Have you been concerned about how to determine if your local community is doing all it should to implement equity?  How we can create a more equitable economy?

 

In June 2020, the League of Women Voters confirmed its support for diversity, equity, and inclusion principles during its national convention.The Bay Area League is actively supporting this initiative with "Equity in Action", its annual educational day for 2021 which will focus on tools and measurements that implement equity and further our goals for a just and inclusive society.

 

9:00 am          Admission to meeting opens via Zoom

 
9:30 am          Welcome/Introductions by President Sherry Smith
9:35 am          Equity: LWV’s Past and Present/Definitions of Equity
9:45 am          Opening Remarks by Fred Blackwell, CEO, San Francisco Foundation                
10:00 am        Equity Implementation:  Tools, Measurements & Campaigns

• Zulma Maciel, Director, San Jose Office of Racial Equity
• Darlene Flynn, Director, Oakland Department of Race & Equity
• Carolyn Wysinger, President, SF Pride 

10:45 am        Economic Impact of Systemic Racism

• Paulina Gonzalez-Brito, CEO, California Reinvestment Coalition
• Sarah Treuhaft, VP of Research, PolicyLink
• Kiku Johnson, ED, Rainbow Community Center of Contra Costa County 

11:30 am        Legislating Equity??

•  Assemblymember Ash Kalra                       

12:15 pm        Closing Remarks by Stephanie Doute, CEO, LWV of California
                                              
                        (Times may vary.)