What is a racial equity core team?

The Race & Equity Core Team will be the internal employee led group who will help steer the City of Kent through the process of developing and operationalizing the Racial Equity Strategic Plan and additional toolkits. Team members will ideally represent the demographic diversity that exists within the City of Kent.

What are the functions of the team?

• Capacity building – to share learning, skills, and tools for operationalizing equity
• Communicating – sharing updates and work across departments and management levels
• Collecting – analyzing data for documenting, measuring, and evaluating progress
• Championing – equity and celebrating and sustaining success

Duties and expectations of core team members

• Champion and advocate for equity and model city goals
• Participate in core team meetings, activities
• Continually learn and support city learning
• Encourage employee-generated ideas and solutions

What is a Race & Equity Plan?

Racial Equity Action Plans can put a theory of change into action to achieve a collective vision of racial equity. Plans can drive institutional and structural change. However, the goal we seek is not a plan. The goal is institutional and structural change, which requires resources to implement: time, money, skills, and effort. It requires local governments’ will and expertise to change our policies, the way we do business, our habits, and cultures.

What does the plan development process look like?

Areas of Focus: