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<br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: April 3, 2018 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 4-b <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Fair Housing Month Proclamation <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT: Human Rights and Relations Department <br /> <br /> <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br /> <br />Fair Housing Month Proclamation <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Annette Moore, Director, Human Rights <br />and Relations, 919-245-2317 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />PURPOSE: To proclaim April as Fair Housing Month in Orange County, North Carolina. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: The month of April is National Fair Housing Month. April 2018 will mark the <br />50th anniversary of the enactment of the Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968 and the 24th <br />anniversary of the Orange County Civil Rights Ordinance. These laws grant every person a right <br />to live where they choose, free from discrimination on the basis race, color, national origin, sex, <br />religion, familial status, or disability. <br /> <br />The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has chosen “Fifty Years of Opening <br />Doors” as the 2018 Fair Housing Month theme. The chosen theme expresses the ideal of fair <br />and equal housing opportunities in every community. <br /> <br />Established in 1987, the Orange County Human Relations Commission (“HRC”) is charged with <br />enforcing the Orange County Civil Rights Ordinance that prohibits discrimination in housing and <br />public accommodations on the basis of race, age, sex, religion, familial status, national origin, <br />color, veteran’s status and disability. <br /> <br />During Fair Housing Month the Human Rights and Relations Department and the Human <br />Relations Commission along with other community organizations will co-sponsor a variety of <br />events to commemorate Fair Housing Month. <br /> <br />Sunday <br />April 15, 2018 <br />Making Sense of it All: Exploring the Complexities of Sexual <br />Harassment <br />Whitted Human Services Center Complex located at 300 West <br />Tryon Street, Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />3:00 - 5:00 <br />Saturday <br />April 21, 2018 <br />Emergency Preparedness Power of Attorney Clinic <br />Whitted Human Services Center Complex located at 300 West <br />Tryon Street, Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />8:30 – 4:30 <br />Sunday <br />April 29, 2018 <br />21st Annual Community Dinner (ticketed event) <br />McDougle Middle School 890 Old Fayetteville Road, <br />Chapel Hill, NC 27516 <br />1:00 – 3:00 <br />1