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SALT LAKE CITY
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
REGULAR MEETING
AGENDA
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2022
5:30pm
City & County Building
451 South State Street
Cannon Room 335
This meeting is a discussion among Commissioners and select presenters. The public is welcome.
Items scheduled may be moved or discussed during a different portion of the meeting based on
circumstances or availability of speakers.
This meeting will be hybrid. The Commission Meeting will have a physical location at the City and
County Building in Cannon Room 335 and members of the public may provide public comment in -
person. Commissioners and presenters may join or participate either in -person or through
electronic means.
CONDUCTED BY: Chair Esther Stowell
Members of the Human Rights Commission:
Commissioner Jason Wessel, District 1, Vice Chair
Commissioner Esther Stowell, District 2, Chair
Commissioner Olivia Jaramillo, District 3
Vacant, District 4
Commissioner Nicole Salazar-Hall, District 5
Vacant, District 6
Commissioner Shauna Doumbia, District 7
Commissioner Luna Banuri, At-Large
Commissioner Everette Bacon, At-Large
Mayor’s Office Staff in Attendance:
Moana Uluave-Hafoka, Equity Manager
Fatima Dirie, Policy Advisor for Refugees and New Americans
Roxanna Orellana, Language Access Coordinator
Maria Romero, Executive Assistant to Chief Equity Officer
Michelle Mooney, Equity Liaison
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Agenda Items
1.Welcome
•Roll Call
•Welcome newly appointed, Commissioner Olivia Jaramillo
2.Approve and Adopt Minutes
•May 2022 and June 2022
3.Public Comment (5 minutes)
•Attendees may be provided one or two minutes of time, determined by the
number of attendees and the time available determined by the Commission. Please
observe the time limit stated at the beginning of the public comment period so
everyone may have a chance to speak.
•Per the public meeting guidelines, keep comments free of discriminatory language
referring to a person or group based on their religion, ethnicity, nationality, race,
color, descent, gender, sexual orientation, disability, age or other gender identity
factor. Items or comments that disrupt the meeting, intimidate other participants
or that may cause safety concerns are not allowed.
4.CEDAW UPDATE (~ 5 minutes)
•Adopted
•Next Steps
i.Maintain CEDAW subcommittee as a permanent working group
ii.Budgetary Request Follow-up
5.Language Access Policy Update and Welcoming America Update (~ 20 minutes)
•Roxanna Orellana, Language Access Coordinator, and Fatima Dirie, Refugee and
New Americans Policy Advisor, will provide updates.
6.Human Rights Day Celebration (~15 minutes)
•Prepare for the December 10th
i.Budget follow-up
ii.Hybrid celebration (stream and record the award ceremony)
iii.Possible Sites
iv.Theme
v.Draft Agenda (Possible Community Groups and Entertainment)
vi.Food (Local Vendors)
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vii.Nomination process and materials
7.Review Goals & Priorities (15 minutes)
•Subcommittees
i.ARPA Funding Short-Term Committee: Stowell & Wessel
ii.Refugees & New Americans: Doumbia, Stowell, Banuri, and Wessel
•Agenda item 5
iii.Gentrification: Doumbia & Stowell
iv.Homelessness: Stowell & Wessel
•Update from meeting w/Andrew and various stakeholders; Jason
has signed up for topics
8.Introduce Michelle Mooney, Equity Liaison
9.Discussion/Dialogue about Human Rights Around the World (5-10 minutes)
During this portion of the meeting, Commissioners may raise topics and discuss current
events that may impact or influence the Commission’s overall work, discussions, and
deliberations to provide recommendations to the Mayor and City Council. No action wil l be
taken during this section of the meeting. Matters discussed during this section of the meeting
may be scheduled on a subsequent agenda for follow -up.
10.Review Human Rights Commission Meetings for 2022:
•Tuesday, January 04, 2022
•Tuesday, February 01, 2022
•Tuesday, March 01, 2022
•Tuesday, April 05, 2022
•Tuesday, May 17, 2022
•Tuesday, June 07, 2022
•Tuesday, July 12, 2022 – Recess
•Tuesday, August 02, 2022
•Tuesday, September 06, 2022
•Tuesday, October 04, 2022
•Tuesday, November 08, 2022
•Tuesday, December 06, 2022
•Saturday, December 10, 2022 – Human Rights Day Celebration
•https://www.un.org/en/observances/human-rights-day
CERTIFICATE OF POSTING
On or before 5:30pm on August 1, 2022 the undersigned, duly appointed Equity Manager, does
hereby certify that the above notice and agenda was (1) posted on the Utah Public Notice
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Website created under Utah Code Section 63F-1-701, and (2) a copy of the foregoing provided to
The Salt Lake Tribune and/or the Deseret News and to a local media correspondent and any
others who have indicated interest.
MOANA ULUAVE-HAFOKA
SALT LAKE CITY MAYOR’S OFFICE
Final action may be taken in relation to any topic listed on the agenda. People with
disabilities may make requests for reasonable accommodation, which may include alternate
formats, interpreters, and other auxiliary aids and services. Please make requests at least two
business days in advance. To make a request, please contact City staff at HRC@slcgov.com or
385-707-6514, or relay service 711.
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Human Rights Commission
Salt Lake City, Utah
DRAFT Regular Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, June 7, 2022
5:30 p.m.
The Human Rights Commission met in an electronic meeting pursuant to the Salt Lake City
Emergency Proclamation and determination of the Chair. Minutes are provided in conjunction
with the video/audio file.
Meeting Materials
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Commission Members in Attendance: Commissioner Shauna Doumbia, District 7,
Commissioner Everette Bacon, At-Large, Commissioner Nicole Salazar-Hall, District 5,
Commissioner Jason Wessel, District 1, Vice Chair, Commissioner Esther Stowell, District 2,
Chair
Commission Members Absent:
Commissioner Ivis Garcia, District 4
Commissioner Luna Banuri, At-Large
City Staff in Virtual Attendance: Moana Uluave-Hafoka, Equity Manager;
Maria Romero, Executive Assistant to Chief Equity Officer; Ashley Lichtle, ADA Coordinator;
Roxana Orellana, Language Access Coordinator; Annie Manges; Chimalli Hernandez; Ravi
Sharma; Katie Riser, and Jacob Maxwell
Guests in Attendance:
The meeting was called to order at 5:31
1.Welcome
•Roll Call
2. Approve and Adopt Minutes
•May 2022
We do not have quorum and need to adopt minutes next week.
3. Public Comment (5 minutes)
No members of the public were in attendance.
4. Love Your Block Presentation (~ 25 minutes)
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•Representatives from the Love Your Block will present on the work they are
doing along the Jordan River.
-We welcomed Katie Riser bringing Ravi Sharma, Annie Manges, Chimalli Hernandez
LYB Representatives
-LYB is a new initiative coming from Mayor’s Office, Grant funded program. Mayor’s
Office partners include: Public Lands, Homelessness Engagement, and Sustainability
-LYB Johns Hopkins University gives monies to invest in our Jordan River Corridor
thought community-led projects emphasis on Revitalize public spaces, instill community
ownership, forge relationships, inspire community-sustained infrastructure
-Accomplishment: Feedback from the community, canvasing, team held an after-school
event at local libraries to their thoughts on the younger community members
-Engaging with City Council continue adapting what the community needs
-Presented to Council Members
-Glendale Community Council, University Neighborhood partners, and SLC Library –
Glendale Branch,
-This project is to invest in equity in the West side, focusing on policy, extensive
demographic and historical research to establish and build trust.
-How it works? Community engagement to work with community leaders and understand
the needs of the community members
-Grant Recipients can obtain from the grants example, Food pantries, painting signs, sign
-How can commissioners help? Share information to stake holders, apply for grant,
collaborate with outreach events, send community referrals
-When are the grant writing workshops? Can email but LYB is preparing for Marketing
5.Language Access Policy Update and Welcoming America Update (~ 20 minutes)
•Roxanna Orellana, Language Access Coordinator and Fatima Dirie, Refugee and
New Americans Policy Advisor, will provide updates.
-We will reconvene and reschedule this presentation for the next meetings
6. Human Rights Day Celebration (~ 10 minutes)
•Prepare for the December
i.Hybrid celebration
ii. Site
iii.Nomination process – share nomination materials for three awards
-Awards: Nomination process will be available online and will be sending out a link
-Community group organization, individual, and emerging leader
-Theme Discussion
o Building or Lifting Community Commissioner Doumbia has suggested
o Raising Expectation withing community Commissioner Bacon suggested and
offered the Division of Services as an event center
o All Human, All Equal Commissioner Salazar-Hall suggested
7.Hybrid Meetings and Recess for July (~ 5 minutes)
•Final discussion format; quarterly encouraged
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•Vote for recess during July -- Moana will begin compiling end of year written
report and update website
-We can further discuss these options when we have a quorum
-Reconvene in August July Meeting will be in recess
8.Review Goals & Priorities (15 minutes)
•Subcommittees
i.Refugees & New Americans: Doumbia, Stowell, Banuri, and Wessel
•Agenda item 5
-More Updates in August
ii.CEDAW: Wessel, Salazar-Hall
•Final review with City Council and awaiting to be added to agenda
-Budget is still being Finalized on and then will move on CEDAW
iii. Gentrification: Doumbia, Stowell, and Garcia
iv.Homelessness: Stowell, Wessel, and Garcia
•Update from meeting w/Andrew and various stakeholders
-Jason Met with Rep on Homelessness and Moana will share the
presentation. Team at the County that work with Health
Department
-Tool on points for housing insecurity to be placed higher on index,
they are moving away and presenting a new more comprehensive
tool to access their needs for housing. They requested feedback
-If commissioners would like to be in the loop with Coalition to End
Homelessness, they can join the link Moana is sending out
-They are finding permanent solutions rather than winter emergency
shelters – They received good feedback for the Ramada Inn, the model
worked except for the delayed start date.
9. Discussion/Dialogue about Human Rights Around the World (5-10 minutes)
-Moana will follow-up with state representatives and state senators about Commissioner
Banuri’s question on impact of a bill that was passed into law on monies that have been
provided by state and cannot be anti-Israel.
-Commissioner Shauna Doumbia mentioned the mass shooting there have been and
countries that have had alerts about human rights violations committed by US and are
alerting travel due to gun violence
-Commissioner Bacon mentioned Mayor Mendenhall Press Conference on the buyback
program and a great proclamation.
-Moana mentioned a piece of state legislation that is intending to raise the age on gun
purchasing, Mayor is supporting safety measures for school-aged children
-Commissioner Nicole Salazar- Hall stated that the federal government is finally get water
to the Navajo Reservation and infrastructure is finally being implemented to exercise
their water rights
-Commissioner Everette Bacon stated that the Director of Electors put out request for
information for accessible ballot system and he is participating in a trial
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10. Review Human Rights Commission Meetings for 2022:
•Tuesday, January 04, 2022
•Tuesday, February 01, 2022
•Tuesday, March 01, 2022
•Tuesday, April 05, 2022
•Tuesday, May 17, 2022
•Tuesday, June 07, 2022
•Tuesday, July 12, 2022 – Recess
•Tuesday, August 02, 2022
•Tuesday, September 06, 2022
•Tuesday, October 04, 2022
•Tuesday, November 08, 2022
•Tuesday, December 06, 2022
•Saturday, December 10, 2022 – Human Rights Day Celebration
•https://www.un.org/en/observances/human-rights-day
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Meeting adjourned at 6:39
Minutes approved through consensus: August 2, 2022
MOANA ULUAVE-HAFOKA
SALT LAKE CITY MAYOR’S OFFICE
This document is not intended to serve as a full transcript as additional discussion may have
been held; please refer to the audio or video for entire content pursuant to Utah Code 52-4-
203(2)(b). This document along with the digital recording constitute the official minutes of the
Human Rights Commission Regular Meeting on June 7, 2022.