by @BarryRafkind in Announcements, Civil and Human Rights, Events
Posted on July 13, 2009 at 8:22 pm
| July 14, 2009 | ||
| 6:30 pm | to | 8:30 pm |
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The Somerville’s Human Rights Commission invites the public to its monthly meeting to discuss:
- Recruitment (we currently only have 4 serving commissioners out of a possible 12)
- Director’s Update
- Complaints before the commission
- Any other business
We will meet from 6:30pm-8:30pm at the Community room at:
Super Stop and Shop
775 McGrath Highway, Somerville
617-666-1024
Note the HRC is now meeting on the 2nd Tuesdays of each month.
Link to the HRC City Webpage and Google discussion group
Barry Rafkind, HRC Chair
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Barry, is this a volunteer opportunity or paid? Do commissioners get paid via city taxes?
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Thanks for asking, Xumi. Human Rights Commissioners are unpaid volunteers.
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The Somerville Fair Housing Commisstion is also looking for two new members (out of five). Both must live in Somerville, and one must be a tenant with a low or moderate income while the other seat is reserved for a local lender or realtor. Interested? For more information please contact Daniel Hauck at 617-625-6600 x2587 or at e-mail dhauck@somervillema.gov.
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Barry, what complaints has the Commission heard recently? What is it empowered to do when it hears a complaint?
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Jon, the last complaints the HRC has received were from last Summer. I believe that if we had more connections in the community, then more people would know about the commission and would feel more comfortable talking with us about their problems. You can read more about some of the types of complaints we have received in the 9/18/08 notes in part #4 of this archived email on the HRC’s public Google group.
When the HRC receives a complaint, it can investigate the circumstances, hold hearings, mediate solutions, and issue non-binding judgements which could be considered by other legal entities such as courts.
The commission is empowered to
* coordinate community-based groups in educations programs and campaigns
* respond to complaints of violations of human and civil rights
* initiate investigations into discriminatory circumstances in the city
* increase compliance, awareness, and sensitivity to human and civil rights issues in city departments and agencies and in businesses
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