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Issue Paper No 7_Anti-Racism City of Tigard a Anti-Racism Action Plan The City of Tigard is committed to becoming an anti-racist city. This is a citywide effort affecting all departments. The Anti-Racism Action Plan, along with the city's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Team and Public Safety Advisory Board, are key components to the city's commitment to: • Eliminate institutional racism from all city programs and structures • Eliminate institutional racism and ensure equity within the Tigard community • Improve the lived experience of all persons of color in Tigard and all employees of color in Tigard such that everyone enjoys the same safety and privilege Background: a living document that lays out the anti-racist initiatives and actions Stating we are not racist is simply inadequate;we must be anti- our city will implement. In it,we list actions for the Leadership racist.To be anti-racist is to understand that society has internalized Team to take(both as a team and as individuals)and actions for and normalized racism and then be willing to examine and change each department to take. Here are some accomplishments so far: public policies that may give rise to racial injustice and inequity. • Human Resources has implemented some changes to The impact of policies that,actively or passively,led to the decrease bias and barriers while increasing equity in the institutional oppression of people of color throughout our nation's recruitment and selection process, including enhanced implicit history must be changed or eliminated. bias training for interview panels, limiting interview panels to three members to help increase engagement and decrease Benefits: barriers in the interview process,and ensuring that every As a governmental entity,we have a moral and ethical interview process includes a question from the DEI question responsibility towards eliminating systemic racism in all our systems bank to evaluate for cultural competency. and processes.This is outlined in our Strategic Plan vision of Tigard: an equitable community that is walkable, healthy and accessible for Digital Divide:COVID has reminded us about the many everyone. Becoming an anti-racist government and implementing disparities that exist,from health care to digital access.As we an equity lens into all city's systems and processes will move the rely more on online activities,we are taking steps to better City of Tigard to a more diverse,equitable and inclusive place to understand Tigard's digital divide and how we can bridge that live,play and work. gap.That includes a newly-adopted budget that increases the number of mobile hotspots the Library lends to our community members to fielding a city-wide survey that indicates that 10%of ACTIONS our population does not have access to the internet. DEI Internal Advisory Team • School Resource Officers:In response to recent questions The DEI A-Team is a committee of co-workers focused on from students and families,the Tigard-Tualatin School District promoting diversity,equity,and inclusion in the workplace.Their and cities of Tigard and Tualatin have decided together to have goal is for all of Team Tigard to feel safe and welcome at the a thoughtful review of the purpose and presence of school City of Tigard,and that they can work together to best serve resource officers in our community's schools. the community.The DEI A-Team publishes the biweekly"Top 5" newsletter of resources for staff to learn more about DEI topics, Our Communications team created the Talking Tigard podcast,which has devoted four episodes so far to racial equity and will soon launch its first affinity group for parents. —Student March for Black Lives, Racial Unity Book Club,Tigard Anti-Racism Action Plan resident Dr. Marvin Lynn and his son Naasei,and Jimmy Brown. In response to the tragic and senseless death of George Floyd,the Leadership Team drafted the city's first Anti-Racism Action Plan, Anti-Racism Action Plan City of Tigard Foundational Training for Leadership Team On October 19th and 20th,the Leadership Team participated in a two-day training on the foundations of racial equity. Public Safety Advisory Board When Mayor Snider challenged the entire Tigard community to join him on a journey to eliminate institutional racism, over 500 community members responded with ideas for how the city could do so.This input was instrumental in shaping the Council's discussion about racial justice and city action.The creation of a Public Safety Advisory Board was one of the ideas that grew from community input and Council discussion. December will be the first meeting of the Public Safety Advisory Board.The first meetings will be facilitated by Libby Bakke and Kim Marshall from Barney&Worth. Links Webpages to learn more Public Safety Advisory Board: https://www.tiga rd-or.gov/city_hall/public_safety_advisory_board.php Talking Tigard Podcast: https://www.tigard-or.gov/podcast/