's comments, as I think that they too line up with the direction we are heading —to have an interactive program throughout the day. Please let me know your thoughts?? Regards, Barbara IOWA CITY HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION @ HANCHER Building and Crossing Bridges Together 1:00-1:15 pm Welcome by Iowa City Human Rights commissioners Brief introduction: Building Community through the celebration of threads of commonality between diverse groups and cultures by way of the arts --music, dance, songs, etc. (select a speaker —someone from Hancher?) 1:15pm Interactive Activities: Breakout groups(?) Music (and/or other creative means of exploring our cultural differences/similarities). Divide groups into separate rooms. After interactive activity, each group will take ten minutes or so to reflect and share their experience within their group. 2:45-3:00 pm Break 3:00 pm Keynote and Q+A: Niyaz <htto://www.nivazmusic.com/> Iranian -American musicians from the band Niyaz talk about The Fourth Light Project. 4:00 pm Breakout Groups 4:30 pm Reflection as a whole group 4:45 pm Closing & Adjournment 5:00 pm Dinner on Your Own 7:30 pm Hancher Performance (httr)s://hancher.uiowa.edu/2017-18/`Nivaz) J Niyaz, The Fourth Light Project ll/Jj1\/ Please let us know your thoughts. Thanks! U https:/]outlwk.live.com/0wa/?path=/mailAnboxlrp 112 6/20/2017 Micah Mail - adawd29@hotmail.com Micah Ariel James I Education Manager Hancher I The University of Iowa micahariel-james@uiowa.edu <mailto:micahariel-james(cDuiowa.edu> 1319.335.0009 <tel:319.335.0009> www.hancher.uiowa.edu httr)://www.hancher.uiowa.edu > Listen to the Hancher Presents <httos://soundcloud.com/user-949912361/tracks>podcast, now on Soundcloud and iTunes! https://outlook.live.comlma/?path=/mailftnbox/rp 2/2 stelanie Rnacis From: Kutzko, Barbara E <barbara-kutzko@uiowa.edu> Sent: Friday, June 16, 2017 10:42 AM To: Stefanie Bowers Subject: Re: Upcoming Meeting Good morning Stephanie, I have two recommendations I would like to submit for the Human Rights Breakfast Speaker. Both women have done remarkable things for the minority community in Iowa City. Thanks! Barbara Billie Townsend -- Twenty years after moving to Iowa City from inner city St. Louis, Billie Townsend still remembers her first year as an Iowan. It was, in short, a year of culture shock. First, there was the cold. Then there was the absence of large shopping malls and the lack of soul food. But the biggest change, she says, was in demographics. "Picture yourself as a minority," says Townsend, who is African American. "And you go through days at a time and you don't see anyone else that looks like you. How do you go through your day feeling like you don't quite fit?" And while there were local celebrations of occasions like Martin Luther King Jr. Day, "they just didn't feel right," Townsend remembers. "There seemed to be cultural pieces that w&e missing from these events." When Townsend mentioned this to her husband Orville, a longtime Iowan, he told her, "If you're not willing to step up and make a difference, then you can't complain." So she decided to step up. Now Townsend is known for her work helping minorities feel more at ease on campus and around town. She's also happy to call Iowa City -and The University of Iowa, where she earned a master's degree in student development and counselor education and works as a professional departmental assistant in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences dean's office -home. Lois Harper Eichacker -- Lois Harper Eichacker was born in 1932 and is a fifth generation Iowan living in Fort Madison. She has spent her adult life advancing the causes of the disadvantaged, especially children and the working poor, by participating in the formation of public policies that affect them. Beginning her career at Southeast Iowa Community Action Organization in 1967, she served as executive director from 1974 to 1989. In the past, Eichacker has been president of the Region Seven Community Action Directors' Association, on the Iowa Humanities Board, on the Long Term Task Force, and Investing in People. Currently, she is a member of the Board of Directors of the Iowa Department of Economic Development, vice -chair 1991 to present; State Job Training Coordinating Council; Commission of Community Action Agencies, chairperson 1992 to present; Council on Human Investment; Iowa's Policymakers' Institute; NAACP; PIC; AAUW, and the University of Iowa Black Alumni Association. She has received many honors, including the Bob Tyson Outstanding Partner in Community Action Award, and the naming of the CAP Neighborhood Center in Fort Madison, the Eichacker Center. Eichacker is the president-elect of the 46,000- member U of I Alumni Association. She was inducted into the Iowa Women's Hall of Fame in 1994. On 6/13/17 12:06 PM, "Barbara Kutzko" <barbara-kutzko@uiowa.edu> wrote: Hi Stephanie, Unfortunately, I will be unable to attend next week's meeting. We will be with family in Michigan. Regards, Barbara On 6/13/17 11:27 AM, "Stefanie Bowers" <Stefanie-Bowers@iowa-citv.org> wrote: Commissioners, An agenda has been posted for the upcoming meeting of the Human Rights Commission for Tuesday, June 20, 2017. The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Helling Conference Room. Please let me know if you will not be in attendance. Thanks. View the agenda for this meeting <http://I i n ks.govdel ivery. com:80/track?tvpe=click&enid=Z W FzPTE m bXN pZDOmYXV pZDOmb W F pbGl uZ2 [kPT[w MTcwN iEzLicONTQzM zQxJmllc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTCOVMDE3MDYxMv43NDUOMzMOMSZkYXRhYmFzZWIkPTEwMDEmc2VvaW FsPTE2ODgOMZl1J mVtYW Isa W Q9c3RIZmFuaW UtYm93ZXJzQGlvd2EtY2lOeS5vcmcmdXNlcmlkPXNOZWZhbmIILWJvd2VvcOBpb3dhLW NpdHkub3JnJnRhc mdldGlkPSZmbDOmbXZpZDOmZXhOcmE9JiYm&&&102&&&http://www8.iowa- city.org/weblink/0/edoc/1584478/HRC%206%2020%2017.pdf> . Draft Hate Crime Response Team / Task Force Planning Invitation Letter AMC Iowa City Human Rights Commission 6/20/17 Dear You are cordially invited to attend/participate in a meeting to establish an Iowa City Hate Crime Response Team (or Iowa City Hate Crime Task Force or... Please join us on [date] at [time] at [place]. Regrets only. Hate crimes affect our entire community, and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, political affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, age, or disability, or the person's association with a person of a certain race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, political affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, age, or disability. Hate crimes can be overt, public in nature —violence, hate speech, notes left on doors or cars, property damage. They can also be covert and more insidious — being ignored, racist preferences, body language communication, or passive aggressiveness, making others feel unwelcome and uncomfortable. The City of Iowa City will benefit greatly from a Team/Force by sending a clear message to the community that all residents are welcome. They can rely on protection from and investigation of hate and prosecution of perpetrators no matter who they are. Short list of issues the Response Team/Task Force will need to address: • Definitions of hate crimes and how to identify them. • Composition of the Team/Force, keeping in mind education, employment, housing, commerce, leisure, public safety, media, etc. will need representation. • Reporting and investigation protocols for victim(s), law enforcement, and the media. • Victim, family, school, and community support. • Perpetrator(s) protocol. • Public communication. Sincerely,