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MINUTES OF THE
HUMAN RIGHTS & RELATIONS COMMISSION
7:00 PM WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
Meeting location:
Edina City Hall
Community Room
4801 W. 50th St.
Edina, MN
1. Call to Order
7:05pm and Chair calls the meeting to order.
2. Roll Call
Present:
New Student Commissioners Doscotch and Kumar, as well as Commissioners Stone,
Rogers, Dawkins, Nelson, and Chair Khalifa.
Absent:
Commissioners Park, Ismail, and Stringer Moore.
3. Approval of Meeting Agenda
Motion from Commissioner Rogers. Seconded by Commissioner Nelson. Motion
carries.
4. Approval of Meeting Minutes
4.1. Minutes: HRRC August 27, 2024 Meeting Minutes
Motion by Commissioner Nelson. Seconded by Commissioner Stone. Motion carries.
5. Community Comment
Chair welcomed new student commissioners and asked for a brief introduction from
them.
6. Reports/Recommendations
6.1. 2024 Work Plan Updates
Initiative 1.5.1 Sharing Values, Sharing Communities event planning update (Nelson, Ismail,
Park)
• Changed committee member Khalifa to Ismail for accuracy.
• Reiterated the speakers scheduled for this event.
• Date pushed to October 22nd, 7-8:30pm and location will be at City Hall.
• Event will focus on how the community can be more welcoming.
• Discussion on the desired outcome for this event.
Initiative 1.5.5 Tom Oye Award
• Commission discussed assigning poster locations with commission members.
o List of former poster locations will be disbursed.
• Social media postings discussion.
• Evaluation and selection discussion.
6.2. 2025 Work Plan Development
Staff introduced shift in focus from historical task force work to the Equity Strategic
Action Plan.
• Discussion on putting a pause on acting as a commission and lean into more of a
task force role to help with the Equity Strategic Action Plan as well as discover the
role of the community in equity
7. Chair and Member Comments
Commissioners welcomed new student commissioners and new staff liaison to HRRC.
8. Staff Comments
Staff did not have any comment at this time.
9. Adjournment
Motion to adjourn the meeting by Commissioner Nelson. Seconded by Commissioner
Stone. Motion carries, and the meeting is adjourned at 8:36PM.