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OneOrange Racial Equity Framework Update.
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Staff:
Department:
Loryn Clark, Deputy Town Manager
Town Manager's Office
Shenekia Weeks, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer
Overview:
In January 2021, the Government Alliance on Race & Equity Multi-Jurisdictional Task Force, OneOrange, established subcommittees to work on each section of the OneOrange County Racial Equity Plan: A Framework for Moving Forward. OneOrange includes staff from the Towns of Carrboro, Chapel Hill, Hillsborough, and Orange County.
OneOrange is committed to creating a community where race no longer predicts life outcomes and is eager to share this plan with the community. There are five mutually reinforcing pillars of the Racial Equity Framework. Each is represented by a multi-jurisdictional subcommittee led by at least one jurisdictional member and includes staff from each jurisdiction. The subcommittees are Training, Racial Equity Tool Kit, now more aptly named the Racial Equity Assessment Lens (REAL), Community Engagement, Racial Equity Index, and Evaluation and Accountability; the plan is based on the work of these committees.
In January 2022, Council received and adopted the OneOrange Countywide Racial Equity Framework, if the key issues meet Council's interest, we will continue operationalizing the OneOrange Racial Equity Plan into institutional processes that enable more equitable outcomes internally and externally.
Recommendation(s):
That the Council receive the update and provide feedback on OneOrange implementation strategies.
Background
In January 2022, all jurisdictions in Orange County received and adopted the OneOrange County Racial Equity Plan: A Framework for Moving Forward1. Since January 2022, the OneOrange staff team has worked to share jurisdictional implementation strategies and design the Racial Equity Index. Additionally, we have socialized the plan with potential jurisdictional partners; OWASA and Durham Technical Community College repr...
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