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27 <br /> committee meetings to plan events and work on projects such as <br /> Community Reads and to analyze data regarding Advisory Board <br /> diversity. Subcommittee members also meet to review the nominations for <br /> the Pauli Murray Awards, discuss promotions and communications from <br /> the HRC, and to conduct other subcommittee business that will be <br /> presented to the full HRC membership for consideration. The Executive <br /> committee also meets with staff monthly to determine the agenda for the <br /> upcoming meeting. <br /> Brief Statement of Board/Commission's Assigned Charge and Responsibilities. <br /> insert language from formal charge <br /> The Orange County Human Relations Commission was officially formed <br /> by a resolution on June 16, 1987 in response to a Ku Klux Klan rally in <br /> Chapel Hill. The Orange County Board of Commissioners expressed its <br /> desire to "encourage mutual understanding and fair treatment of all <br /> citizens," and "encourage actions which reduces tensions among groups <br /> of citizens in Orange County." Currently, the HRC's charge includes, but <br /> is not limited to: <br /> a. Studying and making recommendations concerning problems in the <br /> field of human relationships; <br /> b. Anticipating and discovering practices and customs most likely to <br /> create animosity and unrest, and seeking solutions to problems as <br /> they arise; <br /> c. Making recommendations designed to promote goodwill and <br /> harmony among groups in the County irrespective of their race, <br /> color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, affectional <br /> preference, disability, age, marital status or status with regard to <br /> public assistance; <br /> d. Monitoring and investigating complaints of discrimination; <br /> e. Addressing and attempting to remedy the violence, tensions, <br /> polarization, and other harm created through the practices of <br /> discrimination, bias, hatred, and civil inequality; and <br /> f. Promoting harmonious relations within the County through hearings <br /> and due process of law. <br /> The Human Relations Commission drafted the Orange County Civil Rights <br /> Ordinance which was enacted on June 6, 1994 (amended August 3, <br /> 1995). Staff was thereafter hired to enforce the Ordinance and carryout <br /> the other functions on behalf of the HRC as mandated by the U.S. <br /> Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) through its <br /> cooperative agreement with the County. <br />