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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: February 3, 2004 Action Agenda Item No. SUBJECT: One Book One Commu DEPARTMENT: Human Rights and Relations PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Milan Pham, ext. 2255 Resolution TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 336-227-2031 PURPOSE: To present the Board of County Commissioners with information on the One Book One Community Project and to request that the BOCC approve a resolution challenging residents to participate in the One Book One Community Project, BACKGROUND: The Human Relations Commission, through the Department of Human Rights, applied for and received a $1,500 Martin Luther King Grant from the North Carolina Martin Luther King Jr, Commission, This grant was intended to support a series of yearlong human relations activities - including the Community Dinner and Pauli Murray Awards, This year, in addition to regular Human Relations Month activities, the grant will support a film screening of "An Unlikely Friendship" and a community-wide book reading of Summer Snow by Dr. Trudier Harris. The Human Relations Commission through the Department of Human Rights and Relations is coordinating a series of discussions on race and human relations based on Dr. Harris' book, Dr. Harris will be in attendance at many of these discussions and her books have been distributed through the public libraries for ease of access to many residents, FINANCIAL IMPACT: The Department has received $1,500 from the Martin Luther King Jr. Commission. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board of County Commissioners accept the information regarding the One Book One Community Project and approve the resolution challenging residents to participate in the One Book One Community Project.