Agenda - 06-15-2021; 7-a - One Orange County Racial Equity Plan - A Framework for Moving Forward

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2 The Subcommittees adhered to the Projected Timeline found in Section III of the Framework. Prior to bringing this document to the Commissioners, team members conducted some preliminary community engagement. Staff held a Public Comment Period and an Information Session on the Racial Equity Framework for leaders of Community groups to provide feedback on the framework and on how to engage with the communities they serve. A sample of those community stakeholders is included in Section IV of the attached Framework. One comment was received during the period; but between 40 - 50 stakeholders came to the Community Forum and actively participated in a discussion about the Framework. The overarching themes of the responses received were: 1. The Community wanted to be involved in developing a racial equity plan; 2. The Community thought there must be reach out to marginalized communities; and 3. The Community believed the schools must be involved in the Plan. After receiving all the feedback from each jurisdiction, staff will incorporate the changes into the Plan as well as the feedback from the community stakeholders. Next Steps 1. Community Engagement - Over the summer, staff plans to conduct additional community engagement. The Racial Equity Plan Framework has been translated into Spanish, Chinese, Burmese and Karen. Staff will take the racial equity plan to communities of color and other communities groups to get their feedback on the plan. Staff will also reach out to both schools systems to see if they want to join in this process. The Department has also hired a social media consultant to provide information and get feedback from diverse groups of residents about the racial equity plan. 2. Training — a. Racial Equity Foundation Training - The Carrboro GARE Team has almost completed providing training to their employees on the Racial Equity Foundations Training and will be starting to provide this training to their Advisory Boards and Commissions. County employees have received DEI Training, while not the same as the Foundation training. Staff would like to bypass employees and begin training County Boards and Commissions on the Racial Equity Foundations Training. Staff believes that the next training employees may need is anti-bias training. b. Racial Equity Tool Kit - Staff would also like train a small group on the racial equity tools so efforts can begin to pilot the racial equity tool with a small group in each jurisdiction to see how it works in the field. 3. Subcommittees - The multijurisdictional subcommittees will continue working on their specific sections of the Plan during the summer. The intent is that all jurisdictions will work on these efforts as a team including. In the fall, staff will hold public hearing or a series of public hearings on the draft of the Final Plan prior to bringing the Racial Equity Plan to the elected officials.