The City of Beverly Hills announced a new Inter-Commission Collaborative Initiative that will bring the Arts & Culture Commission and Human Relations Commission together in developing programs highlighting
cultural diversity, inclusion and belonging. Through Community Engagement and the Arts, the two commissions will find relevant ways to showcase global arts and cultural art forms, support local artists, arts and service organizations, and honor community-based individuals and philanthropists who enrich their communities through daily acts of kindness, compassion and tireless service. Members of the Inter-Commission Collaborative Initiative are Human Relations Commissioners Annette Saleh and Karen Popovich Levyn, and Arts & Culture Commis-sioners Stephanie Vahn and Deborah Frank.
“While Beverly Hills has always been a place welcoming people from all over the world to come to reside, visit and work, it is not enough to just accept people, rather it’s crucial to celebrate and find meaning in what makes us different and unique,” said Jenny Rogers, Director of Community Services. “The new program will feature the arts, lectures and community engagement as a way to manifest a community of
kindness and love, and to stand in opposition of hatred, violence, racial intolerance and injustice.”
