Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Commission

Attendance Options: Meetings are conducted in a hybrid format with in-person and remote options for attending. Members of the public may attend virtually via Microsoft Teams, or by calling 1-872-256-4160 and then enter the meeting code: jCmxK.

• Members of the public who have questions about the commission or any items on the agenda should contact the staff liaison Seth Kaempfer at 763 593-8045.

Cancelations

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Commission meetings will be canceled due to lack of agenda items, quorum, or conflicts with holidays. 

Members: Nine regular and two students. Term: Three-year staggered (one-year for student).

• Ruth Paradise, Vice Chair (term expires April 2026) 
• Andrew Alberth (term expires April 2027)
• Joelle Allen (term expires April 2026)
• Francesca Bernardi (term expires April 2028)
• Madasen Briggs(term expires April 2027)
• Kira Jimenez (term expires April 2026)
• Tracy Murphy (term expires April 2027)
• Bill Tipping (term expires April 2028) 
• Vacancy (term expires April 2028)
• Kristian Baker-Youth (term expires Sept 2025) 
• Vacancy-Youth (term expires Sept 2026)

Agendas are available prior to the meetings. Minutes are available following approval.

• View archive of DEIC Agendas and Minutes

In 2018, the Golden Valley City Council voted to create the Rising TIDES Task Force to provide recommendations on how to fulfill the City's newly adopted Equity Plan. Over the next 2 1/2 years, the task force spent its time researching and engaging with the Golden Valley community on various equity-based topics. Stemming from the Task Force's work was a proposal to create a more permanent body of appointed community members committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. This new commission would also replace the Golden Valley Human Rights Commission (HRC).

The HRC served the Golden Valley community for more than 50 years, providing guidance to the City Council on human rights issues, helping build community by creating opportunities for dialogue on human rights issues, sponsoring events like the HRC's Annual Day of Service, and directing persons to resources on human rights.

More past HRC community outreach events include:

• Antisemitism, Xenophobia, and Hate: Local and Global Challenges
• Climate Change in Minnesota: Implications and Disparate Impacts
• Green Card Youth Voices
• Human Sex Trafficking Awareness Program
• Mental Health Awareness Program
• Movie Night: Buried Above Ground (documentary on PTSD)
• Movie Night: MN Nice? (documentary on bullying)
• Preventing Genocide (Joint HRC program)
• Restore The Vote Discussion
• Why Treaties Matter

HRC & Rising TIDES Archived Documents

• View archived HRC Agendas and Minutes
• View HRC Final Report
• View  Rising TIDES Agendas and Minutes
• View Rising TIDES Final Report