By Lisa Carolin
Distracted by the storming of the nation’s Capitol building in Washington, D.C., members of the Chelsea Human Rights Commission shortened their Jan. 6 meeting and approved a work session for Wednesday, Jan. 13, at 6 p.m. to discuss the 2021 HRC Plan.
Members unanimously approved the HRC annual report for 2020 (Eric Stricklin absent).
Also discussed were plans for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, which is on Jan. 18. HRC member Joanne Ladio explained that plans kick off on Jan. 15 with community days of service and a list of activities that families and individuals can do and then mark off on a bingo-like card. They include collecting donations for local organizations such as Faith in Action, SafeHouse Center, writing letters to health care workers, and reading through the HRC Ordinance.
On Monday, Jan. 18, everyone is encouraged to listen to the University of Michigan’s MLK Symposium, which will take place virtually at 10 a.m. via the link https://oami.umich.edu/um-mlk-symposium/.
The theme is “Where Do We Go From Here?” and features two speakers – Gloria House, a poet, essayist, educator and human rights activist, and Malik Yakini, co-founder and executive director of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network.
This was HRC member Rod Anderson’s last meeting, which means there is now an opening on the commission. To learn more, go to https://www.city-chelsea.org/boards-committees-commissions.
The HRC approved its meeting schedule for 2021 for the first Wednesday of every month with the new starting time of 7 p.m. The next meeting is on Feb. 3 at 7 p.m.
