Agenda 01-18-22; 6-a - One Orange Countywide Racial Equity Framework

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6 • Histo y of ace • Implicit and explicit bias • Institutional and st uctu al acism • How to use and apply acial equity tools • Uncle standing the ole of gove nment in advancing acial equity • Be motivated to take action Ta geted t aining g oups: • Elected officials • Management/supe viso s • Non-management • Adviso y boa d and commission membe s • Community/business pa the s • Gene al public To ensu e that an o ganization is eady to t ain the va ious g oups, each o ganization should look at the o ganization's eadiness to make a change. Leade ship needs to be suppo tive of effo is and establish a clea vision. An o ganization must also have app op iate esou ces such as staff time and budget. T aining can be p ovided as a equi ement fo all staff o as a volunta y oppo tunity. While the specific t aining implementation will be dete mined by each ju isdiction, a benefit of this countywide effo t is the oppo tunity to leve age one anothe and collabo ate on t aining, when possible. Appendix B has mo a detailed info mation developed as a set of best p actice guidelines to eview and conside p io to implementing acial equity t aining. Pillar 2—Community Engag m nt Community Engagement, a vital st ategy in cente ing and advancing acial equity in the community, equi es the expe tise and people of lived expe iences. To effectively emove ace as a p edicto of success, esidents and employees of colo should also be engaged as subject matte expe is on institutional ba ie s and the st ategies to dismantle those ba ie s. This engagement will make fo bette p ocedu es, policies, and p og ams. This sub-committee established the following sha ed p inciples fo shifting the powe dynamics in gove nment to p io itize the pe spective of communities most impacted by acism.