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Discussion of Applied Social Justice/Equity in Preparation for Board's Annual Retreat
PURPOSE: The purpose of this agenda item is to provide the Board of Aldermen an opportunity to consider examples of how local governments are working to operationalize concepts of equity and social justice in operations and policy making.
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DEPARTMENT: Planning
CONTACT INFORMATION: Patricia McGuire - 919-918-7327 - pmcguire@townofcarrboro.org
INFORMATION: At its retreat on February 15, 2015, the Board of Aldermen discussed values and decision-making strategies including the extent to which alignment around a concept of justice might be incorporated. The Board decided to have a worksession to review Carrboro's Vision2020 and discuss its usefulness in guiding decision-making, particularly in relation to social impact/equity. See the agenda materials from the October 20th worksession at https://carrboro.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2486647&GUID=2FAA4FAA-0C38-4DB3-85DB-1E84AB2CFEEC&Options=&Search=&FullText=1. The Board decided that evening to take further action related to Carrboro Vision2020 after its 2016 annual retreat, which would focus on social justice.
The retreat planning committee has been working with Jim Svarra of the School of Government, Aspen Romeyn of the Triangle J Council of Governments, and Andy Sachs of the Dispute Settlement Center to develop a plan for the retreat that will allow Board members to share their thoughts on equity and its importance, learn about some community indicators and trends, and to learn about ways that equity can be integrated into departmental functions and policymaking. It was anticipated that the draft retreat agenda would be attached to this agenda item. The draft agenda and supporting information for the upcoming retreat is being distributed by the Town Clerk.
As was noted in the October 20th agenda materials, the Town's interests related to the concept of equity are apparent, but have no...
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