Created in 2004 with the passage of ordinance 4201, and amended in 2006 by ordinance 4339 and again in 2009 by ordinance 4526, the Goshen Community Relations Commission (CRC) is a group of 9 volunteer residents appointed by City Council and the Mayor to focus on the “people issues” of our town and to guide the work of a staff director.  We are mothers, fathers, business people, educators, immigrants and native born Americans who share the vision of a unified, thriving Goshen. 

Our current strategic plan, against the backdrop of our mission to foster a climate of non-discrimination and equal opportunity, prioritizes the vision of a City in which positive community relations exist among its residents. To that end, the CRC is pursuing the following which are some of the elements of positive community relations: 

• healthy neighborhoods
• youth who develop and exhibit positive behavior
• resources made available to the multiple people groups that exist
• residents and institutions which recognize and respect both the similarities and differences that exist among people groups 
  

As a reminder to ourselves and the entire community, we have also named and claimed some basic principles which will allow us to move towards positive community relations. Please join us in embracing these aspirations. 

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Call the Indiana Civil Rights Commission @ (800) 628-2909.
Website: www.in.gov/icrc/ 

To contact the Community Relations Commission:
(574) 537-3839 x 358