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Mission of the Human Rights Commission:
Our Mission: To promote understanding and acceptance of diversity, facilitate intergroup communication, identify and address sources of intergroup tension and conflict, reduce conditions which can lead to discrimination and restrict opportunity, and to provide related education, information and referral.
The Human Rights Commission especially focuses on addressing prejudice and discrimination on the basis of color, creed, sex, age, religion, nationality/national origin, language used for communication, disability, marital status, and sexual orientation.
The Human Rights Commission Director serves as the County's coordinator for its non-discrimination policies under Title VI of the federal Civil Rights Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you feel that you have been wrongly denied access to Onondaga County's programs or services, or discriminated against by a county employee, you can contact the Human Rights Commission for information about the county's policies and complaint procedures.
The Human Rights Commission staff are also the contact point for the new Jail Oversight Committee. For more information, or to address serious concerns about treatment or conditions at the Onondaga County Jail, please contact the Human Rights Commission staff.
Our staff currently includes Ms. Barrie Gewanter, Executive Director and Ms. Bridget Owens, Human Rights Specialist. Our office is generally staffed from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm, unless one of us has a meeting or other activity outside the office. Please call ahead if you wish to speak with one of us in person.
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Meetings of the Human Rights Commission:
The Members of the Onondaga County / Syracuse Human Rights Commission meets once a month at 5:30 pm on a Wednesday night. Please see the specific dates and locatoins listed below. The business portion of meetings are open to the public.
For Upcoming Meeting Dates & Available Agendas and Minutes of Past Commission Meetings See Links Below:
| HRC Meeting # |
Meeting Date2017 - 12 |
Location |
Agenda |
Approved Minutes |
| 2016 - 1 |
September 14, 2016 |
221. South Warren St. |
click here |
click here |
| 2016 - 2 |
October 26, 2016 |
518 James St. |
click here |
click here |
| 2016 - 3 |
November 16, 2016 |
518 James St. (Gifford Rm) |
click here |
click here |
| 2016 - 4 |
December 21, 2016 |
518 James St. (Gifford Rm) |
ckick here |
click here |
| 2017 - 1 |
January 25, 2017 |
200 Wyoming St. (PEACE) |
click here |
click here |
| 2017 - 2 |
February 22, 2017 |
716 Hawley Ave. (NE Community Center |
click here |
not yet available |
| 2017 - 3 |
March 30, 2017
(original March 15, 2017 meeting cancelled due to weather) |
518 James St. (Gifford Rm) |
click here |
not yet available |
| 2017 - 4 |
April 26, 2017 |
518 James St. (Gifford Rm) |
click here |
not yet available |
| 2017 - 5 |
May 24, 2017 |
518 James St. (Gifford Rm) |
click here |
not yet available |
| 2017 - 6 |
June 21, 2017 |
518 James St. (Gifford Rm) |
click here |
click here |
| 2017 - 7 |
July 26, 2017 |
518 James St. (Gifford Rm) |
click here |
click here |
| 2017 - 8 |
August 30, 2017 |
518 James St. (Gifford Rm) |
click here |
not yet available |
| 2017 - 9 |
September 27, 2017 |
518 James St. (Gifford Rm) |
click here |
not yet available |
| 2017 - 10 |
October 25, 2017 |
518 James St. (Gifford Rm) |
click here |
not yet available |
| 2017 - 11 |
November 15, 2017 |
518 James St. (Gifford Rm) |
click here |
not yet available |
| 2017 - 12 |
December 11, 2017 |
518 James St. (Gifford Rm) |
click here |
not yet available |
| 2018 - 1 |
January 24, 2018
Note: This was held as a board development session, NOT as a business meeting, |
518 James St. (Gifford Rm) |
click here |
None - NOT a Business Meeting |
| 2018 - 2 |
February 28, 2018 |
518 James St. (Gifford Rm) |
click here |
click here |
| 2018 - 3 |
March 28, 2018 |
518 James St. (Gifford Rm) |
click here |
click here |
| 2018 - 4 |
April 18, 2018 |
518 James St. (Gifford Rm) |
click here |
click here |
| 2018 - 5 |
May 23, 2018 |
518 James St. (Gifford Rm) |
click here |
click here |
| 2018 - 6 |
June 20, 2018 |
518 James St. (Gifford Rm) |
click here |
click here |
| 2018 - 7 |
July 25, 2018 |
518 James St. (Gifford Rm) |
click here |
not yet available |
| 2018 - 8 |
August 22, 2018 |
518 James St. (Gifford Rm) |
click here |
click here |
| 2018 - 9 |
September 26, 2018 |
518 James St. (Gifford Rm) |
click here |
click here |
| 2018 - 10 |
October 24, 2018 |
Temple Society of Concord Community Conference Room - 910 Madison St. |
click here |
not yet available |
| 2018 - 11 |
November 28, 2018 |
Temple Society of Concord Community Conference Room - 910 Madison St. |
cllick here |
cllick here |
| 2018 - 12 |
December 12, 2018 |
518 James St. (Gifford Rm) |
click here |
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| 2019 - 1 |
January 23, 2019 |
Location TBA |
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| 2019 - 2 |
February 20, 2019 |
Location TBA |
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| 2019 - 3 |
March 27, 2019 |
Location TBA |
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NOTE:
In 2019, meetings of the Human Rights Commission will be held on either the 3rd or 4th wednesday of each month. Human Rights Commission members will schedule future meeting dates 3-4 months ahead of each meeting date.
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FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE ONONDAGA COUNTY JUSTICE CENTER (JAIL) OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE & MEETINGS OF THIS COMMITTEE PLEASE GO TO NEWLY CREATED WEBSITE FOR THE JCOC AT www.ongov.net/jcoc
Meetings of the JCOC are held on the 1st Wednesday of each month. These meetings are listed
on the JCOC Website. See link above.
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