[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 48 (Friday, March 11, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 12865]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[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]
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