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Rights program set to regroup
By June Russell
Emerald Reporter
Proposals to restructure the Eugene Human
Rights Program received unanimous approval
from the city council at a work session Monday
night, pushing the proposals toward a Nov. 5
public hearing.
The proposals call for changing the way in
which human rights problems are dealt with. In
the past, the Human Rights Program addressed
individual groups — such as women, the aging
and minorities — separately.
Under the proposed structure, common prob
lems between groups would lie identified and
solved.
“One of the goals is to get people to work to
gether.” said Lynn Kahle. task force member and
president of the Commission on the Rights of the
Aging. "We need a more systematic way of deal
ing with problems because a lot of commissions
are dealing with the same problems."
Using what is called a functional model, 14
community members and the mayor or a city
council member would form the Human Rights
Commission. The mayor would nominate mem
bers for the first year, and the city council would
appoint nominees to staggered terms.
In subsequent years, the council would both
nominate and appoint commission members.
This commission would be supported by three
standing committees, each with five members
from the commission •md five members fmm the
community. These committees would focus on
education, outreach, discrimination, harassment
and accessibility.
The change in structure reflects a change in
how human rights problems lire perceived and
appmac bed Instead of building on the concept
that different groups have different problems, the
functional model operates on the concept that dif
ferent groups need to work together to solve simi
lar problems, such as discrimination, which is
something all groups face.
The functional model better serves groups often
excluded by what is called a constituency model,
such as religious minority groups, gays and lesbi
ans. and low-income and homeless people
"The commissions would focus on the issues,
so it would unify groups." said Mayor |eff Miller,
task forte chairman. "The idea is that no matter
who you are, there is a commission to help you."
The task force, created by the city council in
April 1989, worked 18 months to create the pro
posals to restructure the Human Rights Program
Along with the proposals, the task force devel
oped recommendations for improving the pro
gram's overall efficiency.
One problem the task force faced was the need
for city council members to be more involved in
the Human Rights Program
Only time will tell how effective the new struc
ture will be in dealing with human rights con
cerns in Eugene. Miller said.
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