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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: January 26, 2004 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. .CJ - q <br />SUBJECT: Human Relations Month <br />DEPARTMENT: Human Rights and Relations <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Proclamation <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Milan Pham, ext. 2255 <br />No <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />PURPOSE: To present the Board of County Commissioners with information on Human <br />Relations Month Activities and to consider proclaiming February 2004 as Human Relations <br />Month in Orange County. <br />BACKGROUND: The Human Relations Commission, through the Department of Human <br />Rights and Relations, coordinates events to celebrate Human Relations Month each February <br />including the Community Dinner and the Pauli Murray Awards. Human Relations Month <br />activities are intended to bring residents together to support and celebrate inclusiveness as well <br />as to recognize those individuals and businesses that have made extraordinary efforts towards <br />that end. All events are free and open to the public. <br />Human Relations Month Kick-off <br />Affordable Housing: Why is it everyone's problem? <br />February 1, 2004 <br />2:00 p.m. <br />Carrboro Century Center <br />Community Dinner <br />February 8, 2004 <br />1:30 p.m.. <br />McDougle Middle School Cafetorium <br />Pauli Murray Awards <br />February 22, 2004 <br />1:30 p.m. <br />New Hope Elementary School Auditorium