TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Mayor Mitch Colvin, DEI Internal Committee Co-Chair
Mayor Pro Tem Kathy Jensen, DEI Internal Committee Co-Chair
Council Member Christopher Davis, DEI Internal Committee Co-Chair
Council Member Larry Wright, DEI External Committee Co-Chair
FROM: Telly C. Whitfield, Ph.D., Assistant City Manager
Anthony W. Wade, Ph.D., Human Relations Director
DATE: January 4, 2021
RE:
Title
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Internal and External Committees Update
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COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
Council District(s)
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Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal II: A Responsive City Government Supporting a Diverse and Viable Economy
Goal V: Financially Sound City Providing Exemplary City Services
Goal VI: Collaborative Citizen and Business Engagement
Executive Summary:
The City of Fayetteville, NC strives to be an attractive culturally diverse and inclusive city that is safe, prosperous, innovative and unified. While the city still is a great place to live, work and play, persistent disparities predictable by race, residential neighborhood, and other social characteristics exist in life outcomes such as income, education, employment, health, etc. There are no quick fixes to systems and structures that impact these outcomes, but we can identify where change needs to happen and take incremental steps to show progress.
Mayor Colvin established two separate City Council committees this summer to:
* Internally examine our City organization as it relates to diversity, equity and inclusion principles and efforts to determine if obstacles to opportunities exist; AND,
* Externally to identify areas that will improve the equitable opportunity for all residents to succeed - regardless of their race, color, sex, nationality, sexual orientation, religion, disability, income or zip code as well as engage the residents in dialogue about local issues.
Each committee's recommendations and next steps will be discussed.
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