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60 <br />/ Continue monitoring allegations of housing and public accommodations <br />discrimination. <br />/ Continue the collaborating with UNC School of Government on the "Building <br />Integrated Communities" initiative. <br />/ Continue monitoring and commenting about the proposed Amendment 1 to the <br />NC Constitution. <br />/ Continue efforts to get the Orange County Civil Rights Ordinance amended to <br />include sexual orientation and sexual identity as protected classes. <br />What are the concerns or emerging issues your board has identified for the <br />upcoming year that it plans to address, or wishes to bring to the Commissioners' <br />attention? <br />- Acknowledgement of the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. <br />- Proposed Amendment 1 to the NC Constitution which would define marriage. <br />- Amending the Civil Rights Ordinance include sexual orientation and sexual <br />identity as protect classes. <br />- Continued collaboration with the UNC School of Government on "The Building <br />Integrated Communities" initiative. <br />- The implementation of the Social Justice Goal Impact Review Tool in the <br />governing body's decision-making process. <br />- Efforts to affirmatively further fair housing. <br />- Outreach efforts to the various immigrant communities in Orange County. <br />- Participate in the development of the 2012-2017 Master Aging Plan <br />