Commissioners reviewed recent outreach and upcoming opportunities to represent the Iowa City Human Rights Commission at community events, and staff provided volunteer sign‑up details for summer outreach tables.

Commissioner Mendesh Shannon reported the commission’s June 8 Eid al‑Adha celebration drew more than 500 attendees and included partnerships with the police and fire departments and local vendors. “We had more than 500 people showing up,” she said, describing the event as “heartwarming” and noting the crowd included attendees from Cedar Rapids, Tiffin and North Liberty.

Mendesh Shannon also described a Coralville Food Pantry distribution tied to Healthy Kids IO for Johnson County households at or under 185% of the federal poverty level with children ages 4 to 18. She said distributions occur between Northwest Middle School and Kirkwood School from 2 to 6 p.m., and each household can expect a mix of food valued at approximately $40 per child.

The commission reviewed Party in the Park volunteer dates (Thursday nights, 6:30–8 p.m.) and asked commissioners to notify staff by Monday to secure printed brochures and an extra table. “If they know a commission or commissioners are coming, that they'll actually set up another table and chairs so that you don't have to worry about getting the ones from the office,” staff said.

Several commissioners reported representing the commission at Pride events and noted the commission had not staffed a Juneteenth booth earlier in the day because Juneteenth activities were held at times that conflicted with many members’ daytime work schedules. One commissioner thanked Mayor Bruce Teague and Council member Sean Harmsen for attending the Eid event.

Staff also reminded members that a commission vacancy application deadline is Tuesday, July 1 at 5 p.m.; commissioners said they have been recruiting potential applicants.

No formal actions were taken on outreach items; commissioners agreed to sign up for events and to coordinate volunteer logistics with staff.