Title
Request to Amend Racial Equity Commission Charge
PURPOSE: The purpose of this agenda item is for the Town Council to consider the recommendation from the Racial Equity Commission (REC) to amend the commission charge. Donald Hawkins II, Racial Equity Commission Chair will make the presentation.
Department
DEPARTMENT: Town Manager's Office
Contact
CONTACT INFORMATION: Anita Jones-McNair, Chief Race and Equity Officer, amcnair@carrboronc.gov, 919.918.7381
Council Direction
COUNCIL DIRECTION:
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Council Direction Statement
The Council approved the Resolution Supporting Reparations for Black Carrboro on October 20, 2020. Within the resolution is states to Establish a Racial Equity Commission that will be empowered to make short, medium and long-term recommendations that will make significant progress toward repairing the damage caused by public and private systemic racism, boosting economic mobility and opportunity, and creating generational wealth in the Black community, and Empowers the Commission to hold community conversations to educate the public on the mission of the commission and discuss implementation of the above recommendations.
Information
INFORMATION: The presentation includes recommendations to amend the charge. (See Attachment B)
The Town Council established the commission in January 2021 to advise and work with the Town Council, Chief Race and Equity Officer, and Town staff to educate, provide leadership, and facilitate on-going equitable engagement within the immediate and greater Carrboro community toward the goal of creating a community of inclusiveness in which political, economic, social, and cultural institutions are no longer predicated and influenced by race.
The REC began meeting in June 2021. One short term responsibility is to evaluate the mission, purpose and annual duties and present any recommended changes to the Town Council for approval. The need t...
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