Andrea Benjamin

City Council

OKC City Council considers reinstating Human Rights Commission | Community | #citycouncil

OKLAHOMA CITY -The Oklahoma City Council is considering an ordinance to reestablish the City’s Human Rights Commission. The City’s first Human Rights Commission met from 1980-1996 before being repealed nearly 30 years ago. The Human Rights Commission will be responsible for duties such as addressing alleged harm to people who have been discriminated against because […]

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OKC City Council Considering Reinstating Human Rights Commission | #citycouncil

Task force members presented two years of research to city council members on what reinstating a human rights commission would look like for Oklahoma City. “The most public facing thing that a human rights commission is used for is when people experience discrimination within the geographic area that human rights commission serves,” Dr. Andrea Benjamin […]

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