INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
NLC’s newest Municipal Action Guide: Roadmap to Repair: A Guide to How Cities Can Acknowledge and Address the History of Harm to Indigenous Peoples, Rebuild Trust, and Repair Relationships.
Resources from the 2022 ICMA Equity Summit | Ready or Not! Moving from Discourse to Action
Equity: From Interest to Action for Colorado Local Government Professionals
Capstone project: Matthew Hirschinger, Assistant to the City Manager, City of Arvada, Colorado; sponsored by the Colorado Department of Local Affairs.
St Paul, MN: Racial Equity Toolkit and 2022 Equity Language
ICMA Equity and Inclusion Toolkit
Strategies and leading practices in use in communities around the world.
Equity Framework and Rapid Response Tool
City of San Antonio Office of Equity
RESOURCES FROM OUR PARTNERS
Tools and resources from the Government Alliance on Race and Equity
Tools and resources from PolicyLink.
Resources from Living Cities.
POLICE
The Model Police Officer: Recruitment, Training, and Community Engagement
ICMA's survey on police recruitment, training, and community engagement from the perspectives of management, police administration, officers, human resources, and the community.
Black Lives Matter: Racial Disparity and a Review of Police-Community Relations (PDF)
In 2014, race disparity and police use of force collided to become the top issue in urban America.
OTHER RESOURCES
Historically Marginalized Populations Toolkit
Building an Inclusive Workforce
Leadership Institute on Race, Equity, and Inclusion
As a thought leader, ICMA is committed to creating and supporting thriving communities. As part of this commitment, ICMA has created, in partnership with the Kettering Foundation and the National Civic League, the Leadership Institute on Race, Equity, and Inclusion. The institute supports the ICMA Executive Board’s statement regarding systemic racism, and more specifically the commitment to: “Engage our members and partners in a process of listening to understand what our profession needs in order to deliver on the work of our mission and vision through the lens of equity and inclusion.” The institute will offer local government participants interactive learning, superlative instructors, networking with colleagues, and engaging discussions of the key leadership issues surrounding racial equity. Participants will embark on a 12-18-month journey to transform themselves, their community, and the local government profession into something greater than it was when they started. For more information, contact SpeakUp@icma.org.
Equity Officer Cohort to Advance Equity and Inclusion in Local Government Leadership
The Equity Officer Cohort identifies individuals serving as chief equity officers, or have equity as an adjunct responsibility, and bring them together to share their insights with ICMA and each other to build a learning community for ICMA members on equity, inclusion, and social justice. This new space will provide networking, a repository for shared resources, and serve as a focal point for chief equity officers and those filling similar roles and programs.
Individuals participating in the cohort have expertise in current content areas and reaffirm ICMA’s commitment to equity and inclusion in the association’s membership and the profession. Additionally, those within the cohort represent the membership from different regions, type of local government, career positions or job functions, and diversity of gender, race, and age. (2020-21 Cohort) For more information, contact Laura Savage, Senior Program Manager, Member Services at lsavage@icma.org.
Moving the Needle: Advancing Racial Equity in Local Government
ICMA's virtual Equity Summit, Moving the Needle: Advancing Racial Equity in Local Government, is a gathering of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officers (and those doing the work without the title) as well as other local government professionals interested in ideas and institutions to deepen strategies, shape actions, and create solutions.
This event will give participants the opportunity to create and maintain relationships with like-minded professionals, as well as foster these relationships in a virtual environment.
Attendees can expect engaging conversations and actionable solutions in this two-day event that will take deep dives on everything equity from accountability to zip codes. Register today!
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