TOPICS

Gender
Child Protective Services
Homelessness
Policing
Intersectionalities
LGBTQ  
Environmental Justice 
Public transit
Immigration
First Nations
Rulemaking
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ESSENTIAL WORKERS
• Frontline Employees
• Emergency medical squads
• Law enforcement
• Firefighters
• City Engineers
• Teachers
• Medical professionals
• Emergency call takers
• Sanitation workers

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IN SEARCH OF SOCIAL EQUITY

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ARCHITECTURE OF INEQUITY

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NEUTRALITY IS NOT NEUTRAL
“NEUTRALITY” HANDS ADVANTAGE TO THOSE WHO ARE ALREADY
ADVANTAGED

• GENDER
• RACE
• SEXUAL IDENTITY
• NATIONALITY
• ETHNICITY

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DREAMERS

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Make
social equity
YOUR goal
COMMITMENT, MANAGEMENT, OUTCOMES

Social equity is the fair, just and equitable management

of all institutions serving the public; the fair and
equitable distribution of public services; and the
commitment to promote fairness, justice, and equity in
public policies.

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 4 CRITERIA FOR SOCIAL EQUITY

1. PROCEDURAL FAIRNESS
DUE PROCESS, TRANSPARENCY, EQUAL RIGHTS, REPRESENTATIVENESS

2. ACCESS
OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN PROCESSES AND PROGRAMS

3. QUALITY
PROCESSES & PROGRAMS MEET STANDARDS

4. OUTCOMES
PUBLIC SERVICES ARE EQUITABLE
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SYSTEMIC RACISM

Invisible statues

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Achieving social equity takes time, effort, and commitment

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Decision-making must include all those affected by the problem

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LEVERS

 Be allies and advocates

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LEVERS

 Be allies and advocates

 Attend to feedback

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LEVERS

 Be allies and advocates

 Attend to feedback
 Appreciate power of
effective rules

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LEVERS

 Be allies and advocates

 Attend to feedback
 Appreciate power of
effective rules
 Be alert to inherent
privilege

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LEVERS

 Be allies and advocates

 Attend to feedback
 Appreciate power of
effective rules
 Be alert to inherent
privilege
 Be accountable &
responsible
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LEVERS
 Be allies and advocates
 Attend to feedback
 Appreciate power of
effective rules
 Be alert to inherent
privilege
 Be accountable &
responsible
 Notice who is NOT at
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LEVERS
 Appreciate power of
effective rules
 Be alert to inherent
privilege
 Be accountable &
responsible
 Notice who is NOT at
the table
 Be sensitive to whose
views predominate 20
LEVERS
 Be alert to inherent
privilege
 Be accountable &
responsible
 Notice who is NOT at
the table
 Be sensitive to whose
views predominate
 Look around corners;
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PERSONAL FREEDOMS

LGBTQ Rights

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CLIMATE CHANGE

Environmental Justice

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Reach out, ensure seats at the table, actively listen, and commit to action

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WORK PLAN

CRUCIAL CONVERSATIONS

RECONCILIATION

SENSITIVITY TO THE OTHER

REINTRODUCE “AMERICA” THROUGH THE

LENS OF SOCIAL EQUITY

HARMONIOUS DIVERSITY
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 POINTS

• BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE

• BE CRITICAL OF THAT WHICH YOU TAKE-FOR-GRANTED

• EXPLAIN AND DEFEND EQUITY

• LEAN IN – TO BE ACCOUNTABLE IS TO BE RESPONSIBLE

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THANK YOU!

LET’S TALK

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