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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: January 24, 2012 Action Agenda A Item No. - SUBJECT: Proclamation: "Human Relations Month" DEPARTMENT: Housing, Human Rights and PUBLIC HEARING: (Yes/No) No Community Development ATTACHMENT(S): Proclamation INFORMATION CONTACT: Tara Fikes, 245-2490 Barbara Marotto, HRC Chair PURPOSE: To officially proclaim the month of February as "Human Relations Month" in Orange County. BACKGROUND: The Governor annually proclaims the month of February as "Human Relations Month" in North Carolina. The Board of County Commissioners also annually proclaims February as "Human Relations Month" in Orange County. To kick-off Human Relations Month activities on Sunday, January 29, 2012, the Human Relations Commission (HRC) will host a Human Relations Month Forum 2012 at The Carrboro Century Center from 2:30 PM to 5:OOPM. The forum will be a panel discussion with the topic: "Defining Marriage in North Carolina by Constitutional Amendment: What are the Implications?" The panelists are Rev. Robert Campbell, Chairman of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Branch of the NAACP; Maxine Eichner, Reef C. Ivey II Professor of Law at UNC-CH School of Law; and Brett Webb-Mitchell, an Ordained Minister (Presbyterian Church, USA) and Visiting Associate Professor, English and Mass Communication of North Carolina Central University. The moderator is Milan Pham, an attorney and founding partner of NicholsonPham Attorneys at Law. Entertainment will be provided by local artists, The Moaners, and refreshments will be provided. Other activities during the month include the 2011 Pauli Murray Awards Ceremony on Sunday, February 26, 2012 in The Little Theater at the New Hope Elementary School. The Pauli Murray Award is presented annually by the Orange County Human Relations Commission to an Orange County youth, an Orange County adult, and an Orange County business that have served the community with distinction in the pursuit of equality, justice, and human rights for all residents. FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated with consideration of the proclamation. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends the Board adopt the Proclamation and authorize the Chair to sign.