[CIVIL.REG.,010899,0800]

Commissioners’ Meeting

(Iowa Civil Rights Commission; 01/08/99; 0800)

IOWA CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION MEETS VIA ICN ON JANUARY 22

The Commissioners of the Iowa Civil Rights Commission will meet at 10:00 a.m. Friday, January 22, 1999. The meeting is open to the public at the following Iowa Communications Network (ICN) sites:

Des Moines – Iowa Civil Rights Commission, 211 East Maple Street

Muscatine – Community College

Northwood – High School

Sioux City – Community College, ICN room #2

Waterloo – East High School

A G E N D A

1. Call to Order - Jack Morlan, Chairperson

2. Recognition of Public and News Media

3. Commissioners' Reports

Mohamad Khan (Pleasant Hill)

Liz Nichols (Indianola)

Flora Lee (Sioux City)

Blanca Flores (Muscatine)

Bernard Bidne (Northwood)

Robert Smith, Jr. (Waterloo)

Jack Morlan (West Des Moines)

4. Confirmation of Next Meeting Date/Time/Location

5. Approval of Minutes of November 20, 1998 Commissioners' Meeting

6. Presentation by Frank Tribble, educator with the Iowa Civil Rights Commission, on "I’ll Make Me a World in Iowa," a celebration of African-American arts and culture in Iowa, January 30, 1999, at the Iowa Historical Building, 600 East Locust, Des Moines, from 10 to 4:00 p.m. [10:30-10:45 a.m.]

7. Presentation by Dr. John Baskerville, Assistant Professor, African-American History, University of Northern Iowa, on "The African-American Historical and Cultural Museum," soon to be built in Waterloo [10:45-11:00 a.m.]

8. Presentation by Sergeant Mark Langenwalter, Waterloo Police Department, on "Police/Community Relations" [11-11:15 a.m.]

9. Presentation by Walter Reed, Executive Director, Waterloo Commission on Human Rights, on "Police/Community Relations" [11:15-11:30]

10. Opportunity for the public to address the Commissioners

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(Contact: Don Grove 515-281-8084)

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