Chaska Human Rights Commission Meeting 4.23.26
Introduction of the Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans
API Heritage Month preparation
Impact of Operation Metro Surge and Operation Paris on local communities
Strategies for human rights commissioners to engage with diverse communities
Future guest speaker planning for heritage and identity months
Full Document Analysis
Votes (1)
Adopt the agenda
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Notable Quotes (2)
When you see someone who looks like me... assume the best about them and go out of your way to simply demonstrate with your body that you recognize the humanity and the dignity in them.
Operation Paris is extra traumatizing when refugees who arrived here after decades of civil war on the ground are picked up by agents of the government.
People (4)
HubardChairFacilitating the Human Rights Commission meeting and inviting guest speakers.
Facilitating the Human Rights Commission meeting and inviting guest speakers.
Saiia HerExecutive DirectorExecutive Director of the Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans; expert on API advocacy.
2 quotes
Executive Director of the Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans; expert on API advocacy.
“Respect is a universal language.”
Advice on how commissioners should interact with community members.
“I may have arrived here physically but my soul my spirit... I left them behind in my native country.”
Describing the trauma of the refugee experience.
LeeStaffConducting the roll call for the commission.
Conducting the roll call for the commission.
Representative NashRepresentativeServes on the board of the Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans.
Serves on the board of the Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans.
Places Mentioned
Events & Meetings (4)
- April 23, 2026 - Human Rights Commission Meeting
- May 2026 - API Heritage Month
- May 30, 2026 - Asian Fair in Plymouth
- May 16-17, 2026 - Songkran Thai New Year Celebration in St. Louis Park