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Update on the Town of Carrboro's Racial Equity Initiative and the One Orange County Racial Equity Plan: A Framework for Moving Forward
PURPOSE: To provide the Town Council with an update on the town's race and equity work and an overview of the Framework for moving forward with the Countywide Racial Equity Plan.
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DEPARTMENT: Town Manager
CONTACT INFORMATION: Anita Jones-McNair - 919.918.7371
INFORMATION: On October 6, 2020, the Town Council received the last racial equity initiative update and supported staff moving forward with an Orange County Racial Equity planned approach. This plan includes working collaboratively with Orange County and the Towns of Chapel Hill and Hillsborough. After each governing body agreed, Carrboro staff along with staff from each jurisdiction began working in five multi-jurisdictional subcommittees on separate parts of the racial equity plan. The subcommittees led by at least one jurisdictional lead involve Training, Racial Equity Tool Kit, Community Engagement, Racial Equity Index, and Evaluation and Accountability.
The work of the subcommittees will be the basis of the racial equity plan. Staff is planning to include a few other sections in the plan such as:
Definition Section- The public and stakeholders can fully understand the terminology used throughout the document.
History- This summer we will engage local historians to include the racialized history of Orange County as part of the Plan.
Graphic and Economic Data Analysis - Each jurisdiction can assess whether a disparity study is needed before entering into any race- or gender- based remedial programs so that each project developed based on racial equity principles can withstand scrutiny in a court of law.1
The subcommittees adhered to the projected timeline found in Section III of the Framework. Prior to bringing this document to the Elected Officials, team members conducted some preliminary community engagement. Staff held a ...
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