December 16, 2024 Draft Minutes — original pdf

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1. HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION SPECIAL CALLED MEETING MINUTES MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2024 The Human Rights Commission convened in a special called meeting on November 25, 2024, at 301 W. 2nd Street in Austin, Texas. Chair Duhon called the Human Rights Commission meeting to order at 6:05 p.m. Commissioners in Attendance: Kolby Duhon, Chair Gabriella Zeidan, Vice Chair Mariana Krueger Commissioners in Attendance Remotely: Meebs Aslam Jeffrey Clemmons Morgan Davis Srini Raghavan Alicia Weigel Commissioners Absent: Danielle Bryant Harriet Kirsh Pozen PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL None. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Approve the minutes of the Human Rights Commission regular meeting on November 25, 2024. The minutes from the meeting of November 25, 2024, were approved on Commissioner Krueger’s motion, Vice Chair Zeidan’s second on a 6-0 vote. Commissioners Clemmons and Weigel were off the dais. Commissioners Bryant and Kirsh Pozen were absent. 1 2. Discussion of the City Council proposal to incorporate the duties of the Human Rights Commission into the scope of the Joint Inclusion Committee. Discussed. DISCUSSION ITEM DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS 3. Approve the creation of a working group to provide input on the LGBTQIA+ historical marker on 4th and Colorado streets. Discussed with no action. Chair Duhon and Vice Chair Zeidan requested a future item to select a Commission representative to provide input on the LGBTQIA+ historical marker. Approve the creation of a working group to facilitate conversations and community dialogue. The motion to approve the creation of an intergroup relations working group to facilitate conversations and community dialogue was approved on Commissioner Clemmons’ motion, Chair Duhon’s second on an 8-0 vote. Commissioners Bryant and Kirsh Pozen were absent. A motion to select Commissioner Clemmons as Chair of the working group was approved on Chair Duhon’s motion, Commissioner Krueger’s second on an 8-0 vote. Commissioners Bryant and Kirsh Pozen were absent. A motion to add Chair Duhon, Vice Chair Zeidan, and Commissioners Clemmons, Davis, and Krueger to the working group was approved on Chair Duhon’s motion, Vice Chair Zeidan’s second on an 8-0 vote. Commissioners Bryant and Kirsh Pozen were absent. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS Vice Chair Zeidan and Chair Duhon requested an item to form a working group on educational initiatives. Vice Chair Zeidan and Chair Duhon requested an item to update the membership of the intergroup relations working group to facilitate conversations and community dialogue. ADJOURNMENT Chair Duhon adjourned the meeting at 6:34 p.m. without objection. The minutes were approved at the XX meeting on Commissioner XX’s motion, Commissioner XX’s second on a X-X vote. 4. 2