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8 <br />provide an opportunity; it’s another thing to change – to ask and find out where the <br />cultural bias is. (10) <br /> <br /> <br />DIVERSITY PLAN: <br /> <br />Create diversity plan with recruitment benchmarks. (1, 4) <br /> <br />City should provide leadership to other communities. (1) <br /> <br />Need outline or blueprint – are there communities out there who have done this and have <br />models? (3) <br /> <br />Talk about our community history as a way to build. Tell the real story together. Bad <br />news - good news. (9) <br /> <br /> <br />TRAINING: <br /> <br />Get EPD employees more training on how to read people better. They need to change <br />their language and approach so that when they stop a minority, there isn’t so much <br />tension between the two. (2) <br /> <br />Offer free diversity training – city/county offer training to other companies (3) <br /> <br />Diversity training needs to take you to uncomfortable zone - don’t learn if only done in <br />comfort zone - honest conversations - don’t want to hurt feelings on step on toes. Study <br />circles - circle of conversations - need to broaden (3) <br /> <br />Sensitivity training around diversity. That’s useful, but need to develop relationship <br />between government and community. With people in community and people in <br />government. (4) <br /> <br /> <br />EDUCATION <br /> <br />Concerns about UO: Students shut down because of feeling unwelcome. Challenges for <br />students of color who are leaving due to hate crimes. (1) <br /> <br />Public schools: curriculum, teacher behavior towards students, student to student <br />behaviors (8) <br /> <br />Suggestion - better US history - more accurate. Tell more on Civil Rights. Teach <br />children to be more tolerant. (9) <br /> <br />Need a course of action – teaching about multiple perspective models particularly in <br />education. (8) <br /> <br /> <br />