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MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH May 23, 2018 S:\Managers Working Files\BOH\Agenda & Abstracts\2018 Agenda & Abstracts/ May Page 3 C. Racial Equity Commission Presentation/Equity Summit Video Steven Campbell and Beverly Scurry, Chair and Co-Chair, respectively, presented information on the newly created Racial Equity Commission (REC). Below is a summary of the presentation. • Formed in 2017, REC was established after staff members attended the Racial Equity Institute (REI) trainings held at various locations in Chapel Hill and Durham and the four OpenSource Leadership Strategies-led sessions held at the OCHD. It was a means of continuing racial equity work starting internally at the OCHD. The REC is comprised of members from all OCHD divisions. • The REC concept includes a diverse group of staff coming together to be a catalyst for racial equity at the OCHD to create an environment that allows coworkers to analyze workplace norms, structures, power dynamics and culture while operating from a lens that considers equity, diversity and inclusion. • To ensure the REC is viewed as an official health department entity, a charter was developed, signed and supported by Dorothy Cilenti and Quintana Stewart, the interim health director and current health director, respectively. The REC’s charter is comprised of a defined vision, mission, goals and membership requirements. • The Inclusionary Practices Policy was derived from the Diversity Policy. Awareness is raised by using language such as racial equity, health equity and cultural humility. Intentionality with language is created by ensuring that leadership and management is reflective of the diversity of the population, encouraging the use of caucusing and requiring completion of at least one training (e.g. REI, Groundwater, Latinx). Over half (57%) of the OCHD has undergone at least one training. • A small delegation of 26, comprised of OCHD staff, FSA navigators, Human Relations and Human Resources staff, attended the Equity Summit that occurred in Chicago. The delegation met for pre- and post-Summit convenings. There were 4200 people in attendance at the Equity Summit. Kristin Prelipp, Communications Manager, produced a powerful Equity Summit video which provided highlights of the conference. The video included clips and pictures that were submitted by delegation participants as well as showcased some of the speakers from the conference. It was received well by the BOH members. The BOH members had questions that were addressed by Mr. Campbell, Ms. Scurry and Ms. Prelipp. D. Dashboard Review Allison Young, Health Informatics Manager, presented the 2018 annual public health dashboards for OC. The topic areas of the six dashboards were: • Substance Abuse and Mental Health, • Chronic Disease and Obesity, • Social Determinants of Health: Poverty Mitigation and Access to Care, • Sexually Transmitted Infections, • Maternal and Infant Health, and • Injury and Violence.