The Commission's Newsletter 
2006 Edition
Page 3

Commissioner Gatling testified before the City Council’s new Civil Rights Committee on February 14, 2006, providing them with an overview of CCHR’s work; and again before the same committee on March 23, 2006, April 28, 2006, and May 31, 2006, updating them on the work of the Commission, its budget and the Race At Work study. Commissioner Gatling testified before the Civil Rights Committee and Consumer Affairs Committee on November 28, 2006, regarding Fair Housing issues.

Commissioner Patricia L. Gatling spoke at a forum on minorities and the advertising industry—regarding CCHR’s investigation into the industry’s hiring practices and CCHR’s efforts to diversify the City’s largest ad firms—during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 36th Annual Legislative Conference held in September 2006 in Washington D.C. Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (13th District, MI) hosted the forum.

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