HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/14/2021 REAC AGENDA PACKETRacial Equity Advisory Committee
Thursday, January 14, 2021 6:00 – 8:00 pm
AGENDA REVISED
1.Welcome -Intros – 10 Minutes 6:00 to 6:10 pm
a.Recognize Tribal Land
2.Public Comment: 10 Minutes 6:10 - 6:20 pm
3.Approve Minutes December 2020: 10 minutes 6:20 – 6:30 pm
4.Review Mission and Vision Statement DRAFT (Thank you Faye for putting this
together) 30 Minutes (review & discuss in January) 6:30 – 7:00 pm
a.PURPOSE (Mission): To build and sustain a community that is racially, culturally,
and socially integrated and truly inclusive where there is equity and equality for
all.
Vision: We aspire to be a community that is a model for the nation in which
people of different races, ethnic groups and backgrounds can interact, form
friendships and participate fully in the community’s economic, political, civic and
educational endeavors.
5.Hate Crimes Update– 10 Minutes 7:00 – 7:10 pm
6.Old Business 20 Minutes 7:10 – 7:30 pm
a.Review Demographics of Bremerton Update Delayed
b.Strategic Planning 2021 Goals, Date
7.Public Comment: 10 minutes 7:30 – 7:40 pm
8.Closing Remarks:
Next Meeting via Zoom 2nd Thursday of the Month.
Thursday, February 11, 2021 at 6:00 pm
working drafts -Bremerton Race Equity Advisory Committee (REAC)
Bremerton REAC -PURPOSE:
(1) to advise City Council, by applying a race equity analysis to all aspects of
governance; and
(2) to maintain engagement with and accountability to other work being done
throughout the Bremerton community in service of race equity.
Bremerton REAC -VISION:
Bremerton Race Equity Advisory Committee envisions a City government that:
•Strives to continually dismantle its own institutional racism, within policies,
programs, budgets, initiatives, legislation, systems, and infrastructure;
•Amplifies and joins racially, culturally, and socially integrated community endeavors
toward equity, well-being, and liberation for all; and
•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.
Bremerton Race Equity Advisory Committee 2020.12.10 draft/discussion of language to describe who we are, why we exist, etc.
term definitions:
VISION:the world we envision
PURPOSE:the work our body does
in the world that exists now
other things we may want to
add/explore:
VALUES: what we are accountable
to in the way that we do our work
GOALS: specific things (tasks,
initiatives, etc.) we want to do to
enact our purpose, work toward
our vision, live out our values, etc.