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Cedar Falls Human Rights Commission reports fiscal-year activity and raises concerns about state law changes
Summary
TW Ingram, chair of the Cedar Falls Human Rights Commission, presented the commission’s fiscal year 2024 narrative summary to the Committee of the Whole, outlining membership changes, outreach activities, budget lines and concerns about recent state legislation affecting the Iowa Civil Rights Commission.
TW Ingram, chair of the Cedar Falls Human Rights Commission (HRC), presented the commission’s fiscal year 2024 narrative summary to the Committee of the Whole, outlining membership changes, outreach activities, budget lines and concerns about recent state legislation affecting the Iowa Civil Rights Commission (ICRC).
Ingram summarized membership turnover and additions: several commissioners resigned before their terms ended and new members Hayman, Holding and Waltz were named. Ingram described FY2024 as "the year of growth and change for the Cedar Falls Human Rights Commission," and detailed the commission’s increased outreach, including an inaugural fall summit in 2023 that leadership said yielded modest proceeds for future programming.
The commission flagged a state-level change as its principal policy concern: Senate File 2385. Ingram said the law "altered the makeup of…
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