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City of Asheville earns GIS award for racial equity mapping project! Apply now to become a part of the GARE team! 
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City of Asheville earns GIS award for racial equity mapping project!



 
The City of Asheville was recently awarded the North Carolina G. Herbert Stout Award for Visionary Use of GIS in support of the City’s Mapping Racial Equity project.
 
Asheville was recognized during the 2019 N.C. GIS Conference in Winston-Salem. City Council officials received the award during their May 14 meeting.
 
GIS is a geographic information system used as a framework for gathering, managing, and analyzing data.
 
The GIS team worked with the City
Equity & Inclusion office to map and record some of Asheville’s history around race. This included mapping out areas where red-lining and urban renewal occurred. They also crowd-sourced African American history, displacement, and neighborhood change.
 
The City of Asheville is a member of the
Government Alliance on Racial Equity (GARE) and is able to use the resources and network to continue learning and advancing racial equity goals in Asheville.  “In order for transformation to occur, an understanding of our racialized history is required,” said Kimberlee Archie, Director of Equity and Inclusion for the City of Asheville. “There are specific past and current policies, procedures, practices, and budget decisions that result in disparate outcomes by race.  A mapping tool such as this is critical for us to use for change to occur.”

For more information on the City of Asheville's racial equity mapping project, click here. 

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Mecklenburg County has formally adopted the first Equity Action Plan as a part of its Equity and Inclusion Initiative.
The County aims to build upon the current organizational diversity training and other departmental initiatives. To continue building the capacity of the organization, it is critical that the County approaches equity work holistically, and enterprise-wide perspective.

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Port of Portland seeks a Diversity & Inclusion Program Manager. For more information, or to apply for the position, click here. 

Last chance to apply for The Open Society Foundation's (OSF) Leadership in Government Fellowship! OSF will award individual grants to former senior-level government officials and staff who have played a significant role in advancing social change. To learn more about the fellowship, click here. 

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