HRC adopts advocacy rubric, advances communications push and briefs council-supported plat-amendment effort

The Oklahoma City Human Rights Commission approved an advocacy rubric intended to standardize when and how the commission will take public positions and advanced two outreach efforts: a communications plan to expand the commission’s visibility through partner organizations and an operational update on a city-led plat amendment project to address racially restrictive language in historic plats. Commissioners voted to approve the advocacy rubric as a decision tool for evaluating advocacy requests. Commissioner Dean Couch moved to approve the rubric; the motion was seconded by Commissioner Brian and the commission voted in favor. The rubric lists evaluation criteria such as alignment with the commission’s mission, commissioner capacity, urgency/impact, resident demand, and existence of partner organizations. "Part of this ongoing transparency effort is outlining the actual process of what we decide to do whenever we do advocate for certain…