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Humboldt County Human Rights Commission meeting spotlights nonprofit fragmentation, outreach gaps and a jail complaint
Summary
At a public meeting the commission emphasized proactive community organizing, shared-services models for nonprofits and monitoring of a transgender inmate’s housing; participants recommended focused issue meetings, media partnerships and practical steps to increase local coordination.
The Humboldt County Human Rights Commission used a public meeting with dozens of community participants to press for deeper outreach and practical collaboration among local nonprofits, and to describe an ongoing concern about jail treatment for a transgender inmate.
"Our primary function is to advise the board of supervisors on policy issues that we think benefit the community in general," said Jim Glover, chair of the Human Rights Commission, describing the panel as an all-volunteer advisory body. He said the commission helped initiate the county’s sanctuary ordinance and…
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