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K Month Forum would combine the acknowledgement of the 501' anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the 951' anniversary of the 191' Amendment which granted voting rights to women. In addition to the above, the May 12, 2014 HRC meeting featured a presentation on the status of issues faced by women in our region by Ann Gerhardt. The HRC will also make deliberate efforts to forge a relationship with organizations such as the League of Women Voters. Under its charge to promote the equal treatment of all people, regardless of their membership in a protected /underrepresented class, the HRC has hosted programs and events that address an array of civil /human rights matters. For example, the 2012 Human Relations Forum addressed the issue of sexual preference and the same -sex marriage bill, while the 2013 and 2014 forums acknowledged the 1501' anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation and the 501' anniversary of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, respectively. Thus, the foci were respectively on slavery and racial equity. In its effort to remain conscious of issues of discrimination and the several minority classes and subgroups in Orange County, the HRC created the Diversity Matters subcommittee. The mission of this subcommittee is to coordinate events and programs that commemorate benchmark social justice achievements, and coordinates the Community Read and other outreach events with regard to issues of diversity /equality. The HRC also has a Building Integrated Communities (BIC) subcommittee which focuses on efforts to include all immigrant communities, including Hispanic and Asian, in conversations about social justice. Below is a chart showing the subcommittees and recent actions and current plans to further the HRC's mission: Building Integrated Hosted a listening session in the fall 2013 at the Transplanting Communities Traditions farm in Carrboro to discover how the HRC may assist the Karen community. Discovered that personal safety was the paramount concern. The subcommittee has contacted the Chapel Hill Police Department who will partner with the HRC to host a session on personal safety and duplicate their Latino outreach for the benefit of the Karen community. This outreach in conjunction with CHPD is planned for the Summer 2014; Diversity Matters This subcommittee emerged from the Emancipation Proclamation subcommittee which was formed to coordinate programs and events to commemorate the 1501i anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation in 2013. Events in the past 1 1/2 years include two (2) Community Reads, one (1) series of video presentations with discussion (3 consecutive Saturdays), and coordinating two (2) Human Relation Month Forums; Pauli Murray Award This subcommittee coordinates the Pauli Murray Awards, including publicizing the event and determining who, among the nominees, should receive the awards; Student Essay Contest This subcommittee determines the topic of the annual Student Essay Contest and judges all entries; Fair Housing Poster Contest This subcommittee determines the topic of the annual Fair