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2021年4月22日| NCLM特别工作组发布种族平等报告
来自联合国的一份新报告.C. League of Municipalities’ Task Force on the Impact of City Leaders on 种族权益 calls on North Carolina cities and towns to examine past policies affecting minority homeownership, as well as engage in ongoing public discussions on race and 治安 practices as a part of broader efforts to address racial 股本.
这份报告, 这是由14名成员组成的工作组五个月工作的结果, 周四在NCLM的城市视觉2021年年会上发布. The group was appointed by NCLM’s Board of Directors in July 2020 following board discussions surrounding the death of George Floyd, calls for racial justice and how the organization could respond in concrete, 有效的方法.
“Municipalities across the state are grappling with how to promote racial 股本,” said outgoing NCLM President and Cary Town Council Member Jennifer Robinson, 谁是工作组的联合主席. “工作队成员的集体精力和努力将会, 我希望, make it easier for all of the municipalities in North Carolina to tackle the hard conversations, 好好看看他们的政策和做法, 然后走出去做出真正的改变.”
The task force’s examination and subsequent recommendations focused on areas including housing, 治安, 基础设施位置和领导力发展. Its goal was to find ways that cities and NCLM could bring about change themselves, 而不是呼吁州或联邦政策层面的改变.
该报告的建议如下:
- 城市和城镇 consider an examination of their own historical practices related to redlining and other policies that may have harmed minority homeownership rates, 房屋价值和财富积累.
- 城市和城镇, 因为他们有能力这样做, provide incentives that encourage investment in historically redlined neighborhoods or others disadvantaged by past discriminatory policies.
- 城镇考虑有针对性的方法和战略, 比如目标普遍主义, to address inequities created by past policies and decisions that have had and continue to have the effect of causing residents in those areas to suffer economically, 教育上, 从社会和健康的角度来看.
- 城镇对社会基础设施进行投资, 比如公园和图书馆, 在历史上被忽视或被划红线的社区, or those disadvantaged by less desirable targeted public facilities or geography.
- 城市和城镇 consider assessments of their 治安 that examine approaches to racial 股本 and a shared sense of community.
- 城市和城镇 create intentional spaces and forums for brave and courageous engagement about race, 股本, 司法与警务.
- 城市和城镇 work with the NCLM and state partners to better identify, 利用, and win the extensive grant awards available at the federal level that support better training and education for officers.
- Establish education and training opportunities for city and town officials to establish a shared and common understanding and language from which to have dialogue at the local level.
福奎瓦里纳镇专员威廉·哈里斯说, 谁是工作组的联合主席, said he hopes the recommendations lead to “a greater awareness of the impact of systemic racism and how it affects the way elected leaders perceive themselves, 以及他们对所有公民促进公平的责任, 公平正义.”
哈里斯, 本周被选为NCLM的第二任副主席, said he foresees the organization providing consultation and educational tools that will foster change.
除了联合主席, other task force members who helped develop the report findings and recommendations are Newport Mayor Dennis Barber, 威尔逊市议会成员迈克尔·贝尔, 弗莱彻理事会成员普雷斯顿·布莱克利, 格林维尔市议会成员莫妮卡·丹尼尔斯, 夏洛特市议员马尔科姆·格雷厄姆, 锡代利亚市临时市长瓦莱丽·琼斯说, 门罗市长鲍比·基尔戈, 班纳埃尔克市市长布兰达·莱尔利说, 温斯顿-塞勒姆市议员杰夫·麦金托什, 达勒姆市议员马克·安东尼-米德尔顿说, Morrisville Council Member Steve Rao and Highlands Mayor Patrick Taylor.
完整的报告可在 http://ja45vo.andijviekoken.com/RacialEquity.
November 13, 2020 | Fourteen-member Group to Focus on City-led Actions and Efforts
The North Carolina League of Municipalities Board of Directors has established a 14-member task force that will examine practical steps that cities and towns can take to address racial inequities and related issues. Officially titled the Task Force on the Impact of City Leaders on 种族权益, the group has established a goal of assisting cities in better understanding and improving local policies that affect racial 股本.
“Our intent is to identify tangible actions each municipality can take when it comes to these challenges,工作组联合主席詹妮弗·罗宾逊说, 谁是NCLM的主席和卡里镇的理事会成员. “特别, we want to ask and answer the following question: What are the ways NCLM can help our members have the tools and information they need to address racial 股本 and related issues for their cities and towns?”
NCLM 执行董事 Paul Meyer expressed gratitude to all members for serving. He noted that cities and towns are best positioned to address primary issues around racial 股本.
“城市和城镇面临的风险更大. 我们的成员——民选官员和工作人员——看到了效果. They have been working toward solutions and are committed to continuing to do so,” Meyer said. “这种努力可以带来更广泛的变化.”
哈里斯, 谁是工作组的联合主席, said bringing together a cross-section of local leaders from around the state is crucial in finding the best approaches.
“我把我们每个人都视为利益相关者，”哈里斯周五对议员们说. “希望通过这次会议，我们能够达成共识，向前迈进.”
来自全国城市365足彩下载参加比赛的工作人员, 公平和领导倡议将协助工作队的工作. The group expects to meet into the spring of 2021, producing recommendations at that time.
