<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:18pt"><div><span>A true representative would not seek or support legislation that made some of her constituents unequal in the eyes of the law. She would support and advance all their rights and freedoms to the best of her abilities, even if they disagreed with the exercising of those freedoms and rights.</span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>I wonder if owners and managers started firing her constituents, kicking them out of their rentals, or refusing them service for being heterosexual she would still refuse to give sexual orientation a protected <span id="misspell-0">status</span>? </span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>It seems greatly inhumane and absurd to deny someone a job, place to live, or needed service simply because they prefer a partner of the same gender, or
because they changed genders. You cannot do this to someone and claim you are a Christian. Christ would never do that to anyone. Most anyone would not do that to someone. </span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>Donovan Arnold</span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 18pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <div style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px;" class="hr" contentEditable="false" readonly="true"></div> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> keely emerinemix <kjajmix1@msn.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com; moscowcares@moscow.com; vision2020@moscow.com <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sunday,
January 15, 2012 8:39 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> RE: [Vision2020] Human rights, half a century later<br> </font> </div> <br>
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Ms. <span id="misspell-3" class="mark">Fagan</span> has concerns about the addition of sexual orientation and gender identity to those classes of people against whom it's illegal to discriminate? I'd love to hear why she believes her heterosexuality ought to be protected by law while good people who identify as transgendered, gay, or lesbian have legitimate cause to worry that they could lose their jobs or fail to find housing because of their identity.<br><br>Is her world made safer because, say, a lesbian couple might not be able to move into the rental house next to her? Is she worried that a gay man might bring her her dinner at a restaurant or fix her brakes? Is there reason for her to be concerned that the radiologist who takes her MRI could be <span id="misspell-4" class="mark">transgender</span>? <br><br>Because if so, that's truly scary. It would be nice if Pullman-area voters would discriminate against silly,
bigoted people next time the vote comes up. <br><br><font color="#8064a2"><font style="font-size: 12pt;" size="3"><font face="Verdana">Keely<br><a href="http://www.keely-prevailingwinds.com" target="_blank">www.keely-prevailingwinds.com</a><br></font></font></font><br><br><div><div id="yiv951227285SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div><div style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px;" class="hr" contentEditable="false" readonly="true"></div>Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 18:52:08 -0800<br>From: donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com<br>To: moscowcares@moscow.com; vision2020@moscow.com<br>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Human rights, half a century later<br><br><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 18pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div><span>How is it possible, that Pullman, home of a major university, has an uneducated bigot, Rep. Susan
<span id="misspell-5" class="mark">Fagan</span>, as a legislator? It seems so tragic that <span id="misspell-6" class="mark">WSU</span> cannot get an educated person to run and properly represent the interests of the people of Pullman as Moscow has done so well. </span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>Donovan Arnold</span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 18pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <div style="padding: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px;" class="yiv951227285hr"></div> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b>
Moscow Cares <moscowcares@moscow.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Moscow Vision 2020 <vision2020@moscow.com> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, January 15, 2012 6:16 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Vision2020] Human rights, half a century later<br> </font> </div> <br>
<div id="yiv951227285ecxyiv1428543638"><div><div></div><div>Courtesy of the weekend edition (January 14-15, 2012) of the Moscow-Pullman <span id="misspell-7" class="mark">DailyNews</span> with special thanks to Kelli Hadley and Joann <span id="misspell-8" class="mark">Muneta</span>.</div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------</div><span style="line-height: 24px; font-family: Times, serif;" class="yiv951227285ecxyiv1428543638Apple-style-span"><h1 style="border-width: 0px; font: bold 24px/27px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Human rights, half a century later</h1><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch:
normal; background-image: none;"><b>By Kelli Hadley Daily News staff writer</b></div><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Almost 50 years after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a Dream" speech, northern Idaho - a region known for its history of white supremacist activities - human rights groups have to work particularly hard to showcase the area's support for civil rights of all kinds.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"We're 85 miles from <span id="misspell-9" class="mark">Couer</span> <span id="misspell-10"
class="mark">d'Alene</span>, but our reputation still isn't great
in saying 'north Idaho,' " said Joann <span id="misspell-11" class="mark">Muneta</span>, chair of the <span id="misspell-12" class="mark">Latah</span> County Human Rights Task Force. "It's like: What's Idaho about? Potatoes and racism. I think, and hope, we've come a long way in erasing that, although there's still a lot of kooks out there."</div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv951227285ecxyiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span id="misspell-13" class="mark">Muneta</span> said the task force formed in 1988 in response to <span
id="misspell-14" class="mark">neo</span>-Nazi movements north of Moscow. The idea, she said, was to educate people on the importance of human rights and to respond to
threats that pop up on the <span id="misspell-15" class="mark">Palouse</span> every once in awhile.</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv951227285ecxyiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"Unfortunately, I think we never reach our end goals of total respect for all people," <span id="misspell-16" class="mark">Muneta</span> said. "I think on the whole our community is very welcoming and respectful, but we hear about problems that Native Americans, Latinos and even African Americans have in the community."</div></div><div style="border-width:
0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv951227285ecxyiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">One area of the task force's focus is on gay rights, especially in Idaho legislation.</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv951227285ecxyiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;
font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"That's the only group it's still legal to discriminate against in the state," <span id="misspell-17" class="mark">Muneta</span> said. "There's no legislation in Idaho saying that you can't fire someone just because they're gay or <span id="misspell-18" class="mark">transgender</span>."</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv951227285ecxyiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">To change that, a statewide effort called "Add the Words" has
supporters sending sticky notes to lawmakers throughout Idaho and posting them on walls
and doors of the Statehouse in Boise during the legislative session. Jim Huggins, <span id="misspell-19" class="mark">GetEQUAL</span> Idaho state lead, said this is the sixth year a bill adding the words "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" to Idaho's human rights law has been presented, but it has never made it to the floor during the legislative session.</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv951227285ecxyiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In Moscow, the campaign will be at 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Jan. 28 at the 1912 Center. Organized by
Huggins, the event will
have sample letters for people to write to representatives around the state and speakers on the topic. They'll also be taking video to create <span id="misspell-20" class="mark">YouTube</span> presentations. Afterward, Huggins said, there will be individual rallies around town to collect sticky notes and signatures for a petition.</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv951227285ecxyiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"There are several states where it's still legal to discriminate, but many states and cities have passed human rights acts to
prevent it," Huggins
said. "On the federal level, the employee discrimination act has been upheld several times, and we hope to get that passed so it covers all states."</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv951227285ecxyiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Ken <span id="misspell-21" class="mark">Faunce</span>, chairperson of the Moscow Human Rights Commission, said Moscow has an anti-discrimination policy that includes fairness for all sexual orientations, but the commission is helping in the effort to add the words "gender identity" to the policy as
well.</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv951227285ecxyiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"We attempted years ago to get gender identity on there and they voted it down. They felt it wasn't needed," <span id="misspell-22" class="mark">Faunce</span> said. "There are new members on the City Council now, so we're hoping ... maybe they'll feel differently."</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none;
outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv951227285ecxyiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In the statewide campaign to add the words, <span id="misspell-23" class="mark">Faunce</span> said it's critical to talk to local representatives and make the districts' wants known.</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv951227285ecxyiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;
background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"Our local representatives support it, but we have to keep pushing and making sure they know it's important to a lot of people around here," <span id="misspell-24" class="mark">Faunce</span> said.</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv951227285ecxyiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Huggins said he can think of a few specific incidences in which people were turned away from jobs for their sexual orientation or gender identity.</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding:
0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv951227285ecxyiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"A lot of times it's 'I'm not able to get the job in the first place,' " Huggins said. "There's also just a fear of not being able to be yourself. For gender identity, it is sometimes hard for people to get a job if they're trying to make that transition."</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;"
class="yiv951227285ecxyiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Adding the words into the Idaho anti-discrimination law will better benefit every area of the state, Huggins said. On the <span id="misspell-25" class="mark">Palouse</span>, the legislation has received a "high level of support," he said.</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv951227285ecxyiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust:
none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none;">"It will provide an environment where people will feel safe to move here," Huggins said. "It will increase the amount of qualified individuals to work for companies, and they'll feel secure knowing their choices will not be an issue for discrimination."</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv951227285ecxyiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Across the border</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight:
inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv951227285ecxyiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">On the other side of the state line, Washington's legislators don't seem far from legalizing gay marriage.</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv951227285ecxyiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">On Friday, The Associated Press reported that a measure to legalize same sex marriages in the state was only two votes away from having enough support to pass.</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv951227285ecxyiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Washington's current domestic partnership laws grant almost all state-level spousal rights to same-sex couples.</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;
vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv951227285ecxyiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"That's great, that's much more progressive than Idaho, but then we're one of the most conservative states in the country," Huggins said.</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv951227285ecxyiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;
background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Idaho does not extend any benefits or specific rights to domestic partnerships.</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv951227285ecxyiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The Washington 9<span id="misspell-26" class="mark">th</span> District legislators - Rep. Susan <span id="misspell-27" class="mark">Fagan</span>, R-Pullman, Rep. Joe <span id="misspell-28" class="mark">Schmick</span>, R-Colfax, and Sen. Mark <span id="misspell-29" class="mark">Schoesler</span>, R-<span
id="misspell-30" class="mark">Ritzville</span> - have all said they would vote against the bill.</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv951227285ecxyiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"This bill is of great concern to many, and we're hearing from folks on both sides of the issue," <span id="misspell-31" class="mark">Fagan</span> said. "I will vote against the bill, but if the same-sex marriage bill is passed by the Legislature and governor, we must insist that it go to a vote of the people."</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px;
padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv951227285ecxyiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Growth on the <span id="misspell-32" class="mark">Palouse</span></div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv951227285ecxyiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none;
font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The fact the <span id="misspell-33" class="mark">Palouse</span> has grown in its human rights efforts is a notable feat, <span id="misspell-34" class="mark">Muneta</span>
said.</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv951227285ecxyiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"When we first started out, we were like the only group on it," she said. "It's a movement that's grown in the last decade or so. That makes a big difference in providing the kind of atmosphere where minorities feel welcome."</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;"
class="yiv951227285ecxyiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">One example is the recently formed Northwest Coalition for Human Rights, which was done in response to an annual <span id="misspell-35" class="mark">UI</span> conference called "Finding the Center" and part of the <span id="misspell-36" class="mark">UI</span> Office of Human Rights, Access, and Inclusion. Kristin Carlson, coordinator for <span id="misspell-37" class="mark">NWCHR</span>, said the group will likely meet biannually, after having the first meeting in November, which was well attended.</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align:
baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv951227285ecxyiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"Our attendance was really promising, we had people from Spokane, some people from <span id="misspell-38" class="mark">Lewiston</span>, <span id="misspell-39" class="mark">Sandpoint</span>, <span id="misspell-40" class="mark">Couer</span> <span id="misspell-41" class="mark">d'Alene</span>," Carlson said. "It demonstrated that people were interested in being better connected so we can share information and resources."</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width:
0px;" class="yiv951227285ecxyiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Carlson said the group plans to discuss everything from violence, to health care, to environmental concerns.</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv951227285ecxyiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"We're trying to be open to a
lot of different groups," Carlson said. "The idea is that we're more likely to keep up with work like this if we're accountable, and the desire to do that was definitely expressed."</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv951227285ecxyiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Pullman used to have its own human rights commission, though City Supervisor John Sherman said it disbanded for lack of issues to work toward. At the first <span id="misspell-42" class="mark">NWCHR</span> meeting, Whitman County Commissioner Pat O'Neill and Pullman City
Councilor Nathan Weller both expressed interest in getting it started again.</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px;" class="yiv951227285ecxyiv1428543638encrypted-content"><div style="border-width: 0px; font: 17px/24px Times, serif; padding: 0px; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; outline-width: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"I think what's important is that these groups don't just fall out when there isn't anything going on," Weller said. "It's kind of a shame that it ebbs and flows when there's only problems. It should really be a part of our usual activities at the city and in the community."</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px;
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