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Deepening Our Commitment to Racial Equity to Reclaim the Promise of Equal Protection
A majority on the US Supreme Court unraveled decades of jurisprudence on affirmative action last week by finding that Harvard University and University of North …
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION RULING AN ATTACK ON EQUAL PROTECTION, FURTHER UNDERMINES DEMOCRACY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 29, 2023 Contact: press@spotlightpr.org or jridley@raceforward.org In the Same Way Our Ancestors Persisted and …
GARE Launches New Tools and a Monthly Peer-to-Peer Networking Group Dedicated to Housing and Land Justice
April marked the 55th anniversary of the last major piece of Civil Rights era legislation, the Fair Housing Act (FHA), a law outlawing racial discrimination in …
GARE, PolicyLink, and Communities First Launch the 2023 Transformative Justice Infrastructure Fellowship for Public Sector Leaders
GARE, PolicyLink, the Communities First Infrastructure Alliance, are excited to announce the 2023 Transformative Justice Infrastructure Fellowship for public …
GARE Statement on the death of Tyre Nichols
Our hearts are with Tyre Nichols’ family and the people of Memphis, Tennessee. A routine traffic stop by police officers should never lead to death; a child …
Working Together: Advancing Racial Equity Across Government
On Wednesday, November 17, 2022, GARE, its programmatic partner State of Equity, and the Federal Initiative for Racial Equity (FIRE) co-hosted Working Together: …
Our Foundational Work: GARE Staff Welcome New Team Members and Offer a Sneak Peek into Our Network’s Practitioner-led Future
Our network comes together to listen, learn, apply, and innovate how we advance racial equity through the everyday decisions and responsibilities we hold as …
GARE and Race Forward Decry SCOTUS OVERTURN OF ROE V. WADE; DECISION WILL ADVERSELY AFFECT WOMEN OF COLOR AND MEMBERS OF LBGTQ+ COMMUNITIES
Contact: Cheryl Cato Blakemore media@raceforward.org This is an unbelievably sad day for women’s rights, reproductive justice, racial justice, and our …
Ripple Effect: Remaking Government into a Force for Racial Justice
The GARE Network has doubled in size almost every year since its founding, currently we have upwards of 430 member jurisdictions in our network. This means our …
Juneteenth: A First Step in the Long Work of Atonement
This year marks the one-year anniversary of the federal government’s recognition of Juneteenth as a national holiday. Juneteenth, also known as Emancipation …
GARE Calls for Widespread Condemnation and Response to the White Nationalist Violence of the Buffalo Massacre
Our hearts are with the city of Buffalo and the loved ones of the ten Buffalo, NY community members who were murdered by an 18-year-old white male gunman in act …
Esri Launches New Solution to Help Communities Assess Social Equity
Collaboration with GARE and Five Jurisdictions Produces Mapping Tool for Government In communities across the US, public and private sector organizations are …
California Cabinet Secretaries Pass Racial Equity Resolution
California Cabinet Secretaries Pass Racial Equity Resolution Action is the first of its kind by a multi-agency State body On August 26th, 2020, a Council …
JUSTICE NOW – RACE FORWARD STATEMENT
Race Forward Statement June 2, 2020 Dear colleagues and comrades: In the days since four Minneapolis Police Department officers killed …
City of Asheville earns GIS award for racial equity mapping project!
The City of Asheville was recently awarded the North Carolina G. Herbert Stout Award for Visionary Use of GIS in support of the City’s Mapping Racial Equity …
Submit your proposal to host the 2020 GARE Membership Meeting!
The 2019 GARE Membership Meeting will be held in April 2020 at a location to be determined during the next 60 days. The event is anticipated to eclipse the 2019 …
Watch highlights from our 2019 Membership Meeting in Albuquerque, NM!
Last moth, GARE had an amazing gathering and movement building experience in Albuquerque, New Mexico! We began our largest membership meeting to date by …
Perspectives in Equity in Hiring Practices Pt. 1: Daniel Garcia, Senior Equity and Inclusion Policy Advisor, Multnomah County.
What are the obstacles to addressing workforce inequities through hiring? In this interview, we speak with Daniel Garcia, Senior Equity and Inclusion Policy …
[GARE Members] Apply now for GARE’s Spring 2019 North Carolina Implementation and Innovation Fund!
The Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE) continues to assemble resources from foundations for a GARE Core Members Implementation and Innovation Fund. …
Seattle Office of City Auditor Pursues Racial Equity in its Audits through the use of its Race and Social Justice Toolkit.
By: Virginia Garcia, Assistant City Auditor Seattle Office of City Auditor The Seattle Office of City Auditor (OCA) started using the City of Seattle’s …
Washtenaw County Launches its One Community Initiative to Advance Racial Equity in Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County, Michigan!
Washtenaw County is one of the wealthiest counties in Michigan, with high incomes and high rankings as one of the most economically vibrant, educated, healthy, …
Washtenaw County Unanimously Passes Equity Policy
Washtenaw County, Michigan has some issues familiar to many GARE communities. We are fairly wealthy, considered top notch for education (thanks to The …
Watch Chief Equity Officer for Fairfax County, Virginia, Karla Bruce, and GARE Co-Director, Julie Nelson’s presentation: The Role of Government in Advancing Racial Equity
The Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE) was pleased to be a part of the Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers 6-part learning series …
Sixty-six Member Jurisdictions from across the country gather for GARE’s 2018 Annual Membership Meeting
More than 300 people attended the Government Alliance on Racial Equity National Membership Meeting from April 9-11 in Chicago, IL. The event, entitled "Caring …
GARE gathers leaders from across Wisconsin for Advancing Racial Equity: The Role of Government in Appleton, Wisconsin
On March 7, GARE sponsored “Advancing Racial Equity: The Role of Government” in Appleton, Wisconsin. The event brought together 95 leaders from government, …
GARE Awards Funding to Three Core Members for Innovative Projects!
The Government Alliance on Race and Equity is pleased to announce the first three recipients of the new Innovation and Implementation Fund. This Fund provides a …
Making a Statement: Takoma Park, MD, is Making DecisionsThrough a Racial Equity Lens
In January 2016, the Takoma Park, MD, City Council began its annual retreat much like it had traditionally done: a check in on the status of major projects, an …
Moving from Rhetoric to Results: Minneapolis Creates Division of Race and Equity
By Elizabeth Glidden, Former Ward 8 City Council Member for the City of Minneapolis. Elizabeth Glidden served Council Member for the City of Minneapolis from …
Leslie Zeitler joins GARE as the California Project Manager
Leslie Zeitler joins as the GARE California Project Manager following a four-year stint with the California State University Bay Area Academy and more than a …
Amalia Morris joins GARE as the West Project Manager
Amalia Morris joins as the GARE West Project Manager following a storied career in public service, most recently with the City of Portland. There as a Health …
Equity in Government Services: How the City of Philadelphia Utilized a Racial Equity Analysis to Inform Internal Resource Allocation and Drive External Outcomes
By: Rebecca Swanson, Director of Planning and Analysis, City of Philadelphia, Department of Licenses and Inspections; Nefertiri Sickout, Deputy Diversity & …
Advancing Racial Equity – Putting Theory into Action: 2018 learning year for local and regional government in Minnesota
The Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE), in partnership with the League of Minnesota Cities (LMC), is pleased to announce two new Minnesota cohorts of …
Advancing and Promoting Racial Equity on the rise in the Midwest!
By: Gordon Goodwin and Manisha Paudel The 3rd floor of Madison Public Library was filled with over 100 local government and non-profit organization leaders …
GARE Webinar Recap – Results for Racial Equity
Overview: On September 13th, The Government Alliance on Race and Equity announced a new tool, Racial Equity: Getting to Results, developed to assist …
Libraries Take Action to Advance Racial Equity (Part 2 of 3)
Saint Paul, Minnesota ABOUT THIS SERIES: The GARE Libraries Interest works to develop the capacity of libraries to make racial equity a priority within …
The City of Portland Holds a Community Rally to Reaffirm their Commitment to Racial Equity
In the wake of increasing anti-immigrant hostility and growing white supremacist aggression, the City of Portland’s Office of Equity and Human Rights; Multnomah …
Results for Racial Equity Tool Release
The Government Alliance on Race and Equity announces a new tool, Racial Equity: Getting to Results, developed to assist jurisdictions use a racial equity lens …
GARE Welcomes its Newest Member: The City of 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). The city …
League of MN Cities President’s Award honors the 2016 Advancing Racial Equity Cohort
The League of Minnesota Cities President’s award provides the opportunity for the outgoing President, at his or her discretion, to recognize the efforts …
Maplewood, MN, police department includes racial equity guidelines in police department policy
Through a process of community engagement, Maplewood, Minnesota, Police Chief, Paul Schnell has published a prologue in the department's policy manual that …
Learn How Bloomington is Advancing Racial Equity
Bloomington participated in the 2016 Minnesota Advancing Racial Equity cohort, and has assembled another team for the introductory 2017 Minnesota cohort, as …
The City of Edina Commits to Joining GARE
Edina is participating in the 2017 Minnesota Advancing Racial Equity introductory cohort. Watch this video to learn more about why Edina committed to joining …
Accelerating Racial Equity in Cities: Emerging Insights
By Nora Liu, Racial Equity Here Project Manager, Government Alliance on Race and Equity Originally posted May 11, 2017 on the Living Cities' Blog The …
Increasing accountability to the greater Portland community in Metro’s racial equity work.
Metro is the regional government for the greater Portland, Oregon region. This region is nationally recognized for its strong economy, its livability and its …
Ontario launches anti-racism strategic plan
With 14 million people, Ontario is rich in diversity, innovation and opportunity. It is estimated that by 2031, 40% of our province’s overall population will be …
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[Webinar Recap] Developing a Racial Equity Action Plan
On Tuesday, July 25th, the Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE) hosted a webinar focused on how jurisdictions can sharpen their programs and policies …
The City of New Orleans, Louisiana, Launches a Citywide, Data Driven Racial Equity Initiative
EquityNewOrleans is a citywide initiative of the Office of Mayor Mitch Landrieu funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. In partnership with the Foundation for …
The City of Austin’s Community-Driven Approach to Advancing Racial Equity
The City of Austin is a member of the Racial Equity Here cohort, a national movement of government leaders working to dismantle institutional racism, eliminate …
We’re teaming up with National League of Cities to Advance Racial Equity in Government
Building off the work of our program, Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE), CSI is officially teaming up with the National League of Cities to expand …
Highlights from our 4th Racial Equity Here Cohort meeting in Austin Texas!
CSI's core program, Government Alliance on Race and Equity, is partnering with Living Cities on Racial Equity Here, a project to advance racial equity in five …
The People Behind the Movement: Vina Kay
Who are the people leading the movement for racial equity in government? Over the past several months, we interviewed practitioners across the country who are …
How King County Built a Strategic Plan for Equity and Social Justice
Operationalizing and prioritizing equity – including an explicit focus on racial equity and social justice – are core strategies to ensuring transformative …
GARE Rapid Response Working Group
After the election, the GARE membership network created a Rapid Response Working Group to share information, strategize, and respond to actions from the new …
The City of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, Developes a 5 Step Community Engagement Planning Guide!
The City of Brooklyn Park is committed to working toward equitable outcomes by effectively engaging our culturally and racially diverse community around key …
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[Cohort] Advancing Racial Equity: putting theory into action 2017 learning cohorts for local and regional government in Minnesota
The Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE), in partnership with the League of Minnesota Cities (LMC), is pleased to announce two new Minnesota cohorts of …
Iowa City Releases its Annual Racial Equity Report
Iowa City’s Racial Equity Report provides data on the racial demographics of youth and adult interactions with law enforcement, City board and commission …
Talk and Q&A with Rinku Sen!
As a part of the 2016 California Advancing Racial Equity cohort, we hosted a conversation and Q&A with author, activist, and director of social justice …
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[Press Release] Announcing the “Inclusive Democracy” Track at Facing Race National Conference
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Brennan DuBose media@raceforward.org ANNOUNCING “INCLUSIVE DEMOCRACY” TRACK AT FACING RACE NATIONAL CONFERENCE Race …
Launching a Racial Equity Initiative: An interview with former Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels
Political leadership is a key factor in the success of launching and institutionalizing a racial equity initiative within government. With the political capital …
Achieving Equity with Results-Based Accountability Webinar
If you missed our recent webinar, “Achieving Equity with Results-Based Accountability,” you’re in luck! We recorded the webinar and it is available for you to …
Portland Metro Moves Forward with Racial Equity
In a short but powerful meeting on June 23, elected Metro Council members unanimously approved Metro’s first-ever Strategic Plan to Advance Racial Equity, …
Woodbury, MN is participating in the Minnesota Advancing Racial Equity cohort
The town of Woodbury, MN is participating in the Minnesota Advancing Racial Equity: Putting Theory Into Action year-long learning cohort for local and regional …
City of Dubuque, IA. Partnering to Develop a Community Equity Profile and Scorecard
While government plays a crucial role in advancing racial equity, the complexities of institutional and structural racism also require strategies that span …
Minnesota Cohort Launch Event
Advancing Racial Equity: Minnesota Cohort Launch Event …
New Learning Cohort to Advance Governing for Racial Equity in Northern California
The Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE) is happy to announce the launch of a learning cohort of governmental jurisdictions in the Bay Area that will …
GARE Submits Recommendations to UN Working Group on People of African Descent
GARE is excited to share emerging best practices from our network of municipal governments with a growing audience. Over winter break, GARE submitted an issue …
New Learning Cohort to Advance Governing for Racial Equity in Minnesota
Advancing Racial Equity: Putting Theory Into Action A learning cohort for local and regional government in Minnesota The Government Alliance on Race and …
GARE joins forces with Center for Social Inclusion and Haas Institute for a Fair & Inclusive Society
Government Alliance on Race & Equity (GARE) is now a joint project of Center for Social Inclusion (CSI) and Haas Institute for a Fair & Inclusive …
Racial Equity Toolkit: An Opportunity to Operationalize Equity
The Government Alliance on Race and Equity is pleased to share the new “Racial Equity Toolkit: An Opportunity to Operationalize Equity”. Racial equity tools are …
Advancing Racial Equity and Transforming Government: A Resource Guide
GARE is happy to share the "Advancing Racial Equity and Transforming Government: A Resource Guide for Putting Ideas into Action.” Over the past decade, a …
Two New Learning Cohorts to Advance Governing for Racial Equity in California (Bay Area and Southern California)
Advancing Racial Equity: Putting Theory Into Action The Government Alliance on Race and Equity, with support from the California Endowment, is launching two …
Advancing Racial Equity: The Role of Government (Boston)
Over 150 people committed to racial equity gathered in Boston on October 1st to participate in the “Advancing Racial Equity: the Role of Government” workshop. …
Advancing Racial Equity: Focusing on Structural Drivers of Inequity within Boys and Men of Color Projects
The webinar on "Advancing Racial Equity: Focusing on Structural Drivers of Inequity within Boys and Men of Color Projects" on October 2, 2015 highlighted the …
New Report Offers Sweeping Four-Year Plan to Increase Racial Equity in Dane County, Wisconsin
The Center for Social Inclusion (CSI) and Government Alliance on Race & Equity (GARE) released a four-year comprehensive plan to increase racial equity in …
The Twin Cities Boards and Commissions Leadership Institute: Using Board and Commission Appointments to Advance Racial Equity
Boards and commissions are important bodies for impacting communities at the regional and local levels. They are instrumental in shaping key policy decisions, …
The City of Madison’s 2015 Human Resources Equity Report: Advancing Racial Equity in the City Workforce
City and local governments have enormous opportunity to advance racial equity within the workforce. As noted in the Government Alliance’s recent publication …
[VIDEO] Summit on Race and Inclusion 2015 Panel
Moving Beyond Bias at the Lakeshore Ethnic Diversity Alliance Summit, March 2015. This panel discussed moving beyond bias, providing all participants the …
Seattle’s Racial Equity Fund – Supporting Community Collaborations Working to Eliminate Structural Racism
Many cities have policies and procedures aimed at combating individual and institutional racism. Meaningfully addressing structural racism can be much more …
Governing for Racial Equity Conference 2015
Registration is now open for the Governing for Racial Equity Conference being held in Seattle, Washington from June 11 – 12, 2015 at the Washington State …
Local Government Budgeting and Racial Equity Webinar
The National Collaborative for Health Equity and the Government Alliance on Race and Equity co-sponsored a webinar on March 23, 2015. Contents Welcome …
Video: Using a Racial Equity Toolkit
This video features Julie Nelson, Director of the Government Alliance on Race and Equity and former Director of the Seattle Office for Civil Rights, and Glenn …
Video: The Convening on Racial Equity
Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges and Saint Paul Mayor Chris Coleman co-hosted a convening of government and community leaders from throughout the country in …
Materials from the Convening on Racial Equity (Twin Cities, MN – August 2014)
Opening Plenary True Democracy? Racial Equity Opportunities for Government and Our Communities Presentation by Glenn Harris, President, Center for Social …
#RacialEquityMN: The Convening on Racial Equity
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