Fargo Human Rights Commission Looks For Solution as City Dissolves Diversity Efforts

(Photo by W. Scott Olsen/For the North Dakota Monitor)

(North Dakota Monitor) – North Dakota’s largest city is not sponsoring a Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration this year and soon could be without a city-supported board that advises city leaders on promoting diversity and discouraging discrimination.

The Fargo City Commission voted 3-2 earlier this month to dissolve the Human Rights Commission in its current advisory role. City commissioners gave the board two months to come up with a plan to restructure in a way that taps fewer city resources, both financial and staffing.

Last week, the human rights group began discussing its options at a working session.

“The best thing we can do is come together so marginalized people in Fargo have a voice,” said Sekou Sirleaf, chairman of the advisory board.