Receive update on Richmond's Race Equity Action Plan progress
In Plain English
Richmond created a Race Equity Action Plan in 2020 to improve racial fairness in city services and hiring. The city's race equity team has been working on employee training programs and community outreach since then. Council members will hear about progress and decide what happens next with the plan's 4 main goals.
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Votes
Direct staff to hire an equity officer, request that the city manager direct department heads to go through training, and that each department be required to come up with a race equity statement
5 to 0
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