81_FR_12913 81 FR 12865 - Sunshine Act Meeting Notice

81 FR 12865 - Sunshine Act Meeting Notice

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 48 (March 11, 2016)

Page Range12865-12865
FR Document2016-05616

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 48 (Friday, March 11, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 48 (Friday, March 11, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 12865]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-05616]


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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS


Sunshine Act Meeting Notice

AGENCY: United States Commission on Civil Rights.

ACTION: Notice of Commission Briefing and Business Meeting.

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DATES: Friday, March 18, 2016, at 9 a.m. EST.

ADDRESSES: National Place Building, 1331 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 11th 
Floor, Suite 1150, Washington, DC 20245 (Entrance on F Street NW.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gerson Gomez, Media Advisor at 
telephone: (202) 376-8371, TTY: (202) 376-8116 or email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This briefing and business meeting are open 
to the public. The public may listen on the following toll-free number: 
1-888-572-7033. Please provide the operator with conference ID number 
6194124.
    Hearing-impaired persons who will attend the briefing and require 
the services of a sign language interpreter should contact Pamela 
Dunston at (202) 376-8105 or at [email protected] at least seven 
business days before the scheduled date of the meeting.
    During the briefing portion, Commissioners will ask questions and 
discuss the briefing topic with the panelists. The public may submit 
written comments on the topic of the briefing to the above address for 
30 days after the briefing. Please direct your comments to the 
attention of the ``Staff Director'' and clearly mark ``Briefing 
Comments Inside'' on the outside of the envelope. Please note we are 
unable to return any comments or submitted materials. Comments may also 
be submitted by email to [email protected].

Meeting Agenda

I. Approval of Agenda
II. Briefing on Municipal Policing and Courts: A Search for Justice or 
a Quest for Revenue
    A. Opening Remarks: 9:00 a.m.-9:20 a.m. *Please note that the time 
frames and panels provided herein are approximate and subject to 
change.
    B. Panel One: National experts and legal scholars, who will speak 
about the historical context of revenue-generating practices in the 
municipal court system, how they have evolved, how pervasive such 
practices are across the country, and possible solutions.--9:20 a.m.-
10:35 a.m.
    Speakers' Remarks
     Vikrant Reddy, Charles Koch Institute
     Thomas Harvey, Arch City Defenders
     Nusrat Choudhury, American Civil Liberties Union
     Emily Napier, Center for Community Alternatives
    Questions from Commissioners
    C. Panel Two: Community leaders and advocates that have work 
directly with individuals from low-income communities of color and will 
describe how the deliberate of generating revenue through the municipal 
courts has negatively impacted their lives both directly and 
indirectly.--10:35 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
    Speakers' Remarks
     Starsky Wilson, Co-Chairman of the Ferguson Commission
     Bennie Small, NAACP Hillsborough County Branch
     Kelsey Antle, Brennan Center for Justice
     Mitali Nagrecha, Center for Community Alternatives
    Questions from Commissioners
    D. 11:50 a.m.-12:05 p.m.--Break
    E. Panel Three: Scholars and criminal justice experts who can 
demonstrate empirically how the practice of generating revenue through 
the municipal court system has impacted low-income communities of 
color.--12:05 p.m.-1:20 p.m.
    Speakers' Remarks
     Joshua House, Institute for Justice
     Janene McCabe, National Association of Public Defense
     Alexes Harris, University of Washington
     Karin Martin, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
    Questions from Commissioners
    F. Adjourn Briefing
III. Lunch: 1:20 p.m.-2:20 p.m.
IV. Business Meeting: 2:30 p.m.-4 p.m.
    A. Program Planning
    a. Discussion about moving the December 2016 Business Meeting to 
December 2, 2016
    b. Discussion and Vote on the National Voter Registration Act 
Report and Findings and Recommendations
    c. Discussion and vote on Uniontown Town Hall
    a. Advisory Committees
    b. Management and Operations
     Staff Director's Report
    c. Other
    d. Discussion and vote on follow-up letters on issue of denial of 
birth certificates to U.S. citizen children in Texas
V. Adjourn Meeting

    Dated: March 8, 2016.
David Mussatt,
Regional Programs Unit Chief, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
[FR Doc. 2016-05616 Filed 3-9-16; 11:15 am]
 BILLING CODE 6335-01-P

Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 48 / Friday, March 11, 2016 / Notices 12865 Records and documents discussed ADDRESSES: National Place Building, advocates that have work directly during the meeting will be available for 1331 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 11th with individuals from low-income public viewing prior to and following Floor, Suite 1150, Washington, DC communities of color and will the meeting at http://facadatabase.gov/ 20245 (Entrance on F Street NW.) describe how the deliberate of committee/meetings.aspx?cid=266 and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: generating revenue through the following the links for ‘‘Meeting Gerson Gomez, Media Advisor at municipal courts has negatively Details’’ and then ‘‘Documents.’’ telephone: (202) 376–8371, TTY: (202) impacted their lives both directly Records generated from this meeting 376–8116 or email: publicaffairs@ and indirectly.—10:35 a.m.–11:50 may also be inspected and reproduced usccr.gov. a.m. at the Southern Regional Office, as they Speakers’ Remarks SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This become available, both before and after briefing and business meeting are open • Starsky Wilson, Co-Chairman of the the meeting. Persons interested in the Ferguson Commission work of this Committee are directed to to the public. The public may listen on the following toll-free number: 1–888– • Bennie Small, NAACP Hillsborough the Commission’s Web site, http:// County Branch www.usccr.gov, or may contact the 572–7033. Please provide the operator with conference ID number 6194124. • Kelsey Antle, Brennan Center for Southern Regional Office at the above Justice Hearing-impaired persons who will email or street address. attend the briefing and require the • Mitali Nagrecha, Center for DATES: The meeting will be held on Community Alternatives services of a sign language interpreter Thursday, April 7, 2016, from 9:00 a.m. should contact Pamela Dunston at (202) Questions from Commissioners to 5:00 p.m. EST. 376–8105 or at signlanguage@usccr.gov D. 11:50 a.m.–12:05 p.m.—Break ADDRESSES: Walnut Cove Public Library, at least seven business days before the E. Panel Three: Scholars and criminal 106 5th Street, Walnut Cove, North scheduled date of the meeting. justice experts who can Carolina 27052. During the briefing portion, demonstrate empirically how the Agenda Commissioners will ask questions and practice of generating revenue discuss the briefing topic with the through the municipal court system I. Introductory Remarks by Chairman: panelists. The public may submit 9:00 a.m. has impacted low-income written comments on the topic of the communities of color.—12:05 p.m.– II. Panel 1: Government Officials, briefing to the above address for 30 days 1:20 p.m. Community Leaders/Advocates: after the briefing. Please direct your Speakers’ Remarks 9:10 a.m.–10:20 a.m. comments to the attention of the ‘‘Staff Questions from Committee Members • Joshua House, Institute for Justice Director’’ and clearly mark ‘‘Briefing Break: 10:20 a.m.–10:30 a.m. Comments Inside’’ on the outside of the • Janene McCabe, National III. Panel 2: Environment/Health Issues: Association of Public Defense 10:30 a.m.–11:50 p.m. envelope. Please note we are unable to return any comments or submitted • Alexes Harris, University of Questions from Committee Members materials. Comments may also be Washington Lunch: 11:50 p.m.–1:20 p.m. IV. Panel 3: Coal Industry Executives submitted by email to municiapalfees@ • Karin Martin, John Jay College of and Advocacy Groups: 1:20p.m.– usccr.gov. Criminal Justice 2:30 p.m. Questions from Commissioners Meeting Agenda Questions from Committee Members F. Adjourn Briefing V. Break: 2:30p.m.–2:40 p.m. I. Approval of Agenda III. Lunch: 1:20 p.m.–2:20 p.m. VI. Panel 4: Coal Ash Activists/ II. Briefing on Municipal Policing and IV. Business Meeting: 2:30 p.m.–4 p.m. Advocates: 2:40 p.m.–4:00 p.m. Courts: A Search for Justice or a A. Program Planning Questions from Committee Members Quest for Revenue VII. Open Comments Period: 4:00 p.m.– a. Discussion about moving the A. Opening Remarks: 9:00 a.m.–9:20 5:00 p.m. December 2016 Business Meeting to a.m. *Please note that the time Questions from Committee Members December 2, 2016 frames and panels provided herein VIII. Adjourn Briefing: 5:15 p.m. are approximate and subject to b. Discussion and Vote on the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff change. National Voter Registration Act Hinton, DFO, (404) 562–7006 or B. Panel One: National experts and Report and Findings and jhinton@usccr.gov. legal scholars, who will speak about Recommendations the historical context of revenue- c. Discussion and vote on Uniontown Dated: March 8, 2016. generating practices in the Town Hall David Mussatt, municipal court system, how they a. Advisory Committees Chief, Regional Programs Unit, USCCR. have evolved, how pervasive such b. Management and Operations [FR Doc. 2016–05476 Filed 3–10–16; 8:45 am] practices are across the country, • Staff Director’s Report BILLING CODE 6335–01–P and possible solutions.—9:20 a.m.– c. 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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of Commission Briefing and Business Meeting.
DatesFriday, March 18, 2016, at 9 a.m. EST.
ContactGerson Gomez, Media Advisor at telephone: (202) 376-8371, TTY: (202) 376-8116 or email: [email protected]
FR Citation81 FR 12865 
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