Race, Equity, & Inclusion Working Group
Race, Equity, & Inclusion Working Group
Established in 2020, the Race, Equity, and Inclusion Working Group will examine SACOG programs and projects, and historical and current planning practices and/or programs through a racial equity lens.
Activities of the working group may include, but are not limited to, discussion, identification, and advancement of the following:
- Support and drive the implementation of the Race, Equity, and
Inclusion framework developed in 2020.
- Receiving and processing information on the role government
played in segregating communities, suppressing home-ownership,
and wealth accumulation through land use and transportation
planning, policies, and programs.
- Building race, equity, and inclusion into SACOG’s strategic
goals, policies, projects and programs, focusing on changes that
have the promise to improve conditions and prevent harm to
BIPOC.
- Exploring existing data to better understand and make
recommendations to reduce racial disparities in economic and
social outcomes, access to opportunities, mobility, and
transportation, and to create a baseline of indicators to monitor
racial equity outcomes.
- Developing approaches to raise or attract state investment and/or funding programs focused on increasing investment without displacement in BIPOC communities and/or low-income communities.
Working Group Members from SACOG Board
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External Working Group Members
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Racial Equity Action Plan
The SACOG board has adopted a Racial Equity Action Plan for SACOG’s operations, programs, and board practices.
The goals and objectives in this plan establish initial priorities for what SACOG can do to implement the statement of change and commitment which the board adopted in February 2022. The board is responsible for adopting the goals and objectives of this plan.
- Race, Equity, and Inclusion Glossary of Terms
- Race, Equity & Inclusion Working Group 2021-2022 Meeting Schedule
- SACOG Race, Equity, and Inclusion Working Group Charge
- 2022 SACOG Stakeholder Listening Session Findings
- Summary of Learnings from 1-on-1 interviews with REI working group members
- Final REAP October 2022
- Read more
SACOG Board of Directors Adopt Racial Equity Statement of Change and Commitment
On February 17, 2022, the SACOG Board of Directors adopted the SACOG Racial Equity Statement of Change and Commitment. The statement sets the foundation for the agency’s racial equity work in the years ahead and kicks off the development of a racial equity action plan which the SACOG Racial Equity and Inclusion (REI) working group will have a prominent role in guiding and shaping over the coming months.
The key elements of this statement are:
2021 Race, Equity, & Inclusion Look Ahead
SACOG adds members of public to working group
Building on the momentum of the working groups’ launch in 2020, the SACOG board has appointed members of the public to participate in the Race, Equity, & Inclusion (REI) Working Group.
The public members come from organizations serving the region and/or state and bring expertise and experience in moving organizations to advance racial equity in their programs and policies.
2020 Race, Equity, & Inclusion Overview
View 2020 Meetings
In June 2020, then Board Chair Lucas Frerichs and Vice-Chair Ricky Samayoa announced the creation of a working group on race, equity, and inclusion. The work in 2020 was a starting point grounded in issue exploration and direction setting.
The primary outcomes in 2020 were a third-party equity audit by the McKensie Mack Group and the development of a Framework for Advancing Racial Equity.
STATEMENT FROM SACOG BOARD CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR
FORMATION OF BOARD WORKING GROUP ON RACE, EQUITY AND INCLUSION
At our board meeting on June 18, we called for the formation of a SACOG board working group on race, equity and inclusion.