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HREC plans Welcoming Week outreach; commissioners to volunteer at Family Kitchen and consider using small commission funds
Summary
The Human Rights and Equity Commission reviewed Welcoming Week events, discussed volunteer coordination with Family Kitchen for Sept. 7, and considered applying the commission’s modest annual budget to support local meal operations.
The Human Rights and Equity Commission on Aug. 27 spent part of its virtual meeting planning Welcoming Week activities and discussing a proposed volunteer day with Family Kitchen, a local meals nonprofit.
Chair Agatha Ventura, chair of the Human Rights and Equity Commission, framed Welcoming Week as a series of events running in September that center refugee, immigrant and Latine communities in Bend. Commissioners discussed both in-person volunteering and how HREC’s limited funds might be used to support community partners.
Tori Wild, operations manager at Family Kitchen,…
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