Alicia Claypool - reported on the Commission’s Subcommittee on Sexual Orientation. Stated Maria Waterman and she were drafting a resolution in support of Sexual Orientation to be discussed at the next meeting. Stated the Des Moines City Council had approved by a vote of five to two to add Sexual Orientation as a protected class. Attended a group called El Forro which is a group of Hispanics and Hispanic supporters working on issues of . She also announced Latino Affairs was sponsoring a Latino Festival on September 15h in Des Moines and had been asked to speak at a local group regarding civil rights.
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