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      Analysis, data, and community stories about racial equity topics like youth wellbeing and food insecurity. Use this research to plan and evaluate your ...
    • Poverty BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) face many barriers to financial stability because of structural racism. Keep reading to learn more about the ...
    • Community Wealth Since the founding of the United States, structural racism has prevented BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and other people of color) from building wealth. Continue ...
    • Food Insecurity When individuals and families don’t have enough healthy food, it affects their health and wellbeing. Keep reading to learn about the root causes of food ...
    • Housing Affordability The ability to afford a safe, clean, and welcoming place to live has become increasingly challenging for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color), who ...
    • Racial Demographics BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) now make up over one-third of Seattle’s population. Understanding racial demographics can help us determine what ...
    • Health Disparities Healthy individuals create healthy communities. Keep reading to learn how some people are exposed to more health risks than others.
    • About this Research See our methodology, where the data comes from, and who to contact.
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City Racial Equity Actions

For transparency and accountability, we're sharing the actions we're taking towards racial equity. See who to contact, what we'll deliver, and how we plan on meeting our desired outcomes.
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The Race and Social Justice Initiative (RSJI) is embedded in all City departments. Most departments have equity specialists such as Change Teams, Equity Leads, and CORE Teams leading anti-racist work in City policies and programs; however, their efforts have struggled with coordination and transparency.  

 
These internal struggles reflect the experience of many community members own interactions with the City. In 2019, a community activist at a city-community engagement session in the Chinatown International District said, "There are 28 racial equity stakeholder engagement events happening in this neighborhood right now by the City. Are people at the City talking with each other? Are you working towards same outcomes? How can we trust the City if different teams come asking repetitive questions?"  


Collecting and sharing our racial equity action plans is a step to address these types of internal and external issues reported by the City's RSJ leaders and through feedback from community members.  


This is a phased project, with City and university researchers in continuous and collaborative development. City departments will report and update their racial equity action plans, and progress reports or impact assessments will be shared as they are developed.

Plans are collected annually and updated in quarter one of each year.

 

Race and Social Justice Initiative

Address: 810 3rd Avenue, Suite 750, Seattle, WA, 98104-1627
Phone: (206) 684-4500
Fax: (206) 684-0332

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