The equity policy task force (ETF) will bring together key stakeholders to develop an Equity policy that will inform current work, and shape the upcoming strategic plan, to ensure that youth who are most impacted by systemic inequality are positively impacted by the efforts of the Alliance. This group will participate in the intellectual labor needed to produce not only a policy, but shared vision, and framework for action.
This task force will be facilitated by Nuhu Sims, Brooklyn Center Community Schools district-wide equity coordinator and Alliance staff. This team will use best practices inclusion and participatory practices to facilitate a representative group of Alliance partners to develop a draft policy that will be brought to the Alliance board for consideration in April of 2022.
Throughout this process, the Alliance will share update to youth, parents, and community we are connected to via our social media and online channels. Alliance members have agreed to assist in opening their spaces, to gather feedback on our equity policy and framework for action.
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How we develop this policy, should reflect our equity principles. In absence of a shared set of values captured in an existing policy, the Alliance members and staff have used our Youth and Community Engagement Policy, and equity practices from Race Forward’s Racial Equity Impact Assessment and School’s Out Washington’s Racial Equity Tool to shape how we deliver services. These practices will be used as we proceed.
We will gather multiple sets of information to formulate our policy:
Our task force will be chaired by Board Members; Cordell Wiseman - Community Activity and Recreation Services Director for the City of Brooklyn Center and newly appointed youth director Priscilla Oluwatomiwa - Student at Hennepin Technical College. The chairs and facilitation team will gather the information needed, and establish a task force that reflects the youth community, which is roughly 75% BIPOC. We seek a table with diversity across race, class, gender, immigration status, and native language. Thus, we hope the composition includes 11 adults and 16 youth.
For more information on this project please contact Rebecca Gilgen, Julie Richards or Nuhu Sims.