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6 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY COUNTYWIDE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN <br /> A FRAMEWORK FOR MOVING FORWARD <br /> JUNE 15,2021 <br /> • Identify key indicators, data sources, and platforms for the overview of Orange County <br /> demographics.This overview will include relevant data about race and disparities in critical areas <br /> such as income, education, and health.The timeline for completion of this work is June 2021. <br /> • Develop a racial equity index depicting the correlations of key indicators to predict outcomes and <br /> impacts on racial disparity in identified critical areas such as income, education, and health. This <br /> work will probably require outside resources, and committee members will be meeting with <br /> organizations with this capacity. The committee will recommend a methodology for the index by <br /> June 2021 and anticipates completing the work by Fall 2021. <br /> C. Training(Hillsborough Co-Leads, Haley Bizzell and Jen Della Valle) <br /> Organizational Capacity <br /> Organizational capacity is a key component in advancing racial equity efforts.This includes a plan to <br /> provide training to build capacity to advance and embed racial equity in countywide systems. It is <br /> important to provide adequate racial equity training to ensure that employees, elected officials, advisory <br /> boards, and community partners learn how to incorporate an equity lens in their everyday work and <br /> decision-making processes. <br /> GARE racial equity training topics include: <br /> • History of race <br /> • Implicit and explicit bias <br /> • Institutional and structural racism <br /> • How to use and apply racial equity tools <br /> Targeted training groups: <br /> • Elected officials <br /> • Management/supervisors <br /> • Non-management <br /> • Advisory board members <br /> • Community/business partners <br /> • General public <br /> To ensure that an organization is ready to train the various groups, each organization should look at the <br /> organization's readiness to make a change. Leadership needs to be supportive of efforts and there <br /> needs to be a clear vision.An organization must also make sure it has the appropriate resources such as <br /> staff time and budget.Training can be provided as a requirement for all staff or as a voluntary <br /> opportunity. <br /> Appendix "C" has a more detailed framework that has been developed by Town of Carrboro,Town of <br /> Chapel Hill,Town of Hillsborough, and Orange County as a set of best practice guidelines to review and <br /> consider prior to implementing racial equity training. <br /> D. Evaluation and Accountability(Orange County Lead,Annette Moore) <br /> 3 <br />