Champaign HRC 4/2/2018

The April 2nd Human Relations Commission meeting was extremely brief (video available here). There were a couple announcements beyond a brief overview of the case load, a project update, and no other comments or audience participation (or audience attending).

Announcements: 

The Disability Resource Expo is coming up tomorrow: http://www.disabilityresourceexpo.org/

Join us on April 7, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. for this FREE family-friendly event offering fun activities for children, entertainment for all throughout the day, and opportunities to win prizes! Your family will have fun while also gaining valuable information about available resources for individuals with disabilities in East Central Illinois.

Centennial High School: April 14th Austin's Day: http://www.austinsday.com/

As the nation observes the eleventh anniversary of the Virginia Tech School Shootings, local volunteers choose to use the occasion to honor one of its victims who had ties to Champaign-Urbana. The entire community is invited to participate in the eleventh annual Austin Cloyd Day of Service on April 14th, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Austin's mother, Renee Cloyd shared that, "Of all the tributes and memorials created in memory of the Virginia Tech students, none is more significant that this one where members of the community pay tribute by serving others."

Champaign Rotary and Centennial Interact are organizing this eleventh annual event. Austin Cloyd was a member of Centennial Interact when she lived in Champaign where she epitomized the Rotary motto of "service above self" in the way she lived her everyday life. The service day will be a fitting representation of the good that can come out of such a tragic event.