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El( � ,f�t �� City Council Memorandum TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL DATE: DECEMBER 11, 2012 FROM: MAYOR RONALD O. LOVERIDGE ITEM NO: 37 WARDS: ALL SUBJECT: ANNUAL REAFFIRMATION OF "BUILDING A MORE INCLUSIVE RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY' STATEMENT AND DESIGNATION OF DECEMBER 15, 2012 ISSUE: The issue is whether to reaffirm the "Building a More Inclusive Riverside Community" statement and to accept a recommendation made by the Human Relations Commission (HRC) that City Council designate December 15 as Riverside's "Day of Inclusion." RECOMMENDATIONS: That the City Council reaffirms the "Building a More Inclusive Riverside Community" statement and designate December 15 as Riverside's "Day of Inclusion." BACKGROUND: Riverside's Building a More Inclusive Riverside Community" Statement was first conceptualized by members of the Mayor's Multicultural Forum (MMF) in 2001. The statement expresses the City's respect for diversity and the importance of inclusivity (as individuals, groups, and institutions), and frames both who we are and hope to become as a community. Developed over the course of three meetings of the MMF and then adopted by the City's Human Relations Commission on July 19, 2001, and is annualy reaffirmed by Council. A framed summary of the Statement is displayed on 7t" Floor of City Hall. In 2009, the the California State Assembly passed Assembly Concurrent Resolution (ACR) 76 desigating December 15 as the annual "Day of Inclusion" in California to honor the contributions of immigrants to the United States, and California. ACR 76 was filed with the California Secreatary of State on September 23, 2009. Several California cities, including Los Angeles, Sacramento, and Chico, among others, recognize or celebrate the "Day of Inclusion." The HRC is commerorating the "Day of Inclusion" by co-sponsoring in partnership with the Multicultural Council of the Riverside Museum Associates a community screening of the film "Mighty Uke" at the Arlingion Public Library on December 15, 2012, from 1:30 - 4 p.m. 37-1