HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/25/2025 REAC AGENDABremerton Race Equity Advisory Committee – Meeting AGENDA
Tuesday, January 25th, 8:00 p.m. via Zoom (public link)
Learn more at https://www.bremertonwa.gov/1232/Race-Equity-Advisory-Committee-REAC
Regular REAC meetings are currently held at 6 p.m. on the second Thursday of each month, via Zoom.
SERVING THIS MEETING
Tech Host: Quinn Dennehy
Tech Co-host: TBD
Facilitator(s): TBD
Land Acknowledgement Reader: TBD
Timekeeper: TBD
Notetaker: TBD
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 and Welcome (8:00 - 8:18 p.m.)
a. Call meeting to order.
b. Read land acknowledgement.
c. Read REAC purpose and vision.
d. REAC members introduce themselves. Welcome to new members, Jennifer and Jeff.
2. Approval of This Meeting Agenda (8:18 - 8:20 p.m.)
3. Public Comments (8:20 - 8:30 p.m.)
4. Approval of Minutes from December 9th, 2021 REAC Meeting (8:30 - 8:32 p.m.)
5. Update on Bremerton City Council’s Activities (8:32 - 8:35 p.m.)
a. How does Glenna get started as liaison for City of Bremerton’s GARE membership?
b. What is the date of Council’s early-2022 retreat?
6. Prep for Bainbridge Island REAC and Bremerton REAC study session (8:35 - 8:50 p.m.)
a. Thursday, January 27th, 6-7:30 p.m.
b. B.I. REAC is hosting this Zoom; link will come from rlassoff@bainbridgewa.gov.
c. For this Zoom, please Rename to [first] [last] Brem REAC (ex: Airen Lydick Brem REAC).
d. Agenda -- How about we plan for a different person to take the lead on each item?
i. Introductions
ii. Background/history of each REAC
iii. Goals for 2022
iv. Successes and challenges thus far
v. Community needs and feedback
vi. Collaboration with City (council, admin, etc.)
vii. Opportunities to partner and support
Bremerton Race Equity Advisory Committee – Meeting AGENDA
Tuesday, January 25th, 8:00 p.m. via Zoom (public link)
Learn more at https://www.bremertonwa.gov/1232/Race-Equity-Advisory-Committee-REAC
Regular REAC meetings are currently held at 6 p.m. on the second Thursday of each month, via Zoom.
7. Working Team Reports (8:50 - 9:05 p.m.)
a. Change The Power - update on forum plans, ready to set a date for forum
b. Educate & Communicate
c. Business & New Economy
8. 2022 Bremerton REAC Schedule (9:05 - 9:15 p.m.)
a. Regular REAC Meetings - Keep them at second Thursdays at 6 p.m.? More frequent?
b. Retreat - When should we have it? Sarah and Airen have been working on an agenda:
i. reflection on our first full year
ii. assessment of how our committee infrastructure, methods, and processes are --
and are not-- serving our purpose and vision
iii. diving into what we've learned from community-leaders-on-race-equity (for
example, through our Change The Power working team’s interviews)
iv. setting ourselves up for success in 2022; setting our priorities for 2022
9. Information Requested by Christine G. (9:15 - 9:20 p.m.)
a. Bremerton REAC meeting schedule for 2022
b. Who will serve as Chair and Vice Chair. These must be chosen from among the City
Council Members serving on Bremerton REAC. (Also, please note that we still need to
refill the Community Co-Chair seat, since Faye left the committee.)
c. Will we be following up with Jessica Guidry of Kitsap Public Health District, who has
offered to provide us with a presentation on the Health Board’s Resolution 2021-01
“Declaring Racism as a Public Health Crisis”?
10. Old Business
a. Vacancies - We have three vacant seats. We have multiple previous applicants (already
interviewed) as well as one new applicant (not yet interviewed). Let’s make a plan!
11. New Business
12. Public Comment (ten minutes)
13. Closing Remarks