AGENCY TESTIMONY
Development and release of community equity priorities
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Linda Tigani explains CORE's process for developing and releasing community equity priorities, which are central to the city's racial equity planning process. These priorities focus on the needs of communities historically underrepresented or underserved by government.
- CORE began drafting community equity priorities in November 2023
- 16 draft priorities were released to city agencies and the public on May 13, 2024
- Feedback was sought from community organizations, government partners, and the public
- Priorities were presented at a racial equity planning training for agencies
Linda Tigani
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I would like to now provide an overview of the work CORE has done to move forward the 2024 racial equity planning process.
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The city's racial equity planning process begins with CORE submission of the community equity priorities and indicators.
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As defined in the charter, community equity priorities and indicators quote consider those needs and priorities that local community members view as most relevant to their well-being, giving particular consideration to the priorities of groups or categories of community members that have
Jimmy Pan
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been
Linda Tigani
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historically underrepresented in or underserved by government and its process.
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We refer to these groups or categories of communities as communities harmed by racism and social injustice.
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In November of twenty twenty three, CORE began drafting community equity priorities and speaking with partners across government and the public to ensure that community voices informed CORE's work early and in every stage of the process.
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CORE is committed to ensuring communities harmed by racism and social injustice inform and guide all of our work.
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On May 13, CORE released 16 draft community equity priorities to city agencies and the public.
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Prior to public release, CORE received feedback on the draft priorities from '21 community based organizations participating in the Task Force on Racial Equity and Inclusion Neighborhood Network Initiative and the New York City participatory budgeting program.
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Priorities were also shared with the mayor's office of equity and racial justice as well as the deputy mayor for strategic initiatives on Al Mazar.
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On 05/13/2024, CORE presented the 16 draft community equity priorities at the racial equity planning training.
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We shared draft language, examples on how agencies can operationalize these priorities in their forthcoming plan, and strongly recommended that each agency identify at least one priority in each fundamental value that they would respond to in their plan.
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Community equity priorities were released in draft form so that CORE can solicit feedback from community organizations on the themes presented, add themes they felt may be missing, and provide edits to the language.