HomeMy WebLinkAbout12/09/2021 REAC AGENDABremerton Race Equity Advisory Committee – Meeting AGENDA
Thursday, December 9th, 2021, 6:00 p.m.
Learn more at https://www.bremertonwa.gov/1232/Race-Equity-Advisory-Committee-REAC
REAC meetings are held on the second Thursday of each month, via Zoom.
Next REAC meeting: Thursday, January 13th, 2022, 6:00 p.m.
SERVING THIS MEETING
Tech Host: Leslie Daugs
Tech Co-host: Quinn Dennehy
Facilitator(s): Sarah van Gelder & Airen Lydick
Land Acknowledgement Reader: Darryl Riley
Timekeeper: Erin Burrows
Notetaker: Glenna Matteson
OUR PURPOSE
o To advise the City Council, by applying a race
equity analysis to all aspects of governance; and
o To maintain engagement with and accountability
to other work being done throughout the
Bremerton Community in service of Race Equity.
OUR VISION
Bremerton Race Equity Advisory Committee envisions a City that:
o Strives to continually dismantle its own institutional racism,
within policies, programs, budgets, initiatives, legislation,
systems, and infrastructure.
o Amplifies and joins racially, culturally, and socially integrated
community endeavors toward equity, well-being, and
liberation for all; and
o Aspires to model for the nation a City in which people of
different races, ethnicities, and backgrounds can interact, form
friendships, and participate fully in the community’s political,
economic, educational, cultural, and civic endeavors.
1. Opening, Welcome, and Introductions (6:00 - 6:05 p.m.)
a. Call meeting to order. Sarah
b. Read land acknowledgement. Darryl Riley
c.
2. Approval of Meeting Agenda (6:05 - 6:07 p.m.) Sarah
3. Public Comments (6:07 - 6:17 p.m.) Leslie
4. Approval of Minutes from November 11th, 2021 REAC Meeting (6:17 - 6:20 p.m.) Leslie
5. Old Business (6:20 - 6:30 p.m.) (Airen facilitates)
a. Status of application to join Government Alliance for Race & Equity (GARE)?
b. Date of Council’s early-2022 retreat?
c. Next steps in appointing new REAC members?
6. REFLECTION on 2021; VISIONING for 2022 (6:30 - 7:15 p.m.)
a. What did we accomplish in 2021? What supported our successes? What interfered with
accomplishing more? Talking circle & discussion (Sarah facilitates)
b.
c. What are we hearing from the community about their priorities (Sarah facilitates)
i. Report from Change the Power group interviews
ii. Other input
d. (~15 min) Visioning for 2022 - What are we sending forward to City Council?
i. (Sarah facilitates) This portion is when we decide the 1 to 3 priorities we want
to send on to City Council. (This is not necessarily the same as REAC’s priorities
for 2022)
7. Other New Business?? (7:15 - 7:25 p.m.)
8. Public Comment (7:25 - 7:35 p.m.) (Airen facilitates)
Facilitator(s) opened up the public comment period. There were no comments at this time.
9. Closing Remarks (7:35 p.m.)
Thank you to everyone for your work.