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The Human Rights Commission aids and advises the City Council in ensuring that all citizens have equal opportunity in employment, housing, public accommodations, public services and education and in other affairs that affect the social well-being of the community.

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Naturalization ceremony and immigrant art exhibit

In honor of International  Day of Peace on September 21, HRC is planning a Naturalization Ceremony to take place on Friday, September 14 along with the HRC’s Children of Immigrant’s Art Exhibit titled “The American Dream: From the Light to the Darkness.” Activities will take place at the Bloomington Civic Plaza Schneider Theater and lobby. 

The exhibits purpose is to encourage safe and respectful conversation that fosters acceptance and dispels misconceptions about immigrants. The hope is to spark empathy and encourage connections to our common humanity. At the ceremony, over 100 individuals from at least thirty (30) different countries will become citizens of the United States. The event reinforces the meaning and importance of being a United States Citizen.

You can see the Exhibit at the following locations and dates. If you wish to have the Exhibit come to a community location near you, contact the Bloomington Human Rights Commission at (952)-563-8733 or humanrights@BloomingtonMN.gov

• Assumption Church, Richfield: Through August 19
• Bloomington Farmers Market: September 8
• Bloomington Civic Plaza: September 9 - October 5
• Augsburg Park Library, Richfield: October 22 - November 16th
• Bloomington Civic Plaza: December 3 - December 21

International Human Rights Day

On December 3, join the Bloomington Human Rights Commission to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Bloomington HRC, International Human Rights Day, and the 2018 Omar Bonderud Human Rights award winner, Dennis Kane (pictured).

A special program and reception is planned featuring State Human Rights Commissioner Kevin Lindsay on December 3 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. with a presentation to the City Council beginning at 7 p.m.

Contact the Human Rights Commission

Because the Commission and the Office strive to respond to issues impacting Bloomington, we encourage you to report potential human rights issues to the Human Rights staff liaison so that they can be brought to the Commission’s attention.

Bloomington Civic Plaza
952-563-8733, TTY 952-563-8740
1800 West Old Shakopee Road
Bloomington, MN 55431

humanrights@BloomingtonMN.gov