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Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District, CA
City of Bellevue, WA
Kenosha County, WI
Kitsap County, WA
City of Spokane, WA
City of Lincoln, NE
City of Bozeman, MT
Loudoun County, VA
City of Salem, MA
City of Everett, WA
Thurston County, Washington
City of Roseville, California
Municipality of Anchorage, AK
Jefferson County, CO
City of Columbia, MO
City of Akron, OH
City of New Orleans, Louisiana
The City of New Orleans recently completed a Pay Disparity Study that looked at pay differences across sectors through the lenses of race and gender. Starting …
Free Library of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Free Library of Philadelphia seeks to employ a diverse team of staff reflective of the City’s broad spectrum of ages, ethnicities, disabilities, gender …
Kent County, Michigan
Through responsible budgeting and thoughtful planning, Kent County government is committed to providing resources and services that promote a high quality of …
City of Norfolk, Virginia
City of Aurora, Colorado
Buncombe County, North Carolina
Washington County, Oregon
Washington County is the second most populated county in Oregon with over 600,000 residents. Covering an area of 727 square miles, it is one of the three …
Snohomish County, Washington, Public Utilities District #1
Snohomish County Public Utility District #1, or the "PUD", was created on November 3,1936, by a majority vote of the people/for the purpose of providing …
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, California
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) is a California independent special district providing bus and light railservice to the nearly 2 million …
Baltimore, Maryland
Oregon Youth Authority
OYA's charge is to protect the public and reduce crime by holding youth accountable for their behavior. We continue to improve our treatment, education, and …
Shasta County
Shasta County is a largely conservative, rural community where about 80 percent of the population is nonHispanic white. A closer look, however, reveals a truth …
City of Pittsburgh
The City of Pittsburgh's' plan to implement a racial equity tool kit into each city department is to launch a program within the government to train, collect …
City of Knoxville, TN
The City of Knoxville formed an equity committee, comprised of department heads and supervisors within City Government, to look across departments at equity …
Greensboro, North Carolina
Greensboro is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and is the 3rd-most populous city in North Carolina, the 68th-most populous city in the …
Boulder County, CO
Inequities in social and political power have been a part of the formation, development, and current fabric of society in the United States. From the relocation …
Cook County, IL
Here is narrative regarding the work Offices Under the President has committed to beginning in 2019 as part of the Policy Roadmap: Five-Year Strategic Plan for …
Virginia Department of Health
Summary: In 2018, the Virginia Department of Health Office of Health Equity celebrated a week of events to bring attention to Henrietta Lacks, a Virginia …
Vancouver, Washington
The City of Vancouver, Washington has approximately 1,000 of staff serving 184,000 residents in a community explicitly and implicitly established as a …
Alexandria, VA
City of Cedar Rapids, IA
The City of Cedar Rapids is in the emerging stages of our racial equity initiative. While the Police Department has been actively engaged in various equity …
Department of Equity & Inclusion, City of Cambridge
The Department of Equity & Inclusion upholds and reaffirms the City’s position and commitment to equal employment opportunity, and assists in creating and …
Milwaukee County
Milwaukee’s racial inequities have existed for as long as Milwaukee has had a measurable African American population. While every American metropolitan area …
Lane County Equity & Inclusion Department
In 2014, Lane County received a community request to re-establish the Human Rights Advisory Committee. We met with community members and held a larger community …
City of Boulder, Colorado
South Bend, Indiana
In South Bend, Indiana, the mission of Human Capital and Inclusion is to facilitate a diverse and inclusive city collaborative in our workplace, workforce and …
City of San Mateo, California
Durham County, North Carolina
Spanning almost 300 square miles, Durham County is located in the heart of the North Carolina Piedmont Region. Historically known as the "tobacco capital of the …
City of Rochester, Minnesota
Rochester, Minnesota: Our community is stronger when we all do better. Racial equity is key to that strength. Rochester will be a community where everyone …
City of Des Moines, Iowa
The City of Des Moines is the capital city of Iowa, and is home to ethnically and racially diverse residents. Through PlanDSM, our Comprehensive Plan, we have …
Fort Collins CO
The City of Fort Collins is the fourth largest city in Colorado with a population of just over 160,000. To date, our racial equity initiatives have come in the …
Raleigh, North Carolina
The City of Raleigh, North Carolina, first partnered with GARE in 2016 to host racial equity trainings with city leadership staff and elected leaders. The …
Port of Seattle, Washington
The Port of Seattle is working to ensure that their policies, practices, and procedures recognize and address social injustice as it impacts the work of the …
Asheville, North Carolina
Asheville, located in Western North Carolina, is the eleventh largest city in the state with a population of 89,121 (U.S. Census est. July, 2016). …
Brookline, Massachusetts
The Town of Brookline is committed to embracing the diversity of its community. It recognizes that individuals of color and other marginalized groups face …
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board, Minnesota
Before building out an initiative agency-wide, the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) racial equity work team began with several pilot projects, …
Merced County Department of Public Health, California
Merced County is located in the northern San Joaquin Valley section of the Central Valley, in California. Merced County is a medium-sized, agriculture-based, …
Solano County, California
The Solano County Advancing Race Equity Team originally began as a Public Health initiative. In 2017, Dr. Matyas, the Solano County Health Officer and Public …
City of Pasadena, CA
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 …
Santa Monica, California
Salt Lake City, UT
Ramsey County, Minnesota
Ramsey County is a county located in Minnesota. As of the 2010 census, the population was 508,640, making it the second-most populous county in Minnesota. …
Metro, Oregon
Metro is the regional government for the greater Portland, Oregon region. This region is nationally recognized for its strong economy, its livability and its …
Marin County, California
Equity, Economy, Environment and Education (the 4 E’s) have been a top priority for Marin County since 2007. GARE has helped the County accelerate their equity …
Grand Rapids, Michigan
The City of Grand Rapids believes in and relies on racial equity values to eliminate structural racism to ensure equitable opportunities and outcomes in their …
City of Durham, North Carolina
Durham is the fifth largest City in the state of North Carolina, with a population of just over 230,000. The City of Durham (COD) operates under a City …
City of Chattanooga, Tennessee
City of Berkeley, California
Berkeley is a city in Northern California on the east side of San Francisco Bay. It’s home to the University of California, Berkeley, birthplace of the 1960s …
Ottawa County, Michigan
In the past several years, Ottawa County has contracted with Lakeshore's Ethnic Diversity Alliance (LEDA) to assist in building capacity to promote racial …
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 …
Minneapolis, Minnesota
The City of Minneapolis’ racial equity work has evolved from several fronts. The Department of Civil Rights was one of the first departments to explicitly …
Tacoma, Washington
In summer 2013, race relations was becoming a priority issue among some of Tacoma’s community members, elected officials and city managers. Concerns initially …
Dane County, Wisconsin
Dane County began its intentional work towards racial equity in 2008 when Governor Jim Doyle established a commission and produced a report on racial …
Saint Paul, Minnesota
The City of Saint Paul joined GARE in 2015, under the leadership of Mayor Chris Coleman. Focusing on its internal operations, the Saint Paul began developing a …