{"id":34360,"date":"2022-11-11T17:03:18","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T22:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/rapid-citys-hrc-moa-are-nationally-recognized-and-invited-to-a-major-conference-in-l-a-this-week\/"},"modified":"2022-11-11T17:03:22","modified_gmt":"2022-11-11T22:03:22","slug":"rapid-citys-hrc-moa-are-nationally-recognized-and-invited-to-a-major-conference-in-l-a-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/rapid-citys-hrc-moa-are-nationally-recognized-and-invited-to-a-major-conference-in-l-a-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapid City\u2019s HRC\/MOA are nationally recognized and invited to a major conference in L.A. this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"likebtn_container\" style=\"\"><!-- LikeBtn.com BEGIN --><span class=\"likebtn-wrapper\"  data-identifier=\"post_34360\"  data-site_id=\"63347fe36fd08b6c05de3d9e\"  data-dislike_enabled=\"false\"  data-icon_dislike_show=\"false\"  data-white_label=\"true\"  data-style=\"\"  data-unlike_allowed=\"\"  data-show_copyright=\"\"  data-item_url=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/rapid-citys-hrc-moa-are-nationally-recognized-and-invited-to-a-major-conference-in-l-a-this-week\/\"  data-item_title=\"Rapid City\u2019s HRC\/MOA are nationally recognized and invited to a major conference in L.A. this week\"  data-item_image=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/files\/2022\/11\/Lafawn-Janis.jpg\"  data-item_date=\"2022-11-11T17:03:18-05:00\"  data-engine=\"WordPress\"  data-plugin_v=\"2.6.59\"  data-prx=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=likebtn_prx\"  data-event_handler=\"likebtn_eh\" ><\/span><!-- LikeBtn.com END --><\/div><div id=\"attachment_27669\" style=\"width: 868px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27669\" class=\"wp-image-27669 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/files\/2022\/11\/Lafawn-Janis.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"858\" height=\"858\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-27669\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lafawn Janis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>RAPID CITY, S.D. \u2013 Rapid City\u2019s Human Relations Commission\/Mniluzahan\u00a0Okolakiciyapi\u00a0Ambassadors (HRC\/MOA) have been invited to the National Humanities Alliance Conference in Los Angeles this week.<\/p>\n<p>They are receiving national recognition for their work to improve race relations.<\/p>\n<p>This conference gives communities a chance to learn how others address race relations and the Rapid City delegation will consist of five members.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was really an honor for us to be included in this conference and as part of a case study. We\u2019re part of a case study with two other cities. And the other cities are Nogales, Arizona, and Charleston, South Carolina,\u201d Karen Mortimer, HRC MOA member, said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to be giving a presentation, and we\u2019ll be able to go to each other\u2019s presentations and learn from each other. We\u2019ll probably have another time during the conference where we\u2019ll collectively come together and trade stories and ideas and develop some relationships.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s some information they shared about the conference starting Tuesday.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Some things that the HRC\/MOA will share with other communities<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Why they\u2019re doing the work<\/li>\n<li>What are some problems they\u2019re trying to address<\/li>\n<li>Methods\n<ul>\n<li>Things that they\u2019ve done that have worked<\/li>\n<li>Things that haven\u2019t worked<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Difficulties and roadblocks they encountered<\/li>\n<li>What they\u2019re looking at in the future<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>What have been things that worked<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>\u201cI think we\u2019ve done well. Take a look at LNI and the red carpet. One time we had some difficulties in Rapid City with first relations and business owners. And now they come here with a police escort. Red carpet celebration, that\u2019s absolutely wonderful,\u201d Lloyd\u00a0LaCroix, Pennington County commissioner\u00a0said. \u201cSame thing with the powwow and the hand games, these are the more we know, the better we do. Bringing people together and in the same room makes your judgements go away. It\u2019s easy to judge people from a distance, but once you talk to them, you get it. And that\u2019s what we do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCommunity members are appreciative of having these experiences that they probably wouldn\u2019t have had living their day to day lives. And a lot of leadership in Rapid City is fully participatory and excited, so they want to have the conversations and they want to have the trickle down effect in their corporations as well. So I think that\u2019s huge,\u201d LaFawn Janis, City of Rapid City\u2019s Human Relations Commission coordinator, said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of the difficulties are between the mergers of different groups. Human Relations was originally formed. It\u2019s been around for years to take complaints and concerns of racial bias or discourse in the community and even on the city council. When they brought it back years ago, it was to deal with substandard housing complaints. Most companies have to pretty much set rules. So the HRC just kind of was there, and the joining of these groups and educating the community is the key piece to this, because that\u2019s what you need to do, is to get out and bring people together and have those talks and discussions. That\u2019s why it actually brought the HRC up to the 21st century. It brought it out just the single taken complaints and actually educating the community. That was the difficulty and it still is,\u201d LaCroix said.\u201cThis stuff took a lot of years to create the problems that we have, took a lot of years to get there and so we said \u2018change happens at the speed of trust.\u2019 There\u2019s a lot of distrust in our community among people who are different,\u201d Mortimer said. \u201cSo when we can bridge that and take time to develop relationships, we found that developing relationships is really the key. But until we can get to that trust level, which takes a lot of time, we\u2019re not going to see huge changes. Which brings us to another thing that we learned, which is you got to go slow to go fast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201d<strong>What is a tactic they\u2019re trying now <\/strong>Currently the HRC\/MOA are holding different learning forums for people to come in to talk about specific topics to help the group learn more about it. They\u2019ve done a forum on racial prejudices and the economy which showed how those prejudices affect dollars and what happens in the community. They will also have another one, Monday, Nov. 14 at Western Dakota Tech. They invited the Pennington County Sheriff\u2019s Office and the Rapid City Police Department to be in the room as well to be a part of a round table discussion about civil discourse.<strong>Main goals of HRC\/MOA<\/strong>Their main goals are trying to reach into the community, let people know that they\u2019re there, to listen to concerns and try to address them in a really positive way. Not just in terms of legal framework, but to listen to people\u2019s voices.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativesunnews.today\/articles\/rapid-citys-hrc-moa-are-nationally-recognized-and-invited-to-a-major-conference-in-l-a-this-week\/\">Rapid City\u2019s HRC\/MOA are nationally recognized and invited to a major conference in L.A. this week<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativesunnews.today\">Native Sun News Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"likebtn_container\" style=\"\"><!-- LikeBtn.com BEGIN --><span class=\"likebtn-wrapper\"  data-identifier=\"post_34360\"  data-site_id=\"63347fe36fd08b6c05de3d9e\"  data-dislike_enabled=\"false\"  data-icon_dislike_show=\"false\"  data-white_label=\"true\"  data-style=\"\"  data-unlike_allowed=\"\"  data-show_copyright=\"\"  data-item_url=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/rapid-citys-hrc-moa-are-nationally-recognized-and-invited-to-a-major-conference-in-l-a-this-week\/\"  data-item_title=\"Rapid City\u2019s HRC\/MOA are nationally recognized and invited to a major conference in L.A. this week\"  data-item_image=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/files\/2022\/11\/Lafawn-Janis.jpg\"  data-item_date=\"2022-11-11T17:03:18-05:00\"  data-engine=\"WordPress\"  data-plugin_v=\"2.6.59\"  data-prx=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=likebtn_prx\"  data-event_handler=\"likebtn_eh\" ><\/span><!-- LikeBtn.com END --><\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativesunnews.today\/articles\/rapid-citys-hrc-moa-are-nationally-recognized-and-invited-to-a-major-conference-in-l-a-this-week\/\" target=\"_blank\">Visit Original Source<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"likebtn_container\" style=\"\"><!-- LikeBtn.com BEGIN --><span class=\"likebtn-wrapper\"  data-identifier=\"post_34360\"  data-site_id=\"63347fe36fd08b6c05de3d9e\"  data-dislike_enabled=\"false\"  data-icon_dislike_show=\"false\"  data-white_label=\"true\"  data-style=\"\"  data-unlike_allowed=\"\"  data-show_copyright=\"\"  data-item_url=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/rapid-citys-hrc-moa-are-nationally-recognized-and-invited-to-a-major-conference-in-l-a-this-week\/\"  data-item_title=\"Rapid City\u2019s HRC\/MOA are nationally recognized and invited to a major conference in L.A. this week\"  data-item_image=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/files\/2022\/11\/Lafawn-Janis.jpg\"  data-item_date=\"2022-11-11T17:03:18-05:00\"  data-engine=\"WordPress\"  data-plugin_v=\"2.6.59\"  data-prx=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=likebtn_prx\"  data-event_handler=\"likebtn_eh\" ><\/span><!-- LikeBtn.com END --><\/div><p>Lafawn Janis RAPID CITY, S.D. \u2013 Rapid City\u2019s Human Relations Commission\/Mniluzahan\u00a0Okolakiciyapi\u00a0Ambassadors (HRC\/MOA) have been invited to the National Humanities Alliance Conference in Los Angeles this week. They are receiving national recognition for their work to improve race relations. This conference gives communities a chance to learn how others address race <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/rapid-citys-hrc-moa-are-nationally-recognized-and-invited-to-a-major-conference-in-l-a-this-week\/\">Read More<\/a><br \/><img alt='' src='https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/files\/avatars\/1541\/5d01b3efac7c3-bpthumb.png' srcset='https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/files\/avatars\/1541\/5d01b3efa3bc2-bpfull.png 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'\/>  Shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/membership-directory\/nativesunweekly\/profile\">Native Sun News Today<\/a>  November 11, 2022<\/p>\n<div class=\"likebtn_container\" style=\"\"><!-- LikeBtn.com BEGIN --><span class=\"likebtn-wrapper\"  data-identifier=\"post_34360\"  data-site_id=\"63347fe36fd08b6c05de3d9e\"  data-dislike_enabled=\"false\"  data-icon_dislike_show=\"false\"  data-white_label=\"true\"  data-style=\"\"  data-unlike_allowed=\"\"  data-show_copyright=\"\"  data-item_url=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/rapid-citys-hrc-moa-are-nationally-recognized-and-invited-to-a-major-conference-in-l-a-this-week\/\"  data-item_title=\"Rapid City\u2019s HRC\/MOA are nationally recognized and invited to a major conference in L.A. this week\"  data-item_image=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/files\/2022\/11\/Lafawn-Janis.jpg\"  data-item_date=\"2022-11-11T17:03:18-05:00\"  data-engine=\"WordPress\"  data-plugin_v=\"2.6.59\"  data-prx=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=likebtn_prx\"  data-event_handler=\"likebtn_eh\" ><\/span><!-- LikeBtn.com END --><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1541,"featured_media":34361,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5627],"tags":[10105,6658],"class_list":["post-34360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-resource-directory-blog","tag-archive","tag-more-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1541"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34360\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}