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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-03-22_07_00_PM-HRRC_PacketAgenda Human Rights and Relations Commission City Of Edina, Minnesota Edina City Hall, Community Room 4801 West 50th Street Edina, MN 55424 Tuesday, March 22, 2016 7:00 PM I.Call To Order II.Roll Call III.Approval Of Meeting Agenda IV.Approval Of Meeting Minutes A.Minutes V.Special Recognitions And Presentations A.Introduction of New Members VI.Community Comment During "Community Comment," the Board/Commission will invite residents to share relevant issues or concerns. Individuals must limit their comments to three minutes. The Chair may limit the number of speakers on the same issue in the interest of time and topic. Generally speaking, items that are elsewhere on tonight's agenda may not be addressed during Community Comment. Individuals should not expect the Chair or Board/Commission Members to respond to their comments tonight. Instead, the Board/Commission might refer the matter to sta% for consideration at a future meeting. VII.Reports/Recommendations A.2016 Work Plan Updates B.Resident Request C.Communication with City Council VIII.Correspondence And Petitions A.Correspondence IX.Chair And Member Comments X.Sta. Comments XI.Adjournment The City of Edina wants all residents to be comfortable being part of the public process. If you need assistance in the way of hearing ampli1cation, an interpreter, large-print documents or something else, please call 952-927-8861 72 hours in advance of the meeting. Date: March 22, 2016 Agenda Item #: IV.A. To:Human Rights and Relations Commission Item Type: Minutes From:MJ Lamon, Project Coordinator Item Activity: Subject:Minutes Action CITY OF EDINA 4801 West 50th Street Edina, MN 55424 www.edinamn.gov ACTION REQUESTED: Approve the February 23, 2016 Human Rights and Relations minutes. INTRODUCTION: ATTACHMENTS: Description Minutes: HRRC February 23, 2016 Draft Minutes☒ Approved Minutes☐ Approved Date: Minutes City Of Edina, Minnesota Human Rights and Relations Commission City Hall, Community Room February 23, 2016 I. Call To Order Chair Arseneault called the February 23rd, 2016 Human Rights and Relations Commission meeting to order at 7:03 PM. II. Roll Call Answering roll call were Chair Arseneault, Commissioners Burza, Kennedy, Rinn, Seidman, Vecchio-Smith, Winnick, and Student Commissioner Kearney. Staff present: HRRC Staff Liaison MJ Lamon and City Management Fellow Devin Massopust. Absent Members: Student Commissioner Ramesh. Commissioner Tian arrived at 7:09. III. Approval Of Meeting Agenda Motion by Seidman to reorder the February 23, 2016 Human Rights and Relations Commission meeting agenda and to add Advisory Communication on Refugee Event under Reports/Recommendations. Motion seconded by Kennedy. Motion carried. IV. Approval Of Meeting Minutes Motion by Seidman to approve the January 26, 2016 minutes as amended to add Commissioner Rinn to the roll call. Motion seconded by Kennedy. Motion carried. V. Special Recognitions and Presentations A. Scott Neal, City Manager City Manager Scott Neal informed the Commission about an event called Creating a Culturally Responsive Community with Dr. Sharroky Hollie hosted by Edina Public Schools and invited the members to attend. VI. Community Comment A Valley View Middle School student in attendance introduced himself to the Commission. Draft Minutes☒ Approved Minutes☐ Approved Date: VII. Reports/Recommendations A. Annual Elections Motion by Winnick to nominate Chair Arseneault as Chair of the Human Rights and Relations Commission beginning 3/1/16 and Commissioner Rinn as Vice Chair beginning 3/1/16. Motion seconded by Seidman. Motion carried. B. Resident Request No update was given. The item will be added to a future agenda. C. CEDAW Resolution from HRRC Motion by Tian to approve submitting the CEDAW Resolution to the City Council for consideration. Motion seconded by Winnick. Motion carried. D. Tom Oye Award Motion by Kennedy to nominate Lauren Morse-Wendt for the 2016 Tom Oye Human Rights Award recipient. Motion seconded by Winnick. Motion carried. E. 2016 Work Plan Updates a) Community Conversations Committee Proposal Committee members worked on draft outlines and consideration of a set of options on how to approach next steps in regard to the Community Conversations initiative. The work will continue once new members of the Commission have an opportunity to join the committee. b) Days of Remembrance Commissioner Seidman gave an update about the event that will be held April 10th from 1-3 PM at Edina City Hall, including that the save-the-date reminders will be ready for dissemination at the February 29 Boards and Commissions members annual dinner meeting. By consent of the Commission, Student Commissioner Kearney was appointed as a member to the Days of Remembrance Committee. c) Website Updates Commissioner Tian provided a list of updates to the HRRC website. d) Human Rights City Designation Commissioner Kennedy updated the Commission on the Human Rights Cities report that was created as a summary of the outreach events that were held and key issues that were identified from the events. e) Community Conversation with Edina Public Schools Parent Communication Network (PCN) Commissioner Vecchio-Smith asked that her work plan item regarding an event with the Edina PCN and the City of Edina be put on hold for the time being. Draft Minutes☒ Approved Minutes☐ Approved Date: F. Affirm 2016 Meeting Schedule The Commission reviewed the meeting schedule and will hold on making any changes to it until after the new members of the Commission begin in March. G. Advisory Communication for Refugee Event Motion by Winnick to approve the advisory communication. Motion seconded by Rinn. Motion carried. Ayes: Winnick, Vecchio-Smith, Rinn, Kennedy, Tian Nays: Seidman Abstained: Arseneault Motion carried. VIII. Correspondence And Petitions The Commission discussed correspondence received from the League of Minnesota Human Rights Commissions regarding 2016 membership renewal. The Commission declined action to renew the Commission’s membership for 2016. IX. Chair And Member Comments Chair Arseneault: Thanked Commissioners Burza, Tian, Winnick and Seidman for their work with the HRRC over the years. Commissioner Seidman: Thanked the members for working to achieve many accomplishments during her time on the HRRC. Commissioner Vecchio-Smith: Informed the Commission that the subcommittee regarding art at the State Capitol has recommended taking down certain works of art. She also informed the Commission about an event at the performing arts center that the Black Student Union will be putting on for Black History Month that is open to the public. Commissioner Tian: Thanked the members present for working collaboratively on projects during his time on the HRRC. Commissioner Winnick: Shared with the Commission information about a policy banning assault weapons in Highland Park, Ill and encouraged the members to consider looking into such a policy. Commissioner Winnick also thanked the members present for their great work. Draft Minutes☒ Approved Minutes☐ Approved Date: Commissioner Kennedy: Gave an update regarding a state legislative bill that would designate the second Monday of October as American Indian and Indigenous People’s Day. X. Staff Comments An update was given on new members joining the HRRC in March. XI. Adjournment Motion by Kennedy to adjourn the February 23rd, 2016 HRRC meeting at 9:10 PM. Motion seconded by Winnick. Motion carried. Date: March 22, 2016 Agenda Item #: V.A. To:Human Rights and Relations Commission Item Type: Other From:MJ Lamon, Project Coordinator Item Activity: Subject:Introduction of New Members CITY OF EDINA 4801 West 50th Street Edina, MN 55424 www.edinamn.gov ACTION REQUESTED: None. INTRODUCTION: Heather Edelson Catherine Beringer Cindy Edwards Kristina Martin Michelle Meek ATTACHMENTS: Description 2016 Meeting Schedule and Roster Meetings and Events Day Date Event Time Location Tues Jan 26 Regular Meeting 7:00 pm Community Room Tues Feb 23 Regular Meeting 7:00 pm Community Room Mon Feb 29 BC Member Annual Meeting TBD Braemar Golf Course Tues Mar 22 Regular Meeting 7:00 pm Community Room Sun April 10 Days of Remembrance 1:00 pm City Hall Lobby/Chambers Wed April 20 Volunteer Recognition TBD Braemar Golf Course Tues April 26 Regular Meeting 7:00 pm Community Room Tues May 24 Regular Meeting 7:00 pm Community Room Tues June 28 Regular Meeting 7:00 pm Community Room Tues July 19 Work Session w/ City Council 6:15 pm Community Room Tues July 26 Regular Meeting 7:00 pm Community Room Tues August 23 Regular Meeting 7:00 pm Community Room Tues Sept 27 Regular Meeting 7:00 pm Community Room Tues Oct 25 Regular Meeting 7:00 pm Community Room Tues Nov 15 Regular Meeting 7:00 pm Community Room Thurs Dec 8 Regular Meeting (Televised) 7:00 pm Council Chambers Roster Name Email Phone Pat Arseneault arseneault.westchester@gmail.com (952) 367-7951 Catherine Beringer (952) 924-0886 Ellen Kennedy kennedy@worldwithoutgenocide.org (952) 693-5206 Sarah Rinn smrinn@gmail.com Kristina Martin KristinaJ.Martin@yahoo.com (952) 261-4171 Heather Edelson hmedelson@gmail.com (651) 785-8696 Maggie Vecchio-Smith mvecchiosmith@yahoo.com Cindy Edwards Ckeeaf@icloud.com Michelle Meek michelle_a_meek@yahoo.com Sid Ramesh (student) svr0414@gmail.com Caitlin Kearney (student) cakearney16@blakeschool.org MJ Lamon (Staff Liaison) mlamon@edinamn.gov (952) 826-0360 Devin Massopust (City Management Fellow) dmassopust@edinamn.gov (952) 826-0429 Date: March 22, 2016 Agenda Item #: VII.A. To:Human Rights and Relations Commission Item Type: Report and Recommendation From:MJ Lamon, Project Coordinator Item Activity: Subject:2016 Work Plan Updates Discussion CITY OF EDINA 4801 West 50th Street Edina, MN 55424 www.edinamn.gov ACTION REQUESTED: Members will provide updates on 2016 work plan initiatives. INTRODUCTION: Days of Remembrance (Arseneault) Tom Oye Website (Rinn) CEDAW (Arseneault) Committees and Working Groups Roster (Arseneault) Joint work session with City Council: July 19, 2016) ATTACHMENTS: Description 2016 HRRC Approved Work Plan Date: March 22, 2016 Agenda Item #: VII.B. To:Human Rights and Relations Commission Item Type: Other From:MJ Lamon, Project Coordinator Item Activity: Subject:Resident Request Discussion CITY OF EDINA 4801 West 50th Street Edina, MN 55424 www.edinamn.gov ACTION REQUESTED: INTRODUCTION: At the January meeting, the Commission discussed a request from a resident for the Commission to assist in leading a conversation in an apartment building among diverse neighbors. Commissioner Rinn volunteered to contact the resident to see if she can get more information on the request. Date: March 22, 2016 Agenda Item #: VII.C. To:Human Rights and Relations Commission Item Type: Other From:MJ Lamon, Project Coordinator Item Activity: Subject:Communication with City Council Information CITY OF EDINA 4801 West 50th Street Edina, MN 55424 www.edinamn.gov ACTION REQUESTED: None. INTRODUCTION: City Council gave their approval to the document that provides more information and clearer definitions for ways Boards and Commissions can communicate with City Council. The newest concept is the Council Charge. This process will be utilized to provide clear direction to Boards and Commissions. ATTACHMENTS: Description Communication with City Council Citizen Advisory Groups COMMUNICATION BETWEEN CITY COUNCIL & BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS Page | 1 Final 2016.02.02 Council Charge • The Council Charge is a guide for Council to provide clear and specific direction to Boards and Commissions. • Council Charge is given in instances when Council tasks a board or commission with an initiative. • City staff ensures Council identifies the charge level of the task to be communicated back to the board or commission. • The Council Charge concept is also implemented in Board and Commission work plans. Charge 1 Study and Report • Board/Commission is asked to study a specific issue or event and report its findings to City Council. Charge 2 Review and Comment • Board/Commission is asked to review a specific policy issue and to seek comments from each individual member of the group to pass on to City Council for further consideration. • Member comments will be included in the Staff Report (optional, Board/Commission can include an Advisory Communication with the staff report). • No vote is taken by the Board or Commission. • No official Board/Commission recommendation is provided to City Council. Charge 3 Review and Recommend • Board/Commission is asked to review a specific policy issue and to issue a recommendation on the issue to the City Council. • Member comments will be included in the Staff Report (optional, Board/Commission can include an Advisory Communication with the staff report). • A majority vote is necessary for a recommendation to be formally submitted to City Council. Charge 4 Review and Decide • Board/Commission is asked to study, review, and decide on an issue. • The group’s decision will be the City’s official position on the matter unless the issue is formally considered and reversed by a majority vote of City Council. Annual Work Plan • The annual work plan process enables boards and commissions to propose their goals and initiatives for the upcoming year. • The Council reviews those goals and initiatives before giving final direction on board and commission priorities. • The Council provides specific work plan direction to the Boards and Commissions by using a Council Charge System incorporated into the work plans. COMMUNICATION BETWEEN CITY COUNCIL & BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS Page | 2 Final 2016.02.02 Annual Work Plan Calendar January: Annual Work Plan Begins June-August: Proposed work plan created by BC. Sept/Oct: Work Plan proposals presented by BC chair to City Council at Work Session. Nov/Dec: Council review and approve Board & Commission Work Plans for upcoming year. Joint Work Session • City Council generally has a work session prior to every City Council meeting. • Council work sessions are designed to be less formal than a City Council meeting and to solicit open discussion. • A joint work session is a City Council work session with another group like Boards and Commission. • Every Board and Commission has one joint work session a year (no more than 60 minutes in duration). • The joint work session is an opportunity to update the Council on the Board and Commission’s current work plan and to get Council feedback on the progress to date. Meeting Minutes • Board and Commission meeting minutes are intended to record what was done at the meeting to provide the Council and members an overview of board and commission proceedings. COMMUNICATION BETWEEN CITY COUNCIL & BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS Page | 3 Final 2016.02.02 • The City has guidelines for meeting minutes to improve the readability by making their length shorter and more concise. • Approved minutes are always submitted to City Council as part of their packet and uploaded to each Board and Commission’s public webpage. • Council members are very diligent about reading board and commission minutes. Staff Report • Staff reports are prepared by the staff liaison to forward a regulatory item or other goal from the board and commission’s approved work plan to a Council meeting for approval or direction. • It is the responsibility of staff to outline the position of the board and commission, as well as staff recommendations, and to highlight any important differences between the two. • Staff reports will be included under "Reports & Recommendations" on the City Council agenda. Advisory Communication • Advisory communications are prepared by the Board and Commission members under the direction of the Board and Commission. • Advisory communications can be used for items on the Board or Commission's work plan and for items not on the work plan. Item Type Report Agenda Location Speaking Opportunity Work Plan Items: Staff Reports are submitted for work plan items. Advisory Communications can be submitted in conjunction with a Staff Report. Work plan items are placed under “Reports & Recommendations” on the City Council agenda. Board/Commission Chair or designee can to speak (not required) for 3 minutes on their Advisory Communication at the City Council meeting. Non Work Plan Items: Advisory Communications are submitted when the Board or Commission wants to give input on a non work plan item. A non work plan Advisory Communication will be included under correspondence on the City Council agenda. Board and Commission members are not given a speaking opportunity, unless requested by council. FINAL: 2016.02.02 CITIZEN ADVISORY GROUPS TASK FORCES Membership Guidelines • Members are appointed by City Council or City Manager. • Members may be residents and non-residents; including City staff and Board/Commission members, but may not include City Council members or other elected officials. • Every Task Force has a Staff Liaison appointed by the City Manager. • The Task Force chair and vice chair are appointed by the City Council or City Manager. Officers can be any Task Force member, including city staff or Staff Liaison. • Must use “Task Force” as part of the group title. • Task Forces have a limited life span and scope. They are formed to study a specific topic or activity, and typically last one year or less. • The primary deliverable is a report to the City Council or City Manager that includes findings and recommendations. The City Manager will determine who will write the report (e.g., staff, consultant, or task force chair.) • Meetings of Task Forces are not considered public meetings unless designated as such by the City Council. City CounciCity CounciCity CounciCity Councillll Boards & Boards & Boards & Boards & CommissionsCommissionsCommissionsCommissions CommitteesCommitteesCommitteesCommittees Working Working Working Working GroupsGroupsGroupsGroups City Council or City Council or City Council or City Council or City ManagerCity ManagerCity ManagerCity Manager Task ForcesTask ForcesTask ForcesTask Forces • Local governments often use a variety of Citizen Advisory Groups to help complete the mission of the City. • Citizen Advisory Groups are valuable to the City and the community. • The City of Edina has established the following definitions to detail how each group is established, comprised, different and/or similar. • The term “Public Meeting” refers to a meeting that is required to be open to the public by the state Open Meeting Law. Only public meetings require meeting notice and a record of meeting minutes. Citizen Advisory Groups or the City Council may at times invite or allow members of the public to attend meetings even if they are not “public meeting.” For example, a Task Force could choose to solicit feedback or hold an open house. BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS Membership Guidelines • Members are appointed by City Council. • Membership consists of adult and student members. • All appointments have term limits. • The City Manager appoints a Staff Liaison who provides administrative support to the Board/Commission as a body. • Boards and Commissions are established to advise the City Council with respect to municipal functions and activities and to investigate subjects of interest to the city. • All boards and commissions established by City Council shall be advisory to the Council and shall have the responsibility to 1)Investigate matters within the scope of the particular Board/Commission or as specifically directed by the council, 2) Advise the council by communicating the viewpoint or advice of the Board/Commission, 3) At the direction of the Council, hold hearings, receive evidence, conduct investigations, and, on the basis of such hearings, evidence and investigations, make decisions and recommendations to the council. • Meetings of boards and commissions are public meetings. BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS COMMITTEES Membership Guidelines • The Board/Commission appoints at least two, but less than a quorum of members. • All members must be members of the Board/Commission. • The Board/Commission appoints a Committee Chair. • Committees must not contain a quorum of Board/Commission members. • The Board/Commission appoints the Committee Chair. • Committees are established with the approval of the Board/Commission to work on a work plan initiative. • The Board/Commission has final recommendations on all matters which the committee has been given guidance. • Staff does not typically provide support to Board/Commission committees. • Meetings of Committees are not public meetings. BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS WORKING GROUPS Membership Guidelines • A Working Group is comprised of one or more members of the Board/Commission, but less than a quorum of members and includes members of the public. • The Board/Commission appoints the Working Group Chair. • The working group chair will recommend to the Board/Commission other working group members who are outside of the Board/Commission. The • Working groups are established with the approval of the Board/Commission to work on a work plan initiative. • Working Groups should be considered when the Board/Commission needs more support, the work requires a specific expertise or time, or the work needs more community engagement to identify issues and concerns. • Notice is given to the public of the formation of the working group providing a minimum of 14 days for the public to express interest before members are selected. Board/Commission appoints additional working group members. • The Chair may also nominate a co-chair who is not a Board/Commission member. • The Board/Commission has final recommendations on all matters which the committee has been given guidance. • Staff does not typically provide support to Board & Commission committees. • Meetings of Working Groups are not public meetings. Date: March 22, 2016 Agenda Item #: VIII.A. To:Human Rights and Relations Commission Item Type: Correspondence From:MJ Lamon, Project Coordinator Item Activity: Subject:Correspondence Information CITY OF EDINA 4801 West 50th Street Edina, MN 55424 www.edinamn.gov ACTION REQUESTED: None. INTRODUCTION: Correspondence received. ATTACHMENTS: Description Correspondence_1 Correspondence_2 ance plus good luck on your re-election, Sanf 4400 Morningside Road Edina, MN 55416 952 925-5738 3-4-16 State Senator Melisa Franzen 6216 Maloney Avenue Edina, MN 55343 State Representative Ron Erhardt 4214 Sunnyside Road Edina, MN 55424 Dear Melisa and Ron a On March 1st, I moved 6 resolutions at the DFL Precinct 4 caucus, all of which passed overwhelmingly: *Apologize for slavery and Native American genocide (8 states have already done so) *Replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day (several cities have done this, includino Minneapolis and St. Paul) *Enact Death With Dignity/Aid In Dying legislation (as in Washington, Oregon, and California) *Raise the minimum wage to 815, indexed annually to inflation/ cost-of-living *Increase monthly welfare payments by at least 8100, indexed annually to inflation/cost-of-living *Mandate paid parental and sick leave for all working people Pleasee initiate or cosponsor these measures. _ The Consecutive Issue Number 177 (2015) US ISSN 0049-514X U*N*A*B*A*S*H*E*DTm Librarian the "how I run my library good"sm letter WOW Camden (ME) Public Library Photo: mjfreedman, August 2010 the U*N*A*B*A*S*H*E*DTM Librarian Number 177 Number 4 of 2015) Table of Contents My Library Keeps Me Healthy Launch /3 The Stories Cookbooks Tell /3 Digital Media Center to Offer Classes to Help You with Your Star Wars Fan Films! /4 Pasadena Library Abuzz! /5 Librarians Can Influence Elections by Bernadine E. 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"How I Run My Library Good"' is a service mark of THE U*N*A*B*A*S*H*E*D" LIBRARIAN. the U*N*A*B*A*S*H*E*DTm Librarian Number 177 Page 15 Berman's Ba gl Je Suis Nilov Neel/ Abaio con "Illegal Aliens"!/ 1% Rule at LC/ KCPL Weeding Craze by Sanford Berman U*L Contributing Editor August 7, 2015. Bangladesh. Niloy Neel hacked to death in his Dhaka apartment by extremist Muslims. He's the fourth atheist blogger to be murdered in the past six months. "His death," reports the September 2015 Freethought Today, "follows those of Avijit Roy in February, Washiqur Rahman in March, and Ananta Bijoy Das in May." All appeared on a list of 84 bloggers "identified by Muslim groups in 2013 as blasphemers." For more details see Nicole Scott, "Niloy Neel: Fourth Atheist Blogger Hacked to Death in 2015," Free Inquiry, Oct./Nov.2015, p. 14. Allison Liegner, in the February 3, 2015 thedartmouth.com, writes: Dartmouth Coalition for Immigration Reform, Equality and DREAMers' petition to the Library of Congress last summer to use the word "undocumented" instead of "illegal" when describing immigrants in subject headings was not approved, the group announced in early January. In the spring of 2014, CoFIRED originally asked for Baker-Berry Library to formally change the way it refers to undocumented immigrants and was informed by the library that the subject heading policy was determined by national procedures created by the LOC. CoFIRED co-founder Hal imo Hassen said that the Dartmouth Library staff was very helpful in the group's efforts and lent their expertise to help formulate the petition. CoFIRED and the library staff have been involved in the initiative for nearly a year, Hassen said, and many members put a great amount of effort into the proposal. The Library of Congress responded to the group's initiative at the start of winter term, telling them that their petition would not move forward in the process. The LOC responded that it would not change the structure of its cataloguing system, which currently uses the term "illegal" to describe undocumented im migrants. On its Facebook page, CoFIRED described the term "illegal alien" as a "dehumanizing, inaccurate, offensive and inflammatory term." As background, Liegner explains In 2010, the national organization Race Forward began its "Drop the I-Word" campaign, petitioning journalists and media outlets to avoid using certain terms to describe undocumented immigrants. Race Forward says terms like "illegal immigrant" are racially-charged and legally incorrect. While using "illegal" to describe actions is appropriate, the group says, it is dehumanizing to describe people in this way. In response to the campaign, the Associated Press changed its widely-referenced stylebook to omit the term in April 2013. While CoFired's petition was unrelated to the Race Forward campaign, Hassen said, the group is supportive of the national campaign. An effort stemming from the national "Drop the I-Word" campaign was successful at the University of California at Los Angeles, which recently passed a resolution requiring the use of "undocumented" over "illegal" by campus organizations. the U*N*A*B*A*S*H*E*DTM Librarian Number 177 Page 16 Irmary Garcia — the Cultural Affairs Commissioner for UCLA's Undergraduate Students Association — wrote in an email that the reasoning behind the ban was ... actions are illegal, not the people themselves ... She added that using the term undocumented was crucial to avoid belittling or dehumanizing undocumented students. The Dartmouth students deserve kudos for petitioning their campus library — and later LC — to effect a wholly desirable and justified change in subject cataloging terminology. It's too bad, however, that they let the Baker-Barry Library off the hook. It's nice that library staff collaborated on the subsequent LC petition, but the argument that "subject heading policy was determined by ... LOC" is an unpersuasive excuse, not a compelling reason. Assuming that the Dartmouth library had an automated authority file, it's relatively simple to electronically replace that ILLEGAL ALIENS subject rubric with a non-inflammatory and more accurate term. What's key here is the WILL TO DO IT. Although librarianship claims to be an independent, rigorously ethical profession, it is almost uniformly slavish with respect to observing "national standards 'll; — in this instance, LC "procedures — even when they prove wrong or unhelpful. Baker-Barry could have executed the nomenclature change for their own catalog. They chose not to. Having learned about the Dartmouth petition plus the likelihood that the American Library Association's Subject Analysis Committee would discuss the "illegal" issue shortly, I sent this letter to LC's Cataloging Policy & Support Office (Washington, DC 20540-4305) on 7-16-15: Dear Colleagues, I understand that the rejection of a SACO proposal to replace the subject heading ILLEGAL ALIENS with a more accurate and less inflammatory form may shortly be reconsidered. For that purpose, I've enclosed three documents: The "Alien, illegal alien" entry in Philip H. Herbst's Color of Words: An Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Ethnic Bias in the United States (Intercultural Press, 19971 p. 6-7. 2 Rosalie Maggio's discussion of "illegal alien," in her Talking About People: A Guide to Fair and Accurate Language (Oryx Press, 1997), p. 204. Hennepin County Library's announcement of a new descriptor, UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS, in HCL Cataloging Bulletin #51 (March/ April 1981), p. 39. Hoping you find this material useful in your deliberations, Sanford Berman Two month later, I submitted this formal suggestion: 9-19-15 Dear Colleagues, As a follow up to my 7-16-15 mis- sive regarding why the LC subject heading ILLEGAL ALIENS needs to be replaced, I recommend this substitute: UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS UF Aliens, Illegal Illegal aliens Illegal immigrants the U*N*A*B*A*S*H*E*DTM Librarian Number 177 Page 17 Immigrants, Illegal Immigrants, Undocumented Indocumentados Workers, Undocumented Undocumented workers XX Immigrants With warmest regards, Sanford Berman Previous columns have bemoaned and documented libraries' lurch toward the "business model" and increasing ties with local, monied elites, often by means of "foundations" ostensibly created to augment operating budgets but which ultimately use their position and influence to entertain and enrich themselves, undercutting the much-vaunted library ethos of democratic governance and truly serving everyone equally. The latest, and most appalling example: the James Madison Council, a group of one-percenters assembled in 1990 by Librarian of Congress James Billington "to support the country's oldest federal cultural institution." In fact, as detailed by Peggy McGlone in the 7-12-15 Washington Post, "the group's contributions have supported the National Digital Library, National Book Festival, and Gershwin Prize for Popular Song." And "its members have donated books, maps, and other cultural artifacts to the librarps collection." So what's not to like? Well, McGlone notes that "although its mission is outreach, the group is insular and exclusive. Membership is by invitation and individual donations go undisclosed." The 69 current "industry titans and philanthropists" contribute $25,000 yearly and enjoy "exclusive access to the institution and its collections." However, "although. they've raised millions, they've spent almost half of their recorded contributions on private parties, exhibition receptions, travel and employees and consultants." McGlone continues: Critics of Billington, including many current and retired library employees, say the James Madison Council has done little to address the major problems facing the institution. A $630 million-a-year operation with 3,200 employees, the library was criticized by congressional investigators in March for its technological failures. Its staff has been reduced dramatically, and it faces a major storage crisis that has resulted in books being damaged or destroyed, The Washington Post reported. But in- stead of endowing curators or librar- ians, as is the practice at universi- ties, or raising money to purchase long-delayed storage units, the James Madison Council spent five years raising funds for a dormitory for visiting scholars, a project that failed. Unquestionably, the Council has done much to address Billington's apparenty unquenchable need for lavish travel and entertainment. McGlone specifies many examples. And typically for such elite support organizations, the Council's expenses for personnel, travel, receptions, administration "outpaced contributions by almost 30 percent." According to McGlone, "several government watchdog groups find the Council's exclusivity and lack of transparency troublesome." She quotes Daniel Borochoff, president of Charitywatch: "Programming of the library shouldn't be skewed to the high donors because it's a governmental institution for the general public. A government entity is different than being a nonprofit. I don't agree that just because they are large donors, more benefits of the library ought to accrue to them exclusively." Well put, Daniel. And it's clearly the U*N*A*B*A*S*H*E*DTM Librarian Number 177 Page 18 time for Billington to leave. For the full McGlone report, see "Librarian's Trips Abroad, Posh Hotels All Paid for by James Madison Council." Thanks to the diligence and collaboration of Fred Whitehead, news of the Kansas City Public Library has appeared in my U*L columns 120, 121, 133, and 136. Now comes an article in the 8-2-15 Kansas City Star that describes the "bibliocide' at the ... Central location, where an accelerated weeding out and eventual destruction of many thousands of books has been underway since last fall to make space for upgrades and reconfigurations," like a new technology center. Central reportedly weeds from 5 to 6 thousand books yearly, while adding some 8,000 new volumes. But the current book-tossing exercise involves about 30,000 items, which are being dumped at such a rate and number that some Kansas City Friends "worry ... that thousands of books that might otherwise have found new homes through regular Friends sales or through donations to other organizations are being destroyed." This has prompted many Friends to dumpster dive, "digging through the large cardboard boxes bound for recycling to rescue what they can." Library managers parrot the usual justifications for such mammoth, largely thoughtless weeding: for instance, limited storage space and wanting to keep collections "fresh and up to date." Even more amazingly, the "president of the board of the Public Library Association," an Oregonian, declared to the newspaper reporter that "she knows of no national trend of mass disposal of books to make way for technology or changing tastes." Where-in-hell has she been for the last two decades?! For the entire article, see Eric Adler, "Accelerated Pace of Kansas City Public Library's Book-Culling Process Upsets Volunteers." Sanford Berman, U*L Contributing Editor, Author of Not in My Library, "Berman's Bag Columns from The U*N*A*B*A*S*N*E*0 Librarian 2000-2013," (McFarland, 2013). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Sanford Berman Fixit Clinics Coming to the Library's Recycled Reads Bookstore Austin Public Library, Recycled Reads & Austin Resource Recovery kick off this collaborative series October 3, 2015. Save money, learn something new and help keep items out of the landfill by attending FREE Fixit Clinics at Recycled Reads, 5335 Burnet Rd. Fixit Clinics will take place on the first Saturday of each month at Recycled Reads, and each will feature a different type of repair. Learn how to repair your broken items with the help of volunteer coaches. Assistance will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Oct. 3, 12 — 3 PM: Clothing Nov. 7, 12 — 3 PM: Small Appliances and Electronics Dec. 5, 12 — 3 PM:Toys & Stuffed Animals This series, like all Library programs, is free and open to the public. For more information, visit library. austintexas.gov/recycled-reads, call 512-974-7460 or Ask a Librarian. Families who want to learn together are welcome. About Fixit Clinics Fixit Clinics are all about do-it-together, hands-on disassembly, troubleshooting and (hopefully) learning to repair. FixIt Clinic attendees are expected to be active participants in trying to fix their items with guidance from our coaches. Attendees should plan to stay and fix their items. 2015-21 2016 Al Resolution on Replacing the Library of Congress Su "Undocumented Immig Whereas the terms "illegal" and "alien," when used in refe pejoration and acquired derogatory connotations, becomin and racist sentiments; Whereas the appropriateness of the word "alien" as a lega New York Times Editorial Board calling for it to be retired a 432 to remove it from the state's labor code; Whereas referring to undocumented immigrants as "illegal dehumanizing, offensive, inflammatory, and even a racial 5 suspect that ILLEGAL ALIENS still appears in th HCL catalog. 2-16-16 Whereas a national campaigns such as "Drop the I-Word" and #WordsMatter are urging news media to stop using the word "illegal" to describe immigrants; Whereas many news organizations have committed to not using the word "illegal" to describe immigrants, including the Associated Press, USA Today, ABC, The Chicago Tribune, and the LA Times; Whereas college students have petitioned the Library of Congress to retire the subject heading Illegal aliens; Whereas there is no explicit mandate from Congress that LC must follow the U.S. Code terminology in this matter; Whereas the ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) Thesaurus and MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) both use the term Undocumented immigrants, and both are produced by federal government agencies; Whereas the ALA Policy B.3 (Diversity) states that "ALA recognizes the critical need for access to library and information resources, services, and technologies by all people, especially those who may experience.., discrimination on the basis of appearance, ethnicity, immigrant status...;" and Whereas the ALA Policy B.1.1 (Core Values of Librarianship) states that all library users should receive "accurate, unbiased, and courteous responses to all requests;" now, therefore, be it Resolved, that the American Library Association, on behalf of its members: urges the Library of Congress to change the subject heading Illegal aliens to Undocumented immigrants. Mover: Laura Koltutsky (SRRT Councilor) Seconder: Peter Hepburn (Executive Board) Approved by American Library Association Council Boston .9 MA 1-12-16 Petition to change LC subject heading from "Illegal Aliens" to "Undocumented Immigrants" salalm.org 12016/0 s-to- documented- Here's a little backstory behind the recent news that the ALA Council approved a resolution to change the subject heading "Illegal Aliens" to "Undocumented Immigrants": In February 2014, a broad-based coalition of student activists at Dartmouth College carried out a series of protests on campus. These students co-authored a document called the "Freedom Budget" whicri proposed change in eight different areas of campus life. Among the points was a provision for the removal of offensive language from the library's discovery systems — most notably, the subject heading "illegal Aliens." This point was raised by a subgroup of student activists, the Dartmouth Coalition for Immigration Reform, Equality and DREAMers (Co-FIRED). A group of Dartmouth librarians met with Co-FIRED members and over the course of discussion, alighted on the thought of the students and the library jointly undertaking a proposal to change the subject heading through Dartmouth's membership in SACO, the Subject Authorities Cooperative of the Library of Congress. Together they gathered research and prepared the proposal. It was submitted to the Library of Congress in July 2014. Unfortunately, the proposal was eventually denied. The Library of Congress Policy and Standards Division, the body which considers SACO proposals, gave the following explanation of why the proposals were not approved: "Undocumented immigrants [and five related proposals] This proposal was made to change the wording of the existing heading Illegal aliens to Undocumented immigrants. Illegal aliens is an inherently legal heading, and as such the preference is to use the legal terminology. The U.S. Code, Title 8, Aliens and Nationality, uses the terminology "illegal aliens." In addition, the 9th edition of Black's Law Dictionary includes the headword "illegal alien" with a cross- reference from "undocumented alien." The Legislative Indexing Vocabulary used by the Congressional Research Service follows suit by authorizing the heading "Illegal aliens," with a reference from "Undocumented aliens." The meeting also notes that in some legal systems, a person may be an undocumented alien without being in a jurisdiction illegally; general works on undocumented legal aliens are covered by the heading Aliens. Finally, Immigrants — the proposed broader term for the revised heading — is not an inherently legal heading. Mixing an inherently legal concept with one that is not inherently legal leads to problems with the structure and maintenance of LCSH, and makes assignment of headings difficult.All of the above argue against revising the heading. A UF Undocumented aliens was added to the record in 1993 to provide additional access, and reflects the fact that the common terminology is fluid. The proposals were not approved." In this case, the principle that LCSH terms for groups of people should not be pejorative is in conflict with LC's stated need to use the terminology that appears in the U.S. Code. Having recently been appointed to the CaMMS Subject Analysis Committee (known as SAC, the charge of which is to "study problems and recommend improvements in patterns, methods, and tools for the subject and genre/form analysis and organization of library materials, including particularly classification and subject headings systems"), Tina Gross contacted John DeSantis, the Dartmouth cataloger who had worked on the proposal, to ask if it would be helpful to raise the issue with SAC. At the SAC meeting at ALA Annual 2015, the committee agreed that a larger discussion was warranted. At the Midwinter 2016 meeting, SAC voted to form a working group charged with investigating and providing a report. Also at Midwinter 2016, Tina Gross submitted the Resolution on Replacing the Library of Congress Subject Heading "Illegal Aliens" with "Undocumented Immigrants," written in collaboration with others (and with input from Sandy Berman), to the Social Responsibilities Round Table(SRRT), which voted to bring the resolution forward for consideration by ALA Council. Members of REFORMA, EMIERT, and SALALM helped spread the word and garner support. The resolution was also supported by the Intellectual Freedom Committee (IFC), the Intellktual Freedom Round Table(IFRT), and SAC, and it passed at ALA Council nearly unanimously on January 12, 2016. Jill Baron and Tina Gross COMMITTEE OF 500 YEARS OF DIGNITY AND RESISTANCE P 0 BOX 110632, CLEVELAND, OHIO 44111 Facebook: Committee of fivehundredyears; Twitter: Committee of 500 Yrs Website: Committee orf 500 Years of Dignity and Resistance The Committee of 500 Years Presents: 14th Annual Conference and 24th Annual Demonstration to Protest Racism against Indigenous Peoples in Sports and Media Theme: Educating for Truth and Dignity: Indigenous Peoples of° this Hemisphere CEU's for Educators from K-12th grades Baldwin Wallace University, SAC (Student Activity Center) 96 Beech Street. Berea OH Conference Agenda April 2, 2016 9:00 AM - Greetings and Opening Prayers - Clyde Bellecourt Keynote address: David Narcomey 10:30 AM - Workshop 1: Biomes, Ecosystems, and Evolution: the Origins and Diversification of the 500 Indigenous Nations of this Hemisphere before Columbus. - James Watson, Ph.D. Activity: Workshop participants will trace their own cultural heritage to the indigenous peoples of their homelands (e.g., European = Celtic, Anglo-Saxon, Gaul, Hun, etc.). After recognizing historical, cultural, and identity features passed down from their indigenous roots, they will then choose a pre-Columbian western hemisphere indigenous group and then identify its cultural features and relations to other peoples. 12:00 NOON- LUNCH 1:30 PM - Workshop 2: The Truth About Columbus: The Discovery of America for the Colonizing Agenda of Europe. - The Truth about Thanksgiving — Phil Yenyo Activity: Question and answer period to explore the colonial mindset which accompanied the European invasion of the western hemisphere and its persistence in current nation-states of this hemisphere 3:00 PM - Workshop 3: Indigenous Innovations That Shaped the World and the Ecological and Economic Relationships That Produced Them. - Albert Ortiz Activity: A day without Native America. Workshop participants will remove from their persons and from the workshop room all products that were discovered, invented or developed by the Indigenous Peoples of this hemisphere. Consideration of life without a few of the items will be juxtaposed against the fate of the group responsible for each development. 4:30 PM — Break 5:00 — 6:00 PM — Dinner 6:00 — 9:00 PM — Entertainment — Native drumming and the Ticket to Ride band LIL1/111 .41LIJL/P 1:00 - PM — Announcements, Opening Prayers — Clyde Bellecourt 2:00 PM - Workshop 4: Being Native in our Native Land. The Issues of Current Indigenous Peoples in Struggle against Popular Culture and Society. - David Narcomey Activity: Students from Baldwin Wallace's writing program and drama department will join with Native speakers and participants to create one act plays to depict the joys and challenges of being an Indigenous person of North America in this current time. 3:30 PM — updates and strategizing among Activists 6:00 — 7:00 PM- Light dinner, closing remarks and prayers September 10, 2016-Follow-up working session #1 and #2 Baldwin Wallace University Discussion of assigned reading materials, brainstorming, creation of unit and lesson plans for teaching pre-Columbian North American history, the impact of Columbus and the European colonizing mindset among Pilgrims and other diverse European colonists, revolutionaries and founding fathers. To obtain CEU's each teacher will submit one lesson plan of their own creation. The entire unit will be compiled from different teachers' lesson plans. October 22, 2016-Follow-up working session #3 and #4 Baldwin Wallace University Discussion of assigned reading materials, brainstorming, and creation of unit and lesson plans for teaching, inventions and innovations appropriated from Native Americans, the status of Native America today. Teachers will share design of student projects to more explore more deeply the new learning and concerns raised by these units. To obtain CEU's each teacher will submit one lesson plan of their own creation. The entire unit will be compiled from different teachers' lesson plans. Additional follow-up session-TBA Depending on teacher interest, an additional session will be scheduled for reflection and de-briefing after all units have been taught. In lieu of a follow-up session in the same geographical location, teachers will be required to compose a reflection on their units and post it to the common e-mail list or google doc group. DEMONSTRATION 1:00 PM - Meet at W. 25th and Detroit Avenue for those who want to march across the bridge. 1:30 PM - March to Progressive Field — NW Quadrant of Ontario Street. 2:00 - 4:00 PM- Demonstration against Racism at Progressive Field — NW Quadrant on Ontario Street. Tom Goldtooth — Indigenous Environmental Network - Cleveland State — Check Cleveland State calendar as the date gets closer For available housing for out of town guests. E-mail ferne.clementsAvahoo.com If by chance the Cleveland Ball team does go into the playoffs, we will demonstrate for two hours before each game. There will be monthly demonstrations during the season. Information will be e-mailed. 2 We ask that our supporters that join us please focus on the issue of racism against the indigenous people. We understand there are other issues that are just as important, but this demonstration is for focusing on this issue only. We plan a peaceful and respectful demonstration. Those who cannot comply with our guidelines will be asked to leave. +++-F-F-H--1---H- I I I +-F-HF+++ I I I I ++d—F++++++++++++++++++++ I I I I +++-H-+++ I I I I I +-1—Fd*++ I I I++++I I I I I I +++ VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Volunteers needed for the Conference. Please contact Ferne at: eriLjeellgsglobfor more information +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ VENDORS WELCOME AT THE CONFERENCE. COST: 10% OF PROCEEDS NOT TO EXCEED $20.00 PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY: Mail to Committee of 500 Years, PO Box 110632, Cleveland, OH 44111 NAME: E-MAIL: PHONE #: TABLE SIZE: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Change the Name, Change the Logo Ohio boasting about its location with the slogan, "the heart of it all" is in a state of denial regarding the controversial sports mascot, "Chief Wahoo". Once labeled as the, "mistake on the lake", Cleveland, OH has been "reinventing itself," a phrase coined by civic organizations. In order to appear as a more attractive cosmopolitan location, the city has undergone numerous physical changes, most notably Public Square. Meanwhile one image is allowed to remain, saturating Northern Ohio with an outdated racist grinning logo. It remains a national embarrassment in this 21st century. Area businesses support the major league baseball team with employees proudly wearing the logo on clothing. Public schools celebrate 'spirit days' when students are told to wear Wahoo and patriotic colors. The daily in-your-face racism and prejudice against Native Americans is demeaning and damaging to self-esteem of not only students, but to their community as well. For the dedicated members of the Committee of 500 Years of Dignity and Resistance the New Year, 2016, marks the 24th year of demonstrating against the name and logo. They are not asking for monetary compensation. They are asking for respect and dignity for all Indigenous People. Lrri atu_) daP--6--&—ruz) Chair, Committee of 500 Years of Dignity and Resistance Mission Statement: The Committee of 500 Years of Dignity and Resistance promotes dignity and respect for indigenous peoples. We advocate for indigenous cultures and heritage through education, activism and grassroots organizing. 3 The Committee of 500 Years of Dignity & Resistance P.O. Box 110632 Cleveland, Ohio 44111 New Address 3--*3 fEa 2n26 FN2 Dated Material - Open Immediately SANDY e MORNIts1(3 - A, 55424 554:16SQ4:7J00 How does this make you feel? Artist: Phil Yenyo 4 COMMITTEE OF 500 YEARS OF DIGNITY AND RESISTANCE P 0 BOX 110632, CLEVELAND, OHIO 44111 Facebook: Committeeof fivehundredyears; Twitter: Committee of 500 Yrs Website: Committee orf 500 Years of Dignity and Resistance Baldwin Wallace University, SAC (Student Activity Center) 96 Beech Street. Berea OH Conference Registration April 2 — 3, 2016 Theme: Educating for Truth and Dignity: Indigenous Peoples of this Hemisphere Mail to: Committee of 500 Years of Dignity and Resistance, PO Box 110632, Cleveland, OH 44111 — checks or money orders only PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY - DEADLINE TO REGISTER IS MARCH 25, 2016 SUGGESTED DONATIONS: Consideration for those that cannot donate. ADULTS: $20.00 SENIORS: $5.00 STUDENTS WITH ID'S — FREE CHILDREN UNDER 12— FREE Name: e-mail: PH # Address: City: State: Zip: School: Cut here+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-H-+++++++++++++ Renew Your Membership or Make a Donation! $10.00 Conference Registration - you may register at the door. Seniors, Students and Children free $10.00 Membership (Renew) $10 Individual Donation $50 Individual Donation $50 Organization Donation $100 Organization Donation Please print clearly: Name Mailing Address Phone E-mail: VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Volunteers needed for the Conference. 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