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Description
The Boston Human Rights Commission hosted a Public Meeting on Tuesday, June 29th, 2021 at 5PM via Zoom. This was the first annual meeting of the Commission. In this meeting, the current status of each Initiatives the Commissioners voted on last year was discussed along with the logo and mission statement of the Commission.
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It's
5
p.m,
and,
in
accordance
with
the
commonwealth
of
massachusetts
executive
order
suspending
certain
provisions
of
the
open
meeting
lure,
we
are
conducting
this
conducting
this
meeting
online
to
ensure
public
access
to
the
discussions
of
the
boston
human
rights
commission,
the
public
may
access.
This
call
is
called
through
telephone
and
video
conferencing.
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This
is
our
annual
meeting
and
we're
going
to
vandro
sent
out
a
summary
of
the
activities
of
the
year,
and
I
hope
people
had
a
chance
to
read
it,
and
if
people
have
questions
but
I'd
like
to
ask
you
ivandra,
if
you
would
sort
of
talk
about
some
of
those
things
and
highlight
some
of
those
things,
and
also
anybody
who
has
questions,
this
would
be
a
great
time
to
bring
them
up,
and
so
why
don't?
Why?
Don't
you
go
right
ahead.
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As
always,
I
would
like
to
first
thank
all
of
you
for
being,
certainly
the
commissioners
for
taking
this
time
this
you
know,
summer
day
with
90
degrees,
weather
out
there
and
those
of
you
in
the
audience
welcome
to
our
public
meeting.
As
madam
chair
mckenna
said,
this
is
a
year
ago
today,
june
30th
2020
in
the
middle
of
covent,
we
held
the
first
very
first
public
meeting
and
unfortunately,
as
you
know,
you
know,
during
cover
19,
all
the
meetings
have
been
in
this
space
via
zoom.
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So
I
appreciate
all
of
you
that
take
the
time
to
pre-present
with
us,
and
I
will
start
by
saying
obviously,
since
actually
since
the
first
meeting
we've
had
seven
eight
total
meetings,
public
meetings
and
two
public
hearings,
you
know
I
will
try
to
keep
my
remarks
short.
I
did
madam
chair,
as
you
indicated,
sent
out
a
you
know,
sort
of
actually
too
long.
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D
She's
gonna
continue
on
with
us
for
the
next
several
months
as
an
intern.
As
we
look
to
conduct,
perhaps
a
study,
to
determine
the
level
of
broadband
service
throughout
the
city
of
boston
to
see,
if
there's
any
disparities
that
exist
within
the
different
neighborhoods
and
hopefully
again,
as
we
said
in
the
past,
the
goal
in
this
space
is
to
produce
a
report
with
some
recommendations
that
help
us
throughout
the
city
to
close
this
gap.
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Black
men
held
the
press
conference
roommate
kim
janey,
to
talk
about
this
issue,
so
there
should
be
other
things
that
we
can
do,
particularly
in
the
fall,
perhaps
have
a
wider
discussion
on
the
topic
by
view
of
a
conference
or
or
some
sort
of
platform.
Second.
Thirdly,
the
issue
of
boston
police
task
force
recommendations.
Again.
This
is
a
space
that
we've
been
active
on.
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This
is
regarding,
for
those
that
don't
know,
mayor
walsh
in
2020,
in
light
of
george
floyd,
like
so
many
other
cities
throughout
the
country,
decided
to
put
together
a
task
force
that
created
and
made
some
recommendations
towards
the
end
of
2020
that
essentially,
among
other
things,
recommended
that
we
create
an
office
of
police
accountability,
transparency
in
the
city
of
boston,
as
well
as
civilian
review
board
in
january.
In
this
space
we
sent
a
letter
to
commissioner,
then,
commissioner,
grass,
who
was
the
boston
police
department?
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Commissioner,
obviously
we
know
the
history
in
terms
of
what's
happened
with
boston
police
department
since,
but
we're
staying
put
to
see
what
else
we
can
do.
Most
recently
in
may
mayor
kim
jones
appointed
attorney
stephanie
everett,
as
the
executive
director
of
the
office
oped
office,
which
again
is
the
office
of
a
police,
are
kind
of
being
transparency.
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You
know
positivity
and
numbers
of
death
in
the
city
of
boston
that
task
force
of
our
personnel
have
upset
on
the
meetings
throughout
the
year
and
they
are
finally
actually
next
month,
they're
going
to
release
their
health
inequities
now
plan
july.
I
think
right
after
july
4th
this.
This
report
should
be
coming
out
and
obviously
the
next
step
on
that
end
is
to
create
is
to
review,
which
we'll
share
the
the
report
with
you
all
we'll
review
it
and
figure
out.
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D
She
just
arrived
here
with
my
my
wife,
so
I
apologize
if
we
can
hear
her,
but
but
especially
in
the
space
of
immigrant
rights,
we
met
certainly
with
yusuf
valley
who
was
the
mayor's
advancement
director
to
try
to
find
ways
to
to
do
some
work
in
this
space.
I
will
say
that,
finally,
towards
the
spring
of
this
year,
we
were
able
to
do
substantial
amount
of
work
in
this
space,
particularly
as
it
relates
to
our
asian
american
pacific
islander
citizens
in
the
city
of
boston.
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We
know
because
of
cover
19
some
of
the
rhetoric
around
asian
americans
aapis.
You
know,
as
we
say
they
were
blamed
for
for
for
for
the
virus,
so
they've
been
incident
increase
of
incidence
of
hate
throughout
the
country
and
certainly
in
the
city
of
boston.
So
in
that
space
we
put
together
a
working
session
with
other
city
departments
and
community
leaders
in
the
city
of
boston
of
asian
descent,
to
figure
out
what
else
can
the
city
do
to
better?
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D
The
good
news
about
this
sustain
served
as
a
pilot
in
this
space
with
the
aapi
community,
but
think
it's
it's
a
form
that
we
can
use
for
any
resident
in
the
city
of
boston
to
report
any
issues
of
hate
that
they
see,
particularly
for
those
that
do
not
want
to
go
to
the
police,
so
that
I
think
that's
I
mean.
Obviously
this
is
great
work.
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I
detailed
it
on
on
the
report
and
some
some
other
things
we
were
able
to
do,
get
the
employees
together
to
create
an
affinity
or
resource
group
amongst
asian
americans
in
the
city
hall,
so
great
work
in
that
space.
Finally,
actually
not.
Finally,
second
to
the
final,
the
housing
discrimination
is
another
issue
that
we've
wanted
to
focus
on
and
in
that
space
around
this
time
last
year.
Actually,
we
saw
the
report
that
suffolk
law
sushi.
I
think
it
was
suffolk
university
in
general.
Actually
that
led
this
effort,
they
you
know
they.
D
So
in
that
space
we've
been
working
with
the
office
mayor's
office
of
fair
housing
and
equity,
they've,
essentially,
reduplicated
excuse
me
redone
the
study
and
to
to
make
sure
that
we
can
use
some
of
the
information
that
they
have
to
essentially
see
if
we
can
even
push
some
of
the
you
know
perpetrators
to
do
better
in
many
different
ways.
So
I
spoke
recently
with
director
will
noha
who's
the
director
of
the
mayor's
office
of
fair
housing.
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We
recently
formed-
and
I
say
recently
formed,
but
really
we
led
the
commission
led
a
cross-department
working
session.
We're
leading
that
now
actually
involves,
for
instance,
chief
of
equity,
selena,
barrios,
milner
involved,
the
lgbtq
liaisons
at
bpd,
boston,
police
department
and
other
under
the
women's
advancement
is
another
one.
That's
in
this
space,
we're
gonna,
hopefully
hold
soon
very
soon
at
the
end
of
july,
perhaps
a
listening
session
with
a
transgender
community,
as
well
as
the
lgbtq
community
at
large
to
figure
out
how
the
city
can
better
serve.
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A
Ivanka
was
clear
about
where
it
came
from
and
our
interest
in
it
and
we
did
send
a
letter
if
people
remember
the
commissioners
remember,
we
did
send
a
letter
to
the
commissioner
and
then
the
next
commissioner
acting
commissioner
to
ask
the
status
of
the
recommendations
that
came
out
of
the
task
force
report.
So
we've
we've
kind
of
been
on
hold
waiting
for
a
police.
Commissioner.
We
now
look
like
we're.
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We
hear
but
at
least
if
we
have
it
on
the
website
in
terms
of
time
and
date
and
place
it's
much
more
valuable
than
you
know.
Somebody
saying
I
heard
somebody
you
know
said
something
to
somebody,
so
I
think
we
would
encourage
people
to
use
it
so
that
we
can
have
it
to
give
a
sense
that
this
is
a
problem.
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Madam
chair,
I
would
agree
with
you.
I
would
agree
with
you
150.
You
know.
I've
been
talking
to
a
number
of
neighborhood
councils
and
a
number
of
neighborhood
groups,
and
there
are
people
are
being
harassed.
Transgender,
african-americans
and
others
have
been
harassed
and
they've
been
talking
about
it.
So
that's
a
good
point.
I
just
wanted
to
underline
what
you
were
saying.
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I
will
say
in
that
space,
madam
chair,
the,
since
we
put
obviously
you
know
this,
that's
one
of
the
things
I
wanted
to
cover
in
the
in
the
administrative
side
of
things.
The
website
has
been
revamped
right
with
new
information,
all
of
your
bios
on
there
pitches
and
as
well
as
the
intake
form
and
and
this
incident
report,
and
we
have
gotten
just
an
extent,
an
uptick.
If
you
will
of
reports
to
us.
D
In
fact,
just
today
I
got
an
inquiry
from
the
website,
so
we've
had
a
total
of
perhaps
seven
to
ten
inquiries
over
the
last.
You
know,
at
least
since
the
website
has
been
put
up,
and
you
know
it's
a
good
sign,
so
we
have
been
trying
to
get
it.
You
know
to
let
folks
know
that
they
exist.
So
in
fact,
we've
had
some
complaints
about
housing,
discrimination,
employment
discrimination,
race
and
sexual
orientation.
D
Now
folks
are
interested
in
helping
us
with
the
website
and
sharing
it,
but
you
know,
I
think,
one
of
the
things
that's
going
to
be
critical,
going
forward.
That's
going
to
really
help
us
do
the
outreach
with
the
website
and
other
things
is
the
next
position
that
we're
going
to
hire.
As
you
know,
modern
chair,
you
are
you,
I
believe
a
couple
of
the
ob
linda
lee,
I
think,
and
actually
ray
has
been
helping
in
this
space
with
education,
outreach
manager
position
which
we
have.
D
We
got
almost
100
resumes
online
through
the
city's
website
and
we've
been
able
to
narrow
it
with
your
help
to
10
people
to
interview,
and
so
we're
going
to
kick
off
the
interviews
starting
next
week.
I
hope,
hopefully,
those
of
you
that
are
able
to
help
can
can
help
us
with
their
interviews
the
other
position,
that's
also
in
the
pipeline,
as
in
on.
We
recently
just
took
it
off
the
website.
D
We
got
about
eight
80
people
interested
in
this
position,
it's
the
investigative
position
and
so
that
you
know
we're
gonna,
also
follow
up
to
narrow
it
and
then
do
interviews
on
that.
The
position
of
director
of
research
and
analysis-
that's
also
pretty
much
ready
to
be
to
to
be
on
the
website
for
us
to
move
on
with,
and,
finally
the
program
manager
position
is
the
one
that's
sort
of
on
cue
as
fourth
position,
so
we
have
four
positions
that.
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D
I
I
sent
obviously
again
I
sent
a
detailed
report
about
a
budget
proposal,
but
essentially
our
budget
tomorrow.
I
think
actually
not
not.
I
think
I
know
tomorrow
wednesday
the
city
council
will
vote
on
a
budget
right
for
fy22
and
2022.
Excuse
me-
and
you
know,
our
budget
is
pretty
much
a
maintenance
budget.
In
addition,
except
that
we
received
at
least
in
the
proposal
from
city
hall,
as
in
the
mayor's
proposal,
there
was
a
addition
of
a
hundred
thousand
dollars.
D
That
came
in
to
be
honest
last
couple
months
in
a
space
of
perhaps
trying
to
do
more
anti-discrimination
and
anti-hate
work.
So
that's
the
additional
again
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
that
you
know
we
could
use,
perhaps
one
of
the
things
that
I've
suggested
at
least
in
budget,
and
I'm
happy
to
hear
your
thoughts
on
this
is
to
perhaps
use
it
in
the
aapi
space
that
I
just
mentioned,
perhaps
to
a
video
of
anti.
D
You
know
in
in
support
of
asian
americans
in
the
city
of
boston,
the
other
space
that
we
could
use
the
funding
for
is
in
the
black
men's.
You
know
event
if
we
do
one,
particularly
one
that
involves
paying
people
to
come
and
speak
if
we
do
a
big
event,
as
we
had
talked
about,
and
finally,
even
in
the
space
of
lgbtq
plus
protections
in
resident
for
residents
in
the
city
of
boston,
that's
also
space.
D
We
can
use
the
funding
so
again,
these
are
just
ideas
but
happy
to
hear
from
you
all
about
what
we
can
do
with
this
additional
income.
Excuse
me
additional
location,
but
to
be
honest
until
tomorrow,
until
the
budget
passes,
it's
not
formal.
It's
not.
You
know
final,
that
we
get
in
this
funding,
so
just
to
kind
of
put
it
in
perspective.
D
Finally,
a
couple
more
things
to
mention
I
in
a
report
I
mentioned
that
our
office
space
is
finally
coming
together.
As
you
all
know,
I
you
know
susan,
since
we
hired
her
in
may,
has
been
remote
and
doesn't
have
an
office
in
city
hall,
a
sweet,
8
17.
You
know
some
of
the
folks
that
were
there
before
had
to
be
moved
out,
they're
doing
some
office
reconfiguration.
D
Excuse
me,
it
looks
like
we're
going
to
be
sharing
the
office
with
the
team
over
equity
and
inclusion
cabinet
team.
You
know
selena
barrios
and
her
team
as
well
as
this.
You
know
some
of
the
other
departments
that
are
under
this
cabinet.
The
last
thing
I
wanted
to
bring
up,
and
hopefully
we
can
have
a
discussion
about
it.
I
think
we
got
some
pretty
cool
logo
options
that
you
know
our
good
friends
in
it
drafted
for
us.
Hopefully
we
can.
D
We
can
narrow
down
and
pick
one
and
finally,
the
mission
statement
which
you
know
it's
the
purpose:
it's
what
do
we
intend
to
do
with
this
department
long
term
we've
drafted
this
big.
You
know.
I
know
some
of
you
gave
me
some
input
in
the
past,
but
I'm
hoping
that
we
use
this
space
today
to
discuss
some
of
that
and
sort
of
particularly
the
mission
statement
vote
on
something
logo
options.
Let's,
let's
pick
them
so
we
can.
D
D
A
In
dorchester
right,
while
we're
waiting
for
is
anybody
else
have
any
other
questions
about
operations.
That's
what
I
wanted
to
to
cover.
First,
we'll
come
back
to
you
with
suggestions
about
the
budget
and
any
changes
in
the
budget
later
on.
Not
today,
I
think
what
we
do
want
to
do
is
look
at
the
the
logos
and
the
mission
statement.
A
You
know
I'll
bet
a
lot
of
you
have
our
organizations
have
a
mission
statement,
but
I
bet
a
lot
of
you
couldn't
tell
me
what
they
are
or
if
you
can
tell
me
what
they
are.
You
know
how
closely
they
are
or
what
you
do.
I
don't
know,
but
you
know
I
think
we
need
one.
So
we
have
one
basically
on
the
web
now,
but
it's
not
official.
So
yes,
commissioner
reyes,
did
you
have
something
you
wanted
to
say.
G
F
D
A
D
C
H
A
C
D
B
B
E
E
E
A
B
D
A
D
E
D
A
You
know
one
of
the
things
we
might
do
is
there
are
a
couple
of
arts
programs
that
are
around.
We
might
think
about
even
going
to
them
and
having
a
competition
with
there's
a
a
summer
arts
program
for
high
schools.
I
know
run
by
the
place
in
dorchester.
What's
the
name
of
it
anyway,
let's
think
about,
we
might
think
about
involved.
C
D
Let's,
let
me
go
into
the
mission
statement
and
then
in
terms
of
this
is
the
this.
Is
the
original
mission
statement
up
top
here?
Yeah,
let
me
present,
so
you
can
see
it
better.
This
is
the
original
one
that
in
from
the
80s,
essentially,
this
is
the
one
that
we
drafted
a
year
ago.
A
couple
drafts,
if
you
will,
you
know
one
in
june
of
2020
and
the
other
in
july.
D
This
is
the
latest
and
then
and
then
there
is
the
statement
of
margaret
that
we
have
on
the
website
currently
that
you
know
I'm
not
sure
if
you're
thinking
that
a
potential
mission
statement
as
well
but
in
terms
of
the
mission
statement,
the
one
that's
the
latest-
is
this
one
out
here
in
the
process
of
coming
up
with
these
we
looked
at.
I
remember
we
looked
at
I'm
sorry,
I
went
went
too
high.
I
don't
know
what
I
just
did
here.
D
F
G
D
D
G
G
H
D
A
E
I
A
D
C
A
H
F
C
D
D
That's
cute,
let
me
say
it
out
loud
and
see
if
there's
a
ring
to
it.
Okay,
so
short,
our
mission
is
to
enforce
human
rights
to
engage
in
relationships
and
partnerships
that
embody
the
principles
of
dignity
and
respect
and
to
create
a
culture
of
human
rights
compliance,
and
we
act
as
drive
as
a
driver
for
social
change
based
on
principles
of
substantive
equality,
equity,
inclusion
for
yeah.
I,
like
that
second
sentence:
it
ties
it
otherwise,
without
it
it
sort
of
it
leaves
things
just.
D
A
Well,
I
you
know
we
just
created
a
mission
statement.
I
don't
know
whether
the
commissioners
are
ready
to
vote
on
something
that
we
just
created
by
committee,
but
why
don't
we
here's
what
I
would
say?
Why
don't
we
ask
people
if
they
want
to
move
forward
with
this
and
then
we'll
bring
it
back
to
you
at
the
next
meeting
for
a
formal
vote
we'll
send
out
to
you
in
the
minutes
and
next
time
we'll
bring
it
back
for
a
formal
vote.
Is
that?
Can
I
get
a
consensus
that
that's
okay
with
the
commissioners
yeah?
A
D
F
A
A
G
B
A
C
D
A
They
have
not
been
while
they
have
not
been
voted
on.
You
know
by
the
commission,
they
do
generally
reflect.
I
mean
something
like
that.
I
think,
because
they
have
not
been
word
for
word
accepted
by
us
and
voted
on.
I
think
we
don't
want
people
to
think
that
everything
that's
in
them
is
is,
is
our
thing
to
have
accepted
right,
so
I
think
it
needs
to
be.
I
think
they
should
get
exposed,
because
I
think
they're
very
good,
but
I
think
there
ought
to
be
some
statement.
G
Have
something
like
that
I
think
in
in
in
both
cases,
but
in
at
least
one
case.
Some
of
the
other
human
rights
commissions
in
the
united
states
are
very
interesting
interested
in
accessing
prisca's
report,
for
instance,
and
rather
than
have
it
done
individually
and
personally,
it
would
be
probably
better
that
they
come
to
our
website
and
accident
through
the
commission's
website.
A
Yeah,
I
agree,
so
is
that,
okay
with
everybody
with
some
some
language,
it
says
these
are
results
of
our
okay,
all
right.
So
why
don't
we
do
that?
I
think
that's
a
great
suggestion.
It
also
brings
attention
to
the
work
we're
doing
done
by
these.
These
two
researchers,
which
is
great,
I
think
the
next
thing
on
our
agenda
is
in
fact
a
report
on
the
work
of
other
human
rights
commissions
around
the
country
and,
commissioner
reyes,
you
want
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
where
this
come
from
and
and
and
introduce.
G
Well,
very
briefly,
I
will
introduce
prisca
tarimo,
who
is
working
on
a
phd
in
human
rights
at
umass
boston
and
she
was
charged
with
researching
what
the
other
human
rights
commissions
within
the
united
states
do.
What
they
have
been
doing,
those
that
are
very
active
where
they
had
successes,
how
they
achieved
those
successes
and
the
challenges
that
they
have
found.
G
G
J
B
J
H
J
So
my
name
is
priscatarimo.
I'm
a
phd
candidate
at
the
university
of
massachusetts,
boston,
yeah.
I
had
the
privilege
to
conduct
this
intern
with
the
commission,
and
I
was
supervised
by
my
ph.d
advisor
associate
professor
gillian
mcnutton
from
umass
boston,
as
well
as
the
boston
human
rights
admission
supervisor.
J
J
J
And
we
have
human
rights
at
the
international
level,
such
as
international
human
rights,
commission,
national
human
rights
commissions
and
civil
level,
going
down
to
count
levels
and
so
forth.
So
these
studies
specifically
focus
on
identify
the
most
active
usc
level,
human
right
commissions
and
describe
their
most
important
recent
concrete
achievements
as
well
as
challenges,
and
we
looked
at
the
cognitive
achievements
in
terms
of,
for
example,
if
there
is
any
passing
over
concrete
legislation,
initiatives
or
programs,
and
we
focus
on
these
four
specific
area
which
police
reform,
immigrant
rights,
house,
discrimination
and
health
ineffability.
J
So
two
methods
were
used
for
the
study.
The
first
one
is
website
and
document
review.
So
I
reviewed
about
human
rights
commissions
and
I
was
able
to
identify
20
commission
as
most
active,
and
those
active
commission
were
the
ones
that
I
put
my
effort
to
review
their
annual
right
commission's
reports,
as
well
as
specific
project
reports,
and
to
identify
the
achievements
of
the
recent
implemented
initiatives
specifically
from
2015
to
2001..
J
So
our
first
area
was
police
reform.
So
I
just
want
to
say
that
there
are
so
many
initiatives
and
strategies
that
have
been
used
out
there,
but
I
included
those
in
the
report,
but
here
we
just
presented
the
ones
that
we
think
the
commission
can
prioritize
and
they
don't
need
a
lot
of
resources
to
implement
so
for
policy.
Reform.
J
J
A
few
commissions
have
issued
illegal
enforcement
guidance
on
inclusive
gender
identity
and,
for
instance,
the
new
criminal
commission.
In
2015,
they
issued
a
guide
to
clarify
that
gender
discrimination
may
also
include
other
followings
enforcing
dress
codes
and
grooming
standards
that
may
discriminate
on
the
basis
of
gender
or
sex
intentionally.
J
J
We
all
know
after
the
onset
of
covenanting,
there
is
an
increase
in
hate
motivated
crimes
as
well
as
vulnerabilities,
especially
to
people
of
asian
background,
and
this
includes
even
in
housing,
so
several
commissions,
such
as
the
new
york
commission,
they
issued
saying
that
covey
19
is
a
protected
class
and
a
disability
and
being
infected
is
not
related
to
someone's
actual
or
perceived
risk.
National
origin
or
disability.
J
J
Other
commissions
support
her
screening
initiatives
for
vulnerable
groups.
For
example.
One
of
it
is
black
men's
health
screening
identification,
the
evansville
vanderbilt
county
commission
in
indiana,
in
in
partnership
with
the
indiana
commission
on
the
social
status
of
black
males
they
host
this.
They
call
a
black
barber
shop
health
initiatives
every
year
they
visit
barbershops
and
screen
black
males
health,
as
well
as
providing
education
in
terms
of
like
diabetes,
cardiovascular
disease
and
so
forth.
J
Some
commissions,
such
as
the
san
francisco
combinations,
have
also
coordinated
copenhagen
testing
for
lgbtq
persons
by
understanding
their
vulnerabilities
to
have
other
initiatives
in
terms
of
health
and
environmental
justice.
Several
commissions
such
as
bloomington
minnesota.
They
work
with
the
sustainability
commission
in
the
process
of
looking
at
how
it's,
above
the
research
project,
look
at
how
environmental
justices
leads
to
social,
economic
as
well
as
health
inequities.
J
So
we
also
have
challenges,
but
I
just
presented
the
few
ones
that
I
think
they
measure
as
well
as
recommendation
on
how
to
address
them.
The
first
challenge
is
the
shorter.
Your
funding
and
staff,
most
commissions
have
assured
your
funding,
but
also
some
of
them
are
operating
with
less
than
even
half
of
the
needed
staff.
J
The
second
challenge
is,
most
commissions,
have
challenges
raising
profile,
but
also
this
is
also
due
to
a
lack
of
champions
so
to
promote
champions.
The
study
recommends
that
the
boston
commission
provide
annual
awards
to
human
rights
champions,
as
well
as
creating
a
subcommittee
to
assess
nomination
for
those
awards.
The
last
challenge
is
limited.
J
Mandates
in
ordinance,
most
commissions
are
limited
in
terms
of
mandates
like
in
what
they're
supposed
to
eat,
to
influence,
most
of
them
focus
on
land
discrimination
only
but
with
exception
a
few
commissions
such
as
the
as
the
eugene
commission.
So
in
2011,
the
eugene
city
council
universally
voted
to
revise
his
20
year
old
human
rights
owners,
which
primarily
focus
on
land
discrimination
only
to
make
it
a
duty
of
the
commission
to
invest
the
full
full
range
of
human
rights
as
enumerated
in
the
universal
declaration
of
human
rights.
J
So
the
boston
commission
can
do
the
same
like
engaging
with
the
community,
but
also
vote
to
revise
the
and
now
ordinance
to
make
sure
that
it's
embrace
the
more
human
rights
spectrum,
especially
as
in
the
universal
declaration
of
human
rights.
This
is
the
end
of
my
presentation,
I'm
sorry.
I
went
so
fast
because
I
was
running
with
time.
Any
question.
E
A
A
Any
other
questions
so
frisky
you've
heard
other
commissioners
say,
but
let
me
say
that
from
all
of
us
we
really
appreciate
all
you've
done
and
this
is
going
to
serve
us
well,
as
we
go
forward
thinking
about
what
others
have
done
and
and
and
we
can
learn
from
them,
so
we
really
appreciate
all
you've
done
and
what
you've
added
to
our
knowledge
will
be
extremely
helpful.
So
thank
you.
Thank.
D
J
J
A
Yes,
I'm
here
I
don't
know
whether
there's
anything
else
people
want
to
raise
for
the
end
of
the
year.
I
think
that
what
I
would
say
is
you
know:
it's
been
a
challenging
year
with
covid
and
it's
been
a
challenging
year
with
such
a
small
staff,
and
so
I
look
forward
to
the
next
year,
where
you
know
we
can
have
an
outreach
person
and
a
research
person
and
others.
A
E
In
the
midst
of
you
know,
trying
to
overthrow
the
government
in
the
midst
of
george
floyd
in
the
midst
of
over
19,
I
must
underscore
the
importance
of
all
those
different
things
happening
in
the
midst
of
us,
trying
just
to
be
human
and
and
and
in
and
around
that
peace.
I
just
want
to
thank
you
both
publicly
for
your
commitment
and
dedication
during
this
time,
because
it's
been
a
rough
time,
it's
been
a
real
rough
people
could
have
came
at
us
and
blamed
us
for
everything
that
was
going
on
in
this
country.
E
You
know
folks
are,
but
I
I
think
you
know,
under
the
leadership
of
yourself
around
you
and
susan.
I
think
you
guys
did
a
tremendous
job
and
I'm
looking
forward
to
having
a
bigger
team
being
able
to
do
some
bigger
things,
and
hopefully
we
won't
have
another
try
overthrow
of
the
government
and
pissing
on
everybody's
human
rights
throughout
the
country.
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you.
D
I
really
do
appreciate
you,
but
the
work
really
is
speaks
volumes
because
you
know,
particularly
in
this
cobra
19
space,
we
needed
it
right.
We
needed
to
sort
of
push
these
buttons
that
we
started
to
push,
and
I
certainly
want
to
pass
the
buck
to
to
susan,
as
you
saw
even
when
I'm
having
technical
difficulties
here,
trying
to
present
something
she's
she's
been
ready
to
to
help
without
her.
D
We
we
couldn't
done
not
even
half,
but
if
it
was
just
me,
I'm
just
being
honest
to
figure
these
things
out
the
basics,
it
would
not
happen.
So
I
really
do
appreciate
susan
for
all
that
she's
done
and
again,
thank
you
to
all
of
you.
Chairwoman
has
been
tremendous.
Rey
is
pitching
ton.
You
know
everyone
has.
D
It's
been
amazing
and
the
issues
that
we
focused
on
they're
diverse
in
their
critical
issues
in
their
own
rights
in
their
own
spaces,
and
to
be
honest,
if
we
didn't
have
this
diverse
group
of
folks
pitching
in
different
spaces,
we
wouldn't
have
focus
on
on
these
critical
issues.
That
again,
I
think
we've
done
some
basic
stuff
on
them,
but
there's
a
lot
of
work
to
be
done
in
all
these
spaces
and
more
right.
D
So
you
know
again
kudos
I'll
push
it
back
to
all
of
you
and
certainly
want
to
close
out
by
highlighting
susan
one
more
time,
because
I
really
you
talking
about
mental
health
leonard,
I
you
know
I
was
going
through
it
with
two
kids
at
home.
You
know
lack
of
sleep
and
susan,
thankfully
susan,
not
that
I
should
bash
her
parents,
but
susan
have
any
children
so
that
so
I
was
leaning
on
her
heavily
so
ben.
D
D
D
I
I'm
not
I'm
one
of
those
people
that
I
give
credit.
Where
is
to
it
susan
every
time
I
ask
her
for
something
you
know
she
she
has
done
it
she's
done
it
and
continues
to
do
it
in
excel,
so
she's
grown
a
lot
it
turned
in
in
in
a
year
too,
that
she's
been
in
this
space.
So
I'm
looking
forward
to
continuing
to
work
with
her
and
all
of
you
remember
you.
D
E
D
A
A
A
A
Well,
I
don't
know
what
we
would
have
done
without
you
and
without
the
faculty
and
without
the
students
you
made
an
enormous
difference,
enormous
difference,
so
we
really
appreciate
all
the
help
you
gave
us
and
umass
all
right.
So
if
there
aren't
any
questions
or
comments
from
the
public,
can
I
have
a
motion
to
adjourn.