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Metro strives to cultivate diversity, advance equity and practice inclusion in all of its work.

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Vanessa Enos, a journeyman laborer, would also like to work as a recruiter to get more women into the trades, especially Native American women on reservations.

Learn more about Metro’s Construction Career Pathways Project

Vanessa Enos, a journeyman laborer, would like to work as a recruiter to get more women into the trades, especially Native American women on reservations.

Learn more about Metro’s Construction Career Pathways Project

Committee on Racial Equity

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The Committee on Racial Equity is comprised of leaders from across the region and is designed to provide oversight of the implementation of the Strategic Plan to Advance Racial Equity.

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members of Metro's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion team

Meet Metro's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion team. From left: Tiffany Thompson, project manager; Sima Anekonda, project assistant; Cassie Salinas, organizational impact program manager; Sebrina Owens-Wilson, regional impact program manager; Raahi Reddy, director; Nyla Moore, leadership development and training coordinator; Reed Brodersen, equity analyst; Melissa Palavecino, administrative assistant; Russ Sanchez, communications specialist.

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Staff from Parks and Nature, Planning, Property and Environmental Services and the Oregon Zoo presented their department action plans to community members during a special Committee on Racial Equity meeting Sept. 20, 2018.

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Staff from Parks and Nature, Planning, Property and Environmental Services and the Oregon Zoo are beginning their department racial equity action plans.

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Equity dashboard

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion program director Raahi Reddy talks about the equity dashboard, which tracks Metro’s progress in advancing racial equity in its recruitment, retention and promotion efforts by exploring data on race and gender.

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Metro strives to provide meaningful access to programs, services and decisions that affect our community. Information is available in 16 languages.

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Metro's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion program is working to address systemic inequities that impact our communities by providing support and tools to Metro staff, Metro Council and community partners to create an equitable region for all. The Metro Council approved a Diversity Action Plan in 2012 and a Strategic plan to advance racial equity, diversity and inclusion in 2016. The plan is built on a set of core principles:

Lead initiatives and programs with a racial equity lens.
Generate support to create real and lasting cultural change.
Partner with communities of color.
Commit to measure progress.

Metro's public engagement review process helps make sure that Metro engages a diversity of people from throughout the region, is accountable for how public input affects decisions and evaluates outreach activities. The Committee on Racial Equity was created and chartered by Metro Council to advise council and staff to ensure there is successful implementation of the strategic plan.

A key component of the strategic plan is that each Metro department develop their own racial equity action plans that are unique to the department needs and structure. These plans are created in consultation with CORE and other department specific equity cohorts.

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