Human Rights Commission Meeting

Description

Human Rights Commission Meeting

 

1. November 7, 2024

   Meeting Agenda

    

   • Call to Order
   • Public Comment
   • Review and approval of Previous Meeting Minutes
   • Welcome New Commissioner – Diane Smith!
   • Presentation by Rachel Tanenhaus of the Cambridge Commission for Persons with Disabilities (CCPD) 
   • Staff Report
   • ED Report
   • Attorney Investigator Case Report
   • Old Business
     • Mediation Training scheduled: December 5, 2024
   • New Business
     • Sexual Orientation Definition
       • Current Definition in our Ordinances: "The term “sexual orientation” shall mean the actual or supposed heterosexuality, homosexuality, or bisexuality of an individual."
       • Proposed Update: “Sexual orientation shall mean one’s physical, intimate, emotional, sexual, romantic attraction or relationship to people of a particular gender OR multiple genders, or lack thereof. A person’s sexual orientation may be identified by terms including, but not limited to, asexual, aromantic, bisexual, gay, lesbian, heterosexual, homosexual, pansexual, and queer. Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation shall include both discrimination based on actual knowledge of sexual orientation as well as discrimination based on supposition or assumption of an individual’s sexual orientation, which can include assumptions based on someone’s gender expression or identity.”
     • Partnership Grant Proposals – Overview
     • FY25/FY26 Ideas

    

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To register, click: https://cambridgema.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_R0PJnIvJTBO9yU5esVMGow. Email sbinney@cambridgema.gov with any questions or call 617-349-4396.

 

*Anyone wishing to address the Cambridge Human Rights Commission during the Public Comment section of the agenda may indicate that by "raising their hand" virtually and will be recognized by the Chair. Speakers are asked to identify themselves and provide an address, and each speaker is limited to not more than three (3) minutes. Although the public comments should, whenever possible, address one or more items on the agenda for that particular meeting, if time permits, the Chair may allow a speaker to comment on matters that may not directly address an item on the agenda, but do concern the Commission, or issues of discrimination within the City of Cambridge.