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A
Recording
mode
great
so
welcome,
I
declare
a
quorum.
If
there's
any
matter
that
comes
to
us
for
a
vote,
we
will
do
a
roll
call
vote
so
that
your
names
can
be
recorded.
With
your
vote,
I
think
kimberly
was
going
to
post
the
agenda
and
any
meeting
materials
in
our
chat
box.
You
get
a
chance.
Everyone
knows
how
to
find
the
chat
box.
If
you
go
to
the
bottom
of
your
screen,
there
are
some
cool
controls
at
the
bottom.
One
shows
us
as
participants
and
shanika.
A
I
think,
are
you
monitoring
participants
who
joins
and
who
chats,
maybe
there's
a
chat
box?
I,
the
chat
boxes,
will
also
be
recorded
and
zoomed
the
chats
get
recorded,
so
they
are
part
of
the
formal
record
as
well,
and
then
there
are
other
things,
so
you
can
like
I'm
applauding
myself
right
there.
As
you
see,
I
don't
know
how
long
those
things
stay
so
anyway.
This
is
zoom.
Welcome
to
zoom.
Welcome
to
our
our
formal
meeting.
A
Thank
you
for
reminding
us
kimberly
that
the
coordinates
the
zoom
coordinates
for
this
meeting
will
be.
The
standing.
Zoom
coordinates
for
every
equity
and
empowerment
commission
meeting.
So
it'll
it'll
be
on
the
website.
Our
web
page
will
be
posted
on
our
agenda
and
it'll
be
in
every
email
that
you
get
from
kimberly
setting
up
the
meetings.
A
A
A
The
first
thing
we
want
to
do
because
we
have
paulina
here
on
the
call
and
we're
going
to
rearrange
the
agenda
just
a
little
bit
so
that
paulina
can
give
us
a
report
on
the
language
access
guidelines
that
she's
put
together.
Paulina
has
something
else
to
go
to
tonight.
We
want
to
make
sure
she's
liberated
from
this
meeting
so
that
she
can
get
there
so
paulina
if
you're
ready,
if
you
want
to
take
us
through.
Thank
you
very
much
for
the
memo
and
for
the
guidelines.
C
You
very
much
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
come
and
give
an
update
on
this,
and
thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
be
the
first
one
on
your
agenda.
So
in
october
we
went
to
the
human
services
committee
and
provided
a
very
brief
outline
of
things
that
we
wanted
to
accomplish
in
terms
of
language
accessibility.
C
So
some
of
the
things
that
we
mentioned
was
that
we
wanted
to
implement
a
written
citywide
access
guidelines
that
were
going
to
be
an
internal
document
that
would
guide
staff
in
making
decisions
to
make
our
services
and
programs
available.
That
is
complete
and
I
attached
the
guidelines
to
your
to
your
packet.
C
Islands
have
been
reviewed
by
our
legal
department
and
given
green
light
to
be
to
move
forward
with
those
the
implementation
has
been
kind
of
slow,
but
slowly
but
surely
we're
getting
there.
We
since
then,
we
have
also
signed
a
new
contract
with
a
city
front,
slash
voice,
which
is
a
a
technology
company
that
offers
over
the
phone
interpretation
services,
as
well
as
video
interpretation
services,
those
that
program
was
rolled
out
and
actually,
as
we
enter
the
pandemic,
so
that
kind
of
come
came
in
hand
very
enhanced.
C
Sorry,
this
keeps
moving
very
handy
because
our
human
services
department,
sorry
our
health
department,
was
able
to
take
advantage
of
that
and,
as
you
can
see
in
the
memo
we
they
since
early
april,
through
now,
we've
made
over
60
can't
remember
60,
something
calls
they're
being
spent
96
of
the
calls
have
been
in
spanish.
Four
percent
of
the
calls
have
requested
assistance
in
arabic,
which
has
been
really
helpful.
C
The
translation
of
vital
documents
is
currently
on
hold
just
because
of
the
volume
of
the
work
that
that
requires,
and
the
minimal
budget
that
we
have
for
that.
This
is
a
discussion
that
I've
had
with
the
city
manager,
as
well
as
with
assistant
city
manager,
kimberly
richardson,
and
we
have
all
agreed.
C
This
is
an
important,
important,
important
service
that
we
need
to
provide
to
the
community
and
we
do
plan
to
make
the
appropriate
budget
adjustments
into
fiscal
year
2021
to
make
sure
that
we
can
get
these
documents
ready
to
go
at
least
in
spanish,
given
the
guidelines
that
we
we
established
for
the
public
during
the
pandemic.
I
have
also
been
very
active
in
providing
our
spanish
newsletter,
which,
for
a
while
was
kind
of
just
very
dormant,
because
there
wasn't
a
staff
member
to
to
take
care
of
that.
C
So
I
I've
been
doing
that
I've
been
linking
all
of
the
newsletter
published
newsletters
to
our
spanish
website
that
well,
our
spanish
page
within
our
website.
That
is
in
conversations
with
other
communities
that
have
a
more
established
language
access
program.
I've
gotten
a
lot
of
ideas
of
how
we
can
better
utilize.
Our
web
page
to
communicate
with
the
public.
C
So
that
is
something
that
I
I
plan
to
undertake
and
you
know
bring
other
staff
who
are
interested
in
participating
in
language
access,
accessibility
in
the
future
to
make
sure
that
we
continue
with
that
work.
A
Great,
thank
you
paulina
any
questions
or
comments
from
polina.
Thank
you
for
letting
us
jump
ahead
to
this
business.
We
will
take
a
step
back
in
a
second
for
reflection
and
public
comment,
but
we
wanted
to
make
sure
that
paulina
used
her
while
she
was
available
any
questions
about
the
language
access
policy
in
the
guidelines.
D
D
C
C
A
D
C
C
I
haven't
had
an
opportunity
to
talk
to
director
ogbo,
but
just
by
the
names
of
the
people
who
are
using
it,
it's
all
of
our
contact
tracers.
So
I
would
dare
to
make
the
assumption
that
it
has
been
heavily
utilized
for
contact
tracing.
We
do
have
spanish
speakers
on
3-1-1,
so
3-1-1
has
not
been
using
it
as
heavily,
but
I
do
expect
that
one
once
things
normalize
and
we
roll
up-
we
come
out
with
a
stronger
rollout.
C
Then
311
will
be
utilizing
it
for
other
languages
which,
for
example,
arabic,
which
is
been
the
second
most
utilized
language.
Great.
E
Dolores
are
you
keeping
up
with
numbers
paulina,
so
we'll
know
how
many
people
are
actually
requesting
the
service,
so
that
we'll
know
and
and
and
the
language
that
they're
requesting
it
in.
C
Yes,
so,
starting
in
april
in
through
the
end
of
may,
we've
received
about
67
phone
calls.
96
of
them
have
been
in
spanish.
Four
percent
of
them
have
been
in
arabic.
C
So
there's
not
a
specific
amount,
so
it's
based
on
usage.
We
don't
have
to
minimum.
We
don't
have
to
hit
a
maximum
either.
So
it's
basically
just
pay
as
you
go
on
a
monthly
basis.
F
I
just
I
had
a
question
about,
and
I
don't
know
if
you'll
know
the
answer,
but
I'm
just
curious
how
bilingual
or
multilingual
our
police
force
is
and
whether
that's
an
area
where
we
ever
get
folks,
who
don't
speak
english
as
their
first
language
and
the
folks
that
are
responding
either
through
a
phone.
You
know
a
phone
assistance
or
request
for
assistance
or
an
in
person.
F
C
Yeah,
no,
I
I
completely
agree,
and
I
have
very
preliminary
numbers.
I
don't.
I
can't
recall
of
the
top
of
my
head.
What
those
numbers
are.
I'd
have
to
go
and
look
through
through
my
files,
because
we
did
do
an
employee
survey.
Basically
asking
people
like
how
often
do
you
interact
with
non-english
speakers
and
are
you
as
an
employee,
a
bilingual
person?
C
I
mean
we
had
a
pretty
good
response
rate.
I
would
say,
but
anecdotally,
not
not
if
a
lot
of
our
police
department
feels
comfortable
acting
as
translators
or
interpreters,
so
that
that's
also
a
barrier
and
that's
a
larger
conversation
that
we
have
to
have
as
an
organization.
C
G
Neither
am
I
kathy
paulina.
Could
you
also
I
mean?
Are
you
going
to
include
in
that
all
of
our
city
employees,
because
I
think
also
knowing
what
our
fire
department,
what
their
language
expertise
is,
because
so
many
of
their
calls
are
not
just
fire
but
emt,
so
that
would
be
good
to
know
also.
H
C
So
the
first
line
of
defense
will
always
be
the
over
the
phone
and
video
interpretation
services.
Definitely
unless
it's
an
emergency
and
there's
no
one
else
available,
then
use
staff
and
definitely
calling
for
avoiding
using
minors
as
interpreters.
So
I
I
hope
that
answers
your
question.
A
C
Yeah
so
so
I
do,
I
am
exploring
ways
and
how
we
can
provide
a
training
on
these
guidelines
for
staff.
I'm
doing
research
on
that,
so
hopefully
that
that
will
be
the
next
step
doing
a
citywide
training
for
well,
not
city
white,
because
not
everyone
will
be,
is
in
contact
with
non-english
speakers.
C
But
I
think
that
for
our
public-facing
employees
I
would
want
them
to
to
get
trained
on
what
these
guidelines
say
and
how
to
utilize
the
services
that
we're
providing
through
the
over
the
phone
interpretation
services
and
reinforce
the
idea
that
we
have
to
stay
away
from
utilizing
our
bilingual
staff
just
because
we
cannot
control
the
quality
of
the
interpretation.
At
that
point,.
A
Plus,
it's
kind
of
asking
our
bilingual
staff
to
do
a
job
that
maybe
is
not
within
their
job
description
and
that
they're
required
for
so
yeah
right,
so
you're
thinking
in
the
next
before
the
end
of
2020.
I
Quick
quick
question
paulina,
first
of
all,
great
work,
it's
really
fantastic
to
see
this
at
this
stage.
I
know
alejandra
in
particular
has
been
staying
on
this
commission
for
some
time
and
I'm
I'm
really
pleased
to
see
where
we're
at
in
terms
of
the
the
outward
facing
the
public
engagement
component.
Maybe
you
covered
this,
but
how?
How
will
this
be
communicated
to
to
our
citizens
to
the
community
that
these
services
are
in
fact
available
and
what
they
can
expect.
C
Thank
you.
I
actually
kimberly
asked
me
to
show
these
stuff
and
I
completely
forgot
so
there's
a
variety
of
components
that
we
want
to
do
it
through
the
spanish
newsletter.
We,
I
I
put
a
a
piece
in
there
that
says
you
know
if
you
need
assistance
in
any
in
spanish
or
any
other
language
you
we
have
services
for
that.
So
just
let
us
know,
obviously
not
everyone
uses
a
new
virtual
newsletter
and
but
so
for
people
who
are
coming
into
our
buildings.
C
We
have
printed
these
cards
that
are
point
to
your
language
cards,
so
there's
various
versions
of
these
that
are
gonna
be
so
these
are
going
to
be
like
for
desk
for
the
desk
for
our
reference
desks,
so
people
are
just
going
to
be
able
to
to
just
point
to
their
language.
C
In
addition
to
that,
we
also
printed
larger
versions
of
that
that
will
be
posted
throughout
the
buildings
to
let
people
know
as
they
enter
the
building
or
they're
just
roaming
around
the
hallways,
that
the
service
is
available
to
them
and
obviously
training
our
staff
to
make
them
aware
that
this
is
a
service
that
we
have
in
that.
C
You
know
if
they
see
someone,
that's
struggling
to
communicate
with
them,
that
they
do
have
the
responsibility
to
tell
them
that
we
we
do
have
the
service
and
we
can
help
them
in
in
their
language,
will
be
a
key
component
to
to
this
rollout
and
letting
the
people
know.
The
public
know
that
the
service
is
available
to
them.
I
Might
this
be
something
also
included
in
our
city
newsletter?
I
know
those
communication
efforts
have
have
increased
in
the
age
of
covid.
It
strikes
me
with
more
and
more
evanstonians,
following
what's
happening
via
email
that
that
that
could
be
another
helpful
place
along
with
others
to
to
share
this
news.
A
F
I
can
come
up
with
a
graphic
also,
I
know
they're
not
quite
open
yet,
but
would
the
library
be
another
place
where
in
their
newsletters
and
their
communications
it
would
it
would
be
something
they
could
share
out.
C
Yes
and
actually
they
just
launched
their
spanish
just
their
own
spanish
newsletter.
It's
called
la
biblio,
so
I
will
definitely
ask
miguel
to
to
help
me,
distribute
that
and
then
ask
the
larger
evanston
public
library
newsletter
to
also
include
it
for
non-english
and
non-spanish
speakers.
D
Paulina,
have
you
spoken
to
rebecca
mendoza
who's
been
leading
a
lot
of
the
she's
she's
leading
the
immigrant
subcommittee
for
the
city
of
evanston?
I
know
she's
been
translating
a
number
of
things.
She's
got
a
pretty
large
and
growing
spanish
speaking
following
on
facebook.
C
I
we
haven't
sat
down
to
talk
about
this.
Specifically,
I
did
participate
in
a
call
that
she
organized
for
evans
and
latinos
last
night,
which,
by
the
way
they
they
just
became
a
501c3
which
is
like
good
for
them,
because
now
they
can
access
more
resources,
and
I
know
that
she
as
part
of
the
covet
response
through
the
group.
They
were
volunteering
to
to
offer
translations,
and
that's
something
that
I
I
was
talking
to
assistant
city
manager
richardson
yesterday.
C
So
we
just
need
to
come
up
with
a
strategy
and
how
to
utilize
the
resources
that
we
have
at
our
disposal
without
overburdening
any
of
our
groups
either,
because
we
we
want
to
legitimize
this
and
recognize
that
resources
are
needed
and
that
we
can
just
keep
doing
this
pro.
Bono
yeah.
D
C
Not
that
I'm
aware
of
at
this
time
I
did
and
obviously
didn't
do
a
very
good
job.
I
tried
to
contact
the
mandarin
speaking
population,
but
it's
obviously
there
was
a
language
barrier
with
me
in
there
and
I
I
just
have
to
keep
figuring
out
what
is
the
best
way
to
approach
that
community,
as
well
as
identify
where
our
arabic
speaking
community
is
since
they're,
obviously
taking
advantage
of
of
some
of
the
city
services
on
our
data.
I.
D
C
D
E
Yes,
you
might
want
to
contact
the
haitian
congress
because
they
work
with
the
haitian
population
as
well
as
a
large
segment
of
our
karen
bean
population.
I
found
that,
obviously,
someone
will
be
doing
some
work
with
cradle
to
career
and
there
is
a
whole.
I
mean,
there's
a
huge
population
of
jamaican
haitians,
malaysian
cubans
lots
and
lots
of
them,
so
the
haitian
congress
is
one
that
you
might
want
to
contact
perfect.
Thank
you.
I
Not
to
overburden
your
workload
here,
but
interfaith
action
of
evanston
would
have
access
to
a
range
of
different
communities
as
well,
and
I
know.
I
Pretty
large
list
serve
of
of
faith
leaders.
B
So
I
have
a
question
since
a
lot
of
you
seem
to
have
these
relationships.
Is
it
possibility
that
as
outreach
that
you
all
could
assist
in
helping
get
that
information
and
supporting
that?
Because
in
order
to
get
this
out
faster,
we
gonna
need
more
than
paulina
trying
to
do
the
outreach,
so
that
can
be
of
assistance.
I
know
that
I'll
be
appreciative.
A
Yeah,
if
you
want
to
send
us
each
a
a
blurb
of
what
this
is
with
a
graphic
social
media
post,
something
that
we
can
use
to
share
and
links
to
whatever
documents
would
help.
A
H
I
have
a
question
that
might
be
somewhat
tangential,
but
I
think
equally
important
because
because
in
my
mind
this
is
about
language,
but
it's
also
about
affirmation
and
welcoming
and
community,
like
our
is
there
any
policy
or
anything
in
here
about
let's
say
like
the
new
robert
crown
center
like
signage,
that
it
is
always
in
multiple
languages
or
you
think
about
like
parks
being
closed
for
covid,
it's
all
in
english
everywhere.
H
C
Honestly,
it's
not,
I
wouldn't
say
that
it's
outside
the
scope,
it's
just
something
that
we
unfortunately
have
not
done.
We
recognize
that
there
is
a
need
for
that.
Just
given
the
pace
of
things.
Unfortunately,
it
we
just
didn't,
do
it.
H
And
yeah
you're
doing
a
ton
of
work.
I
guess
I
guess
it's
sort
of
that's
another
thing.
That's
on
all
of
us,
like
I
don't
know,
I
don't
know
all
of
the
resources
available,
but
I
do
think
I
live
around
robert
crown.
I've
been
running
a
lot.
I
see
it
all
the
time
and
there's
a
sign
there.
It
stands
out
to
me
so
much
because
it's
like
this
is
an
opportunity
for
something
new
in
the
community.
It's
smack
dab
behind
it's
right
behind
washington,
which
has
a
tweet
program.
H
There's
a
big
spanish-speaking
population
that
lives
right
there.
I
don't
know
if
the
library
is
planning
to
have
shelves
that
are
spanish
books,
books
in
spanish,
but
like
there's
the
opportunity
to
have
like
the
signage
of
like
this
is
our
this
is
your
library
I
don't
speak
spanish,
but
I
would
say
in
spanish
right
now,
if
I
did
and
then
the
science
like
look
what's
coming
represent
representative,
I
think,
is
what
I'm
talking
about
yeah.
E
That's
why
I
asked
about
the
numbers,
because
I
think
that
the
expectation
is
that
we're
not
going
to
be
able
to
put
every
language.
E
Represent
that-
and
I
think
it's
so
important
to
know
what
the
major
need
is-
and
I
know
we
always
go
with
with
spanish
and
there
is
but
there's
a
whole
nother
group
of
people
who
live
in
this
community
who
are
not
hispanic
or
and
that
that
need
the
services
as
well.
So
that's
why
I'm
asking
about
the
numbers.
B
Can
I
just
say
I
know
we'll
talk
about
this
later,
but
to
max's
point,
I
think
what
we're
trying
to
do
around
racial
equity
gets
to
that
point
of
cultural
awareness,
because
it's
something
that
has
to
be
kind
of
ingrained
in
us.
A
subconscious
thought
that
it
should
be
automatically
instinctual
that,
if
we're
going
to
create
something
that
we
be
inclusive.
B
However,
policy
sometimes
only
is
good
on
paper.
It
doesn't
always
translate
to
action,
and
so
we
have
to
train
our
staff,
and
that
was
something
paulina
and
I
were
discussing
was
that
it's
great,
that
we
have
all
this
material
and
these
new
tools.
But
now
we
have
to
train
and
hold
ours.
A
We'll
see
if
kimberly
comes
back
in
the
meantime,
any
other
questions
or
comments,
great
thoughts
about
how
to
promote
it
and
get
this
new
policy
and
this
resource
it's
huge
resource
out
there.
I
think,
in
my
estimation,
it's
the
first
time
the
city
is
invested
in
language
translation
and
these
kinds
of
resources
in
this
way
all
right
anything
else
there
she
goes
she'll
come
right
back
all
right.
A
C
Sorry,
I
lost
connection
somehow
did
kimberly
get
disconnected
as
well.
She
did.
C
I
think
we
all
lost
signal,
so
I'm
now
connected
from
my
phone.
C
A
A
Now
so
pauline,
I
don't
think
we
had
any
more
questions.
Thank
you
for
your
good
work
on
this
looking
forward
to
see
it
implemented
and
let
us
know
how
we
can
help
you.
Thank
you.
B
A
Oh
look
at
all
these
hands.
Clapping
y'all
are
getting
really
good
with
the
the
reactions
so
shanika.
Are
you
taking
notes?
It's
recorded
so.
A
Being
recorded
still,
even
though
our
recorder
has
dropped
out
we'll
find
kimberly,
is
there
any
public
comment,
as
I
was
saying
before,
kimberly
told
me
that
there
was
no
one
who
had
registered
in
advance
to
offer
public
comment.
Is
there
anyone
who's
tuned
in
right?
Now,
I'm
checking
the
chat
box,
and
I
don't
see
anyone
who
has
suggested
they
want
to
address
the
permission
for
public
comment
all
right
great.
A
Then
we
will
close
public
comment.
We
thought
it
was
important
to
have
a
discussion
with
just
reflections
on
what's
been
happening
in
the
world
and
in
evanston
in
the
last.
Well,
we
can
say
a
month.
It's
really
been
now
what
four
months
since
we
met.
So
a
lot
has
happened.
We've
had
a
lot
in
our
lives,
going
on.
We've
been
juggling
a
lot
of
things
and
watching
what's
happening
in
the
world
and,
I
hope
getting
involved
in
what's
happening
as
well.
A
This
was
a
time
just
to
open
it
up
for
your
thoughts
and
reflection
on
where
we
are
in
the
world
and
maybe
not
removed
from
what
we
think
the
equity
empowerment
commission
can
and
should
be
doing,
but
just
generally
a
way
for
us
to
have
a
conversation
together
about
it.
So
if
you
have
thoughts
what's
going
on
in
your
worlds,
what
have
you
noticed?
H
I'll
share-
I
I
guess
I
was
really
looking
forward
to
this
meeting,
because
when
I
joined
the
equity
and
empowerment
commission,
I
think
a
year
almost
a
year
ago.
Maybe
this
is
11
months.
H
H
Working
in
the
public
schools
and
seeing
that
there
are
many,
many
many
takes
on
what
equity
and
diversity
means
to
different
people
and
seeing
that
in
a
progressive
town,
there's
still
so
far
to
go,
and
so
many
minds
to
change
myself
include
and,
like
I
throw
myself
in
in
this
and
needing
to
grow
and
be
a
part
of
growth
process.
H
H
I'm
trying
to
see
all
of
the
moments
for
action
and
potential
in
conversation
and
take
it
really
really
really
seriously,
and
I
think
about
the
small,
the
small
work
of
like
disruption
on
the
corner,
how
we
talk
about
how
we
celebrate
things
that
have
happened
just
this
week
with
daca
with
protecting
lgbt
rights
from
the
supreme
court
and
how
how
to
localize
those
things.
And
then,
obviously
I
think
you
know
about
the
black
lives
matter
movement
and
how
my
my
personal
perspective
just
to
keep
it
very,
very
local.
H
Is
we
had
a
powerful
peaceful
march
organized
by
black
youth
from
the
public
high
school?
It
was
so
powerful
and
moving,
but
I'm
a
little
bit
concerned
that
since
then
I
even
I
even
see
yard
signs
disappearing.
So
I
feel
like
there's
energy
out
there
in
the
world,
but
I'm
a
little
bit
worried
in
our
wonderful
town.
H
So,
like
I
saw
the
the
piece
that
nina
kevin
put
out
on
dear
evans-
and
I
said
that
I
would
mention
it
tonight
when
I
saw
it
about
like
the
laundry
cafe
that
the
two
women
are
trying
to
start
in
the
fifth
ward,
and
I
think
all
of
there
is
there's
so
many
things
that
we
could
latch
onto
to
be
part
of
growth
and
vibrancy
and
positivity
around
black
lives
matter,
and
I
just
I
just
I.
H
G
Well,
I
I
think
it's
hard
to
sum
up
how
we're
all
feeling
it's
some
of
everything
and
it
changes
every
single
from
moment
to
moment,
especially
you
know
during
the
the
pandemic
and
then
with
the
black
lives
matter,
movement,
the
the
death
of
george
floyd
and
the
protests
and
rallies
and
then
then
to
be
buffeted
by
someone
and
then
have
other
things
like
these
surprise
supreme
court
decisions
coming.
G
You
know
it
feels
like
time
has
compressed
a
lot
and
the
and
the
world
is
turning
upside
down
and
I'm
hoping
it's
turning
upside
down
permanently
in
all
of
these
ways.
But
I
was
just
gonna.
Let
you
know
max
that
as
a
member
of
the
city
council,
we
are
hearing
from
people,
I
probably
have
I'm
going
to
roughly
estimate
300,
maybe
more
emails
in
the
last
week
about
defunding
the
police
department
or
changing
our
budget
to
address
more
of
these
issues
away
from
our
police
department.
G
So
and
what's
interesting,
is
how
many
names
I
recognize,
who
were
friends
of
my
children,
so
these
are
20-somethings
who
are
sending
this
in
which
it's
very
encouraging,
because
you
know
this
is
a
group.
I
haven't
heard
from
you
know:
I
don't
know
that
we've
heard
from
very
much
on
the
council,
but
they
aren't
stopping
they.
You
know
every
day,
and
so
I
think
there
is
this
movement,
that's
happening
that
maybe
isn't
as
public
anymore,
but
and
also
because
we
haven't
had
a
public
city
council
meeting.
G
You
know
it's
hard
to
be
public
now
to
see
what's
going
on,
but
the
issues
are
continuing
to
be
raised
to
at
the
city
level
and
we're
hearing,
and
this
is
a
really
wide,
a
wide
group
of
folks
who
are
sending
a
lot
of
it's
a
forum
letter,
but
people
modify
it
and
so
that's
encouraging.
G
I
I
feel
like
people
aren't,
you
know
they
aren't
one
and
done
and
that's
the
last
thing
we
need
so,
and
I
do
think
the
I
mean
my
other
thought
is
that
so
many
of
the
issues
that
I've
learned
about
being
on
equity
and
empowerment
and
also
being
part
of
the
city
council
over
the
years
you
know.
Suddenly
I
don't
have
to
explain
as
much
because
people
are
reading
on
their
own
about
these
things.
G
You
know
the
the
the
rising
equality
gap
which
people
have
been
using,
but
all
of
the
redlining
you
know-
and
I
I
was
thinking
about
that
jane-
exhibit
that
you
know,
and
now
many
more
people
are
understanding
the
impact
of
redlining.
So
it's
like
the
things
that
we've
been
talking
about
are
now
all
over
the
headlines.
You
know
at
the
unfortunate
because
of
the
unfortunate
cost
of
all
of
these
black
lives,
which
should
never
have
been
the
case.
I
mean
these
were
all
critical
issues
long
before
all
of
this
police
violence.
A
G
A
So
for
me,
as
I
see
these,
these
large-scale
societal
changes
that
really
feel
like
a
a
real
transition,
a
pivot
to
something
else,
something
new
and
different.
I'm
reminded
just
this
week
at
work.
We
had
at
chicago
metropolitan
agency
for
planning
diversity,
inclusion
training
last
week,
and
then
we
had
a
meeting
last
thursday
among
employees
to
kind
of
decompress
and
talk
about
it
and
informally
with
breakout
rooms,
and
it
didn't
go
well,
and
it
was
just
a
reminder
that
is
that
we
can.
A
We
can
do
the
trainings
and
we
can
get
on
the
same
page
with
language,
but
it
doesn't
mean
that
we've
changed
individual
minds
and
that's
still
a
day-to-day
person-to-person
undertaking.
It's
not
a
it's,
not
a
wholesale
societal
change
that
we
can
just
wave
a
magic
wand
or
break
out
in
the
streets
and
these
great
peaceful
protests.
A
But
it's
still
an
individual
one-on-one
mind-changing
mindset
changing
undertaking
yeah,
so
it
was
it
was
at
least
I
felt
as
if
we
made
good
progress
and
then
it
was
the
stark
reminder
that
that
no
not
at
all
two
steps
forward,
one
step
backward
at
least
in
you
know.
A
My
little
world
is
how
it
seems
to
work,
and
that's
just
how
I
feel
I
can't
imagine
how
my
colleagues
of
color
feel
probably
two
steps
forward:
five
steps
backwards,
so
yeah,
so
so
there's
a
place
for
us,
this
equity
empowerment,
commission
in
in
this
world,
and
to
maybe
help
I
like
to
say,
turn
this
barge
of
the
city
of
evanston's,
like
a
bargain
lake
michigan
and
and
when
it
makes
turns
out
way
out
in
the
lake.
A
A
Sorry
as
I
was
acting
like
I
was
turning
the,
but
maybe
some
of
these
policy
changes
and
set
the
the
city
of
evanston
a
different
trajectory
to
get
where
we
want
to
be
in
a
year
or
in
five
years
or
in
my
our
children's
lifetime.
D
Yeah
something
that
I
shared
with
jane
right,
so
I
feel
like
I'm
wearing
a
lot
of
hats
and
I've
been
holding
so
much
right.
So
I'm
a
parent
of
three
sons,
so
my
kids
are
in
three
different
schools
here
in
evanston,
and
so
when
we
went
into
shelter
and
place,
my
household
was
a
mess
of
sorts
right.
So
I
have
a
fifth
grader,
seventh
grader
freshman
in
high
school,
and
so
we
are
holding
a
lot,
but
at
the
same
time
I
recognized
our
privilege
right.
D
So
what
I've
been
holding
is
both
the
privilege
of
being
a
middle-class
white
latina
right
who
lives
in
evanston
whose
children
have
access
to
computers
right
and
that's
powerful,
because
my
children
were
able
to
complete
their
academic
school
year
with
access
to
digital.
You
know
they
had
digital
access
to
be
able
to
do
that.
They
don't
they
didn't
all
do
great.
D
My
high
schooler
did
fabulous
my
middle
schooler
did
he
struggled,
but
those
are
privileges
right.
We
live
in
a
small
household.
You
know
I'm
a
very
typical
immigrant
family,
where
we
have
three
generations
in
one
house,
but
we
continue
to
be
very
healthy
and
at
the
same
time
I
also
work
at
a
place
with
a
lot
of
privilege
right.
I
work
in
a
private
foundation,
but
I
am
reminded
of
the
pain
that
a
lot
of
you
know
our
historically
disinvested
communities
of
black
and
brown
are
hurting.
D
So
you
know
my
foundation
invests
in
racial
justice
and
we
actually
fund
leadership
development
for
women
of
color,
and
I
have
co-facilitated
meetings
with
a
lot
of
these
amazing
women
and
they've
been
both
invigorating
and
also
incredibly
painful,
because
a
number
of
them
have
lost.
Children
have
lost
family
members.
D
One
of
our
leaders
that
works
in
the
predominantly
filipino
community
organizing
community
is
needing
to
quit
because
of
her
disability
and
mental
health
and
she's
a
front-line
worker,
and
she
just
it's
too
much
to
handle,
and
so
I've
been
trying
to
hold
trying
to
find
joy,
but
also
making
sure
that
I'm
staying,
grounded
in
realizing
of
my
privilege
and
the
need
to
do
something
and
to
be
responsible
to
be
able
to
respond
to
the
immediate
needs
right
of
of
the
communities
that
continue
to
struggle
during
covet
and
who
have
historically
struggled
right
with
violence
in
our
communities.
D
And
so
I
shared
with
jane
that
I
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
started
getting
into
action
phase.
I
don't
feel
comfortable
being
part
of
another
statement
or
making
statements
or
platitudes.
D
I
think
it's
time
for
us
to
figure
out
what
our
role
is
to
really
exercise
what
our
purpose
is,
and
so
I'm
looking
forward
for
us
to
really
exercise
that
you
know
work
with
city
staff
to
really
put
some
tools
and
actions
out
there,
because
platitudes
have
got
us
nowhere.
D
So
I'm
ready,
you
know
to
to
roll
up
my
sleeves
more
and
work
with
you
all
as
a
team
to
to
get
to
work.
So
that's
just
how
I've
been
feeling
really.
J
I
was
going
to
wait
until
the
rest
of
the
commission
spoke,
but
go
ahead.
Might
as
well
just
go
ahead
and
weigh
in.
I
think
that
I
find,
as
many
of
you
have
already
said,
a
lot
of
feelings,
a
lot
of
emotions-
and
you
know
me
being
a
black
woman,
young,
so
many
different
loopholes
and
hurdles
that
you
face
with
one
the
pandemic,
but
then
two,
the
black
lives
matter
and
then
three
to
work
in
local
government
and
most
of
my
peers
and
what
my
peers,
I
mean
my
age
group
folks.
J
J
How
do
we
incorporate
the
equitable
framework
to
the
city
of
evanston
and
I
feel,
like
you
all,
have
done
a
fantastic
job,
but
the
key
is
to
always
definitely
listen
and
truly
listen
to
what
it
is
that
those
who
are
experiencing
in
your
rewards
or
other
communities
that
you're
working
with
is
really
taking
place,
because
I
feel
like
even
with
the
protesting
and
just
a
lot
of
stuff-
that's
happening
behind
the
black
lives
movement
is
coming
from,
not
listening.
J
You
know,
and
I've
seen
a
lot
on
social
media,
how
a
lot
of
people
were
angry
because
it
was
like.
We've
tried
all
these
different
ways
to
get
everyone's
attention.
Why
did
it
have
to
take
the
sacrifice
of
a
man's
life
for
the
entire
world
to
finally
shift
into
this
dynamic-
and
I
feel,
like
you
all-
are
ahead
of
the
curve,
because
you
got
on
board
with
your
equity
empowerment
commission
to
start
the
work
in
evanston?
E
I
guess
I
want
to
comment
on
two
things
on
alejandra's
comment
about
action.
I
think
you're
absolutely
right,
but
I
think
the
action
should
be
that
we
should
go
back
to
our
original
plan.
We
had
what
we
had
planned
to
do
in
the
very
beginning
and
we
need
to
start
with
the
sessions
and
reconciliation,
because
none
of
this
is
going
to
resolve
without
the
conversations
and
things
that
need
to
happen,
and
I
fortunately,
or
unfortunately,
I've
lived
a
long
long
time
so
I've
been
through
this
before,
and
this
is
just
a
repeated
history.
E
Oh
there's
been
several
times
whether
it's
an
emmett
till
a
rodney
king,
whatever,
where
there
has
to
be
something
really
dramatic
in
the
african-american
black
community,
whatever
you
want
to
call
it
that
awakens
something
in
white
people
that
will
get
them
to
call
to
action
so
to
speak,
and
so
I
remain
hopeful.
I'm
not
saying
that.
E
I'm
not
hopeful,
but
I've
been
there
done
that
and
just
sort
of
sick
and
tired
of
being
sick
and
tired
people
not
recognizing
owning
up
to
what
is
wrong
with
the
whole
system
and
until
the
system
changes.
Then
you
know,
we
know
I
hate
to
keep
saying
it
over
and
over
again,
but
nothing's
going
to
happen
until
the
system
changes,
and
we
know
that
it's
unfair
system.
You
know
that
you
know
that
and
I
I
you
know
I
was
watching.
E
I
wish
I
could
think
of
her
name
and
the
other
thing
about
getting
old
is
I
just
can't
remember
my
names,
a
lot
even
never
remembered
names,
but
I
really
can't
remember
this,
but
I
was
watching
this.
Someone
sent
me
a
youtube
thing
of
a
white
woman
who
was
doing
a
workshop
and
in
the
workshop
it
was
she
was
doing
with
all
white
people
and
she
asked
them
how
many
of
them
would
like
to
trade
places
with
black
people.
E
If
they,
you
know
if
they
could,
and
so
she
said,
I
want
everyone
in
the
audience
to
raise
their
hand
if
you
trade
places
and
and
of
course
nobody
raised
their
hands,
and
so
then
she
repeated
it
again
and
she
said
she
said
see.
Then
you
know
exactly
what
is
going
on
in
this
country,
and
I
say
that
to
everyone.
Of
course
you
know,
but
you
know:
are
you
willing
to
trade
places
and
really
do
something
about
it?
And
so
do
I
sound
angry
yeah.
E
I've
been
angry
for
years,
doesn't
get
me
anywhere,
but
I
yeah.
I
am
angry
about
it.
I'm
angry
about
what
happened
to
george
would
happen
to.
E
I
believe
what
happened
to
a
young
lady
in
kentucky
what
happened
to
rodney
king
would
happen
to
over
and
over
and
over
and
over
again,
because
I've
seen
it
all
and
we'll
get
this
momentum,
and
I
know
people
mean
well
I,
and,
and
so
I'm
not,
please
don't
take
it
that
I
don't,
but
when
are
we
going
to
do
an
action
that
will
really
bring
about
some
changes
that
when
are
we
going
to
demand
that
our
legislators
make
some
changes
in
a
justice
system?
E
That
is
unfair,
all
the
kinds
of
things
that
could
be
happening
with
defunding
the
police?
I
hate
that
word
because
I
don't
think
people
mean
defund
the
police.
They
mean
to
reorganize
funds
and
and
things
that
which
I
think
evanson
took
a
big
step.
If
you
all
remember
a
few
years
back
couple
years
back
three
years,
maybe
melissa-
you
will
remember
when
they
took
the
advocates
out
of
the
police
department,
and
so
that's
a
that's,
a
change
that
needed
to
happen.
E
They
didn't
really
belong
there,
and
so
there
are
other
services
that
police
are
asked
to
do.
That
is
not
protect
and
serve,
and
then
we
get
angry
because
they
get
caught
up
in
carrying
out
something
that
we
request.
I'm
talking
about.
We,
the
community,
requested
them
to
do
and
they're
not
trained
for
it.
They
don't
have
the
skills
for
it,
and
so
those
services
need
to
come
out
of
the
police
department
and
those
kinds
of
things
will
happen
through
some
conversations.
E
So
I
just
hope
that
we
will
go
back
to
our
original
plan.
I
think
we
were
we.
We
talked
about
it
enough.
E
We
did
a
lot
to
really
figure
out
that
we
knew
how
to
begin
to
pull
some
of
this
together
and
but
you
know
we
got
off
track,
and
so
I'm
just
hoping
that
I
would
want
to
say
I
would
want
a
second
or
emotion.
The
motion
alert
in
terms
of
really
doing
some
action,
because
I
think
that's
what
we
all
got
on
this
on
this
commission
for
to
make
a
change
and
to
do
something
and
when
we
decided
that
we
were
going
to
do
with
a
deal
with
race.
E
F
And
all
of
you,
I
agree
with
everything
I
just
wanted
to
throw
in,
in
addition
to
all
the
mixed
emotional
things,
I'm
I'm
wondering
and
hoping
I
guess
if
some
of
the
the
system
change
that
we're
looking
for
is
possible
in
a
new
way
because
of
code
and
because
of
the
just
dramatic
changes
that
we're
having
in
our
day-to-day
lives
about
how
we
communicate
and
with
technology
being
different,
with
people's
focusing
different
people's
access
being
different.
F
If
there
are
opportunities
for
us
to
say
and-
and
I
can't
agree
with
you
more
doors
defund
to
me-
it's
like
for
those
in
the
iep
special
education
work,
it's
the
difference
between
strength-based
speech
and
deficiency
based
or
deficit
based
speech.
So,
instead
of
saying
defund
something,
I
would
rather
say,
let's
invest
I'd,
say
reinvest,
but
I
think
we
haven't
really
invested,
but
let's
invest
in
social
workers.
Let's
invest
in
mental
health
support.
Let's
invest
in
you
know,
education
that
is
provided
for.
F
You
know
all
of
our
students,
but
I
guess
the
thought
that
I'm
having
is
if
we
try
to
taking
away.
If
we
try
to
say
you
know,
we
wanna,
we
wanna,
add
in
a
new
way
what
hasn't
been
there
before
and
try
to
get
to
a
better
result
through
a
retooling
of
some
of
these
systems
and
a
refocusing
on
what's
really
at
the
root
of
the
problem
is
what's
really
going
to
solve
the
problem.
So
I
think
I
just
agree
with
everybody.
F
I
feel,
like
we've
been
very
lucky
in
evanston,
because
there
were
some
really
smart
decisions
and
melissa,
and
you
know
those
on
the
city
council
in
terms
of
trying
to
keep
us
safe
from
covid
and
and
trying
to
do
some
very
early
smart
data
based
evidence-based
things
that
that
helped
us
and
are
helping
us.
So
I
I'm
appreciative
of
having
leaders
that
use
evidence
and
and
believe
in
science
and
and
data,
that's
one
of
the
systemic
changes
that
I
think
could
be
really
great.
F
If
we
all,
if
we
all
used
data
and
and
also
that
we
use
data,
that's
inclusive,
so
that
we're
really
thinking
about
what
we're
doing
in
a
very
thoughtful
way.
But
I
I
do
feel
like
there
may
be
new
opportunities
with
all
the
different
types
of
system
changes
that
we're
just
going
through
because
of
the
pandemic
and
also
you
know,
the
social
justice
stuff
has
been
there
before,
but
we're
having
new
ways
of
of
spreading
that
and
communicating
that
and
then
hopefully
tackling
that.
F
So
that's
that's
my
two
cents
on
oh
and
I
just
wanted
to
say
too.
I
think
an
encouraging
thing
I
signed
into
the
fan
event
with
robin
d'angelo
on
white
fragility,
and
I
don't
know
if
you
guys
hung
around
at
the
end
if
anybody
listened,
but
there
were
8
500
people
listening
to
robert
d'angelo,
robin
d'angelo
and
and
our
own
marcus
campbell,
but
8500
people
is,
is
an
example
of
we
could
never
have
8
500
people
in
evanston
township
high
school.
You
know
no
matter
how
many
rooms
you
used.
A
Great,
thank
you.
I'm
scanning
your
faces.
I
can't
do
it
at
a
table
to
pick
up
signals,
but
is
there
anyone
else
right,
so
the
lead
into
kind
of
our
our
next
agenda
item
goes
to
kimberly
where
she
can
help
us
understand
some
of
our
next
steps
in
operationalizing
an
equity
framework
within
the
city
of
evanston.
It's
not
ready
for
us
for
our
prime
time
yet,
but
this
is
something
that
can't
believe
go
ahead
kimberly.
K
This
building
no
one's
in
so
now
you
see
why,
because
technical
difficulties
like
the
internet
just
died,
so
I
have
to
use
my
phone
anyway.
Tim
did
you
want
to
say
something
you
you
had
your
you
immuted
yourself.
I
I
Certainly,
the
covid
19
pandemic
made
even
more
visible
the
so
many
different
layers
of
inequity
disempowerment,
whether
it
was
the
disproportionate
burden
that
women
have
beared
in
the
homes,
with
the
expectation
that
women
would
be
the
the
primary
instructors
of
children
along
with
working,
whether
it
was
those
who
had
to
work
outside
of
the
home.
As
all
a
hundred
noted,
many
of
us,
like
myself,
have
not
had
to
I've
been
able
to
to
work
from
home
with
a
laptop
and
a
livelihood,
but
disproportionate
burden
on
black
brown.
I
I'm
I'm
noting
the
the
emergent
turning
toward
voices
like
abraham
kendy,
who
are
insisting
and
have
been
insisting
that
it's
not
so
much
about
changing
hearts
and
minds,
but
about
structural
change,
which
you
know
we
are.
I
We
have
all
been
affirming
that
and
in
the
work
of
this
commission
of
institutionalizing
equity,
not
just
talking
about
it,
not
just
noting
feelings
and
processing
and
though
there's
there's
a
role
for
that,
but
I'm
I
am
encouraged
by
our
younger
generations
who
are
insisting
that
we
now
now
now,
as
now
as
we're
done
with
with
certain
dynamics-
and
we
are-
we
are
gonna
fight.
They
are
gonna
fight
for
deep
systemic
change,
and
so
that's
hopeful.
I
Even
as
I
hear
dolores
your
your
your
painful
reminder
that
we
have,
we
have
been
through
so
many
cycles
of
now
is
enough.
Now
things
change
and
yet
we
we
find
ourselves
recurring
patterns.
So
I'm
I'm
I'm
hopeful
and
yet
cautiously
so
as
as
well
thanks
thanks
kimberly.
I
K
So,
as
you
all
know,
well,
maybe
I
think,
prior
to
covet,
we
discussed
next
steps
for
equity
and
organization,
so
I
wanted
to.
Since
I
see
we
have
some
individuals
who
are
on
the
call-
and
I
just
want
to
step
back
and
recognize
that
a
lot
of
things-
what
you
all
are
saying
is
very
true
to
the
thinking
that
I've
been
processing
for
quite
some
time,
and
you
know
I
have
to
look
at
it
from
a
government
standpoint
from
which
I'm
sitting
in,
and
we
have
to
recognize
that.
K
Oh
our
city,
our
state,
our
country,
were
founded
by
explicit
racist
policies
and
practices,
and
that
I
mean
I
can
give
example
from
how
the
whole
beach
token
conversation.
What's
that
mean,
and
you
know,
and
how
it
went
from
explicit
segregation
to
implicit
with
a
token
to
now
we're
using
that
same
token,
to
say
we
need
to
maintain
our
beaches,
and
so
in
order
to
do
that,
we
need
to
pay
for
it.
And
do
this
token
right.
K
You
know
I
can't
talk
about
state
or
national,
that's
not
my
my
level,
but
we
have
to
transform
how
we
as
city
as
the
city
operates,
and
that
means
we
have
to
look
at
our
internal
structure
and
everything
that
has
been
discussed
has
really
been
talking
about
from
the
outside
looking
in,
but
until
we
fix
our
structures
internally,
all
the
other
work
that
you're
saying
will
never
the
fruition
would
never
happen.
I
look
at
minneapolis.
Minneapolis
has
been
a
fr
in
the
forefront
of
equity
work,
racial
equity
work
explicitly
and
see
what
happens?
K
Policies
are
great,
but
if
you
don't
have
the
training
behind
it,
the
accountability
behind
it,
it
doesn't
matter
because
still
people
are
going
to
still
have
their
own
bias
and
bring
their
own
cultural
incompete.
I
wouldn't
even
say
competencies
because
they
don't
have
it
so
you
you
have
to
change
the
structure
internally
and
that's
where
I
have
been
trying
to
figure
out
how
that
path
looks
as
we
are.
K
Moving
towards
this-
and
I
think
unfortunately
covet
19
was
a
good
start
to
opening
up
the
eyes,
because
people
were
at
home
and
now
they
were
actually
witnessing
and
couldn't
go
anywhere
to
watch
injustices
that,
for
people
of
color
have
been
watching
all
their
lives,
and
so
for
me,
we
started
equity
work
a
year
ago
and
the
solution
of
the
equity
works
shown
itself
because
look
at
health
and
human
services
and
how
that
context
of
that
conversation
started
under
a
budget
discussion
and
it
moved
from
a
budget
discussion
to
well.
K
We
need
to
do
a
racial
equity
analysis
of
how
are
we
providing
social
services
and
from
that
the
community
input
says
and
the
staff
input
said
well.
The
problem
is
that
we've
decentralized
we're
siloed,
so
you
have
different
departments
doing
overlapping
work.
We
combine
that
department,
we
actually
increased
staff
in
that
department.
We
took
out
unnecessary
staff
who
could
go
to
our
department.
K
We
added
a
staff
person
to
the
health
department
that
was
eliminated.
We
put
a
position
back,
we
added
staff
that
was
in
the
health
and
the
health
and
human
services
department,
increased
this
number
of
staff
members
consolidated
a
division
and
now
undercover
19.
It
has
been
the
most
effective
department
because
of
having
the
right
resources
and
the
staff
been
able
to
communicate.
K
So
we
can
now
hope
we
can
actually
look
at
data
to
say
how
effective
are
we
doing
in
our
jobs
with
health
and
human
services,
because
we
set
the
foundation
using
a
racial
equity
process.
So
now
I
want
to
expand
that
that
was
our
little
test
didn't
know.
All
this
was
going
to
happen,
there's
still
a
lot
of
work
that
has
to
be
done
with
that
committee
with
that
department.
We
just
did
one
of
the
we
just
did
one
thing,
and
that
was
a
consolidation.
We
never
looked
at
programs.
We
never
did
additional
work.
K
So
all
that
being
said,
we
are
following
the
gear,
which
is
the
government
for
racial
government
alliance
for
racial
equity.
K
We
are
members
of
gare
and
they
are
the
three
concepts
of
normalizing,
organizing
and
operationalizing,
and
it
has
to
be
done
internally
before
we
can
start
talking
about
external,
and
so
what
I'm
working
towards
is
creating.
K
What
equity
for
us
mean
is
that
our
policy,
making
service
delivery
and
distribution
of
resources
account
for
the
different
histories,
challenges
and
needs
of
the
people
we
serve
like
that
is
our
equity
focus
today,
and
so,
how
do
we?
The
strategy?
How
do
we
achieve?
That
is
that
I
want
to
create
a
citywide
employee,
equity
committee.
K
That
will
then
lead
to
us
being
able
to
really
talk
about
equity
tools,
one
being
the
budget
and
transitioning
our
budget
from
what
I
consider
a
line
item
budget,
where
some
web
program
to
an
outcome-based
budget,
which
is
more
of
where
you
guys
are
talking
about.
How
do
you
know
where
the
resources
are
so
that
we
can
hold
ourselves
accountable?
K
This
is
not
going
to
be
something
that
I
can
tell
you
we're
going
to
have
done
in
three
weeks
in
six
months
in
a
year,
because
evanston
was
founded
in
the
late
1800s
and
that's
when
racism
started.
So,
if
you're
expecting
that
we
as
a
city
are
going
to
be
able
to
change
in
a
short
span
of
time,
I
can't
guarantee
that.
But
what
I'm
trying
to
do
is
start
with
laying
the
foundational
work
and
laying
the
foundation
means
we
have
to
work
on
our
ourselves
internally.
K
So
having
an
equity
coach,
I
know
we
do
not
currently
have
an
equity
coordinator
position
and
that
position
is
going
to
remain
vacant.
What
we
really
need
right
now
is
someone
with
some
technical
expertise
to
help
us
kind
of
get
started
to
guide
us
through
this
process.
K
Expanding
our
equity
team
so
the
first
year
we're
going
to
start
with
a
cohort
and
keep
building
on
cohorts
so
that
we
can
expand
beyond
creating
an
equity
101
program
that
all
employees
are
required
to
have
to
attend,
which
will
include
understanding
the
history
of
evanston
and
cultural
competencies.
You
know
explicit
implicit
bias
there
before.
K
I
think
I
I
think
we
decided
there
before,
but
also
we
were
going
to
have
our
committee
kind
of
develop
that
more
and
then
creating
what
we
call
affinity
groups
and
these
affinity
groups
can
be
broken
up
by
race
by
gender
by
orientation
by
religion,
but
we
need
to
in
our
own
organization
we
need
to
hear
from
our
employees
because
we
talk
about
the
community.
K
We
don't
talk
about
the
employees
as
being
a
part
of
a
community,
and
they
too
are
community,
it's
just
not
the
taxpayer
type
of
community
and
so
they're,
the
ones
that
are
going
to
be
enforcing
these
policies.
They're,
the
ones
that
know
what
works
and
doesn't
work.
They
know
they
know
when
their
policies
is
crap
because
they
have
to
execute
it
and
the
ones
that
get
the
first
blow
back.
When
something
doesn't
work.
K
So
we
need
to
work
with
our
staff
for
changing
policy,
because
the
top,
which
is
leadership
they
have
to
buy
into
the
idea
the
concept
but
they're
gonna
have
to
be
led
by
the
by
our
junior
staff
and
not
by
those
coming
up,
because
those
are
the
ones
who
actually
know
what
the
community
really
needs
in
working
with
that
we
have
to
identify
data
to
hold
ourselves
accountable.
So,
looking
at
what
populations
are
we
trying
to
meet
and
serve?
K
And
I
know
that
we
talk
about
one
subset,
but
there's
so
many
subsets,
and
I
want
to
be
clear
even
though
we're
race
explicit
it's
not
just
race,
it's
race
and
because
people
of
color
are
still
women
other
gender.
You
know
gender
identified,
we
are
lgbtq,
we
are
disabled,
we
are
seniors.
I
mean
we
still
are
those
other
subgroups,
but
we
do
know.
One
thing
is
that
race
is
a
predicate.
K
It's
a
predictor
of
how
well
one's
life
outcomes
are
going
to
look
like,
and
there
are
a
lot
of
great
individuals
who
have
overcome
a
ton
of
obstacles
and
barriers,
and
there
are
a
ton
of
people,
probably
more
who
have
it,
and
so
we
just
have
to
focus
on
race,
but
race
is
only
it's,
not
the
only
thing
that's
going
to
be
achieved.
Those
other
individuals
will
have
hopefully
outside
of
the
black
community
in
this
particular
case,
will
also
receive
benefit
because
we
are
fixing
a
problem
at
the
root
and
the
root
is
race.
K
The
root
is
in
disability,
the
root
isn't
gender.
The
root
is
race.
Our
our
constitution
is
was
founded
on
racism.
There
are
words
in
our
constitution
that
they
had
to
have
to
fight
to
amend
because
they
said
certain
people
weren't
people,
we
were
property.
So
if
we,
if
you
do
not
talk
about
the
fact
of
the
root
of
race,
none
of
this
other
stuff
is
going
to
matter.
We
just
keep
band-aiding
and
putting
like
color
rainbow
band-aids
on
each
other
and
saying
you
know.
K
You
start
to
see
the
fruition
of
what
could
happen
in
the
community
and
I
think,
having
our
director
ike
opal
and
greg
olsen
in
the
health
department
and
in
the
health
and
human
human
service
department,
with
indira,
perkins
and
audrey
thompson.
K
Those
three
are
working
together
to
really
try
to
build
something
that
is
equitable,
and
so
that
is
where
we
need
to
start
as
an
organization,
and
we
need
the
funding
for
this,
because
I'm
sorry,
I
am
not
going
to
give
so
I
will
not
allow
someone
to
do
any
more
pro
bono
work,
especially
of
color,
because
we
always
like
to
have
people
come
in
and
do
things
for
free
and
that
doesn't
get
us
anywhere.
We
need
to
be
strategic.
We
need
to
understand
what
resources
we
need
to
support
this
work.
K
We
need
to
invest
in
our
employees
because
we
do
not-
and
this
time
we
are
talking
about,
we
burglar
staff.
We
are
dealing
with
a
lot
of
budgetary
constraints
and
the
first
thing
we
cut
is
travel
and
training.
I
get
travel
but
training,
and
that
is
usually
the
first
thing.
People
need
in
order
to
advance
in
our
organization,
and
so
we
have
to
rethink
how
we
resource
and
deal
with
our
cobit
19
realities,
but
we
also
need
to
invest
in
our
employees,
and
so
this
is
the
first
step
is
creating
this
committee.
K
That
will
then
be
made
up
of
across
departments,
not
department
heads.
This
is
all
different
departments.
We
have
somewhat
of
a
committee
but
they're
going
to
be
the
ones
being
informing
us
as
the
department
of
where
we
need
to
first
start,
looking
at
department
assessments
and
then
identifying
a
budget
process
that
would
be
more
equitable
than
you
know,
complete
a
document
I
can
tell
you.
K
I
asked
the
department
head
to
complete
a
document
that
I
put
together
that
was
kind
of
an
equity
budget
analysis
and
he
was
clueless
about
how
to
complete
that
document,
because
we
haven't
done
our
work
internally
to
educate
and
train.
We
just
assume
that
people
know
what
we're
talking
about,
that.
They
are
recognizing
in
equities
when
they're
not
trained
to
think
about
inequities.
K
So
we
have
to
do
the
work
internally
as
an
organization
before
you
as
a
resident
are
going
to
actually
see
the
in
the
equity
operationalized
in
your
community.
I
think
that's
where
we're
at
I
mean
so
I'll,
be
interested
to
get
your
feedback,
as
I
will
be
presenting
again
to
city
council
a
little
probably
more
articulately
with
a
powerpoint
and
all
that
great
stuff.
But
you
know
the
one
thing
that
drives
me
bonkers.
K
A
little
bit
is
that
the
sense
of
urgency
is
also
a
part
of
white
supremacy
culture
that
we
ourselves
don't
realize,
and
so,
when
I
get
someone
told
me
well,
I
need
you
to
start
working
on
this
now
we
don't
need
to
talk
well.
Who
are
we
talking
to?
I
think.
Sometimes
we
talk
to
the
same
circles,
but
I
don't
think
we're
more
intentional,
and
so
I
just
want
us
to
be
mindful
that
we
haven't
talked
to
staff
at
any
point
about
this.
I
you
talk
about
the
the
digital
divide.
K
I
have
to
finally
say
have
we
even
talked
to
our
staff
about
how
they're
able
to
cope
working
from
home
if
they
can
cope
working
from
home?
Do
they
have
the
right
equipment
working
from
home?
Do
they
have
the
right
internet
connection
working
from
home?
Are
they
being
compensated
for
certain
things?
I
mean,
because
we
just
told
people
to
have
to
go
home
and
work.
We
never
really
set
them
up
in
order
to
do
their
job
and
then
we're
furloughing
them
on
top
of
it.
K
So
these
are
things
that
we
have
to
address,
and
the
city
council
has
to
be
willing
to
make
some
hard
decisions
about
what
priorities
need
to
be
set.
But
I
think
that,
in
order
for
us
to
get
to
where
you
all
need
us
to
be
as
an
organization
we
have
to
work
on
ourselves,
I
mean
that's
important
as
well
as
continue
working
with
the
community
to
make
sure
that
the
dialogue
and
the
interaction
happens
as
well.
K
Sorry,
that
was
a
like
a
diatribe.
I
had
to
get
that
out.
Sorry.
That
was
not
what
I
was
supposed
to
say,
but
I
was
I
just
wanted
to
share
that
yeah.
So
there's
any
questions.
Thank
you.
A
I
think
the
I
have
questions,
but
it
has
to
do
with
the
role
of
the
commission
to
support
this
undertaking.
With
an
internal
committee,
we
talked
when
we
were
drafting
the
agenda
about
the
commission
being
responsible
for
developing
the
community
indicators
of
for
or
the
indicators
for,
performance
of
city
staff
and
performance
of
programs
and
policies,
setting
kind
of
benchmarks
for
where
we
wanted
to
go
using
the
data
that
we
have
to
determine
whether
or
not
we're
getting
there.
The
commission's
role
kimberly.
A
If
you
could
elaborate
on
how
you
envision
the
commission
supporting
and.
K
So
what
a
principle
that
we're
going
to
be
moving
forward
with
is
called
a
result
based
accountability.
It's
a
it's
something
that
again
going
using
the
gear
model.
I
mean
some
of
them
have.
Some
may
have
heard
that
target
universalism
others
make
you
know,
know
of
it
in
the
private
sector
as
something
else,
but
what
it
really
is
is
that
we
have
to
look
at
the
whole
community
and
identify
indicators
and
those
are
going
to
be
able
to
give
us
measurements.
K
So
you
know
asthma
rate,
like
police
rate
unemployment
rates
and
then
look
at
the
population
that
we're
trying
to
target,
and
so
what
I
was
working
with,
jan
jane
and
alejandra
is,
I
think,
it'd
be
really
helpful.
That
is
the
community
that
identifies
what
those
community
indicators
should
be
so
that,
as
city
staff
begin
to
set
our
equity
goals,
we
are
setting
them
to
meet
some
of
these
indicators.
K
So
I
think,
though,
as
I
was
explaining
to
jane
that
there
might
be
some
training
required
in
this,
for
you
all
so
bringing
in
someone
to
help
us
walk
through
how
to
identify
their
appropriate
indicators.
So
then,
that
can
be
presented
to
city
council
as
they're
doing
their
goal.
Setting
to
say
this
should
be
part
of
your
equity
operationalizing
equity.
Here
are
the
indicators
that
we
want
to
see
that
the
city
focus
on,
so
that
when
the
city's
departments
are
identifying
goals,
they
are
going
back
to
something
to
be
held
accountable
to.
K
So
that
way,
we're
not
all
talking
different
languages.
So
I
think
that
is
something
as
a
start
with
where
the
commission
could
go,
and
I
would
love
to
eventually
have
a
facilitated
conversation
with
all
of
everyone
as
a
collaborator
to
say
who
are
we?
Who
are
you?
Who
is
the
committee
internally
to
work
more
collaboratively,
because,
as
of
today,
I
really
and
I
was
having
a
struggle
of
figuring
out-
you
know,
reading
your
purpose
of
the
committee,
I
was
telling
this
to
jane.
I
felt
like
it
was.
K
This
was
written
for
internal
staff,
because
how
do
you
guys
know
policy
of
internal
policies
and
how
are
you
to
evaluate
that
when
you're
not
the
ones
having
to
actually
implement
them
now
you
receive,
on
the
other
hand,
how
the
policy
may
be
implemented,
but
you're,
not
just
that
I
have
to
you're,
not
the
staff
korean
or
implement.
So
I
I
think,
that's
why
it's
important
to
have
an
internal
structure.
K
That's
kind
of
your
partner
in
this,
because
you
are
the
community,
a
subset,
of
course,
but
you
represent
as
a
community
and
then
also
helping
us
figure
out
what
to
do,
and
I
saw
a
comment
from
sarah
about
the
boards
and
commissions.
I
was
thinking
about
this.
After
our
conversation,
it
would
be
great
to
come
up
with
a
curriculum
and
guidelines
for
our
boards
and
commissions,
because
one
we
have
a
lot
of
boards
and
commissions
who,
what
is
you
know,
who
probably
needs
some
education,
but
also
I'm
looking
at.
K
We
have
a
struggle
of
getting
diversity
on
our
boards
and
including
our
boards
and
commissions,
and
we
talk
about
diversity.
We
talk
about
inclusion,
we
talk
about
equity.
Well,
if
you
don't
have
diverse
voices
on
the
city
on
the
board
or
on
the
commissions,
you're
not
going
to
have
the
conversations
and
the
inclusion
of
voices
that
are
typically
not
heard.
So
how
do
we
better
strategize
around
making
our
boards
and
commissions
strength
in
diversity
and
how
they
structure
and
I
feel
like
that's
something
we
need
help
and
I
feel
like
as
a
commission.
K
It
would
be
a
good
idea
to
start
formulating
on
that.
These
are
just
brock
ideas,
I'm
not
here
to
tell
you
what
you
all
should
do,
but
this
is
some
things
I'm
thinking
about
that
we
can
flush
out
more
if
we
move
forward
with
a
retreat
or
something
to
aspect
that
can
be
where's.
Your
goal
in
helping
us
operationalize
equity
in
our
organization.
A
Thoughts,
observations,
reflections,
it's
it's.
H
K
K
K
You
know
we're
encouraging
those
we
had
over
90
people
apply
to
be
on
the
commission
regarding
the
police
review,
you
know,
and
so
I'm
trying
to
encourage
those
individuals
to
look
at
other
boards
and
commissions
that
you
know
they
may
not
have
the
expertise
sometimes,
but
they
have
experience
too
of
lift,
and
so
you
know
trying
to
encourage
more
young
people.
I
mean
we
had
a
lot.
A
number
of
young
people
apply.
K
That's
like
probably
the
first
time
we
ever
seen
that
influx
of
young
applicants
applying
to
any
type
of
border
commission,
so
it
would
be
nice
to
have
a
younger
voice
on
this
commission
that
can
give
their
experience
you
know.
So
I
think
we
want
to
be
strategic
also
in
making
sure
we're
representing
a
voice
that
we
don't
see
here
and
you
all
need
to
figure
out.
If
you
know
anyone
you
know
encourage
them
to
apply,
but
I
will
be
sharing
that
with
alejandra
and
jane
so
that
they
can
look
at
before.
A
Kimberly
you
also
mentioned
that
the
city
council
meet
meets
on
monday
and.
B
K
K
On
monday,
but
just
giving
them
a
more
formal
update
of
where
we're
at
where
racial
equity
work,
colbert
19
taught
us
all
that
I
have
to
admit
it
is
just
you
know
I
was
ready,
gearing
to
go.
I
was
preparing
to
send
that
email
out
and
then
the
next
day
literally,
we
were
like
in
covet
19.,
so
it's
just
had
to
regroup
and
having
to
have
that
space.
K
To
now
do
the
work
has
been
helpful
and
having
a
coach
who
was
actually
there
for
helping
us
last
year
through
our
process,
you
know
talking
to
staff,
they
really
appreciate
having
that
individual
help
us
kind
of
get
understanding
and
framing
around
this
work,
so
trying
to
bring
someone
back
into
that
to
assist
us
with
that.
You
know
something
that
I've
been
given
feedback
about.
K
Government
doesn't
function
so
I
don't
need
anyone
to
tell
me
that
I
need
someone
to
show
us
how
how
do
we
fix
ourselves
so
that
we
can
begin
to
function
in
a
more
meaningful
way.
Looking
at
the
police
department,
looking
at
other
departments,
public
works
parks
and
rec
I
mean
so
it's
just
not
you
know.
Defunded
police
is
one
slogan,
but
there's
a
lot
of
other
departments
that
need
to
be
examined
in
a
different
way
because
of
they're
not
allocating
either
enough
resources
or
they're
over
allocated
and
you're,
not
seeing
how
those
resources
are
benefiting.
A
Community
assembly
kimberly,
it
sounds
as
if
this
initiative
to
operationalize
equity
in
city,
functions
and
departments
is
now
brewing.
So
you're
going
to
put
it
in
motion.
You've
got
plan
a
work
plan
to
do
this,
a
place
for
the
equity
empowerment
commission
to
fit
in
and
support
that.
A
K
I
think
the
community
indicators
piece
needs
to
be
tackled
sooner
rather
than
later,
because
we
need
to
identify
what
we're
trying
to
achieve
so
that
can
give
us
some
guidelines
to
how
we
look
at
our
departments
to
hold
account
to
to
be
able
to
ask
them
to
look
at
their
departments
to
provide
goals
and
then
also
I,
I
think
that
if
we
found
money
for
trees,
we
can
find
money
for
equity.
So
I'm
not
going
to
allow
that
to
be
our.
I
don't
want
that
to
be
the
hindrance.
It's
you
know,
resources.
K
We
will
make
it
happen.
It's
just
a
matter
of
what
does
that?
Look
like
and
timing
with
regards
to
budget,
and
I
am
being
honest-
the
2021
budget
is
not
probably
going
to
be
this
year,
because
equity
work
really
needs
to
start
the
first
day
of
the
first
year,
because
you
want
to
get
the
community
input
through
this
process.
K
You
don't
want
to
be
after
the
fact
that
you're
telling
me
okay,
now
review
policies
and
see
if
it's
equitable,
you
want
to
be
making
these
decisions
before
you
get
to
a
budgeting
process
so
that
it's
informing
the
document.
It
is
not
giving
just
an
added.
You
know
extra
sheet
document.
The
budget
is
our
moral
is
what
they
say.
They
always
say
the
budget
is
your
moral
document.
We
need
to
treat
it
that
way
with
the
right
process
of
doing
an
equity
analysis
of
our
budget.
F
Can
I
ask
a
question
in
terms
kimberly
in
terms
of
the
community
indicators
and
the
kind
of
the
priorities
from
the
community?
Is
there
any
way
in
an
effort
to
kind
of
jump,
started
or
not
reinvent?
You
know
not
have
to
re.
F
K
No
you're
referring
to
the
e-plan,
so
I
think
that
that
is
the
e-plan
has
indicators
in
it.
But
that's
related
to
health,
and
I
mean
I
don't
know
we
want
to
broaden
it
beyond
health,
but
you
can.
We
can
definitely
look
at
what
we
have
why
the
ywca
may
have
some
indicators
that
they're
doing
their
equity
work.
So
I'm
not
sitting
here
saying
we
need
to
sit
here
and
kind
of
start
from
scratch,
but
I
think
we
need
to
be
educated
on
how
what
equity
or
sorry
what
is
a
indicator
means.
K
What
does
it
mean
about
community
because
we're
going
to
have
to
be
educating
our
community
then
about
this
too,
because
they're
going
to
see
they're
not
going
to
understand?
Well
what
does
this
have
to
do
with
equity,
so
you're
correct?
We
may
have
some
other
documents
here,
but
I
would
love
to
be
informed
by
you
all
and
maybe
the
community
about
what
indicators
should
we
be
focusing
on
and
it
can
be
a
slew
of
health
and
other
areas.
So
it
could
be
a
rest.
F
You
know
it
can
be
healthy.
Health
has
been
made
so
clear.
You
know
the
health
disparities
have
been
made
so
clear
that
you
haven't
lived
under
a
rock
not
to
not
to
be
aware
of
that.
You
know
in
the
current
time
and
in
my
personal
view,
is
that
we
have
a
we're
going
to
have
a
lot
of
mental
health
need.
F
We
have,
we
already
had
it
and
and
people
being
isolated
and
people
having
to
be
at
home-
and
you
know
difficult
all
that
so
I
don't
know
for
one
thing
that
I'm
thinking
might
wanna
or
we
together
might
want
to
jump
on
what's
kind
of
sexy
and
what's
current
and
what
everybody's
already
thinking
of
as
a
as
a
starting
place,
I'm
not
trying
to
you
know
you
have
a
great
plan,
but
I'm
just
thinking
I
don't
know
and
to
gather
the
data.
F
If
the.
If
the
data
has
already
been
half
done,
can
we
you
know?
Can
we
use
that
because
we're
already
50
to
our
our
first
goal
and
and
for
me
that
health
disparity
has
just
been
laid
bare
so
clearly.
K
Yeah,
no
you're
making
some
great
points
and
don't
ever
like
this
is
a
collaborative
effort.
This
is
not
and
or-
and
I
think
but
here's
the
thing-
the
e-plan
who
actually
been
following
the
e-plan
to
make
sure
those
indicators
are
improving,
the
only
department
has
been
held.
So
how
do
we
now
make
that
into
something
that
goes
beyond
a
health
plan
and
become
a
part
of
our
community
indicators
so
that
we
can
have
departments
like
public
works
like
health
and
human
excuse?
K
K
F
G
I
think
one
of
the
questions
is
cigarettes
when
they
got
doctors
just
to
simply
say.
I
think
it
would
be
a
good
idea
if
you
stopped
smoking
or
smoked
smoked
less,
even
though
doctors
were
really
skeptical
about
it.
There
was
a
decrease
in
smoking
and
then
now
they've
built
on
that
and
they've
asked
about
violence
in
the
home
because
they
realize
simply
asking
I
mean
it
had
never
been
asked
before.
G
But
once
the
question
is
opened
up,
then
people,
then
then
people
start
responding
and
then
so
I
think
they've
done
other
studies
on
simply
suggesting
to
people.
Perhaps
it
would
be
a
good
idea
to
lose
some
weight,
not
necessarily
other
than
that,
and
I
have.
I
have
a
cousin
who
has
been
a
family
practitioner
for
30
years,
and
so
she
is
she's
told
us
all
about
these
changes
that
that
have
made.
You
know
it
seems
like
a
very
minor
thing,
but
you're
right
I
mean
it's.
G
That's
kind
of
one
of
those
things
that
if
there's
a
minor
change
that
then
brings
about
a
broader
result.
You
know:
what's
the
outcome,
the.
A
K
K
How
do
we
look
at
making
those
changes
and
a
good
indicator
in
the
black
community
is
hypertension
right,
because
if
you
look
at
a
lot
of
the
underlying
diseases
that
covet-
and
you
know
covet
has
impacted,
even
though
a
latinx
community
has
had
a
higher
number
of
infections,
it
is
the
black
community
that
had
a
higher
number
of
deaths,
and
so
you
have
to
realize
well
that
just
you,
you
can
probably
figure
out
the
reason
why
the
latinx
community
has
a
higher
number
of
infections,
because
they're
in
front
line
essential
services
that
are
not
doctors
and
nurses.
K
But
are
you
know
the
person
at
the
counter
at
the
grocery
store
other
service
industry
jobs,
so
they're
higher
exposure?
But
the
black
community
is
the
one
that's
high
in
higher
deaths,
so
you
gotta
go
back
to
what's
causing
that
root
cause
of
those
underlying
diseases,
and
you
have
to
fix
that
root
cause,
because
if
not,
you
can
give
them
treatment.
But
it's
never
going
to
be
able
to
actually
decrease
the
number
of
deaths
because
individuals,
because
we
haven't
fixed
the
symptoms,
we've
just
been
fixing
symptoms.
We
haven't
fixed
the
problem
so.
E
Our
starting
point
could
we
look
at
or
could
someone
look
at
the
eplan
and
maybe
take
the
five
top
priorities
out
of
that?
Maybe
we
could
check
with
the
y
w
to
see
five
points
from
them
and
then
we
could
look
at.
I
depart
direct
used
to
do
something.
I
can't
remember
now
when
I
was
home
council,
but
I
know
they
do
some
kind
of
assessment.
E
We
could
look
at
maybe
the
five
points
on
that
and,
as
a
commission
begin
to
just
take
those
that's
that's
community
voices
that
have
spoken
and
that
vapes
up
you
know
based
upon
that.
Maybe
we
could
begin
to
pull
together,
something
that
would
give
us
a
start
to
begin
to
be
with
the
community.
E
So
I
and
I'm
just
thinking
there
might
be
other
groups,
maybe
naacp,
might
have
something
the
latinos
might
have
something
that
we
could
just
come
up
with
five
top
priorities
for
whatever
you
know
they
may
have
to
begin
with.
We
don't
have
to
reinvent
the
will.
I
you
know
we
could
just
borrow
from
people
and
based
upon
that
begin
to
build
what
we
need
to
do.
G
Remember
they
used
to
do
a
survey
and
also,
I
would
check
with
sarah
sarah
flax,
oh
yeah,
the
whole
housing
thing.
People
look
really
yeah
they
because
within
the
last
year
and
a
half,
the
that
department
has
changed
their
survey
method
and
they
got
much
more
data.
Well,
they
they.
E
Used
a
cradle
career
of
career
advocates
and
went
out
and
they've
got
really
good
stuff
back
from
that
from
last
year,
so
we
have
some
starting
points.
That's
all
I'm
saying.
K
This
has
to
be
a
collaborative
effort,
so,
like
you
mentioned
cradle
to
career,
we
have
to
figure
out
strategically
partners
in
the
community,
because
this
is
just
not
a
city
of
evanston
internal
process,
even
though
I'm
saying
we
have
to
work
on
internally,
it
is
collaborating
because
it's
not
just
about
one
person
or
one
entity
so
cradle
to
career
is
a
great
one
and
if
we
can
think
and
even
if
we
can
think
of
other
agencies
or
into
our
organizations
that
you
know
could
be
assisting
us
in
other
ways.
K
Through
this
process,
you
know
we've
partnered
with
surefront
to
do
historical
things.
Maybe
we
need
to
partner
with
other,
like,
though,
now
that
we
have
other
organizations
in
this
community,
we
need
to
bring
them
in
and
be
a
part
of
a
larger
conversation,
and
not
just
these
little
subsections
and.
E
I
know
this
sustainability
committee
they've
been
doing
a
lot
of
stuff
with
the
I
can't
think
of
it.
The
justice
group
I
can't
think
of
so
they
may
have
some
stuff
as
well.
So
I
mean
we
can
get
a
hodgepodge
of
things
that
are
already
out
there
and.
A
The
ideas
that
we're
developing
the
commission
is
developing
with
the
assistance
of
other
organizations,
a
a
list,
a
collection
of
indicators
right
for,
but
we're
focused
on
internal
to
the
city
of
evanston
right.
So
the
city
of.
K
Right,
and
so
I
would
say,
you
pick
three
or
four
indicators
that
you
want
to
focus
on,
because
you
can't
focus
on
everything
right.
So
what
are
the
ones
that
are
the
most
pressing
that
really
are
going
to
begin
to
see
some
formative
changes
with
how
city
delivers
services
to
meet
those
indicators
right?
K
K
A
A
little
step
backwards,
I
think
we
may
need
some
more
background
information
about
what
community
indicators
are,
what
our
best
practices
for
developing
meaningful
community
indicators.
These
are
like
outcome
measures
really.
K
Correct
the
measures
they
are
and
yes
and
that's
why
I
said,
having
someone
come
in
and
facilitate
a
conversation
to
educate,
doesn't
mean
we
have
to
create
recreate
reinvent
the
real,
but
even
for
our
public
members
who
want
to
participate
as
an
observer
to
educate
them.
Because
I
mean
we
all
need
to
learn
these
common
terms
and
words
beyond
just
racial
equity.
A
Right
so
kimberly,
can
you
help
us
then,
in
advance
of
our
next
meeting
with
homework,
for
us
to
do
on
understanding
community
indicators?
Maybe
the
community
foundation
also,
I'm
pretty
sure
in
all
of
their
grant,
making
probably
also
looks
to
community
indicators
or
outcome
measures
for
the
effectiveness
of
their
programs
and
their
funding,
so
that
we.
K
Can
get
our
expert
can
yeah?
Can
I
ask
them
this?
Can
we
assign
something
to
you
all
to
help
us
find
out
if
some
of
these
places
have
community
indicators,
if
you
have
relationships
already
established
just
because
for
us
as
staff
I
mean
I
internally,
I
can
gather
that
quickly
externally,
I,
it
does
take
a
little
bit
more
prodding
and
pushing
to
get
it.
So
if
we
can
have
some
assistance
with,
I
mean
reaching
out
to
well
elaine,
I
mean
eileen.
For
instance,
you
know
we
all
know
eileen,
but
it'll
be
nice.
K
B
H
E
K
K
K
K
But
so
I
just
I'm
excited
about
this
work
and
I
look
forward
to
hopefully
getting
our
city
council
on
board
with
understanding
that
patience
is
key
to
making
sure
transformational
change
happens.
A
G
A
D
K
A
So
commission
is
this:
is
this
an
action
step
is
formulating
and
finalizing
some
community
indicators
to
support
kimberly's
work
on
the
internal
equity
stuff
that
this
initiative
internal
to
the
city
is
this?
Is
this
an
action
step?
I
gotta
check
in
with
you
on
this.
Does
it
feel
like
an
action
step
kimberly?
Does
this
feel
like
a
step
forward?
A
K
K
A
A
So
we
think-
and
we
and-
and
this
was
kind
of
spurred
by
our
discussion
with
environmental
justice
evanston-
that
we
need
a
comprehensive
policy,
a
guideline-
a
resolution
for
meaningful
and
inclusive
public
engagement
for
the
city.
There
being
no
one
person
who
does
this
in
the
city.
A
Rather,
it
happens
across
all
departments,
and
lots
of
people
are
doing
it,
but
there
isn't
a
a
policy
that
helps
them
understand
what
is
meaningful
and
inclusive
and
how
to
overcome
barriers
to
engaging
people
and
not
just
engaging
them,
but
as
alejandra
would
say,
and
I'm
taking
words
out
of
your
mouth
alejandra
right
now,
but
empowering
them
enabling
them
to
actually
have
a
meaningful
way
to
participate
in
decision
making
in
the
city.
A
So
we
had
drafted
something,
but
it
feels
as
if
we're,
without
consulting
with
actual
city
staff
about
how
they
do
public
engagement
and
them
understanding
from
them.
How
they
touch
the
public
that
we
can't
write
it
in
a
vacuum.
We
can't
propose
a
policy
in
a
vacuum,
so
we've
got
something
drafted,
but
it's
not
ready
for
anybody
to
see,
because
we
haven't
talked
to
first
of
all,
the
public
but
also
city
staff,
about
it.
K
K
It's
like
it's,
it's
it's
like
a
hamster
wheel
at
times,
and
maybe
this
tool
can
also
be
useful
for
boards
of
commissions
and
how
they
are
engaging
the
public,
as
they
are
deliberating
conversations
around
the
policy
decisions
and
and
so
forth,
because
I
I
would
think
training
should
happen,
should
just
not
be
staffed,
but
should
be
committee
members
who
are
also
public
body.
So
I
don't
know
I'm
throwing
that
out.
That's
possibly
is
that
another
stakeholder
group
that
we
want
to
engage
in.
A
Yep,
absolutely
so
that's
brewing,
and
that
could
be
something
that
the
commission
could
do
sometime
as
it
plays
out
over
the
months
as
we
develop
more
information
and
figure
out
how
we
would
then
engage
staff
get
their
feedback.
We
talked
about
a
staff
survey,
among
other
things
and
then
and
enlist
the
public
in
helping
us
determine
what
would
be
a
good
policy
for
how
to
and
reach
engage
and
empower
them
to
participate.
A
Anything
more
on
this
at
the
moment,
all
right,
there's
more
for
you,
though,
you're
still
a
couple
more
agenda
items.
If
you
don't
mind
we'll.
A
Yeah
the
next
is
the
reparation
subcommittee
report
kimberly.
This
was
you.
D
A
A
meeting
tomorrow
I've
been
listening
into
the
meetings
dolores,
I
know,
you've
been
listening
in
as
well.
At
least
I
see
your
name
on
the
zoom.
The
zoom
calls
yeah
so
for.
K
So
they're
going
to
city
council
on
money,
so
the
committee,
which
is
made
up
of
aldermen
women,
I'm
sorry
alderman,
simmons,
braceway
and
rainey.
They
have
been.
You
know,
really
having
a
dialogue
about
housing
as
their
first
initiative
to
really
try
to
focus
as
we
look
at
reparations.
K
So
they'll
be
going
to
city
council
on
monday
with
an
update
and
they
have
some
language,
a
document
that
is,
you
know
in
real
a
much
draft
form,
but
it
since
it's
in
progress
and
we'll
be
discussing
that
more
tomorrow
morning
at
9
15.,
and
so
you
know
that
work
continues.
We
they've
had.
K
In
the
past
month
we
had
another
town
hall
meeting
with
a
special
guest
which
was
congresswoman
from
texas,
sheila
jackson,
lee
who
spoke
just
talking
about
the
work
that
she's
done
in
the
years
past
and
given
encouragement
to
this
group
about
the
work
they're
doing
and
then
just
again
involving
our
community
stakeholders.
K
In
this
conversation
you
know
having
informal
discussions
as
well
as
formal
and
really
trying
to
narrow
down
the
imp
understanding
around
the
story,
the
narrative
of
how
we
got
here
and
working
with
deanna
robinson
from
surefront.
K
The
evanston
history
center
and
our
own
department
of
community
development
and
zoning-
you
know
you
know
telling
the
story
through
our
zoning
maps
and
others,
and
so
we
also
invited
a
conversation
with
larry
gavin
because
of
some
of
the
things
that
he's
done
in
the
past,
so
really
trying
to
begin
to
tell
that
story
of
how
we
get
to
repair,
not
only
in
adult
stories
but
actual.
You
know
evidential
stories
that
we
can
see
from
the
actions
I
can
tell
you.
K
Our
city
council
in
the
good
old
days
was
very
good
to
not
put
their
racism
on
paper.
So
you
know
it's
really
hard
to
find
the
actual
document
that
may
have
a
signature
on
it,
but
we
can
see
the
practices
and
you
know
it
tells
the
story
that
we
were
very
much
implicit
in
some
of
the
decisions
so
we're
working
through
that
the
commission
the
committee
is
working
through.
K
But
again
we
want
to
be
deliberate
and
not
be
harming
and
so
making
sure
that
whatever
that
goes
through
city
council,
you
know
really
has
the
support
of
the
community,
as
this
is
a
community,
as
this
is
a
local
reparation.
So
that's
all
I
have
to
add
unless
someone
else
has
something
else
that
I
may
have
forgotten
to
add
to
the
conversation.
A
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
you
all
saw
of
the
this
month's
edition
of
chicago
magazine,
which
featured
alderwoman
new
simmons
and
her
reparations
effort.
A
So
and
just
talking
to
elder
woman,
rue
simmons
the
it's
gotten
national
attention,
it's
not
the
only
place
that
has
been
publishing
and
and
writing
about
evanston's
reparations
initiative.
A
So
a
lot
of
attention
on
evanston
and
and
expectation
that
evanston
will
do
it
right,
yeah
sure.
D
You
know
what
I
just
wanted
to
lift
up
a
conversation
and
a
working
group
that
we
actually
created.
Last
year.
We
created
this
evanston
truth
working
group
and
I
don't
want
that
to
get
lost.
Did
I
know
dolores
lifted
up
some
of
the
work
that
we
talked
about
and
doing
healing
circles,
and
so
I
have
not
checked
in
with
eileen,
and
I
wonder
if
anyone
has
checked
in
with
her
because
it's
it
was
a
working
group
that
we
created
within
our
commission
and
I
don't
want
it
to
get
lost
so
just.
K
K
And
it's
I
I
mean
on
my
working
my
list
of
things
that
to
remind
you
all,
I
know
it
wasn't
on
the
agenda
just
because
we
didn't
have
anything
to
report,
but
thank
you.
I
know
there
was
a
committee,
so
it
was
that
eileen
was
the
leader
of
from
the
notes
I
have,
and
so
you
know
it's
going
to
be
incumbent
on
you,
if
you
all
want,
like
shanika
or
myself,
to
reach
out
to
eileen
to
see
if
we
can
convene
a
conversation
with
that
group.
Let
us
know.
D
E
When
you
talk
to
her
about
the
points,
could
you
just
mention
it
then
could
you
just
check
in
with
her
and
that
would
save
the
staff
not
having
to
do
it.
D
C
D
K
A
Yeah,
maybe
it's
already
going
on
it
just
needs.
It
needs
an
umbrella
to
tie
it
all
together.
Maybe
yeah
all
right.
Last
thing
update
on
the
environmental
justice
resolution
kimberly
it's
so
this
is
it.
K
I
couldn't
make
it
happen.
Yeah
I
couldn't
make
it
happen,
so
tim
could
put
his
stamp
of
approval
before
his
stepping
down.
However
tim
we
will
be
bringing
you
to
the
committee
on
the
commission
next
month.
The
our
our
law
department
has
some
change
over
pretty
much
our
law
department
changed
over.
K
We
have
a
lot
of
new
people,
so
the
person
that
was
doing
this
work
hugh
he
had
left
right
after
this
you
all
have
met,
and
so
then
coveted,
and
so
now
I
asked
that
staff
we
pretty
much
are
done
with
the
changes.
We've
updated
the
language
to
reflect
the
conversation
that
was
had,
so
we
just
want
to
get
legal
one
more
purview
of
it
and
then
once
that's
done,
we
will
be
ready
to
move
forward
with
the
resolution.
I
I
And
if
I'm
hearing
you
rightly
then,
the
the
intention
then,
is
that
this
will
come
before
both
equity
and
empowerment
and
the
environment
board
next
month
for
kind
of
final
approval.
Before
then
going
to
to
city
council
will,
is
there
a
committee
in
between
the
two,
the
board
and
the
commission
prior
to
city
council,
or
will
it
go
straight
from
us
to
to
city
council.
K
So,
typically,
it
will
go
to
plan
the
plan,
development
commission
as
a
resolution
which
will
then
pass
through
to
the
city
council,
probably
on
a
consent
agenda,
but
I
mean
that
part
would
be
a
seamless
effort.
It's
just
getting
out
of
these
two
committees
which,
because
environment
board
meets
first,
we
we're
trying
we're
we're
trying
to
hit
that
deadline
of
making
sure
we
get
it
to
them.
So
you
will
be
getting
it
or
so.
The
approval
from
you
all
will
be
the
last
step
before
going
to
planning
development.
G
I
was
just
thinking
ahead
in
terms
of
so
are
we
looking
at
second
meeting
and
oh
wait
we're
already
halfway
through
there's.
K
Only
one
meeting
in
august,
so
it
has
to
go
on
that
obvious
agenda
and
that
you're,
probably
gonna,
have
to
do
an
intro
action,
an
intro
and
action.
Oh
yeah.
K
K
So
to
your
point,
yes
tim!
So
if
you
can
share
that
news
with
them
that
we
will
have
it
ready
for
the
next
meeting
forever
environment
board,
which
you'll
think
is
the
july,
is
it
july
9th
or
8th
it's
early
in
the
month?
A
The
last
thing
is
the
the
juneteenth
celebration,
which
is
a
month-long
celebration
began
last
weekend,
make
sure
you
go
to
the
evanstonjuneteentheparade.com.
Kimon
hendrix
has
been
the
primary
driver
for
this
there's
a
facebook
page
dial
up
those
events
participate
happy
juneteenth
tomorrow
and
there
is
a
car
parade
next
saturday.
A
K
Have
a
quick
announcement,
I
will
be
finalizing
dates
for
our
city
manager,
community
discussion
so,
as
you
know,
we're
moving
forward
with
recruitment
for
a
new
city
manager,
and
so
we
have
dates
which
I
firm.
So
one
of
those
dates
will
be.
We
will
have
spanish
translation
as
well
as
sign
language
interpretation,
so
we're
just
finalizing,
which
date
is
going
to
accompany
that
right.
Now.
K
We're
looking
at
june,
30th
and
july
7th
are
the
two
dates
that
we're
going
to
host
those
meetings
and
then
there's
going
to
be
subsequent
conversation
around
smaller
focus
groups
that
we're
going
to
be
working
through
so
there'll
be
I'll,
have
more
information
and
I'll
share
them.
K
I
will
share
that
with
you
all
that
you
can
share
with
your
groups
as
well
publicize
those
throughout
the
city,
publications
and
they
are
going
to
be
an
hour
and
a
half,
each
and
they're
going
to
be
focus,
groups
and
they're
going
to
be
larger
discussions
to
kind
of
be
interactive
and
also
ensuring
that
we're
getting
a
full
range
of
voices.
A
A
It
looks
like
I'm
in
a
freak
show
here
and
a
haunted
house,
employee
language
data,
the
background
on
community
indicators
in
a
paragraph
helping
us
describe
for
the
folks
that
we
will
be
asking
about
for
community
indicators
and
kimberly.
Could
you
share
with
us
too
that
information
about
the
city
manager
process
so
that
we
can
share
that
as
well
with
folks.
A
For
our
next
meeting
then
hope
they
have
an
environmental
justice
resolution
for
our
consideration
and
approval
or
denial.
A
A
report
on
the
council
action
or
whatever
discussion
that
happens
on
monday
it'd,
be
good
to
kind
of
circle.
Back
to
that,
we
will
discuss
community
indicators
and
have
some
examples
and
maybe
even
be
able
to
take
some
steps
forward
and
what
those
community
indicators
would
be
anything
else
that
I'm
missing
and
tim
I'm
looking
to
you
did.
You
have
a.
I
Not
necessarily
I
I
had
shared
with,
I
think,
all
of
you
back
in
february
that
I
would,
I
would
be
stepping
down
this
this
year
with
a
variety
of
commitments,
but
I
I
am
deeply
committed
to
seeing
the
the
ej
resolution
through
so
I'll,
be
here
next
month.
I
can.
I
can
say
I
can
share
final
thoughts
in
july,
all
right,
I'm
thrilled
to
hear
that's
moving
forward,
and
I
I
I
don't
want
to
miss
that
that
that
final
stage
I.
A
Think,
by
putting
on
the
spot,
there
was
my
way
of
of
confirming
that
you're
with
us
for
another
meeting
and
that
we
don't
have
to
say
goodbye
tonight.
That's.
E
I
have
a
couple
of
announcements
this
weekend.
The
evans
is
they're,
doing
a
prayer
both
at
everson
hospital
and
saint
francis
hospital
hospital
at
11
a.m.
Several
churches
will
be
at
each
hospital
at
each
at
those
times
from
11
to
12.
and
then
on
sunday.
There
is
a
father's
day
march
for
men
and
young
men,
it
it
says
anybody's
welcome,
but
it
really
is
for
men,
real
men,
pray,
and
so
it
starts
at
two
o'clock
and
there's
a
dress
code.
E
There
is
a
dress
code,
they
I
I
said
your
sunday's
best,
but
they
would
like
for
you
to
have
a
now.
You
don't
have
to
have
a
suit
and
tie,
but
you
need
a
jacket
or
something
just
to
look
nice
and
come
out
and
march
with
the
fathers
and
sons
as
they
leave
from
first
church
they'll
end
up
at
butler
park
behind
friendship,
church,
which
is
quite
a
walk
but
they'll
be
walking
through
the
community
passing
on.
E
F
K
So
here's
the
thing
so,
even
though
we're
under
the
governor's
proclamation
when
that
ends,
they
did
update
the
open
meetings
act
to
allow
for
virtual
meetings
to
continue
under
certain
circumstances
and
since
currently
the
civic
center
is
not
open
to
the
public.
There's
no
space
to
meet
that
would
meet
our
requirements
for
social
distancing.
So
we
are
obligated
to
continue
on
a
zoom
platform
now
at
some
point
we
may
want
to
have
some
type
of
outdoor
meeting.
K
I
guess
so
that
we
can
have
some
meaningful
interaction,
but
I
will
do
that
to
you
all
to
discuss
and
decide
down
the
road.
A
My
theory
is
all
of
these
meetings
and
all
of
our
public
engagement
will
be
blended
in
person
and
virtual
until
everybody's
comfort
level
improves
to
the
fact
to
a
point
where
we
could
actually
gather
in
person.
So
I'm
assuming
that,
even
if
we
have
an
in-person
option
that
we
will
still
include
a
virtual
option
and
we
will
figure
that
out.
So
yes.
K
But
I'm
going
to
tell
you
it:
it's
either
either
you're
going
to
do
all
virtual
or
because
it's
hard,
I
feel
bad
with
people
who
are
not
in
the
room.
It's
just
a
different
dynamic.
So
you
know
I
just
from
the
experiences
we've
had
with
these
virtual
and
in-person
meetings.
It's
it's
really
tough.
The
person
who's
virtual
to
really
engage,
so,
I
would
say,
keep
it.
You
know
in
this
space
until.
A
K
A
I
A
Same
to
you,
thank
you
to
kimberly.
Thank
you
to
shanika
very
much
for
being
the
glue
that
holds
us
together
absolutely,
and
I
hope
not
too
many
of
us
are
continuing
furlough
all
right
be
well
thanks.
So
much
thanks.