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OFFICE OF THE MAYOR <br />CITY ®f SOUTH BEND <br />ROGER O. PARENT, Mayor <br />COUNTY -CITY BUILDING SOUTH BEND, INDIANA 46601 <br />March 4, 1981 <br />AREA 219 284 -9261 <br />South Bend Common Council <br />City of South Bend <br />County -City Building <br />South Bend, Indiana 46601 <br />Dear Council Members: <br />In March, 1980, I asked the South Bend Commission on the <br />Status of Women to consider the option of placing the Women's <br />Commission within the structure of the Human Rights Commission. <br />As you know, the South Bend Commission on the Status of <br />Women was established by ordinance in June 1974. The long -range <br />goal of the Commission was to bring women into full and equal <br />partnership in the life of the community. <br />During the last six years, the Commission, has made great <br />strides toward that goal and has made many significant accom- <br />plishments, including helping to stimulate an awareness among <br />both men and women of women's full potential and of the importance <br />of their contributions to the development of the community. <br />In May, 1980, the South Bend Commission on the Status of <br />Women voted to recommend to the South Bend Human Rights Commission <br />that the Women's Commission become a committee of the Human Rights <br />Commission. <br />In January, 1981, the Human Rights Commission voted to accept <br />the Women's Commission as a standing committee of the Human Rights <br />Commission. The Human Rights Commission appointed Mara Newman as <br />the chairperson of the newly formed committee and the Women's <br />Committee has already held two organizational meetings. <br />Therefore, the attached ordinance deletes the Commission on <br />the Status of Women from the Municipal Code. <br />Thank you for your consideration of this issue. <br />Since--J y, <br />R er . Parent <br />