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Cu/l/lc— <br /> HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION <br /> JULY 12, 1994 <br /> Present: Paul Martinez, Farook Meah, Sue Gehrz (Council <br /> liaison) <br /> Minutes: No additions or changes were recommended to the <br /> minutes of June 14. <br /> Reports, Requests, Recommendations, Activities: <br /> 1. Farook Meah was welcomed as our newest Commissioner. <br /> He lives in the Hollywood Court neighborhood and has a 14 <br /> year old son at Roseville Area Middle School. <br /> 2. Ice Cream Social The Annual Falcon Heights Ice <br /> Cream Social will start at 6:30 pm on Thursday, July 28, <br /> at Community Park. Hopefully all our Commissioners and <br /> their families will be able to come and take turns at our <br /> informational table. John will bring ADA phamplets and we <br /> will start recruiting people to help with the October "Turn <br /> Off the Violence" campaign. <br /> 3. Turn Off the Violence Project The Turn Off the <br /> Violence Community Action Guide was reviewed and provides <br /> almost everything we would need to sponsor a community -based <br /> violence prevention campaign including specific educational <br /> project ideas for all ages, sample City Council resolution, <br /> poster, press releases, facts quotes, handout flyers, <br /> sample letters to school personnel, clergy, and neighborhood <br /> watch members, scripts for speeches and education sessions, <br /> paycheck stuffers, and resources for ordering promotional <br /> materials. This is an upbeat, positive campaign with two <br /> goals: (1) to make people aware of non violent ways to deal <br /> with anger and conflict, and (2) to help people realize that <br /> violent entertainment influences our attitudes about the <br /> acceptability of violence...and among all the influences on <br /> violent behavior, that is one influence we can choose to <br /> turn off. Turn Off the Violence is celebrated on Thursday, <br /> October 27. Since the Human Rights Commission has been <br /> working on strategies for taking a more proactive role in <br /> preventing some of the violence and hate crimes associated <br /> with racism, sexism, and other forms of discrimination, <br /> sponsorship of this campaign would be an effective way to <br /> kick off our work in this area. The following action steps <br /> were outlined: <br /> Councilmember Gehrz will request authorization from <br /> the City Council for the Human Rights Commission to sponsor <br /> a "Turn Off the Violence" Campaign in October and to apply <br /> for funds from the Ramsey County Violence Initiative <br /> Neighborhood and Community Task Force and from the City for <br /> supplies for the campaign. Project costs are estimated as <br />