{"product_id":"2940149011018","title":"The Grand Junction Report: Issues of Equality in the Mesa Valley:","description":"As a part of its responsibility for monitoring civil rights issues, the Colorado Advisory Committee to \u003cbr\u003ethe U.S. Commission on Civil Rights convened public forums in Fort Collins (1997), Pueblo (1999), \u003cbr\u003eand Grand Junction (2001). The purpose of these forums was to obtain information and a diversity of \u003cbr\u003eperspectives on the status of race relations in each of these Colorado communities, which serve as \u003cbr\u003eregional centers, Fort Collins (north), Pueblo (south), and Grand Junction (west).\u003cbr\u003e1\u003cbr\u003eThe meetings were \u003cbr\u003edesigned to solicit participation by elected officials, law enforcement agencies, educational institutions, civic and business interests, and community organizations. Each of these forums was well attended, received good media coverage, and was considered to be a significant undertaking. All three \u003cbr\u003ecommunities exhibited a high degree of civic pride and some viewed the Advisory Committee’s visit \u003cbr\u003ewith apprehension. However, with very few exceptions, the level of voluntary cooperation was excellent, as in each community, the institutional and community leadership came forward to make significant contributions to the work of the Committee. University presidents, mayors and city councilpersons, county commissioners, police chiefs and sheriffs, school superintendents, attorneys, \u003cbr\u003ebusinessmen, and grassroots leaders all helped to make the forums representative of a broad spectrum \u003cbr\u003eof interests, and ensured substantive transcripts. These transcripts were made public, and in Pueblo \u003cbr\u003eand Fort Collins, follow-up meetings were scheduled with key elected officials to discuss concerns of \u003cbr\u003ethe Committee.\u003cbr\u003e2\u003cbr\u003eThe Pueblo forum, held in May 1999, helped to reinforce the efforts of community \u003cbr\u003eleaders to promote the establishment of an official city-county human relations commission, a goal \u003cbr\u003ethat was finally realized in July 2001. \u003cbr\u003eThe purpose of this report is to summarize for the Advisory Committee the testimony presented at \u003cbr\u003ethe Grand Junction forum, which was convened on May 7–8, 2001, at the Adams Mark Hotel. This \u003cbr\u003edocument will also provide a brief demographic overview of Grand Junction and Mesa County, and \u003cbr\u003esummarize employment data provided by educational institutions and the county and city governments.","brand":"ReadCycle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47084464767216,"sku":"2940149011018","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940149011018_p0.jpg?v=1763710941","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940149011018","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}