Item B: City Council Goal - Enhance Understanding of Race Issues

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A. Include as an emphasis in memo to Council. Council Champion: Estimated Cost to Complete: None 4. Hold a Council worksession to examine key high profile race related incidents and issues from the past. Status: The Councilor that proposed this action item is no longer on Council and there may not be sufficient interest by current Councilors for a worksession. Most of the incidents of interest are either current or pending litigation cases which should not be discussed outside of Council executive session. Action Steps: A. Recommend dropping this item from the action plan. Council Champion: Estimated Cost to Complete: None 5. Regularize conversations on race between Council and the community.* Status: The last conversation with Council was the July 2006 meeting with communities of color. Action Steps: A. Design a world café or open space Community Summit on Race and Ethnic Relations with invites to Diversity and Human Rights Consortium partners, civic leaders, elected officials, business leaders and communities of color members. Connect it to the National League of Cities Inclusive Communities Week model. Look for grant and corporate funding sources. B. The world café may provide ideas for implementing action item six below. C. Ensure inclusive participation in the “Human Rights City” summit on November 9, 2007. Council Champion: Estimated Cost to Complete: $50,000 (would include any grant or corporate subsidies) 6. Identify opportunities for joint public/private forums for working on race issues within area organizations. Status: This has been discussed by the Community Committee on Race but no actions have been planned at this time. Action Steps: A. Seed this concept at the Community Summit on Race and Ethnic Relations. B. Connect with the Chamber of Commerce and CVALCO. C. Invite Chamber and other civic leaders to First Fridays. 3