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Home>Blog>Subject Area>Human Resources>[WEBINAR] Advancing Workforce Equity

[WEBINAR] Advancing Workforce Equity

January 3, 2017

In 2016, GARE partnered with the Bay Area Health Inequities Initiatives (BAHII) on a series of webinars on racial equity and government.

In this webinar, GARE and BAHII discuss workforce equity:

  • Listen to the recording here.
  • Download the PowerPoint here.
  • Read GARE’s report on workforce equity.

The goals for the webinar were to:

  • Gain an understanding of what racial equity looks like in HR and how HR can be used to move racial equity goals forward.
  • Learn specific strategies for advancing workforce equity.
  • Explore a model of an HR racial equity work plan.
  • Share examples of workforce equity in specific HR programs including career pipeline programs, governmental hiring and employee incentive & training programs.

The webinar included outside experts who have led successful change efforts in their jurisdictions. Speakers included:

  • Angie Nalezny, City of St. Paul, MN: who shared her jurisdiction’s racial equity work plan and highlighted how career pipelines can be avenues to further equity.
  • Erin Stenson, City of Madison, WI,: who shared how her jurisdiction has increased hiring equity.
  • Felecia Caldwell, City of Seattle, WA: who highlighted how they are using employee incentive to promote equity.
  • F. Gale Baird, City of Portland, OR: who imparted how her jurisdiction has implemented racial equity training into their HR process.

Topics: Human ResourcesParticipating Jurisdictions: Madison, Wisconsin, Portland, Oregon, Saint Paul, Minnesota, Seattle, Washington

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