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From YouTube: Human rights Commission | Feb 13 2023
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Regular Meeting of the City of Palm Springs human Rights Commission, and 2023 Community Service Awards
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B
A
A
E
A
So
the
agenda
has
been
accepted,
I'd
like
to
start
by
reminding
us
of
the
mission
of
the
Human
Rights
Commission.
The
mission
of
the
Palm
Springs
Human
Rights
Commission
is
to
promote
and
protect
the
diversity
of
our
community
and
to
improve
human
relations
through
education
and
Community
awareness
next
slide.
Please.
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A
F
Good
evening,
everyone,
it's
a
it's
a
pleasure
to
be
here
with
all
of
you
today
to
celebrate
our
award
nominees
and
their
accomplishments.
The
community
service
awards
are
are
given
to
people
or
organizations
for
their
outstanding
contributions,
promoting
and
protecting
human
rights,
social
progress,
better
standards
of
life
and
equality
for
all
the
honorees
are
diverse
in
their
contributions.
They
do
work
with
active
duty,
military
and
Veterans
LGBT
folks,
including
Youth,
and
holding
and
hosting
gay
proms.
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F
We
also
have
the
founder
of
a
gay
band
in
Palm
Springs,
so
we've
we've
got
it
all
with
the
people
that
are
being
represented
today,
which
is
really
special,
so
I'm
impressed
with
all
of
your
accomplishments
and
I
know
that
Hugo
and
the
commission
will
speak
more
about
your
individual
contributions.
But
thank
you
all
for
what
you
do
for
our
city
for
being
valuable
residents
and
contributors.
We're
just
so
thankful
for
for
everything
that
you
that
you
have
done
and
will
continue
to
do
for
our
city.
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A
A
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The
commission
has
been
engaged
in
the
community
from
its
very
beginning
in
October
1993,
the
Human
Rights
Commission
LED
discussions
on
racial
tension
in
the
community,
facilitated
communication
between
sunlight,
Transit,
Agency
and
the
disability
community,
early
areas
of
focus
for
the
commission,
included
domestic
abuse,
hate
crimes,
protection
of
senior
citizens
and
access
to
housing
for
all
in
1999.
The
commission
was
instrumental
in
working
with
the
city
council
to
adopt
the
Declaration
of
policy
for
the
protection
of
human
dignity
and
prevention
of
hate
crimes.
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The
next
year
that
domestic
partnership
ordinance
was
presented
to
the
council
and
approved
on
January
5th
2000.,
culminating
the
efforts
of
the
Human
Rights
Commission
to
address
homeless
issues
in
the
city
on
May
3rd
2000.
The
council
adopted
a
policy
for
addressing
the
issues
of
poverty
and
the
homeless
in
2002.
The
commission
was
the
first
city
commission
to
establish
a
position
for
youth
representatives
to
serve
this
tradition
continues
today
and
now.
Youth
service
is
open
to
other
City
commissions.
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The
2023
Human
Rights
Commission
Community
Service
Awards,
are
presented
to
some
extraordinary
individuals
in
an
organization
who
made
outstanding
contributions
to
our
community.
They
shine
a
light
on
Injustice
and
give
voice
to
those
who
are
rarely
heard.
They
work
to
stop
racism
to
save
our
natural
and
cultural
resources
they
advocate
for
older
people.
They
promote
fair
and
respectful
treatment
of
women,
they
fight
to
end
discrimination
based
on
sexual
orientation
and
gender
identity,
and
they
were
close
to
the
Gap
to
close
the
gap
on
health
inequality.
A
G
Yes,
Betty
is
recognized
for
promoting
human
rights
throughout
the
Coachella
Valley.
She
has
reached
out
and
positively
impacted
active
duty,
military
members
and
Veterans
who
have
visited
the
local
American
Legion
Post
from
across
the
state
of
California
and
the
nation
Miss
cotton
greets
all
visitors
with
kindness,
Grace,
humor
and
love.
She
has
volunteered
in
the
position
of
greeter
for
nearly
20
years.
G
G
H
He
said,
would
you
like
to
say
a
few
words
I'm,
so
flabbergasted
I,
don't
know
what
to
say,
but
I
have
probably
one
of
the
nicest
jobs
anybody
could
ever
ask
for
at
that
American
Legion.
They
treat
me
wonderfully.
These
people
walk
in
and
I,
just
just
so
enjoy
their
friendship,
and
they
treat
me
like
I
said
so
nicely
that
they
can't
get
rid
of
me.
H
E
E
D
She
Co
she
co-founded
gay
Associated
Youth
and
is
currently
on
the
board
of
safe
schools,
Desert
Cities,
which
empowers
lgbtq
plus
Youth,
and
facilitates
the
rainbow
youth
Summit
in
March
Pride
prom
in
May,
Palm,
Springs,
Pride,
youth
zone
and
other
lgbtq
plus
leadership
trainings.
This
will
be
Tori's
26th
year
at
Desert
Sands
Unified
School
District.
As
a
as
a
student
assistance
program
helping
all
students,
Tori
has
also
been
involved
in
the
formation
of
activities
of
the
Gay
Street
Alliance
clubs
at
five
high
schools
in
dsusd
and
the
GSA
and
the
Coachella
Valley.
I
Thank
you,
everybody.
You
know
you're
all
responsible
for
this
too.
All
it's
like
family
sitting
right
here
in
the
front
row
and
over
here
too.
Thank
you.
Everybody
I
couldn't
do
this
by
myself,
I'm,
so
honored
I'm,
so
blessed
I.
Just
am
so
grateful
that
I've
been
allowed
to
do
this
work
with
LGBT
youth.
For
this
long,
we've
made
a
difference.
All
of
you
together,
I
absolutely
and
you
all
know,
I
couldn't
Ron
you've
been
there
for
the
kids.
I
It
was
your
vision
for
them
to
be
in
Pride
in
the
youth
zone
and
you've
taken
us
and
we've
spent
so
much
money
going
to
San,
Diego
pride
and
the
youth
zone
here
rainbow
youth
Summit.
Just
this
Saturday,
we
went
off
and
picked
a
new
location
for
Camp
June
8th
through
the
11th
of
any
of
you
are
available
P
flag.
We
couldn't
do
it
without
you.
We
couldn't
do
this
without
you,
David
Powell
can
do
it
without
you,
David's
reading
scholarship
applications,
I,
don't
know
why
he's
here.
I
A
A
J
J
K
Sure,
well,
thank
you.
Everyone
for
coming
in
it's
funny.
I
do
I,
do
start
my
Christmas
morning
very,
very
early
because
most
of
the
homeless
do
not
no
we're
serving
breakfast
because
it's
not
like
they
come
to
Oscars
and
they're.
My
customers,
so
I
rely
on
a
lot
of
my
customers
to
tell
the
homeless
that
we
are
serving
breakfast
and
then
I
get
up
very
early
and
just
go
and
wake
people
up,
I
see
on
the
streets
and
let
them
know
that
we'll
be
serving
for
breakfast.
K
I
have
to
tell
a
funny
story,
because
you
know
I
do
this
really
in
pursuit
of
just
helping
people,
you
know
when
I
had
a
platform
to
do
it,
I,
never
I,
never
I!
Never
did
it
in
pursuit
of
recognition.
Just
from
a
really
you
know
human
equality
and
have
making
sure
everyone
had
the
same
things
that
I
grew
up
with,
but
with
the
Hugo
called
me
and
left
me
a
message
many
times
at
one
of
my
restaurants,
I'm
like
oh
JFC,
I
was
like.
K
Who
is
this
person,
and
what
does
he
want
and
I
saw
the
917
number
so
I'm
like
well
I'm
gonna,
wait
till
it's
very
late
on
the
west
coast
to
call
the
solicitor
and
I
called
him.
You
know
what
I'm
thinking
is
almost
midnight,
so
I'm
waking
him
up
as
he's
and
because
his
message
was
very
church,
he
said
I
can't
seem
to
get
a
hold
of
you
I'm,
not
sure
what
I'm
trying
to
hear
because
I
tried
you
at
Oscars
and
so
then,
when
I
called
him
back.
K
A
C
C
And
the
Palm
Springs
desert
community's
chapter
of
P
flag
has
been
instrumental
in
promoting
human
rights
in
our
community
ever
since
recognized
with
the
2023
community
service
award.
Please
join
me
in
welcoming
the
co-presidents
of
Palm
Springs
desert
communities,
chapter
of
P,
flag,
Sly,
zealness
and
Christine
Hammond.
L
L
In
the
mid-1990s
there
were
few
resources
for
lgbtqi
plus
people,
their
families,
friends
and
other
allies,
and
now
in
2023
we
celebrate
the
many
resources
that
are
available,
particularly
here
in
Palm
Springs
in
the
western
Coachella
Valley,
and
it
is
really
in
that
Spirit
of
Celebration
that
P
flag,
Palm
Springs,
is
taking
down
our
sign
and
closing
up
the
chapter
in
the
next
few
months.
What
an
amazing
journey
we've
shared
with
many
of
you
over
the
years.
L
A
M
M
M
His
mission
is
to
create
and
promote
a
diverse
Fitness
environment
that
is
inclusive
of
everyone,
regardless
of
age,
body,
type,
Fitness,
level,
gender
identity
or
ethnicity.
Chase
wants
everyone
to
feel
welcome
to
Wellness
so
that
they
can
focus
on
what
is
most
important.
Their
health
recognize
for
his
giving
spirit
and
support
of
the
community
in
good
times
and
through
the
complex
covid-19
crisis.
Jace
nagaya
is
the
recipient
of
the
city
of
Palm
Springs
Human
Rights
Commission
2023
community
service
award.
Congratulations.
A
N
All
right
and,
of
course,
I
forgot
my
readers
out
when
I'm
in
front
of
a
mic
I'm
making
you
guys
do
exercises.
So
this
is
a
nice
little
change.
Let's
see
so.
First,
it's
an
honor
of
being
up
here.
Congratulations
to
my
fellow
honorees
for
your
amazing
contributions
to
our
community.
I
feel
so
lucky
to
share
this
with
you.
N
The
definition
of
endeavor
is
a
sincere
attempt
or
a
determined
effort
towards
a
specific
goal.
I'd
like
to
share
a
quick
story
about
a
young
Indian
girl
named
Eunice
living
in
the
Fiji
islands
in
the
late
50s
Eunice
loved
Sports,
and
wanted
to
play
basketball
at
the
time.
Basketball
was
still
a
male
dominated
sport,
so
women's
teams
were
still
new
and
frowned
upon.
N
As
she
tried
to
find
the
right
team
that
she
could
join.
She
struggled
finding
a
place
where
she
could
fit
in
most
of
the
teams
were
all
Native
Fijian
and
she
she
made
her
feel
like
an
outcast
for
being
Indian
s
wasn't
going
to
let
racism
or
misogyny
stop
her,
so
she
started
her
own
team
and,
as
Captain
of
that
team,
led
them
to
many
victories.
N
It
was
only
fitting
that
she
named
her
team
endeavor
that
young
lady
Eunice
is
my
mom
fast
forward
several
decades,
and
there
I
was
a
newly
certified
fitness
instructor
having
difficulty
finding
a
fitness
environment
where
I
felt
like
I
could
fit
in
and
didn't
feel
pushed
out.
The
Fitness
World
can
sometimes
have
a
look,
that's
very
homogeneous
and
it
could
leave
someone
who
is
different
like
me,
feeling
like
they
don't
fit
in
so
I
decided
to
look
for
an
opportunity
in
my
situation
and
create
a
fitness
environment
that
I
wanted
to
see
through
representation.
N
My
journey
wasn't
an
easy
one,
but
one
that
we
can
all
learn
from
when
I
first
started.
Teaching
I
received
support
from
many,
but
there
were
some
who
didn't
want
me
to
teach
and
in
fact
tried
to
stop
me.
I
was
even
a
victim
of
a
racially
motivated
hate
crime
a
month
into
my
class,
but
in
life.
If
you
really
want
something
the
universe
is
going
to
test,
you.
N
While
there
were
times
I
considered
giving
up
I
chose
to
push
forward,
you
may
be
thinking
wow.
This
happened
in
Palm
Springs.
Yes,
it
did
in
fact
it's
something
that
people
of
colors
people
of
color
and
minorities
deal
with
regularly
it
it
made
what
I
was
doing
much
more
important
representation
matters.
N
N
First,
the
Human
Rights
Commission,
the
city
of
Palm,
Springs
Parks
and
Recreation
Jasmine,
Waits,
Janice,
Lopez,
Grace,
Gardner,
Dennis,
woods
and
our
wonderful
city
council,
so
many
others
who
have
valued
and
supported
the
work
that
we
are
doing
in
a
world
where
many
of
us
struggle
to
be
seen.
Thank
you
for
seeing
us
next
I'd
like
to
take
thank
the
man
that
put
me
on
this
journey.
Mr
Ted,
guys
Ted,
gave
me
my
first
teaching
opportunity.
He
moved
his
Fitness
class
Outdoors
at
the
peak
of
the
pandemic.
N
To
give
people
a
place
to
work
out,
it
paved
the
way
for
people
like
me
to
create
an
impact.
I
remember
one
evening
he
sat,
he
was
sitting
with
me
and
he
looked
over
and
he
goes.
You
know,
I
think
you'd
be
a
great
instructor
and
sometimes
that's
all
you
need
to
hear
and
of
course,
as
soon
as
I
got
my
certification,
he
had
me
ready
to
teach
for
him
a
week
later,
and
here
I
am
with
my
own
class,
so
I
hope
I've
made
him
proud.
N
Next
I'd
like
to
thank
two
of
my
best
friends,
will
Dean
Steve
Henke,
who
have
stood
by
me
even
when
things
have
gone
difficult
and
you
kept
pushing
me
forward.
I
appreciate
you,
I
love
you
and
to
all
my
friends
and
and
community
members.
Everyone
else
who
have
supported
me,
my
class,
my
beautiful
class
Carol
I,
see
you
out
there.
Thank
you,
I
mean
you.
You
have
just
made
this
awesome,
so
I,
wanna,
I,
wanna
end
this
the
same
way
that
I
end
my
class.
N
Just
just
appreciate
being
here.
Sharing
this
moment
together,
remember
to
be
kind
not
only
to
others,
but
to
yourselves
remember
to
be
present.
Yesterday's
Gone,
tomorrow's,
not
here
just
be
in
the
moment,
appreciate
who's
in
front
of
you.
What's
in
front
of
you
remember
to
be
grateful
because
we
live
in
a
beautiful
city,
with
beautiful
people
safe
and
sound
at
Endeavor.
What
you
carry
on
your
shoulders,
you
can
leave
there
it's
a
safe
space
in
a
world
where
we
need
more
space,
safe
spaces.
N
O
O
O
As
a
writer
and
Roadie
volunteer,
Brett
is
recognized
as
a
biking
advocate
helping
to
enhance
the
safety
of
biking
in
Palm
Springs,
and
he
did
share
with
me
that
that's
the
green
lanes
that
we
have
on
our
roads
all
over
today.
That's
why
we
have
them
and
I
wrote
in
the
the
Tour
de
Palm
Springs
this
weekend.
So
I
can
really
appreciate
biking
now
more
than
before.
O
P
All
right
and
for
those
who
know
me
normally
I
might
be
like
Chase
I
might
have
actually
something
prepared,
but
which
was
so
wonderful,
I
just
want
to
First,
say:
Thank
The,
Human,
Rights,
Commission,
every
honoree
and
all
the
honorees
in
the
audience
for
their
selfless
and
dedicated
passion,
and
this
is
life
for
them.
This
isn't
they
don't
say
it,
but
I
know
from
my
heart
that
this
is
what
they
started
as
children.
This
is
what
they've
learned
throughout
their
life.
This
is
who
they
are
at
their
core
I
feel
that
way.
P
I
grew
up
in
a
family
of
service
individuals,
my
parents,
my
grandparents,
you
know
everyone's
all
about
others.
All
about
giving
back.
I
worked
on
a
farm,
it's
employing
those
who
couldn't
find
work
and
could
not
from
other
countries
find
employment
in
our
country,
making
them
feel
comfortable,
giving
them
shelter
doing
those
kind
of
things,
and
so,
when
I
tested
positive
for
HIV
in
May
of
20
or
93
30
years
this
year,
I
thought
I
had
a
year
to
live,
I
thought
for
sure.
P
Things
were
over
and
then
I
realized
through
some
wonderfully
passionate
and
empathetic
friends
and
dedication
that
they
showed
me
that
the
future,
whether
it
be
a
day
whether
it
be
years,
whether
whatever
it
looks
like,
is
in
front
of
you
and
go
for
it.
So
now,
30
years
later,
as
I
said,
I'm
candidly
wearing
the
proud
Jersey
that
I
wear
on
AIDS
life
cycle,
I've
done
it
for
23
years,
I'm
heavily
involved
in
cycling,
as
we
know,
HIV
and
aging,
and
those
living
and
surviving
in
our
community
with
HIV
is
a
passion
of
mine.
P
It's
a
passion
of
many
people
in
this
audience
who
I'm
very
proud
to
call
colleagues
from
Desert
healthcare
district
from
dap
Health,
Eisenhower
Health,
my
employee,
many
friends,
pflague
everyone
who
is
looking
at
these
individuals
and
saying
this
isn't
just
the
past
the
quilts
AIDS
quilts
those
things
aren't
history.
They
are
now
current.
They
are
coming
they're
still
here,
they're
still
going
forward,
and
we
have
so
many
individuals,
especially
in
our
East
Valley
and
underserved
communities,
who
don't
know
they
their
status
and
so,
thankfully,
with
our
medical
providers,
we
are
out
there
doing
this
work.
A
A
A
Q
Well,
I
don't
have
as
much
to
say
as
some
people
have
and
I'm
I'm
really
honored
to
be
here.
I
wouldn't
have
imagined.
This
would
have
happened
at
all,
but
you
know:
I
was
a
little
farm
boy
in
in
Iowa
and
I
started
playing
tuba
when
I
was
in
eighth
grade
and
and
went
to
the
University
of
Northern
Iowa
and
got
a
ba
in
music
education
and
I
taught
for
about
six
years
in
the
Midwest
and
I
decided
I
didn't
want
to
be
a
gay
boy
living
in
the
midwest
at
that
time.
Q
Who
is
my
my
my
rock
and
and
love
for
over
30
years
said:
I.
Don't
want
to
do
this
anymore,
let's,
let's
he
so
he
retired,
he
was
able
to
retire
and
I,
wasn't
so
moved
to
Palm,
Springs
and
I
was
still
working.
I
had
my
little
office
in
the
kitchen
and
a
condo
that
we
were
releasing
and
I
came
home
one
day
and
I
said
to
him.
I
I
want
to
start
a
gay
band.
He
said,
oh
okay,
so
we
did.
Q
We
put
up
flyers
and
so
forth
and
our
first,
our
first
rehearsal
was
with
eight
people
at
the
Rancho
Mirage
Chamber
of
Commerce,
before
it
moved
to
its
new
location.
So
now
it
has
grown,
it
has
grown
into
a
band.
A
constant
body
concert
band,
jazz
band,
marching
band
pep
band,
different
ensembles,
and
the
last
concert
was
over
two
over
100
people
on
stage
musicians
on
stage
and.
Q
Q
I've
had
a
habit
of
taking
groups
about
as
far
as
I
could
take
them,
and
then
it
was
time
for
someone
else
to
step
in.
So
what
Dean
has
has
built
is
something
amazing,
but
I
also
want
to
say
that
we've
done
more
also
with
our
501c3
Mission
and
that's
to
to
open
to
being
a
very
diverse
organization.
So
we
have
gay
lesbians
straight
by
anything.
So
and
I
can't
remember
all
the
acronyms
anymore.
So
and
that's
one
of
the
reasons
that
we
decided.
Q
We
founded
the
band
not
to
put
gay
in
the
title.
We
called
it:
the
Desert
Winds
Freedom
band.
At
that
time,
Freedom
bands
were
the
big
name
of
of
different
groups.
So,
oh,
my
goodness,
there's
so
many
things
that
I
could
say.
We
we
put
on
three
or
four
concerts
a
year,
the
last
one
at
the
was
at
the
Richards
Center
for
the
Performing
Arts.
We
have
another
one
coming
up:
March,
25th
and
26th.
Q
That's
a
spring
concert
and
we
do
an
Outreach
to
the
junior
highs
and
high
schools
in
the
Coachella
Valley
and
every
year
bring
in
a
guest
clinician
this
this
year
it's
Richard,
saucedo,
I,
believe
I,
don't
know
if
I'm
pronouncing
it
correctly.
Who
is
an
arranger
composer,
clinician
very
well
known
in
the
band
world
and
they
go
out.
He
goes
out
and
works
with
high
school
groups,
and
then
he
also
is
a
conductor
on
our
spring
concert.
Q
We
give
scholarships
every
year
to
graduating
seniors
who
apply
who
apply
for
it.
I
think
it's
a
thousand
dollar
scholarship
if
the
graduating
senior
is
CR,
is
continuing
on
in
our
music
education
career
of
some
kind.
So
I
think
that's
about
all
that
I.
That
I
can
think
of
saying
right
now.
I
have
some
things
written
out,
but
this
is
not
the
place
or
time.
So.
Thank
you
very
much.
A
A
Human
rights
advocacy
is
not
for
the
faint-hearted,
but
I
urge
you
all
to
speak
up
in
an
age
of
reimagined
truth,
it's
more
important
than
ever
that
we
counter
the
Distortion
of
facts
and
abusive
rights.
This
spin,
in
the
media
and
in
politics,
by
presenting
the
evidence
and
standing
up
for
the
rule
of
law,
human
rights
are
not
the
domain
of
left
or
right.
Politics
they're
there
to
protect
the
most
vulnerable
in
our
communities,
to
equalize
the
imbalances
between
the
powerful
and
the
powerless
and
to
advance
fairness
and
equality
for
us
all.
A
Let's
understand
the
rule
of
law
and
the
maintenance
of
human
rights
are
connected
and
that
about
57
percent
of
the
world's
population
live
outside
the
protection
of
the
rule
of
law.
That's
more
than
four
billion
people
struggling
for
basic
human
rights
on
a
daily
basis.
We
can
do
better
fundamental
human
rights
not
only
evolved
through
common
law.
They
reflect
Community
standards,
freedom
of
speech,
freedom
of
assembly
and
equality
of
all
before
the
law.