LANSDALEÂ â They may not have made many headlines lately, but Lansdale s Human Relations Commission members have been hard at work.Â
Borough council heard an update from that commission recently, including their first-ever request for taxpayer dollars, and what they can do with those funds. We just recently submitted a budget proposal for the remainder of 2021, and we re looking forward to council reviewing, and hopefully approving, that budget, said HRC chairperson Aurelia Henry.
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Lansdale s Human Relations Commission was created in August 2018 to field and rule on complaints regarding discrimination due to gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation, and commission members were appointed at the end of that year. Since then, group members have set up a dedicated page on the borough s website, fielded formal complaints, and taken part in local events including a Juneteenth solidarity march in June 2020 and Black Lives Matte