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'AZUSA:
AGENDA
AZUSA HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION
Light & Water Department
1st Floor Conference Room Thursday, August 6, 2015
729 N. Azusa Avenue 7:00 p.m.
Commissioners
Diana Williams, Chair
Helen Jaramillo, Vice Chair
Yolanda R. Pena, Treasurer
Ray Ayon
Pat Cordova
Carmen Garcia
Irlanda Hipolito
Susan Kouragian
LaLisa Morgan
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
Copies of staff reports or other written documentation relating to each item of business referred to in the
minutes are on file in the Office of the City Clerk and are available for public inspection at the City Library.
CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE TO THE FLAG
INVOCATION
ROLL CALL
A. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
Persons who wish to speak during the Public Participation portion of the Agenda, will be acknowledge by
the chair. When called, each person may address any item on or off the agenda during the public
participation. The commission cannot directly answer any question from the speaker.
Persons/group shall be allowed to speak without interruption up to five (5) minutes maximum time, subject
to compliance with applicable meeting rules. Public participation will be limited to sixty (60) minutes time.
B. SCHEDULED ITEMS
1. Approval of Minutes July 2, 2015
2. Get To Know Me June 2016
C. REPORTS,UPDATES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. Update from Treasurer, Commissioner Pena
2. Update from liaison, Martin Quiroz and intern, Carina Campos
3. Ad Hoc Committee Updates:
i. Lead in Harmony (Commissioner Ayon, Chair; Commissioner Cordova, Commissioner
Kouragian, and Commissioner Jaramillo)
ii. Fundraising(Commissioner Kouragian, Chair; Commissioner Hipolito, Commissioner
Williams)
iii. Get to Know Me (Commissioner Jaramillo, Chair; Commissioner Morgan and
Commissioner Williams)
iv. Hands Across Azusa(Commissioner Garcia, Chair; Commissioner Ayon, Commissioner
Hipolito and Commissioner Kouragian)
v. Café con Leche (Commissioner Hipolito, Chair; Commissioner Jaramillo, Commissioner
Kouragian, and Commissioner Morgan)
vi. Human Relations Forum (Commissioner Jaramillo, Chair; Commissioner Cordova,
Commissioner Garcia, and Commissioner Ayon)
1. Human Relations Forum will be dropped from the agenda for inactivity.
vii. SPIRIT (Commissioner Morgan, Chair; Commissioner Hipolito, Commissioner
Kouragian, and Commissioner Garcia)
4. Update on Vigil to Commemorate LGBTQI Youth Who Have Lost Their Lives
i. Vigil to commemorate LGBTQI youth will be dropped from the agenda for inactivity.
5. Open Discussion
D. ADJOURNMENT
1. Adjourn
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in a
Human Relations Commission meeting, please contact the coordinator at (626)812-5102. Notification of
three working days prior to the meeting when special services are needed will assist staff in assuring that
reasonable arrangements can be made to provide access to the meeting.
AZUSA
TO: HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION
FROM: CARINA CAMPOS, HRC GRADUATE INTERN
DATE: AUGUST 6, 2015
SUBJECT: GET TO KNOW ME JUNE 2016
RECOMMENDATION
Commissioner Jaramillo recommends that the Get To Know Me (GTKM) program be moved to the month of
June beginning June 2016.
BACKGROUND
The Get To Know Me program is an annual forum that takes place in December. The forum is held at City Hall
where Azusa's LGBTQ community and their allies share their stories and experiences followed by a panel
discussion and Q&A.
Given the short amount of time between Lead in Harmony in November and Hands Across Azusa in January,
the planning for GTKM would be compromised. Moreover, the month of June is pride month. As such, June
would be a more suitable month for the implementation of GTKM.
FISCAL IMPACT
None.