HomeMy WebLinkAbout05 05 2022 Minues SERJAC
Social Equity and Racial Justice Commission
May 5, 2022 at 5:00 p.m.
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Remote Meeting via Zoom
Note: This meeting will be recorded and uploaded to the website to accompany the minutes.
1. Call to Order
Land Acknowledgement (Gillis)
2. Approval of Minutes from April 7, 2022
3. Public Input must be submitted via the SERJ contact form in writing by 10:00 a.m. the day
before the meeting. (5 minutes)
4. Meet with representatives of the Housing and Human Services Commission. (20 minutes)
2020-2024 Fair Housing Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing
5. Meet with representatives of the Planning Commission. (20 minutes)
6. Update on Housing Production Strategy Committee (Gillis 5 minutes)
7. Participation in the July 4 parade and discussion on documenting and archiving the work of
SERJ. (Yamaguchi 20 minutes). This item is carried over from the April 7 meeting.
8. Discussion to schedule a special meeting to conduct DEI engagement for SERJ and what it
might entail. (Muse 15 minutes). This item is carried over from the April 7 meeting.
9. Council Liaison/Staff Liaison Update (5 minutes)
10. Wrap up and Items to be added to future agendas.
Ashland Chamber of Commerce and Travel Ashland
Public Art Commission
Say Their Names
Truth to Power
11. Next meeting date: June 2, 2022, at 5:00 p.m.
12. Adjourn
Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge and honor the aboriginal people on whose ancestral homelands we work — the
Ikirakutsum Band of the Shasta Nation, as well as the diverse and vibrant Native communities
who make their home here today. We honor the first stewards in the Rogue Valley and the lands
we love and depend on: Tribes with ancestral lands in and surrounding the geography of the
Ashland Watershed include the original past, present and future indigenous inhabitants of the
Shasta, Takelma and Athabaskan people. We also recognize and acknowledge the Shasta village
of K’wakhakha – “Where the Crow Lights” – that is now the Ashland City Plaza.
Meeting Givens
Don’t interrupt
Be respectful
Raise your hand to speak
Allow others to speak before speaking again
It’s OK to disagree
Stay on topic
Be prepared (do your homework)
Support the relationship to and with the City
Keep an open mind
Ordinance 3197 AMC 2.20
Social Equity and Racial Justice Commission
The Purpose of the Social Equity and Racial Justice Commission is to provide recommendations
and support to the Council and City Manager and education to the community on policies,
measures, and practices to foster racial and social equity and respectful intergroup relations.
Duties
The duties and responsibilities of the Social Equity and Racial Justice Commission shall be as
follows:
A. To serve as an advisory body to the City Manager and City Council, with the same authority
as other City commissions to define problems in City policies or governance, specify remedies,
and partner with community organizations to implement those remedies upon City Manager or
City Council approval.
B. To encourage understanding and celebration of the diversity of the City’s population and
visitors.
C. To promote amicable inter-group relations within the City.
D. To provide or facilitate human rights education and training opportunities for policymakers
and the general public.
E. To foster increased economic opportunities for Black, Indigenous, People of Color, LGBTQ+,
and disabled persons, as well as other marginalized persons in the Ashland community.
F. To consult with other City advisory bodies and non-City entities on matters of mutual interest
in the course of developing Commission recommendations.
G. To engage at least every two years a broad spectrum of community members in gathering
information on emerging issues and needs as they relate to human rights and intergroup relations.
H. An individual may approach the Commission regarding a specific instance of prejudice,
discrimination, or racism. If there is a mutual agreement from all parties involved in the incident,
then the Commission shall arrange for impartial, nonbinding, collaborative conciliatory services
that do not conflict with the functions of any other government body. If any party involved in the
incident does not want to engage in conciliatory services, then the aggrieved individual will be
referred to qualified sources of impartial advice and counsel.
I. To deliver to the Council annual reports on its activities and accomplishments in the preceding
year and to provide to the Council for its approval the Commission’s priorities for the succeeding
year and the Commission’s draft workplan for developing recommendations on:
Identifying and rectifying historic and contemporary systemic and systematic practices of racism,
homophobia, sexism, classism, and other racial and social inequities impacting Black,
Indigenous, People of Color, LGBTQ+, and disabled persons, as well as other marginalized
persons in the Ashland community.
2. Proposed policies, measures and practices to bring about social and racial equity and a greater
inclusion for all who live, work, or visit in the City.