Agenda - 10-08-20; 3 - Government Alliance on Racial and Equity (GARE) Progress Report - Advancing Racial Equity and Transforming Government Progress Report

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1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: October 8, 2020 Action Agenda Item No. 3 SUBJECT: Government Alliance on Racial & Equity ("GARE") Progress Report: Advancing Racial Equity and Transforming Government Progress Report DEPARTMENT: Human Rights and Relations ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Advancing Racial Equity and Transforming Government: Annette Moore, (919) 245-2317 Progress Report PURPOSE: A Progress Report on the work of the Orange County Government Alliance on Race & Equity ("GARE") staff cohort that has trained with other North Carolina jurisdictions since October 2019 to advance racial equity and create a plan to undo structural racism in County government. BACKGROUND: The Government Alliance and Race & Equity ("GARE") is a national network of governments working to achieve racial equity and advance opportunities for all. GARE features three emphases: • Supporting jurisdictions that are at the forefront of work to advance racial equity. • Building pathways for new jurisdictions to begin doing racial equity work, including cohorts of new jurisdictions. • Expanding and strengthening local and regional collaborations that are broadly inclusive and focused on achieving racial equity. In the 2019-20 budget, the Orange Board of Commissioners approved funds to support a team of Orange County staff to be a part of a GARE North Carolina Learning Community of government jurisdiction working to advance racial equity by addressing institution and structural racism. Each jurisdiction made a one-year commitment to the learning process. Each jurisdiction received tools and resources, including: • A racial equity training curriculum, to equip cohort participants to implement the training with other employees; • A Racial Equity Tool to use in policy, practice, program and budget decisions; • Support to identify and launch pilot projects that demonstrate racial equity outcomes in your jurisdiction;