The City of Knoxville formed an equity committee, comprised of department heads and supervisors within City Government, to look across departments at equity …
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
In September 2016, in response to the demonstrations and civil unrest following the Keith Lamont Scott and Justin Carr shootings, the County Manager announced …
City of Charlotte, North Carolina
The City of Charlotte is engaged on several fronts to advance racial equity and opportunities for all. The City’s work aligns to broader community efforts …
League of Minnesota Cities
The League of Minnesota Cities (LMC) is a state municipal league, providing effective advocacy, expert analysis, and trusted guidance for all Minnesota cities. …
St Louis Park, Minnesota
St. Louis Park participated in the 2016 Minnesota Advancing Racial Equity cohort, and has assembled another team for the introductory 2017 Minnesota cohort, as …
Red Wing, Minnesota
Red Wing is a city in Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States, on the Mississippi River. The population was 16,459 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of …
Washtenaw County, Michigan
Washtenaw County is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the population was 344,791. The county seat is Ann Arbor. The county …
State of Minnesota
Minnesota is a midwestern U.S. state bordering Canada and Lake Superior, the largest of the Great Lakes. It’s famously home to more than 10,000 lakes, including …
San Francisco, California
In 2016, San Francisco launched the Engineering for Equity program to ensure city services and resources are leveraged to achieve more equitable outcomes for …
San Antonio, Texas
The City of San Antonio’s Diversity and Inclusion Office (DIO) was launched in 2015 to foster an inclusive culture across the organization, ensure City …
Oakland, California
In October 2016, the City of Oakland launched the Department of Race and Equity. The purpose of this new City of Oakland effort is to help people understand …
Dallas, Texas
Austin, Texas
Austin is a member of the Racial Equity Here cohort. Racial Equity Here is a national movement of government leaders working to dismantle institutional racism, …
Fairfax County, Virginia
In 2010, Fairfax County began a concerted county-wide effort to address racial equity by creating the Disproportionality and Disparity Prevention and …
Iowa City, Iowa
Iowa City first began addressing inequalities by creating a Human Rights Commission (HRC) in 1963 to study the problems of the relationships of the various …
Metropolitan Council, Minnesota
The metropolitan Minneapolis-St. Paul region has some of the largest disparities along racial and ethnic lines among similar regions. In response to this …
Alameda County, California
Alameda County is in the early stages of developing a comprehensive racial equity initiative. As is the case with many successful efforts across GARE’s network, …
Portland, Oregon
Racial equity work began at the City of Portland in 2008, in response to a report on health disparities among racial and ethnic communities in Portland and …
Multnomah County, Oregon
Racial equity work in Multnomah County began within the Health Department, where a Health Equity Initiative was launched in 2008. The Initiative formed in …